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Eddie's Place
I got her present out of the boot of the car in the garage and staggered on tip-toes to the back door. It had been some session all...
Pat Mullan
Dec 16, 20242 min read
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A Christmas spirit
It was only 4pm but it was already dark outside when Reverend Mark thought someone was at his front door. He didn’t hear the doorbell or...
Margaret Colgan
Dec 11, 20247 min read
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Hello Tony
Errol Cornshaw believed that if he joined the army, his wife, Betina, would take him seriously. If he got into battle, he would show what...
Anne McDonald
Dec 20, 20236 min read
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The Best Christmas Present
Anna Fitzgerald stood outside The Shelbourne Hotel and wondered if he was already inside. The five-star hotel on Dublin’s St Stephen’s...
Ruth O'Leary
Dec 20, 20235 min read
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The way the wind blows
The man walked slowly down the road, his hands buried deep in his pockets, his collar pulled up around his neck trying to protect himself...
Matthew Egan
Dec 14, 20238 min read
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Alfie
For as long as Alfie could remember he checked his watch every 14 minutes to make sure it had not stopped. As he poured his chocolate...
Declan Doherty
Jun 21, 20226 min read
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Embarrassing Dad
Never meet your heroes (with your Dad) My Dad is a blues man. He's played with Irish blues legends such as Don Baker, Red Peters and...
Darragh Gallagher
Jun 19, 20221 min read
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Father Christmas
Tommy woke up, yawning broadly and rubbing his eyes. Excitement coursed through his body, today was the big day! He sat up and looked...

Eoin Lynam
Jun 19, 20225 min read
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Tranquillity
I always like the soothing feeling of getting the hair cut. The thrum of the electric clippers, KFM playing softly in the background,...
Pat Mullan
Jun 9, 20223 min read
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ON CORONADO BEACH
The sweeping arc of the bridge to Coronado Island is as breath-taking as it is banal. It rises through the San Diego docks like a...
Robert McDermott
Jun 4, 20228 min read
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“Nitelink of the Living Dead”
It’s July, 2007. A Monday night in town, during that odd stretch of time when Westmoreland and D’Olier streets were the places to be for...
Sam Moorhead
May 6, 202211 min read
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Bells A Ringing.
The wind was rattling the windows and because it was lashing and because I was a big boy of four and three-quarters, Ma said she’d leave...
Eamon O'Leary
May 6, 20224 min read
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THE OCCURRENCE AT DEVIL’S DEN
A squat grey building of only thirty-four stories. The sky exhaled a sad greyness so that the building merged with the gloom and filled...
Robert McDermott
Apr 20, 20229 min read
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The Travel Chronicles II
The bus rumbled into a staccato rhythm, easing itself into the early evening as it made its way through the lush, green countryside. The...

Eoin Lynam
Apr 14, 202211 min read
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The One That Got Away
He's going to meet his cousin at the diner. His cousin told him it's called Russell's now. Apparently they do good burgers. In his day...
Brian Finnegan
Apr 5, 20226 min read
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Anna
Anna watched the neon pink jacket ebb and flow with the crashing tide 300 feet below the clifftop. The waves pounded the rocks and the...
Ann Linehan
Mar 30, 20226 min read
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Little Green
January, and the ground is hard. The bump is hard too, and full of your legs in my ribs. Your name eludes us and we look for it...
Maeve Keane
Mar 27, 20229 min read
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Clean
To get windows really clean, you need a good, strong right rotation. You need to crumple the paper, two sheets thick, to just the right...
S.F. Irwin
Mar 27, 20229 min read
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MAMÁ
From my upstairs bedroom, I hear the sound of glass breaking on the floor. It wakes me up. It’s 3 am. Slowly, I open my bedroom door and...
Desirée Naranjo
Mar 27, 20223 min read
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If the Hat Fits
Bought a hat yesterday, black felt with a brim - impulse buying - they call it in that Know Yourself , psychology book I also bought- on...
Mary Lennon
Mar 27, 202210 min read
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