Acknowledgements

This book would not have made it out of the starting gate without a lot of help. Thank you to my writing buddy Dolores O’Malley, for all the tea, TLC and the writing work we did together. Thank you to the following people for their encouragement and time spent reading it and suggesting changes: Veron Bennett, Emma Champ, Maeve and Jerry O’Dwyer, Kate O’Malley, Sheila Whyte, and Olive O’Sullivan.