Mark Boyle (Moneyless Man)

Mark Boyle
Boyle in 2009
Born (1979-05-08) 8 May 1979 (age 45)
Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland
Alma materGalway-Mayo Institute of Technology (BA)
OccupationWriter

Mark Boyle (born 8 May 1979), also known as The Moneyless Man, is an Irish writer best known for living without money from November 2008,[1] and for living without modern technology since 2016.[2] Boyle writes regularly for the British newspaper The Guardian, and has written about his experiences in a couple of books. His first book, The Moneyless Man: A Year of Freeconomic Living, was published in 2010.[3] His fourth book, The Way Home: Tales from a life without technology, was published in 2019.[4] Boyle lives near Loughrea, in the west of Ireland.[5]

  1. ^ Mark Boyle, "My year of living without money" The Guardian, 9 November 2009
  2. ^ Mark Boyle, "After two years off-grid, I'm embracing daily letters, good sleep and my DIY hot tub" The Guardian, 30 March 2019
  3. ^ Mark Boyle (16 September 2010). The Moneyless Man: A Year of Freeconomic Living. Oneworld Publications. ISBN 978-1-85168-781-7.
  4. ^ Mark Boyle (4 April 2019). The Way Home: Tales from a life without technology. Oneworld Publications. ISBN 978-1-78607-600-7.
  5. ^ Bryony Stone, "What do we own? Living off the land in Galway with the Moneyless Man" Unlimited, 16 August 2016, retrieved 17 May 2017