Richard Kearney presented Brian O’Donovan with the 2023 James Mahoney Award, an annual award given by Guestbook for notable contributions to narrative hospitality. Brian O’Donovan is a broadcaster, writer, and host of GBH’s “A Celtic Sojourn.”

Listen to an interview with Brian O’Donovan below. For more information about the award, see the Awards page.

Brian O’Donovan, storyteller, GBH host of Celtic Sojourn and winner of the 2023 Guestbook Award for Narrative Hospitality, speaks with Guestbook director, Richard Kearney, about the joys of storytelling and growing up in their common native homeland of West Cork