Tá Cathal McGinley de bhunadh Inis Bó Finne; níor rugadh é ar an oileán ach tógadh é i Machaire Rabhartaigh ag breathnú amach ar áit bhaile a theaghlaigh. Chuaigh sé ar aghaidh chun staidéar a dhéanamh ar an Ealaíon i Sligeach agus ina dhiaidh sin chríochnaigh sé a MA in Ollscoil Uladh.

"Ar scoil d'fhéadfainn ceangal a dhéanamh le Walter Mitty - thóg sé an t-aislingeach ionam. Gan an áit agus an t-am chun brionglóid a dhéanamh ní bheinn mar rud ar bith."

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Cathal McGinley is ‘of’ Inis Bó Finne; he was not born on the island but was raised in Magheroarty overlooking his family’s home place. He went on to study Fine Art in Sligo and later completed his MA at the University of Ulster.

​"At school I could connect with Walter Mitty - he took out the dreamer in me. Without the place and time to dream I would be nothing." visual arts

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