Twenty Major
Twenty Major is an award-winning Irish blogger. The name Twenty Major is a reference to a brand of cigarettes called Major, available in packs of twenty. He lives in Dublin, Ireland and says he still smokes in bars despite the smoking ban. His blog features tirades about life in Ireland and puns based on 80s pop music.
He recently appeared in public for the first time with David McWilliams at Leviathan: Political Cabaret
Contents |
[edit] Blog Features
He refers to a few of his friends in his blog including Jimmy the Bollix, Stinkin' Pete, Lucky Luciano, Hairy Mickey, Splodge and Dirty Dave. They all regularly get together in Ron's pub which is somewhere in the vicinity of South Circular Road. He owns a phenomenally aggressive hound called "Bastardface" and a savage kitten called "Throatripper".
[edit] Awards
He won three awards in the inaugural Irish Blog Awards in 2006: Best blog post, Most humorous blog post and overall Best blog. He was also given the 'Best blogger' award by the Irish Internet Association in the Net Visionary Awards 2006.
In the 2007 Irish Blog Awards he won 'Most humorous post' and the overall Best Blog award for the second year running.[1]
At the 2008 Irish Blog Awards he won the award for Most Humorous Post and the overall award for Best Blog for the third successive year. He has ruled himself out of the running for this award for the 2009 awards.
[edit] Books
In March 2007 it was announced by arts and culture blogger Sinead Gleeson [2] that Twenty Major had signed a two book deal with Hodder Headline, making him the first Irish blogger to be offered a book deal. The first book, entitled "The Order of the Phoenix Park" which features characters and themes from the blog itself, was published in February 2008.
The second novel, entitled "Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder" was published in February 2009 by Hachette Books.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Twenty Major's blog - website
- New York Diary - Best blog post/Most humorous blog post - Irish blog awards 2006
- Irish Blog Awards Winners - Irish blog awards site
- Irish Internet Association Net Visionary awards
