[7] He was raised at Lisnavagh House, Rathvilly, County Carlow[8] and received his early education locally and at Castle Park School in Dublin.

[10] From 1996 to 1998 he lived in Hong Kong, working as a freelance correspondent with the South China Morning Post and Business News Indochina.

[19] His work has appeared in National Geographic Traveler,[20] Daily Beast,[21] The Australian,[22] The Guardian[23] and the Irish Times.

[24] In 2019, Bunbury began a collaboration with Iarnród Éireann and Flahavan's for a project called ‘Past Tracks,’ an exhibition of historic panels that went on semi-permanent display in several railway stations around Ireland.

[25] Bunbury has also written and performed in a series of podcasts covering topics from his books, and various aspects of history and culture.