Beginner’s Pluck: Award-winning short story writer Roisin Maguire

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Beginner’s Pluck: Award-winning short story writer Roisin Maguire

Roisín Maguire is an award-winning writer of short fiction and holds an MA in Creative Writing from Queens University in Belfast. Picture: Muiread Kelly 

Sat, 13 Jul, 2024 - 01:00
Sue Leonard

When she was eight, Roisin’s teacher said she would be a writer.

“I was sure I’d marry him when I grew up,” she says.

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