The Clones Ink Slinger
Patrick McCabe was born in 1955 in Clones. He was educated at St Patrick's Training College in Dublin and began teaching at Kingsbury Day Special School in London in 1980.
Pat McCabe
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He is the author of five novels including The Butcher Boy (1992), a black comedy narrated by a disturbed young slaughterhouse worker, which won the Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for Fiction; The Dead School (1995), an account of the misfortunes that befall two Dublin teachers; and Breakfast on Pluto (1998), a tale about a boy from a small town in Ireland who moves to an exciting new life in London.
The Butcher Boy and Breakfast on Pluto were both shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction and were turned into succesful movies.
His latest novel, Winterwood, was published in 2006, and was named the 2007 Hughes & Hughes/Irish Independent Irish Novel of the Year.
Pat now lives in Sligo in Ireland with his wife and two daughters.
His latest novel, Winterwood, was published in 2006, and was named the 2007 Hughes & Hughes/Irish Independent Irish Novel of the Year.
Pat now lives in Sligo in Ireland with his wife and two daughters.