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Later Life and Death
As part of the Galway Labour History Group, MacLochlainn gave lectures on important figures including Walter Macken in 1990 and a tribute to Eileen Costello in 1999, both of whom have roots in activism. MacLochlainn also edited a publication of the Galway Labour History Party titled The Emigrant Expereince, published in 1991. MacLochlainn worked with the former mayor of Galway Michael D. Higgins on this publication, who was also part of the Labour Party. Another writing project MacLochlainn worked on while a part of the Galway Labour History group, was a pamphlet titled Two Galway Schools published in 1993. This pamphlet had two articles titled The Claddagh Piscatory School written by MacLochlainn, and The Salthill Industrial School written by Tony Regan. Maclochlainn’s article detailed the history of the Claddagh Piscatory School and its role in early education and teaching English.

MacLochlainn’s son, Fred died of a sudden heart attack on February 21st, 1993 in Florianopolis, Brazil. .

In 1994 MacLochlainn was voted onto the Cultural Relations Committee, which is under the Department of Foreign Affairs for Ireland. MacLochlainn served on this committee which aided in the expansion of Irish culture outside of Ireland and advising the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

MacLochlainn continued to write outside of his career. He published his second book, The Corpus in the Library: Stories and Novellas in 1996. This book consisted of two novellas and seven short stories. MacLochlainn’s work of fiction takes a look at the complexities of everyday life.

MacLochlainn continued writing and published his third and final book Past Habitual on April 13th, 2015. This book, like his second, is a work of fiction and ranges from imaginative to sincere short stories on everyday life.

MacLochlainn died at age 92 on December 8th, 2018 in Galway, Ireland, with a service held at Shannon Crematorium on December 12th, 2018. At his funeral service, current president of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, delivered a commemorative speech.

In 2022, MacLochlainn’s son Colm passed away and also had a service held at Shannon Crematorium on June 8th, 2022.