This is the website of sisters, Mary and Valerie Behan. 
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We share this website because we wrote a book together, Abbey Girls, a memoir about our childhood in Ireland.  

Mary has also published a novel, A Measured Thread, and a collection of short stories, Kernels.

If you would like more information or wish to make a purchase, just click on BOOKS at the top of this page.

We grew up in Ireland. Mary has a BSc and PhD from University College Dublin. She moved to the United States in the mid-1970s and spent her career as a Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Val has a BSc from University College Dublin and a PhD from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She spent most of her career as a Research Scientist with Agriculture Canada in Ottawa. We are both retired, and divide our time between North America and Ireland.

We love to hear from you. Just click on CONTACT at the top of the page to get in touch.


 

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