All you read is love: The books about Mayo’s All-Ireland Win that just had to be written
Thanks to Malachy Clerkin of The Irish Times for for including my book, and me in this article. Mayo Gaa is the latest environmental threat the rainforests didn't see coming. Reading has been revived out west... he says, hopefully... ""It's a release," says Liam Horan. He not talking about his upcoming book on Mayo football, or at least not specifically about it just in this instance. No he's talking about the whole thing, the essential mist of star-crossed magic that has fallen over the country since July 26th. And the fact there is no sign of it lifting anytime soon."
Watching The Cover Come To Life
One of the great joys of publishing a book is designing the cover. The fact that I am not an artist is probably why I am attracted to it - it's amazing to watching an idea come to life bit by bit. The cover is what I am at now with my upcoming Mayo book entitled, I Can See It Still: All those years of Mayo football. And then 2026. The latter half of that is the tagline and it works better visually than in a text-based post like this. Well, hopefully anyway...
I Can See It Still tells a personal story of almost six decades of Mayo football
Mayo football across almost six decades, culminating in the historic All-Ireland success of 2026, and Liam Horan’s own experience of following the county through those years are at the heart of I Can See It Still, a new book by the Mayo author and journalist. Horan will launch the book at An Sportlann, the home of Castlebar Mitchels at MacHale Park, Castlebar, on Friday, 16 October 2026 (7.45pm, all welcome).
Interview on the Joe Finnegan Show, Shannonside Radio
I joined Joe Finnegan on Shannonside Radio today to talk about On The Way Out — where the story came from, my background in journalism, my move into fiction writing and why I went back to college to study creative writing at the age of 55.
Tommy Marren Show – Mid West Radio – interview, 9 December 2025
I was on Mid West Radio today, chatting with Tommy Marren about On The Way Out — the writing of it, the Gerald Griffin Award and getting my first novel published and launched.
‘The ups and downs of small-town Ireland captured in debut novel by former Mayo sports journalist Liam Horan’
Thanks to Oisín McGovern of The Irish Independent for interviewing me about my debut novel, On The Way Out.
"We are introduced to the town through Matt and Louise, two ordinary inhabitants of this steady but struggling town in the middle of somewhere but not quite anywhere'.
'The town and its characters are instantly relatable. Matt and Louise are every bit as friendly yet quietly worried and insecure as the people you meet in any town to the west of Ireland.' Read Oisín's take on it all here: bit.ly/44b4tHd Yes, it's behind the paywall, they've got to get paid too.On The Way Out: discussing the novel and what brought it about
In this interview with Niall Delaney on Ocean FM’s North West Today programme (Thursday, 4 December, 2025), I talk about the long road to On The Way Out, my debut novel and winner of the Gerald Griffin Competition for First Adult Fiction 2025.
Award-winning novel launched before huge crowd in Ballinrobe
More than 170 people packed Ballinrobe Library for the launch of On The Way Out, the award-winning debut novel by local writer Liam Horan. The venue, set within the beautifully converted former Church of Ireland church, added a spectacular sense of place to the evening.
Media coverage of Ballinrobe launch of On The Way Out
We had a great turnout for the launch on On The Way Out, my debut novel, in Ballinrobe Library on Saturday, 22 November.
Claremorris Community Radio (CC4964.fm) interview
Niall Coffey and I had a very enjoyable chat today about the launch of my debut novel, On The Way Out, tomorrow night (Saturday, 22 November, Ballinrobe Library, 7.30 - all are welcome).
