Seán McPartlin

Reaching for the Shine Seán McPartlin

Pat Cullane starts his banking career in a west of Ireland seaside town. A promising experience is cut short when tragedy strikes close at hand, and he finds himself back home in Dublin before he can come to terms with what has happened. Forty years later, after a career that takes in both the Celtic Tiger and the crash, he lands back in that same town in the west, for his last job before retirement. How will he react to the memories? How has he changed in the lifetime that has passed? Is child really father to the man, and if so, how does that affect how we learn? Should we reflect on things we cannot change, or is it better to let them be? Travelling the country, what has he discovered about himself and the people he meets? Pat has been on a journey - and it's not over yet.