Gabriel Fitzmaurice was born in 1952, in the village of Moyvane, Co. Kerry where he still lives.
I was born in Athlone, Co Westmeath on 5th November 1958. After leaving school in June 1976 I attended the National College of Art and Design in Kildare Street, Dublin. I left it in 1978 and spent the next two years travelling and working in Europe.