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Lord of the Rams: News
News: Blog of the Rams
(24 July 2012) "Taking on the Banks … and Winning": New short story from the Lord of the Rams ... More info >>
Lord of the Rams: News
News: Blog of the Rams
(1 March 2012) "Strange Things Doctors Say": New short story from the Lord of the Rams ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(16 November 2011) New FREE World Cup '94-flavoured extract from Lord of the Rams ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(21 July 2011) Celebrate Lord of the Rams Day with a FREE Lord of the Rams story (exclusively published on Facebook) ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(19 May 2011) Ronan talks about some of his travel adventures from the past 11 years ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(15 March 2011) Adventures in Latvia: Part 2 of a new FREE Lord of the Rams story ... ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(9 February 2011) Writing a Best Man Speech: 7 Tricks of the Trade (with Video) from Ronan Smith ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(18 January 2011) Adventures in Latvia: Part 1 of a new FREE Lord of the Rams story ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(15 December 2010) Counting down the top reads of 2010 ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(18 November 2010) Author Diary Part 4 - How does writing fiction differ to writing an autobiography? ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(12 October 2010) Author Diary Part 3 - New Comedy Fiction on the way ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(10 September 2010)
Has the Editing Process Hit a New Low? ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(14 August 2010)
A short history of Mountjoy Square coupled with an exclusive extract from Lord of the Rams ... More info >>
News: Media Coverage - Read and Blog
(18 July 2010)
Betty Gelean reviews Lord of the Rams ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(5 July 2010)
Ronan reviews "The Average American Male” ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(3 June 2010)
Ronan reviews "Red Mist" and "The Internet is a Playground” ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(12 May 2010)
I steal a quick glance at John Joe’s massive frame and think: “There’s no way this guy is getting up these stairs.” Read a new FREELord of the Rams-type short story ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(12 April 2010) Lord of the Rams 2: Author Diary Part 2 - The Planning Process ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(10 March 2010)
Ronan blogs about Las Vegas in an exclusive, early draft extract from Lord of the Rams 2 ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(3 February 2010)
Ronan's first "Author Diary" follows the development and progress of Lord of the Rams 2 ... More info >>
News: Interview with the Author
(27 January 2010)
Ronan announces Lord of the Rams 2: A Tale of Four Continents and his online plans to document the book’s development from now until its estimated release date in 2013 ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(12 January 2010)
Ronan looks back at a comedy classic—Superchick ... More info >>
News: Media Coverage - The Boogle
(29 December 2009)
David Stucki from The Boogle reviews Lord of the Rams ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(9 December 2009)
Ronan runs through his favourite reads of 2009 ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(16 November 2009)
Ronan reviews "One Red Paperclip" ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(6 October 2009)
Tracing your Irish ancestors online ... More info >>
News: Media Coverage - Culch.ie
(24 September 2009)
Ronan-Hunt Murphy reviews Lord of the Rams ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(16 September 2009)
Ronan blogs about a novel (no pun intended) way in which to create a fanbase and anticipation for a forthcoming book ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(20 August 2009)
Ronan reviews "My Godawful Life" and "No Time for Work" ... More info >>
News: Media Coverage - Meath Event Guide
(30 July 2009) In the run-up toLe Chéile, Trish Keenan, Meath Event Guide, interviews Ronan Smith ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(17 July 2009) Lord of the Rams is heading to Le Chéile and The Virginia Show ... More info >>
News: Media Coverage - Cavan Post
(30 June 2009)
One Book to Rule Them All: 1st year anniversary article in the Cavan Post ... More info >>
News: Media Coverage - Unlikely Stories
(23 June 2009)
Gabriel Ricard reviews Lord of the Rams ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(23 June 2009)
To coincide with the 1st anniversary of the launch of lordoftherams.com, Ronan shares some reader feedback from the past 12 months ... More info >>
News: Media Coverage - The Bookbag
(28 May 2009)
Sue Magee reviews Lord of the Rams ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(13 May 2009) Ronan reviews Bret Hart's autobiography, Hitman ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(25 March 2009) Lord of the Rams is heading to the London Book Fair... More info >>
News: Media Coverage - The Irish Post
(28 February 2009)
