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I was born in Spain, but I have been living in Ireland for a while.

Some years ago I released an anthology with my MA classmates and we called it Adventure Hat.

I'm a committee member for The Theatre Room Galway where I ocassionally write, direct, or "act" in plays ...more

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Adventure Hat
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Niamh Dennis

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“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
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“Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves. Heres Tom with the Weather.”
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