Kieran Somers

Published on Friday 7th February 2020 by Kieran Somers

  My brother Jack was the one who first started talking about Charley days before it arrived on our doorstep. Jack was a few years older than me and much... Read more

Published on Friday 7th February 2020 by Kieran Somers

  Fiona’s friends were determined to get her out at the weekend, but she was remaining steadfast with regard to her responsibilities at home. ‘I simply can’t drop everything and... Read more

Published on Wednesday 5th February 2020 by Kieran Somers

  ‘Are you awake love?’ Paula’s mother asked her in a whispered tone. ‘You know we’re not allowed go to sleep tonight. We have to stay up no matter what.... Read more

Published on Wednesday 5th February 2020 by Kieran Somers

  Austin MacCarthy scratched his head and resumed his search just as the clock on the sitting room mantelpiece chimed three bells. He still could not find the treasured book.... Read more

Published on Monday 27th June 2016 by Kieran Somers

  It was a hot day.  The hottest one of the year so far.  Frank moved hurriedly along the back roads of mixed gravel and low cut hedges.  The stones... Read more

Published on Sunday 8th May 2016 by Kieran Somers

  There was a hard brightness about him which not all of us could see or acknowledge.  Some regarded him a dark, narrow-minded figure, with a caustic tone that was... Read more

Published on Tuesday 22nd March 2016 by Kieran Somers

  I grew up with my mother and her three sisters just outside the village of Coalbrook in the Slieveardagh Hills in County Tipperary.  My aunts were unmarried, as was... Read more

Published on Thursday 11th February 2016 by Kieran Somers

    The boys left the senior dormitory shortly after midnight and, as quietly as possible, negotiated their way towards the back door of the school’s main building.  There were... Read more

Published on Wednesday 9th December 2015 by Kieran Somers

Father O’Leary had issued what he said was his final ultimatum to the men standing at the back of the church and it came as no surprise to the rest... Read more

Published on Wednesday 9th December 2015 by Kieran Somers

    When my father died my mother worried that there would not be enough time to make the preparations for ”˜bringing him home.’ The significance of death is an... Read more