ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Many thanks to so many for their support: my daughter Findabhair; my mother Georgie and the Whelan family; John Duff and Brian Levy (dear friends in New York); Rachel Gallagher (fellow ambler and writer); Michael Scott; Joe Murray; Dr. Nena Hardie; Frank Golden and Eve Golden-Woods; Charles de Lint; Breege and Paddy McCrory of Inch Island; the Arbuckle-Brady clan (formerly of Meitheal); Sheila Delaney-Herceg; Maureen Galligan, Professor Dáibhí O'Cróinín and clan; Piers Dillon-Scott (webmaster); agents Lynn and David Bennett of Transatlantic Literary Inc.; the Tyrone Guthrie Center at Annaghmakerrig; all at Abrams, especially my editor Susan Van Metre; and last but not least, Na Daoine Maithe for their permission and assistance. Go raibh míle maith agaibh.