Tadhg Coakley: Honoured to be Cork's One City/One Book choice

Ex librarian Tadhg Coakley turned to writing late in life, but his second novel has been rewarded with a huge honour in his native city, writes Marjorie Brennan

Ballinlough-based author, Tadhg Coakley. 

As the classic piece of literary advice goes, ‘write what you know’. 

It was a maxim that Tadhg Coakley followed for his debut novel but although he knew his subject — the GAA — well, he was also aware that it was a notoriously tricky one to write about.