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Pat McLoughlin was born in Newport, Co. Tipperary but now lives in Newcastle West, Co. limerick. This is his third novel. However, it’s his seventh book – having previously published four collections of short stories, To Weave with Words, From Head to Tale, Just One More Thing and From Keeper to Keeper. His previous novels include: The Canary in the Mine and The Unbreakable Dream. He’s had stories published in six anthologies – River People, The Limerick Almanac 2017, Second Sight, Write on the Edge, Writers’ Unmasked and West Limerick Ink. One of his stories, The Barrington Disconnect, was broadcast on RTE’s Sunday Miscellany. He’s had many letters and poems published in local and national newspapers. He has attended creative writing courses at the Limerick Writer’s Centre, at U.L. at West Limerick Resources in Newcastle West and online. He is a member of Desmond Scribblers’ Writers’ Group in Newcastle West where he also attended three creative writing courses. Retirement from his job in the ESB afforded him the time and space to write; apart from writing short stories and long tales, for ten years he also wrote a local notes column for the Limerick Leader Newspaper. The proceeds from his previous collections were donated to The Friends of St. Ita’s Hospital in Newcastle West, The Butterfly Club in Rathkeale and Milford Hospice in Limerick. The profits from this novel will also go to local charity. He is married to Eleanor, has two children and two grandchildren.
