A Pilot’s Tale – Mike Mahon
One of the most interesting and amusing periods of my life was the years I
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Stories submitted by readers to the Mining Memories and Writing & Me sections of the site.
One of the most interesting and amusing periods of my life was the years I
The war is over. The human cataclysm that drove so much of the world over
I like nuns. All the nuns I remember from Holy Trinity Catholic school in Dallas,
I still shop in the very same Dunnes Stores that I used to visit weekly
It was Euripides and his family that came that morning to take me to school.
Sunday 5 July 1986 was the day. Slane Castle was the place. Queen in concert
‘What’s your name?’ ‘Ellen.’ ‘What’s your favourite colour?’ ‘Pink.’ ‘How many brothers and sisters do
It sounds very gauche to say that this was my first solo holiday, especially in
I’m standing at the side of a mountain road. I’m soaked through to my lacy
JFK, New York, 1994 Being the last to board an already fully-seated airplane is not
People often ask me why I first began to write. It’s a hard question. I’ve
I am beyond excited!· If you follow me on twitter (@mduffywriter), you’ll know that I’ve
On Monday, January 10th, 1949, I attained the age of three. I don’t remember it,
My mother wears a car on the third finger of her left hand. At least,
It was the middle of July in Canberra and the day, as only Canberra winter
When I was twenty seven years old I wrote a play titled “Ebbtide.” It was
“Uncle Paddy, can you walk with me into the big bar area – even though
None of my family can ever remember a time when I wasn’t writing. I loved
This fabulous poem is by writing.ie visitor Joe Massingham. Mining Memories was Commended in the Ethel Webb Bundell Literary Awards
It’s the late ’70s and 7:30 in the morning in the parking lot of Holy
