Roger is a graduate (English and French) of Trinity College, Dublin, and worked for several years as a secondary school teacher.

He began woodturning in 1992.

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In 1994-5, he was the first woodturner to participate in the Craft and Design Business Development course run by the Crafts Council of Ireland in Kilkenny.

He has been self-employed since then; his studio is at his home in Dublin.

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