Living in Dublin, Sean is married to Finola. They have three adult children and six grandchildren. Sean has had a long and distinguished career in Irish advertising at the CEO level and has served as Chairman of the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland for nine years. Enjoying songwriting, he and his brother Frank have enjoyed a number of successes, most notably GRACE, a number-one hit for Dubliner Jim McCann in 1986 and recorded in 2018 by Rod Stewart. White Shadows is an intriguing look behind our human selves under conditions of inhibited expectations and imposed conformities. Perhaps beneath these shadows, our brighter selves live, the ones we seldom bring forth for many reasons. This compendium of ten short stories exploit situations where real selves emerge.