Background
Bardon was born in Dublin in 1941 and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 1963.
Bardon was born in Dublin in 1941 and graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 1963.
Shortly thereafter, in 1964, he moved to Belfast to begin his teaching career at Orangefield Boys Secondary School. While in Belfast, he enrolled at Queens University, Belfast, where he received a Diploma in Education, also in 1964. Bardon is best known for his critically acclaimed text, The book examines, in detail, the cultural, social, economic, and political arenas of the province, beginning with the early settlements and progressing linearly to present-day Ulster.
He has also written numerous radio and television programmes on the subject of Northern Ireland.
Most recently he was commissioned by British Broadcasting Corporation Radio to create a two hundred and forty-episode series entitled A Short History of Ireland. The final episode aired on 18 March 2007.
In 2002, Bardon received an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for "services to community life".
