About Me

 

A writer's garret / attic / #Covidmademedoit

Letters from Beyond the Pale started life as a Travel blog. In between writing and blogging I worked in Finance; living in Dublin, Sydney, London and San Francisco. Driven by natural curiosity I travelled extensively and went off the beaten track to meet the most important people of any story, the locals. 


I have also battled cancers, heart failure and infertility, while balancing motherhood and a career. I managed to find the levity in the lousy lows and capture the experiences in my writing.  


I am the luckiest unlucky person you will ever meet, but I’ve beaten the odds, seen the other side and made it home to Ireland where I live with my English husband and American daughter.


Nowadays, I am concentrating on my family, my health and my writing. I’ve been on some unforgettable journeys but I’ve found the most interesting stories are often waiting just beyond your doorstep.   

 

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Sheilagh has won the first Dublin Review of Books Flash Fiction Competition. She has written for the Irish Times, the Irish Independent, the Irish Independent Weekend Magazine and Image Magazine. A short story she wrote has been included in the curriculum for the Junior Cert cycle in Irish secondary schools. She currently writes an opinion column for the Irish Medical Times - www.imt.ie and is a contributor to the Irish Times and Irish Independent Newspapers. She is a Reviewer for the British Medical Journal. She volunteers with the Irish Heart Foundation and sits on national steering committees as a Patient Advocate, and acts as a Patient Consultant with the European Heart Network. She loves to cycle, and she blogs.


Contact: Lettersfrombeyondthepale@gmail.com
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