New Literary Venture Started

03Nov08

As most of you know by now, my preferred type of creative writing is poetry, primarily in Irish. Despite this, however, I’ve recently (i.e. as of last weekend!) started writing a new story, one that I’m hoping to make into a novel.

“Tommy Shorthall” is a story about a ‘high-class low-life’ – a Scottish DJ living in [...]

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The Great Cultural Struggle

13Oct08

I’ve realised recently that I neglect my skills in writing in English way too much; as an Irishman of the 21st Century, I should be able to write in both Irish and English, but for the past few years, I haven’t really been paying to much attention to the latter of the two languages.
For years, [...]

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Visiting Manchester – Part 2

16Jan08

Well, I’ve seen what Canal Street has to offer, and even though its bigger than the Dublin gay scene, there’s not much difference; different places, different faces maybe, but same types of people – the queens/twinks, the muscle/gym-conscious, the old loners (they’re lucky if they’re with another guy of the same age group), the posers [...]

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Tags: Celtic, Dublin, economy, emigration, England, english, gay, Irish, Manchester, recession, scene, spy, Tiger, UK