I’m an Irish writer based in Galway.
My writing begins with the things I notice: a place, a person, an ordinary moment,
something remembered, and follows wherever they lead.
Welcome to my writing world.
I’m an Irish writer based in Galway.
My writing begins with the things I notice: a place, a person, an ordinary moment, something remembered, and follows wherever they lead.
Welcome to my writing world.
1976, I Was Six
Essay · Life & Loss
A childhood memory of fear, silence and the painful discovery that the adults meant to protect us cannot always be trusted. Read here →
1975, I Was Five
Essay · Life & Loss
A childhood memory of moving to a thatched cottage in Ireland, where the strange logic of being five turns lizards into dinosaurs. Read here →
1975, I Was Five
The cottage, photographed in 1991.I ran over to the big plastic bag. Her long plastic legs with white shoes stuck right out from the top. “Mommy, she’s here,” I shouted as Daddy took the pram off the train. Mommy was carrying my baby brother and she found it difficult...
The Empty House
Essay · Life & Loss
A neighbouring house falls silent, leaving behind the traces of two lives and the empty spaces people leave behind. Read here →
PLAYS & PUBLICATIONS
Selected Plays: 1996–2022
Eight plays. Thirty-eight characters and voices. Twenty-six years.
Spanning more than two decades of theatrical writing, Selected Plays: 1996–2022 brings together eight works exploring the complexities of human relationships, identity, power and conflict. From intimate encounters to larger questions about society and the human condition, these plays reflect an enduring interest in the voices we hear, the stories we tell and the things left unsaid.
Written between 1996 and 2022, the collection offers a journey through twenty-six years of storytelling for the stage.