UCC writer-in-residence Thomas Morris came in search of an Irish wife

Ballykissangel fuelled a romantic notion of Ireland for Thomas Morris so, at 16, he left Wales to find himself an Irish woman, writes Colette Sheridan. 

The TV drama, Ballykissangel, is responsible for UCC’s new writer-in-residence, Thomas Morris, moving from his home in Wales to Ireland, where he has been living for over 10 years.

When he was 16, Morris (whose debut short-story collection, We Don’t Know What We’re Doing, garnered much acclaim) decided he wanted to have an Irish wife. He had a romantic