Welcome to the website of Patrick Semple, former Church of Ireland clergyman and author. Patrick has had two volumes of memoir published, a novel, a travelogue, a creative writing handbook 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.

  
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6 June 2013

GOOD WITH TOMATOES  

I know a widow woman who bought a house in Dalkey, found it wasn’t what she wanted, sold it and bought a house in Harold’s Cross. Would anyone with titter of wit sell a house in Dalkey and go to … Continue reading →

THE MAN WHO KNEW ALMOST EVERYTHING  

I knew a man who knew damned well nearly everything. He died, and I’m almost certain that now he knows damned well absolutely nothing.

28 May 2013

FONDO  

We have some good friends – delightful company and above all sensible down to earth people. At least that was what their friends thought until they bought the ruin of a large house on top of a hill outside Sansepolcro … Continue reading →

17 May 2013

SUMMER 1964  

There are horses for courses and one course on which I found the going tough was a building site I worked on during a long hot summer when I was at university. It is not uncommon for students to work … Continue reading →

23 April 2013

KEMPTEN, BAVARIA  

Just back from Kempten, a town in Bavaria about one hour and forty minutes by train south west of Munich in the beautiful district of the Allgau. This is the fourth year that I have been invited to Kempten to … Continue reading →

  

April 2013  Question and Answer session with Mel Ulm

The Author reading Short Stories Click Here

NEW BOOK: 'Being Published'. A book about the craft and industry of writing. It is an account of the author's quest to be published and what he learnt along the away. It is also a distillation of the creative writing course he gives at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. It contains important advice and invaluable insights from an experienced writing mentor.
Click here to see details and book cover.

Interviews :

  Interview with Shauna Gilligan

  Cork Humanists - Guest Patrick Semple on YouTube   Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

  Recent Interview with John Murray on RTE1

  Two Interviews on 'Spirit Level', Joe Duffy, RTE : Spiritlevel
  Scroll to Video Archives of 19th Dec and 30th Jan and in both cases go to 32 mins 47 seconds

  25th June 2011 interview with an American radio station : FFRF News

Recent Updates :

  Click here for details of the new book Curious Cargo  (publication date : 11th December)

  New Novel : 'Transient Beings'