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Author of Departures (Brandon 1992), 156pp., stories; also a novel, Death and Plenty (1996), 255pp., with central character Mulcahy. See interview,’ Lives of comic desparation’, in Books Ireland (Summer 1996),
p.153.
Death and Plenty (Brandon Books 1996): In a forgotten seaside town, modern Ireland and an ancient myth clash when Mulcahy, a local artist, creates a pig for a public monument. Mulcahy's Black Pig - an age-old symbol of death and plenty - becomes a focus for the passions of a community already faced with a choice between poverty or poison. A gold-mining company has promised hundreds of jobs in the area, provided no one asks where the cyanide waste ends up. Mulcahy's stubborn refusal to take sides in the conflict is challenged when Grace O’Connor arrives in the town. The daughter of a famous American actress, she is searching for her roots, an impulsive journey that sets her on a collision course with Mulcahy and his world. For Grace it is the beginning of the affair. A long freefall into love, heartbreak and danger, and the big questions of what it means to belong, to be loved, to be Irish. (Amazon Books - online; accessed 07.09.2023.)
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