Josephine Treanor is originally from Clogher, Co. Tyrone but has lived in North Monaghan for the past twenty five years where she was nominated for the Monaghan Person of the Year in 2003 for her contribution to Community Development and Peace Building Projects within the County. A graduate of Queen's University, Belfast she is currently employed by Clones Regeneration Partnership and Castleblayney Arts & Community Development Company. Josephine is a great great gand daughter of Anne Duffy and has always been fascinated by the link with William Carleton. She has had several short stories published in national publications and her contribution to this year's Summer School is a short story based on Anne Duffy's account of William Carelton's visit to her marital home in Ballyscally, Clogher, in 1847.