We grew up in a small fishing village in south Galway. The village was divided in two tribes. Down town, comprised of those that had homes over looking the sea...

Setting – Parlour in house in Terenure, Dublin, Ireland. Mr Roberts a lecturer of English  is 62 years old. Enter stage left, table, library books, drinks cabinet, chairs, carpet on...

Recently, I wrote a short article on the latest Irish Presidential election and in the course of my research, I was looking at the past history of people who had...

I was 13 then when The war was declared over. In the aftermath, it is now too late. How will I ever know what demons Haunted my parents’ nightmares. Dead...

It was the summer of 1966, and the beasts of war, starvation and suffering were raising their heads and slouching towards us. Back home from my first year at boarding...

Unfortunately, life is not simple; one hasn’t any control over it; especially at fifteen. Having an unpleasant time in school in early ’67, I had finally returned to studying again...

Even today, fish and chips from the chipper are, in my opinion, the tastiest of foods, especially if, like me, you were not allowed have them as a youngster. In...

At the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, the shaky fairly recently established Irish Free State, declared it would follow a path of neutrality. This period, as...

I remember it like it was yesterday. The postman arrived with a large parcel wrapped in brown paper and handed it to my grandmother. I could hardly contain myself as...

Recently, I was in Ireland for two weeks and it was a wonderful opportunity to compare present day Ireland to the country I grew up in and said goodbye to...