Special thanks to my friends in the Wexford Bookshop for a wonderful year in their company while writing this book; especially Angie Murphy, Conor Dunne, Joanne O’Leary, John Harper, Linda Cullen, Lindsay Tierney, Luke Kelly, Maggie Niotis and Paula Dempsey.
Thanks also to Ann Geraghty, Anne Griffin, Bob Johnston, James Lowry, Shane Duggan and Tim Hendy for all the visits and their loyal friendship, and Paul O’Rourke for getting me there and back again.