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  1. The circle of the story is completed by the historical place of Mary Ann McNally as the last survivor of the Gorta Mór. She was the great-grandmother of the author, and is buried in Killeen graveyard. After independence, Séamus McNally’s grandparents were among the first people to be resettled in the previously cleared foothills of Talamh Bán.

  2. Séamus McNally is a native of Louisburgh, and grew to manhood between the hills and seas of the Wild Atlantic Way. The Colony Road runs adjacent to his home place, to the location of the remains of The Colony, established during the Famine.

  3. www.writing.ie › member-authors › seamus-mcnallySéamus McNally - Writing.ie

    Séamus McNally is a native of Louisburgh, and grew to manhood between the hills and seas of the Wild Atlantic Way. He had a couple of his plays produced and is a performance poet of his humorous verse.

  4. Feb 22, 2024 · This work of fiction, based closely on true events, follows the ordinary lives of diverse families (1850’s to 1950’s), from the local peasants to the privileged occupier, and the ties that bind them.

  5. Ireland lost millions of people to a devastating famine in the late 1840’s. How did a small country rise off its knees, within seventy years, to win a war against the might of the British Empire? This is the question that inspired Séamus McNally to learn more about the real events and lives that shaped this time in history.

  6. Jan 1, 2023 · This work of fiction is closely based on historical facts, serving insights into Irish culture, emigration and imagery of the landscape. Through his emotive writing, Séamus transports the reader to the West of Ireland in the years after the Gorta Mór.

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  8. Seamus McNally is a New York/Berlin based filmmaker, also working as a professional acting coach and teacher for over twenty years. He coaches actors privately, and consults directors internationally for a wide array of film and television productions.

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