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Beware the Sligo toilets.
On the last night of our holiday in Sligo we ate out at a restaurant. When we started to peruse the menu my wife went into a fit of the giggles and...
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Eliyanna Part Three.
I love my job. I have done the same job for twenty-eight years. I get to know the regulars. It is not very often I see a new face, unless they have...
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Eliyanna Part Two.
I had got up early. As I had a cuppa I checked my messages on my phone, I already had quite a lot, and on Facebook. I would reply to them all tonight...
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Eliyanna Part One.
I got up as usual today. Listened to my music, sent texts, looked on Snapchat, caught up on Facebook. I then went in the shower, then after I had...
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Pembrokeshire — two seasons
Windswept coast county, trees lie low shaped by onshore gales rain lashes; but then the sun breaks through how vast the dome of blue and brightness,...
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6.3 Guesthouse
We climbed down the ladder and hurriedly got into the hot tub and took bathe in perfumed water. She patted dry and grabbed the phone to call the...
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Everywhere at Once
The crush of brush scatters thick bunches all scrambled together by a flood pushing its way boldly advancing persevering & impatient to share an...
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Beneath Cnoc Daod
It would be hard to find a place more beautiful, peaceful and welcoming than the Beara Peninsula in West Cork.
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Two Ways to Win [2 of 2]
This story was too big, so it was split in two. Here is the link to Part 1 The knight stepped aside and motioned for Penrose to move through. He did...
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Two Ways to Win [1 of 2]
Penrose donned his armor, the polished metal sparkling in the early morning. After a night of lost sleep and sore elbows, it had better be sparkling...
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In Between Honey Pots And Blossoms
In Between Honey Pots And Blossoms By Paul McCann Between spring and summer there’s something humming in the trees and you realise what life is about...
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Domestic Bliss
"Well, he has a way with turds. I'll say that for him." "Oh! You mean he has a way with WORDS, Doris." Doris heaved a sigh and rooted about under the...
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Presence
Time marches on, and we stumble, trying to keep up. Image made at canva.com from author's own images.
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6.2 Guesthouse
Sophie grabbed a pair of sunglasses and a digital camera. Threw a towel over her shoulders and got out to the terrace. A wooden deck with a plastic...
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The End of the Pier
No, no! You sit there. I’ve got everything ready. Tea ok for you? Earl Grey with lemon? I could make coffee if you prefer? Tea is so English isn’t it...
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Love story
My wee girlfriend had no neck, no shoulders, no breasts and untamed gorgon hair. Ali wasn’t really my girlfriend but lived beside me. She flicked her...
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the knot
How much pain would you take for your beloved?
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I Found the Sea
On a long walk I found the sea Blinding and expansive I heard it, breaking up In the final fades Of a drawn out song The strings of the forest...
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Misguided In The Early 90s
Dear diary... What may have seemed like impulse back then, leaves me drawing back curtains; greeting the sunshine and wondering! Why me..what about...
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Nisi
It arrived in a brown envelope. I asked the lawyer to post it. Wasn’t worth the effort to ride the bus into town. Thirteenth of June highlights in...
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