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The Gentle Ghosts of Ancestors

By Cormac MacConnell

February 1991

August 26, 2026 by Leave a Comment

At the beginning of the New Year, with the rain of reality on the window of her home. I hold my newest neighbor, Aoife Miniter, in my crooked arm. Aoife is three months old, a child of Connemara, healthy and strong and very beautiful. Her parents, Pat and Mary, are my neighbors and my friends. Aoife is their second child, their eldest being Cathal, who is a rogue, who calls me … [Read more...] about The Gentle Ghosts of Ancestors

Mike’s Back in Town

By John Froude
August / September 2000

March 29, 2023 by Leave a Comment

Bronx boy, bard and beef baron J.P. Donleavy converses with John Froude. James Patrick Donleavy, known to his friends as Mike, is standing in the lobby of the New York Athletic Club. He observes. He notes with approval the liveried attendant silently holding up a placard before a new barbarian. On which is written PORTABLE PHONES ARE NOT PERMITTED.  Mike is dapper, be-tweeded … [Read more...] about Mike’s Back in Town

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