Martin Doyle will discuss his new book, Dirty Linen: The Troubles In My Home Place (Merrion Press, 2023), at Boston College on April 3 at 5 p.m. in Connolly House. Dirty Linen is an intimate, personal history of the Northern Ireland conflict told through the testimony of the friends and families of more than 20 victims who died violently in the author’s own rural parish in County Down. The book was shortlisted for a 2023 An Post Book Award for Best Non-Fiction Book. Doyle is Books Editor of The Irish Times. He wrote an essay for the Irish Times about writing Dirty Linen. Doyle’s appearance is sponsored by the Boston College Irish Studies Program.