Breda JoyceBreda Joyce grew up in Headford Co. Galway and lives near Clonmel, Co. Tipperary with her husband Mark and their daughters Caoimhe and Muireann. On retiring from second-level teaching, Breda fulfilled her ambition to study creative writing in U.C.C. here she won her first poetry prize and from where she graduated with an M.A in 2020. Her work has been shortlisted and highly commended in a number of competitions, the most recent being The Fool for Poetry Chapbook Competition 2021. Her poetry appears in various publications, anthologies and literary journals. Apart from writing, Breda enjoys sea- swimming, cycling and hiking in the hills near her home. Read More Read Less