Dublin Tramways
by
John Kelleher
by
John Kelleher
(c) 2016 Mount Merrion Historical Society
8.00pm, Thursday 15th January, 2026
Fitzwilliam Rooms
Mount Merrion Community Centre
Fitzwilliam Rooms
Mount Merrion Community Centre
From Genealogy
to writing Historical Fiction
to writing Historical Fiction
Presented by:
Anne M. McLoughlin
Anne M. McLoughlin
In her presentation, Anne will talk about how genealogical research into her ancestry, some of whom in the late 1800s, emigrated from County Clare to America to set up a new life, led her to an unexpected detour into writing historical fiction.
Anne’s talk will demonstrate how retirement, while it may close a chapter on one part of your life, and having an absorbing project can sometimes lead to a whole new career.
Anne’s talk will demonstrate how retirement, while it may close a chapter on one part of your life, and having an absorbing project can sometimes lead to a whole new career.
Anne McLoughlin was born in Dublin, with family roots going back to County Wexford and County Clare. After thirty years in RTE she jumped ship into the freelance world where she worked on various projects, including setting up the video career of Brendan O’Carroll’s ‘MRS. BROWN’S BOYS” and producing two series of PAGE TURNERS - BOOK CLUB for RTE.
Having written stories for children for RTE’s “Anything Goes” program, in more recent years she returned to writing and having been highly commended in the Colm Tóibín International Short Story Competition in the Wexford Literary Festival, went on to win a three-book contact with Poolbeg Press for her ‘Lives’ family saga trilogy - ‘LIVES APART’, ‘LIVES WITHOUT END’ and ‘LIVES REUNITED’. Her latest release ‘ANDY’ has been compared to John McGahern’s ‘That They May Face the Rising Sun’.
Having written stories for children for RTE’s “Anything Goes” program, in more recent years she returned to writing and having been highly commended in the Colm Tóibín International Short Story Competition in the Wexford Literary Festival, went on to win a three-book contact with Poolbeg Press for her ‘Lives’ family saga trilogy - ‘LIVES APART’, ‘LIVES WITHOUT END’ and ‘LIVES REUNITED’. Her latest release ‘ANDY’ has been compared to John McGahern’s ‘That They May Face the Rising Sun’.