Westport – A Blessing on the Soul

Padraig McLoughlin

Westport – A Blessing on the Soul! is a new collection of poems from Westport and Achill by Padraig McLoughlin, author of Only The Stones Never Die; When the Heavens Deny; and Westport: 100 Years of Golf: 1908 – 2008.  

Padraig McLoughlin lives in Carrowholly, Westport, Co. Mayo. He is a retired teacher of English and History. He has taught in Great Denmark Street Vocational School, Dublin; Scoil Damhnait, Achill Island and Balla Secondary School, Balla, Co. Mayo. His poetry has been published in the “New Writing Page” in the former “Irish Press”, in the “Irish Book Review’’, in the “Achill Link Magazine”, in “The Connaught Telegraph” and in “The Mayo News”.

Cover Artwork by Aggie McLoughlin.