Biography/Welcome

Welcome to my website. I hope that you will find it a rewarding experience.

The aim of this little site is to promote harmony and encourage a sense of "I can do that!"

Harmony is a word that I like. Music, Literature and Art are the passtimes which occupy me most in my retirement. I was born on a small dairy farm near Duleek, Co Meath. My brothers farmed while I worked in the electronics industry. There was never much time for "cultural" passtimes while the factory production lines filled the crowded days.

I used to look at art pieces in galleries and shops and think "I can do that!" or listen to music and think "I can play that!" or "I can write stories!" And now after six years of retirement can I do any of those things? Well, yes, up to a point. My art will hardly make it into The Prado in Madrid, my keyboard playing needs a new pair of hands. However, I have had a book published and that was an achievement. The book portrays the social scene in the Meath countryside through the nineteen forties and fifties. Stories are introduced by an amusing limerick, and characters are portrayed sympathetically and with, I hope, some humour.