Well, I've published two novels and I'm now writing my third. it should really be a sequel to my last novel, Darkness Falling, but I've got

I'm Patrick MacDonald
Author of Darkness Falling
The Invitation
and
The Reckoning
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Into the Light
I've finally started work on a sequel to Darkness Falling, my novel about the Irish famine. I've been thinking about it for a while and I've also been

Picture Gallery
Taken in Corsica before we had children which is why I looked so relaxed. I think I was in my early thirties. Taken at the Giants Causeway in

Eggshells
This is a short story I've just completed. It's a little creepy but it was my last assignment as part of a crime-writing course. Hope you enjoy

Ambleforth Manor
I've written a comedy-drama for my local radio station, Hunts County Radio. Series One, consisting of twelve episodes, has now been completed and

The Invitation
I've finally completed my third novel and it's now available on Amazon. See link below: It's a psychological thriller set in my local village of

Declan O’Rourke
Chronicles of the Great Irish Famine I stumbled across this album whilst researching the famine. I want to visit the National Famine Museum in

How I write
This pre-supposes of course any of you are remotely interested in the process of writing a novel... I tend to write early in the morning before

One of the Inspirations for Darkness Falling
Patrica, Orr, who worked at RNIB at the same time as me, told me about an Irish ancestor of hers, William Orr, who was convicted and hanged for

The Quiet Man
I was recently in Ireland in Cong which is where they filmed The Quiet Man with John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara. I was with my Mum, who is a sprightly

Right to Bear Arms
So another mass shooting in America… Mind you, I think Trump’s nailed it. He says it’s a mental illness problem; I just didn’t think he

Top 10 Cremation Songs
My Will specifies that I’m to be cremated rather than buried but, at a funeral last week I listened with interest as the coffin slid slowly into