Author

Meabh Ni Choileain 2 posts 0 comments

Méabh Ní Choileáin is a primary teacher from Dublin. She has previously lived in London, where she worked as an Editorial Assistant for Penguin Random House, Washington D.C., where she pursued a Fulbright scholarship at the Catholic University of America, and most recently Boston, where she spent a semester at Boston University. She is passionate about Children’s Literature, Inclusive Education and Cultural Exchange.

Literature

The Surprising Irishness of Thomas The Tank Engine

Meabh Ni Choileain Mar 9, 2019 0

For most people, mention of Thomas the Tank Engine conjures images from childhood of brightly coloured, moon-faced locomotives happily chugging along under guardianship of the Fat Controller. It sparks a memory of the honky-tonk theme tune…

Literature

Remembering The Wildflower Girl

Meabh Ni Choileain Nov 8, 2018 0

Reading Under the Hawthorn Tree as a child, the first title in Marita Conlon McKenna’s Children of the Famine trilogy, I found myself initially drawn to the character of Eily. Her selflessness in caring for her younger siblings impressed…