Sarah Hackett reviews Lord of the Rams in The Irish Post ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(24 February 2009)
The girl on the bus ... More info >>
News: Media Coverage - The Irish World
(14 February 2009)
Shelley Marsden picks the brain of author Ronan Smith... More info >>
News: Media Coverage - The Stoneybatter Files
(14 January 2009)
Aiden O'Reilly reviews Lord of the Rams ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(7 January 2009)
New Year's Resolution - Read more books in 2009 ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(2 December 2008)
Ronan Smith reflects on 2008 ... More info >>
News: Christmas extract from Lord of the Rams
(2 December 2008)
A special festive extract from Lord of the Rams in which the act of gift-giving doesn't go smoothly ... More info >>
News: Media Coverage - Cavan Post
(28 October 2008)
"Rambo is Lord of the Memoir": Interview in the Cavan Post... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(22 October 2008)
How Lord of the Rams can help you get through the recession ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams
(1 October 2008)
Ronan discusses the mysterious shortage of female characters in Lord of the Rams ... More info >>
News: Media Coverage - Books Ireland (Summary)
(30 September 2008)
Review of Lord of the Rams by Books Ireland ... More info >>
News: Media Coverage - Book View Ireland (Review)
(5 September 2008)
Recent online review of Lord of the Rams ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams - Time for Another Holiday
(18 August 2008)
This week's blog is much adieu about nothing as Ronan looks ahead to taking a well-deserved holiday ... More info >>
News: Cavan Book Launch - The Ramor Inn, 1 August 2008
(10 August 2008)
A detailed report and exclusive photos from the Cavan launch of Lord of the Rams ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams - The Lord takes a Holiday
(5 August 2008)
Ronan briefly discusses the Cavan launch of Lord of the Rams and provides details of where you can purchase the book in the Cavan/Meath area ... More info >>
News: Poem of the Rams
(26 July 2008)
As part of his speech on 24 July 2008, Ronan Smith (author of Lord of the Rams) recited a poem ... More info >>
News: Dublin Book Launch - Dicey Reilly's, 24 July 2008
(26 July 2008)
A report and photos from the event ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams - Dublin Launch Party a Great Success
(26 July 2008)
Ronan looks back on the launch of his book in Dicey Reilly's on Thursday 24 July 2008 ... More info >>
News: Media Coverage - The Anglo Celt (Interview)
(26 July 2008)
Linda O'Reilly interviews Ronan Smith, author of Lord of the Rams, for The Anglo Celt ... More info >>
News: Buy the Book
(23 July 2008) Lord of the Rams can now be purchased online ... More info >>
News: Extract 3 from Lord of the Rams - London's Calling
(16 July 2008)
The final short extract, taken from the second half of Lord of the Rams, follows the Rams's adventures on a weekend visit to London ... More info >>
News: The Launch Parties
(16 July 2008)
Comprehensive information on the two launch parties taking place in Dicey Reilly’s, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2 on 24 July 2008, and in The Ramor Inn, Ryefield, Virginia, Co. Cavan on 1 August 2008 ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams - One Week to Go!
(16 July 2008)
In this week's blog, Ronan outlines recent additions to the site and discusses the third Lord of the Rams extract in more detail ... More info >>
News: Media Coverage - Evening Herald Article
(15 July 2008)
Tom Galvin assesses "self-publishing" and gives his views on Lord of the Rams ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams - The Calm before the Storm
(9 July 2008)
Ronan comments on some of the traffic to lordoftherams.com thus far ... More info >>
News: Extract 2 from Lord of the Rams - Turning the Water into Wine
(2 July 2008)
Rams and Goosey are in college in Waterford. Money is at an all-time low, but Dowd takes it upon himself to show his flatmates how to furnish the flat with the bare essentials ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams - Another Week, Another Extract
(2 July 2008)
In this week's blog, Ronan looks back at the first week of activity on lordoftherams.com and discusses the latest extract of the book ... More info >>
News: Extract 1 from Lord of the Rams - From Dublin to Munterconnaught
(25 June 2008)
This extract, the complete first chapter of Lord of the Rams, introduces "the Rams" and chronicles his early days at school in rural Ireland ... More info >>
News: Interview with the Author
(25 June 2008)
In this candid interview Ronan Smith, author of Lord of the Rams, speaks exclusively to the Official Lord of the Rams Website (i.e. himself) about the book's development process, the reasons for writing it and why there may never be a sequel ... More info >>
News: Blog of the Rams - Lordoftherams.com goes live
(25 June 2008)
The first Blog of the Rams provides information on the Dublin and Cavan launch parties for Lord of the Rams ... More info >>
News: Lordoftherams.com is launched
(25 June 2008)
As part of a major marketing campaign to draw attention to the forthcoming "Lord of the Rams" book, Lordoftherams.com has been launched ... More info >>
