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Posted on February 6, 2019

Stone lettering from Nelson’s Pillar – exiled from O’Connell Street to Kilkenny

Recently I came across Butler House, the former dower house of Kilkenny Castle. In its topiaried gardens I came across this: Not sure how legible that is. I recall Nelson’s…

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Posted on November 29, 2018

A thought on bookshops.

I had a recent visit to The Winding Stair bookshop in Dublin. It was a highly pleasurable experience – which was reassuring, because I had found recent trips to bookshops…

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Posted on July 18, 2018

Beshoff’s Chip Shop Founder was Last Survivor of Potemkin Mutiny

From his 1987 New York Times obituary: Ivan Beshoff, the last survivor of the 1905 mutiny on the Russian battleship Potemkin, a harbinger of the Russian Revolution, died Sunday, his…

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Posted on April 8, 2017April 8, 2017

Alt Hist No More

Sadly, Alt Hist has published its final issue. Or rather, Mark Lord has understandably, given multiple demands, decided to step back from publishing it. Mark published two of my own stories in…

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Posted on November 20, 2015

Dublin Can Be Heaven. Alt Hist 3.

Earlier this week I received word that a short story of mine has been accepted by Alt Hist , a wonderful magazine of historical fiction and alternate history short stories. A…

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