RTE's John Creedon rules out Dancing with the Stars but loves the variety that his career brings him
John's An Irish Folklore Treasury won Best Irish-Published Book of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards last month and he continues to present his daily Radio 1 show
Mikie O'Loughlin
John Creedon at Today FM studios, Dublin, Ireland (Image: VIPIRELAND.COM)
John Creedon has ruled out ever appearing on Dancing with the Stars but he said he loves the variety that his career brings him these days.
The broadcaster and writer presents a daily evening Radio 1 show, appears on TV projects with RTÉ and now he is an award winning author.
The Cork man was a judge on The All-Ireland Talent Show, a shiny floor TV show that pre-dated DWTS in the Sunday evening slot, but he has no plans to return to that kind of work.
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John told RSVP Live: "I wouldn't think I would ever do Dancing with the Stars. I have been asked to do a lot of projects like that over the years but my dancing days are over, I am afraid.
"Variety is great, absolutely. I love TV and I love radio. I love writing now as well, so it is all good."
He joked: "I might play hurling for Cork though, if I am asked."
John's An Irish Folklore Treasury won Best Irish-Published Book of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards last month.
RTE radio presenter John Creedon (Image: Instagram/johncreedonireland)
The RTÉ star said: "I am thrilled. It is the last place I expected to be. All my life, even when I was a little boy, I was always writing.
"Life's course was that I had a family to rear so I went to work. I was a soldier in the Cork City Library for a brief spell and it was there that I developed an interest in books.
"My mother was also a great woman for educational magazines.
"I had been asked by Gill Books several times to write a book and I did it on a very dry subject in many ways, place names. It is a personal love of mine and I was very surprised to see it do well and become a bestseller."
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He added: "It is a selection from a huge folklore project that took place in the 1930's. The children of Ireland were asked to go and chat to their grandparents and local elderly people about everything from the famine and school to banshees and practical jokes.
"My own childhood in the 60's and 70's wasn't too far removed from it either. My school days also had inkwells and corporal punishment so I could relate to it."
What does his Christmas look like? John said: "Red and green and it's always looking good. Christmas Day is busy, New Years Eve is busy, it is mad altogether."
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