A Hive for the Honey-Bee by Soinbhe Lally
Thora is a newly hatched bee. The queen has just swarmed and those that are remaining in the hive are all awaiting …
The Unfortunate Fursey by Mervyn Wall
Fursey is a lay brother in Clonmacnoise. The only monastery in Ireland to be unafflicted by demons and other such occult presences. …
The Ransom of Dond by Siobhan Dowd
Illustrated by Pam Smy Darra lives on the island of Inniscaul is a small island off the coast of Eriu, or Ireland. …
Downturn Abbey by Paul Howard
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly started life in The Sunday Times and currently stars in The Irish Times, he is a fictional wealthy southside Dubliner. …
Monzo’s Diary by Anne M. Cashell
Monzo is a small dog, he usually recognises people by their footwear. He starts out life with “the cruel man” who docks …
The treachery of beautiful things by Ruth Frances Long
Seven years ago Jenny and her brother were walking home one evening when the trees moved, and took her brother. Ever since …
This side of brightness by Colum McCann
In the early 1900s New York’s subway was in the process of being excavated. Working as sandhog was decent enough money, but …
A week in winter by Maeve Binchy
Chicky left her home on the west coast of Ireland and headed off to America after a whirl-wind romance. Full of ideas …
Dracula by Bram Stoker
I read this for the Coursera online course, I’ll post the short essay I wrote for the course in a few days. …
Gabriel’s gate by Tom Galvin
With the demise of the Celtic Tiger and the onset of the “economic doom and gloom” so popular in the media at …
The Islandman by Tomás Ó Criomhthain (1856–1937)
Translated from the Irish (An tOileánach) by Robin Flower Tomás Ó Criomhthain, or, if you’d prefer an anglicised version, Thomas O’Crohan, was …
The pink cage by Derbhile Dromey
Astrid is a bitch. She doesn’t see herself that way, but as I started this novel I really didn’t like her. She …