



One of the programs she has been involved in was the restoration of the old Innishannon Tower. Taylor has remained very connected to the village where she lives. Since then she has moved onto novels which have also become best sellers. The next books were equally successful and have been sold internationally. She had numerous interviews on national shows including RTÉ Radio's The Gay Byrne Show and The Late Late Show. However it was her book To School Through the Fields, published in May 1988, which brought her fame. In 1984 she edited and published a local magazine, Candlelight, and in 1986 she published an illustrated collection of her poetry. There she ran a guesthouse, the local post office and a shop.

When she married she moved to Innishannon in 1961. Taylor worked in Bandon before marrying Gabriel Murphy. Alice Taylor (born 28 February 1938) is an Irish writer and novelist particularly known for her nostalgia works looking back at life in a small village.īorn 28 February 1938 on a farm in Lisdangan, Newmarket in North Cork.
