Wanting To Go Back
The mould that makes you shapes you forever.
“D’ya like dags?”
The dogs in my past are bound forever to the struggles or deceptions I faced at the time...
That Laugh
As I waited for the punchline that never came I was suddenly, brutally aware I was sitting next to a man I didn’t know...
The Model School, Athy
The Model School in Athy was founded in 1851 and in all those years had never managed to make its Tudor gothic appearance remotely welcoming...
A farm-girl’s reluctant farewell
Growing up on an isolated farm in rural Ireland, my childhood memories are largely happy ones. I spent most of my time playing outdoors. Things could have been idyllic but for the inexplicable holes and blanks in my child’s comprehension. Looking past the fresh air and freedom, all was not well in my world.
