Sean is also reconstructing a life after a childhood Northern Ireland that comes back to him in terrifying nightmares. Maeve is the first woman for whom he has felt any real attraction after a life of feeling dead inside. In a terrible storm that brings them together, they confront each other, their pasts and then their future.

An Irish Lullaby takes the reader from laughter to tears, to joy. The characters are created many layers deep to allow the reader to peel each layer back and discover the secrets hidden inside. This reviewer wished less space had been granted to the elaborate joke and more time early on to the complexities of the characters. However, the book is still well worth reading.