MICHAEL QUINLIN

Michael Quinlin is author of Irish Boston (Globe Pequot Press) and editor of Tales from the Emerald Isle (Lyons Press). 

He and his wife Colette co-founded Boston Irish Tourism Association in 2000 to promote the culture, history and heritage of Massachusetts, and to strengthen travel connections with New England and the island of Ireland. BITA publishes a free magazine, Travel & Culture  three times a year, which is distributed at visitor centers and cultural venues. 

Quinlin created Boston’s original Irish Heritage Trail in 1994, and has since expanded the trail to include 20 sites in downtown Boston, and 20 in surrounding neighborhoods and towns. 

He has contributed essays to The Irish in America (Hyperion Press) and the Encyclopedia of New England (Yale University Press),and Rose Kennedy's Family Album, (Hachette Book Group) and has published regularly in Irish America Magazine and the Irish Echo. He has written hundreds of profiles on Irish-American artists, politicians and community leaders.  

In 2009, Quinlin formed MassJazz to promote the vibrant jazz scene in Massachusetts from 2009- 2017.

Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, Mike and his wife Colette live in Milton, Massachusetts.