The dog had been missing since morning. It was getting late in the day, but I still wasn’t too keen...
There are no blue plaques in our village, no Heaney or Shackelton or Yeats to commemorate. A notable event is...
Conleth Ferris tossed a cigarette end to the yard. He coughed, then swallowed the phlegm, imagined the inside of his...
“One day, every major city in America will have a telephone.” – (Alexander G. Bell). Following the invention of the...
“Don’t worry,” I told my girlfriend. “There are a lot eighteen year-olds that live around us. They’ll get eaten first.”...
Paddy McMenamin shares his thoughts on the year 2020 with an extract from his book Walking Through a Story of Life....
My parents packed their bags and came to visit me on what they termed their “once in a lifetime trip.” ...
First published in 2019. * If you’re going to murder your love rival, all the better if he has a...
Despite being from a small Catholic country, the sheep of Ireland have garnered an international reputation for being particularly lustful....
It was a struggle for her, getting around to the back of the house this morning to gather up the...
This article was originally published in 2016. * When I was in Jr. High our school principal showed up drunk...
Boluisce I root my fingers, burying them back and down. A twist into black, acidic soil, deeper than anything man-made....