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Parental guidance suggested for children

Christmas On A Bridge

It was very late in the evening on Christmas Eve and an exchange of human lives was being made on an old wooden bridge that was thrown over the Deep...

An ode to my 20-year old self

When the day taunts you with bad weather Bolt the doors and windows to save your temper Don’t play the game of guessing You will lose every round...
Cherry

Imaginings at Tebay

Thanks to Roy Plomley, Kirsty Young and Anne Enright for the inspiration.

Its All Fair In The End Game

Its All Fair In The End Game By Paul McCann I first met Firbog on a Belfast back street during a riot in 1968. The British Army had rounded up about...

The Bad Notes

The Bad Notes By Paul McCann Aidan and I had a duo . We called ourselves the Bad Notes . After a week in London we managed to get a gig one night in...
Cherry

Reading room

Final scribbles of the day - maybe
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Getting Out Of The Gunfire

Getting Out Of The Gunfire A short story by Paul McCann It was a warm summer evening in 1969 . Belfast was burning . A blanket of thick black smoke...

Getting Out Of The Gunfire

Getting Out Of The Gunfire A short story by Paul McCann It was a warm summer evening in 1969 . Belfast was burning . A blanket of thick black smoke...

Voices [Play extract]

Frosted breath of cold but much needed words. Uncomfortable, undermining words that stab into the air. Harsh and unyielding, tampering with the...

An Open Door

Chancer was in his early fifties when he decided to revisit Belfast , and his village of Ardoyne where he grew up . With some time to spare nothing...