It launched Alice on a series of signing sessions, talks and readings the length and breadth of Ireland. It was an immediate success, and quickly became the biggest selling book ever published in Ireland. To School Through the Fields was published in May 1988. In 1986 she published an illustrated collection of her own verse. In 1984 she edited and published the first issue of Candlelight, a local magazine which has since appeared annually. She and her husband, Gabriel Murphy, who sadly passed away in 2005, had four sons and one daughter. When she married, she moved to Innishannon where she ran a guesthouse at first, then the supermarket and post office. Since her eldest son has taken over responsibility for the shop, she has been able to devote more time to her writing.Īlice Taylor worked as a telephonist in Killarney and Bandon. view more Alice Taylor lives in the village of Innishannon in County Cork, in a house attached to the local supermarket and post office. Since her eldest son has taken over responsibility fo. Alice Taylor lives in the village of Innishannon in County Cork, in a house attached to the local supermarket and post office.
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