Patricia Byrne
Also known as
Byrne, Patricia
Patricia Byrne is a Mayo-born writer who lives in Limerick, Ireland.
She writes narrative nonfiction and personal essays and is a graduate of the NUI Galway writer programme.
Her memoir essay *Milk Bottles in Limerick* was named one of the Notable Essays of the Year in *The Best American Essays 2017*.
Her latest historical nonfiction book *The Preacher and the Prelate: The Achill Mission Colony and the Battle for Souls in Famine Ireland* is published by Merrion Press (April 2018).
*The Veiled Woman of Achill: Island Outrage and a Playboy Drama* was published by The Collins Press in 2012:
