Eddie Gilmore
Eddie Gilmore grew up in an Irish family in Coventry and later moved to Canterbury where he was part of the L’Arche Kent community for twenty-eight years. It’s where he met his wife Yim Soon and they have three grown up children. He spent the next seven years as CEO of a London-based charity called the Irish Chaplaincy whose main areas of work are with prisoners, Travellers and seniors.
Feeling that the time was right for another new challenge, he applied for and was selected as Leader/CEO of L’Arche Ireland, which involved moving to Kilkenny in November 2023. It seemed like a marriage made in heaven but it was not to be and he left in August 2024. He and Yim Soon saw it straight away as an opportunity to walk! They start with the 800 km of the Camino Francés across the north of Spain. Next will be the 760 km of the Lycian Way along the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. That will be followed by the Via Francigena from Florence to Assisi and Rome.
As well as being a walker and a writer Eddie is a musician and has been most fortunate that in all his areas of work he has been able to share his love of walking, writing and singing! He has had the privilege of playing guitar to groups of Travellers in prison, to older Irish in care homes and to always-appreciative members of L’Arche communities. He has even played in an Alpine cave on top of a waterfall! He also enjoys doing regular reflections for BBC Radio 2’s ‘Pause for Thought.’
His third book, the first with Brimstone Press is:
Another Day in Paradise
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His first book was endorsed by Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland and is called LOOKING AHEAD WITH HOPE - stories of humanity, wonder and gratitude in a time of uncertainty (DLT, 2021).
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His second book, endorsed by Cardinal Vincent Nichols, is THE UNIVERSE PROVIDES - finding miracles and inspiration in unexpected places (DLT, 2023).
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