About

Conor Power (centre) receiving the award in the "Short Breaks" category at the Travel Extra Travel Writer of the Year awards in Dublin, 23rd January 2015

Conor Power (centre) receiving the award in the “Short Breaks” category at the Travel Extra Travel Writer of the Year awards in Dublin, 23rd January 2015

Welcome to the website of Conor Power, award-winning journalist and author based in the South-west corner of Ireland.

Conor is a three-times category winner at the annual Travel Extra Travel Writer of the Year Awards, as well as a three-times winner at the French Media awards.


He writes regularly for a number of national newspapers on a variety of different topics, mostly concentrating on travel, property and the arts, as well as appearing on radio and television.  Various samples of Conor’s journalistic work can be seen by clicking here.

Tour of Kyushu September 2017 from Tootlafrance.ie on Vimeo. (edited by Conor’s son Mark)

He is also editor and founder of Ireland’s only publication specialising in all things FrenchTootlafrance. It’s “total France” for an Irish audience and it is the perfect site full of quality articles for anyone remotely interested in this fascinating and wonderful country that’s almost right on our doorstep.

Don’t forget to check out the social media links:

Conor is also an experienced ghostwriter. All projects are dealt with in confidence. To find out more, request sample work or any queries on having your book project brought to fruition, please contact Conor using the details below.

He is also the author of a book on his late father – former Waterford hurling goalkeeper and skills coach Ned Power.  The book is entitled “My Father: A Hurling Revolutionary”. For Further details on this, click here.

Amongst Conor’s new fiction projects, he is writing one in French for which he was awarded a 2-month residency at the Villa Fontaine in Antibes, France in 2019. He is also writing the first ever work of fiction to be set during the era of professional hurling in Ireland. The book is due to be launched in 2023.

cropped-Conor-Power-Head-Shot-1.jpgContact Details:

Conor Power, Ardogeena, Durrus, Co. Cork.

Telephone: (027) 62806

Mobil:   (086) 058 5566

Email:  conorwilliampower@gmail.com

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.