Michael McLaverty

Michael McLaverty was born in Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, and graduated from Queen's University, Belfast, with an MSc in 1933. He worked as a a teacher and principal for many years. McLaverty has written nine novels and one book for children, but he is most famously known for his short stories. A new collection of them appeared in 2002 with an introduction by Seamus Heaney and wood engravings by Barbara Childs. Michael McLaverty died in 1992.