I am a writer, poet and part time historian. I returned to education as a mature student and I study at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. My poem 'Letterfrack Graveyard' was a commended work in the 2021 Francis Ledwidge International Poetry Competition and 'He was an Odd Little Man' was published in the 2022 edition of the 'Wexford Bohemian' by Red Books Press. I live in a rural part of county Wexford, Ireland, in the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains. An area rich in beauty, history and people of indominatable character. I share this beautiful place with my wife Alice and my  sons Michael and Oisín. It is from there that the inspiration for my writing originates. The beautiful Irish landscape and more importantly the people who have surrounded me in life inspire me to write, to tell their story. The tales of love, life and loss. The often complexity of human emotion that can make a person stand out or stand alone, and in those times the peace that we all can find in the simpleness of the landscape, the rippling of a stream or the budding of new life in Spring. The resilience of the people, of the human being, to prevail in the face of all that life can place before them.​ I hope you will enjoy the journey with me.