We have been held up here in Portugal for the month of January. A small fishing town called Olhão , a few miles from Faro Airport. We have had some very good weather where one could eat outside, wearing a sweater. But more often it has been overcast, windy and unpleasant. Swallows are here today and gone tomorrow, making their early reconnaissance flights out of Africa. January is the month to get the hell out of Ireland and shorten the winter, but Portugal is not the destin

Celebrating the launch of the new book with The Foxhunter as a Two-Book Bundle ldeal of 10% off for a limited period, plus P+P.

A trailer revealing my new memoir book cover and title. You can now pre-order this book from Amazon. order on this website when the book is released on 1st NOVEMBER 2025

Yesterday, suddenly there it was, as if by magic, our first red tomato. Hiding coyly under a few leaves. Not the full deep red yet, but...

Nay, cast a cloak until May is out. This is a lovely old saying, at least 300 years old, judging by the quaint English used. But what exactly does it mean?

And it’s in Kilkenny that it is reported, they have marble stone there that are as black as ink. I think that it was CJ who first...

Laparoscope versus open abdominal surgery. Discharged after many weeks.

Storm Eowyn and hospital time in the whole month. Medical diagnosis.

The Fleadh Cheoil and the Dublin accent. How times have changed.

Local alehouse eating out

Seafood & Champers spread

Podcast Guest Amanda McCallister talks about transforming your visions, your plans such as writing books, into reality.

First podcast created where authors come as a guest to talk about their book{s}.

There is an old saying, I'm sure you know it: Nay cast a clout till May is out. Well, May is long out now and we are into the second week...

Very soon now our government (yes, I know) will be voting on the European Pact on Migration and Asylum, and whether or not to opt into...

My best friend when going through RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons) was Patrick Spencer Johnston. Mainly, because he had a car and I had a...

Paddy Hannon, collected his pension every Thursday morning down in the post office in Prosperous. He was a modest man and single. We...