Angela Byrne was born in Dublin. Her training includes: City and Guilds Printing, Guildford College of Technology, Surrey, UK. She was a founder member of the ‘Pauper’s Press Printing Cooperative’, Oxford, UK. In 1987 she set up ‘pirateproductions’, Design and Screen-Printing. Returning to Ireland in 1997 to settle in Connemara. Her writings include poetry a selection to be found on her blog https://hagsdemesne.wordpress.com/ Currently working with the Rosmuc based Artist’s Collective ‘An Scuab Fraoigh’ and is a member of Visual Artists Ireland.