Brendan MulcahyBorn in Cork city, in the Republic of Ireland, in 1951, Brendan found himself caught up in the pattern of migration which saw a quarter of a million Irish people migrate during the 1950s. Translated to the north London suburb of Harrow, he attended te local Catholic grammar school before studying for a BA Hons in English and American Literature at Manchester University, subsequently qualifying as a teacher. For forty years Brendan taught English in secondary schools in Cheshire and Northants, Devon and London, holding senior management posts in four of those schools. He published articles in The Guardian and the Times Education Supplement on literary and pedagogical subjects and took an MA in Education at Leicester University. Brendan has always placed poetry at the heart of the English curriculum, with Shakespeare as presiding spirit. T.S. Eliot has also had iconic status, while Robert Frost's dictum, "The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader", has always rung true for him and been confirmed by experience. In retirement, Brendan has fulfilled his ambition to write and publish poetry. A keen tennis player and guitarist / song-writer, he lives with his wife in the south London suburb of Wimbledon, within a stone's throw of the All England Club championship grounds. Read More Read Less