Johnston, Máirín

About the author

Máirín Johnston is an Irish author and historian who has written on women in Ireland: one of her books is Dublin Belles – the memories and vision of 24 women who live, love and work in Dublin. She’s written just the one (as far as I know) children’s book: The Pony Express.

Finding the book
Still in print.


Bibliography (pony books only)


Pony Express

Attic Publishing, Dublin, 1993, 144 pp

One day, 13-year-old Kate witnesses a scene of cruelty involving a number of donkeys and learns that they are bound for “The Pony Express”. Kate then discovers that the mother of her foal is one of the victims and resolves to save the animals.