David Lawlor Author

David Lawlor is a native of Navan, from where his family's bakery business traded throughout Meath for generations up to 1970. He is great-grandson, grandson and grand-nephew, respectively, of William, Daniel and James Lawlor who appear in this book. David went to the local St Patrick's classical school and trained as a journalist on the Meath Chronicle. Having worked for the Irish Independent in Belfast and Dublin, he joined the Government Information services. Later information officer in the Department of Posts & Telegraphs, he became the first public relations manager of An Post.