Heat and steamy breath from big-eyed young calves crammed into the stone outhouse, sentient, persistent in this old loft of...
I used to tell myself that it was the August heat that drew me away from that tarmacadam road and into the...
My Mother Considers Her Callows Farm From a parlour window I see sunlight creeping across the fields, and how some...
It was a struggle for her, getting around to the back of the house this morning to gather up the...
There are no blue plaques in our village, no Heaney or Shackelton or Yeats to commemorate. A notable event is...
“One day, every major city in America will have a telephone.” – (Alexander G. Bell). Following the invention of the...
Conleth Ferris tossed a cigarette end to the yard. He coughed, then swallowed the phlegm, imagined the inside of his...
“Hello, this is the Galway Dating Service. Sarah speaking.” “What’s the craic? Looking for a bird for meself,” Tristan said...
Tristan told me to come to Dublin that weekend and bring my boots. He had gotten the allotment. He had...
This article was originally published in 2016. * When I was in Jr. High our school principal showed up drunk...
First published in 2019. * If you’re going to murder your love rival, all the better if he has a...