We Need To Talk About Ross

Jan 11, 2026 5:03 PM

Author:Ross O'Carroll-Kelly

Sportsman. Lover. Bon viviant. Cad. Ross O'Carroll-Kelly is many things to many people.

But ten years after he lifted the Leinster Schools Senior Cup, Ireland's most beloved rogue remains one of its most misunderstood figures. His accomplishments on the rugby field - and in the bedroom - remain the stuff of legend, but the truth about him remains hidden by the accretion of myth.

Now, for the first time, the lid is lifted on the enigma that is South Dublin's most eligible married man. In more than a hundred interviews with his family and friends - those who've loved him, hated him and slept with him - the first ever composite portrait of the Celtic Tiger's most famous cub emerges.

From the mother who didn't want him to the father who wanted him too much, from the friends who shared his misadventures to the women who shared his bed - or, failing that, a back alley or bus shelter - this searingly honest biography fills in all the blanks in the life of the self-styled Cock of Foxrock.

'One-liners are as sharp as ever' Irish Independent

'You'll look at Ross O'Carroll-Kelly in a whole new light ... highly enjoyable' Sunday Tribune

'Always a funny, sharp and humane writer' Irish Times

Reviews

Some day there will be a university course explaining the appeal of Ross O'Carroll-Kelly... Rarely has a character so despicable, so selfish, so self-obsessed and so utterly thick been so loved

—— Sunday Independent

Consistently laugh-out-loud funny

—— Irish Independent

Essential reading

—— Irish Daily Mail

Funny and captivating

—— Closer

A bittersweet tale by a gifted writer

—— Woman's Weekly

Highly addictive

—— She

An often funny, sometimes heartrending, deeply personal portrait of a woman attempting to unravel her own mystery

—— Booklist

A call to embrace life

—— Easy Living

Praise for Liane Moriarty

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Every single one of her books is a great read

—— E! Online

Staggeringly brilliant, literally unputdownable

—— Sophie Hannah

Keeps you guessing until the very end - perfect summer read

—— Reese Witherspoon

Moriarty writes vividly, wittily and wickedly

—— Sunday Express

The writing is beautiful: sometimes funny, sometimes sad but always compelling

—— Good Housekeeping

Like drinking a pink cosmo laced with arsenic . . . a fun, engaging and sometimes disturbing read

—— USA Today

Riveting drama packed with suspense and secrets

—— Woman & Home

Wise, honest, beautifully observed. One of the few writers I'll drop anything for

—— Jojo Moyes

Straight-from-life characters, knife-sharp insight and almost unbearable suspense will have you racing through it

—— Good Housekeeping

Perfect

—— Hello!

A hell of a good book. Funny and scary

—— Stephen King

A cracking story cleverly told

—— Fabulous

Fascinating and compassionate

—— Daily Telegraph

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