A Place I Called Home can be purchased from Carrigaholt P.O. and Keanes Of Carrigaholt as well as The Irish House in Kilkee, Whelan's Mace Shop on the Ennis Road in Kilrush, Keating's Pub & Restaurant Kilbaha, Kilbaha Gallery and Crafts - Henry Blake Heritage Centre and O'Mahony's Booksellers, O'Connell Street, Limerick. It can also be bought online from O'Mahony's Booksellers, Kenny's Bookshop and OTB.
Dr. Kevin Haugh PhD is Principal Emeritus of St. Kieran’s B.N. S. (1998-2003) and Galvone N.S. (2003-2010). He retired in 2010. He was born in the Loop Head Peninsula in West Clare. He received his primary school education in Doonaha National School in the parish of Carrigaholt. He is also a past-pupil of Kilkee Boys’ National School and Kilrush Christian Brothers School.
He graduated from Marino T.C. in 1975 and began his teaching career in the Southill-Galvone side of Limerick City from 1975 until he retired as Principal of Galvone N.S.in 2010. He was Assistant National Co-ordinator with Leadership Development for Schools on secondment to the Department of Education and Science from 2005 to 2009.
He was awarded a PhD in 2001 from the University of Limerick for his study on education provision and participation from 1975 to 2000 in the Southill-Galvone school community. The title of the thesis published in 2001 is Towards a New Model of Educational Provision and Participation for an Inner-city Community in Limerick City, Ireland.
In 2016 Kevin published this memoir of his childhood in the Loop Head Peninsula in County Clare from the late 1950s to the mid-1970s.
An Imperfect Storm is not a medical text book. Neither does it proclaim to be a self-help tome, or an advisory text on “how to live with cancer”. It is an honest account of Kevin’s life before, during and after he was unexpectedly diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
The beauty of the landscape and the power of the sea in the Loop Head Peninsula are to be found in the souls of the people there.
Kevin HaughThis book, Dr. Haugh's first, is a raw reflection of life, including the interference of the medical profession. It reveals aspects of our existence that many of us, including those who work in the health service, are unaware of, despite the unique patient-doctor relationship.
Prof. Rajnish K. Gupta