My parents packed their bags and came to visit me on what they termed their “once in a lifetime trip.” ...
Last year Ireland braced for Hurricane Ophelia, a rare storm to hit the island. It was expected to be the...
“Don’t worry,” I told my girlfriend. “There are a lot eighteen year-olds that live around us. They’ll get eaten first.”...
I know when my father has done something wrong because there’s no butter in the fridge. When my mother takes...
TOBY’S SOLILOQUY To think what stands against me still is not the harm of falling off a ladder at two-storey...
Last days in August The tarmac heats the rubber soles of my boots. It’s hotter here than I had expected...
The dog had been missing since morning. It was getting late in the day, but I still wasn’t too keen...
Boluisce I root my fingers, burying them back and down. A twist into black, acidic soil, deeper than anything man-made....
Paddy McMenamin shares his thoughts on the year 2020 with an extract from his book Walking Through a Story of Life....
Despite being from a small Catholic country, the sheep of Ireland have garnered an international reputation for being particularly lustful....
First published in 2019. * If you’re going to murder your love rival, all the better if he has a...
This article was originally published in 2016. * When I was in Jr. High our school principal showed up drunk...