Danny Dunne is a historian and retired School Principal from Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. He has ten books to his credit including, The Little SilverBell (1995), a book of poetry Along the Gravel Road (1996) and compiling and editing eight books documenting the local history of communitiesin the Mullingar area. He is married to Betty and they have three adult children. In 2018 he published The Spindle Tree - A Story of Lost Childhood and Redemption in the Irish Midlands.