Patricia Byrne

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). …