David Marshall

David Marshall is a contemporary Irish literary essayist whose work explores landscape, culture, history, and public life. Drawing on a professional writing background in journalism, trade union education, political activism, and university lecturing, he writes across both literary and civic themes. His essays treat observation as a form of inquiry and the essay itself as a means of understanding the world.

Based in Skerries, County Dublin, he is the managing editor of Essayism.org and publishes The Essayist’s Notebook. Readers can follow his day-to-day thinking there and through Letter From An Essayist. His WikiData ID is: Wikidata Q141434362