Lorna Byrne

Lorna Byrne (born 25 March 1953) is an Irish author and peace ambassador.

Byrne married Joe in 1976.

She relates that when she was young an angel showed her a vision of the man she would Marry, and told her they would be happy and have children, but that she would need to care for him and that he would die young.

Their married life was spent in a cottage near Maynooth, in County Kildare.

They had four children.

As she conveys having been told, Joe was often in poor health, and he died in 2000.

Byrne has said that the angels told her many years ago that she would write of them.

"When I was a child the angels used to tell me I would write about God and them," she has said, "but I didn't use to take any notice of them… but even when Angel Michael said to me that it is getting near your time I was telling him, 'Stop pestering me. How does God expect me to write a book when I can't read or write at all?' He said help would be sent to me. And it was."

"It filled me with fear of being laughed at and ridiculed," she has said.

"But right from when I was a child the angels told me that my story would go all around the world, that it would be a bestseller, though they did not use those words."

Angels in My Hair is a memoir of her early and married life.

She is best known for her bestselling memoir, Angels in My Hair (2008).

Stairways to Heaven (2010) is a memoir of life after the death of her husband, including the story of writing her first book and becoming a public figure.

She states that it contains many details of how angels work in the world.

A Message of Hope from the Angels is about the importance of hope "in these challenging times".

A Message of Hope from the Angels (2012) and Love from Heaven (2014) debuted at No. 1 on the UK Sunday Times Book Chart.

Her books have been translated into 30 languages and published in over 50 countries.

Byrne says that she sees angels and spirits physically on a daily, continuous basis.

She has been featured in many media outlets, including the BBC, CNN, The Economist, The Observer, and the Daily Telegraph.

Byrne was born in Dublin, and grew up in poverty in the Dublin suburbs of Kilmainham and Ballymun.

She relates that she has seen angels since she was a baby.

"I see angels physically and I have done so since I was a baby. I know this is hard to believe, and I know that there are some people who will never believe me, regardless of what I say or do. I have no idea why I see angels and others don’t; I am just an ordinary woman. When I have asked the angels around me about this, their reply has simply been "Why not you?" She was labeled as "retarded" when very young, and speculates that this might be because she was so often in her own world. Lorna's childhood was challenging for many reasons, including difficult family relations because Lorna was often observed as different resulting in something of an ‘outsider’ status. Despite a specific learning difficulty that makes it hard for someone to learn to read, write and spell correctly, as well as a misconception as to her learning capabilities, Lorna has achieved many things.

Byrne regularly writes a newsletter for e-mail subscribers and posts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and from 2013 till 2017 also blogged for The Huffington Post

Love from Heaven (2014) introduced the topic of what she describes as a lack of love in the world today, and discusses the importance of loving oneself, which she says is necessary for being able to love others.

She also stated for the first time that she sees the force of love as she does angels.

In 2015, Byrne established the Lorna Byrne Children's Foundation, which supports the work of charities helping children in need.

Funds the Foundation raises are currently split between UNICEF Ireland, which is supporting children affected by the Syrian Civil War; APA — A Partnership with Africa, which supports the self-empowerment of women and children in Ethiopia and Tanzania; and in Limerick, Narrative 4, which uses the power of storytelling to grow empathy in children and help them improve their lives and communities, and the Children's Grief Centre, which supports children experiencing loss by bereavement of parental separation.

From 2015 until 2017, Blue Box Creative Learning Centre, which provides art therapy was funded.

Money is raised through public donations and speaking events.

Lorna Byrne and a group of friends, guided by the angels and shared values, have established a non-profit organisation named The Seraph Foundation.

The mission of The Seraph Foundation is to create a Sanctuary for people from around the world, of all backgrounds and beliefs to come together, promote religious & social tolerance, inspire hope, encourage mindfulness & wellbeing while developing spiritually, guided by the teachings of Lorna Byrne and the Angels.

Since becoming a well-known author, Byrne has engaged in book tours, and has spoken in other contexts to many public audiences across Europe and the United States.

She has travelled repeatedly to the United States, a country she believes is pivotal in the future of the world.

The Year With Angels (2016) helps readers to recognise their spiritual side through the different seasons of the year, and includes photographs of Ireland in the four seasons.

Angels at my Fingertips (2017) is a sequel to Angels in my Hair, containing descriptions of events throughout Byrne's life and taking her autobiographical writing up to 2017.

It contains descriptions of visionary experiences of historical figures and detailed exercises for connecting to guardian angels.

A book on prayer, Prayers from the Heart, was published in 2018.

This includes advice on how to pray, and prayers for many situations.

My Guardian Angel, My Best Friend (2020) is a book of stories for children, inspired by real life, written to remind children they each have a guardian angel.

Illustrations in the book are by Aideen Byrne, Lorna's daughter.