Welcome to the website of Patrick Semple, former Church of Ireland clergyman and author. Patrick has had two volumes of memoir published, and two collections of poems. He was editor of ‘A Parish Adult Education Handbook,’ and ghost wrote ‘That Could Never Be,’ a memoir by Kevin Dalton. He has had short stories published and broadcast.

Patrick currently teaches a creative writing course at National University of Ireland Maynooth, Adult Education Department and for the last three years has done public readings of his work in Kempten, Bavaria.