Our Selves, Alone. Extract 4. Nthposition. 2010
“When society was organised along rational lines, it is surprising how many people were left behind.” That line is striking on re-reading this stories. I am not sure how well my…
Flann O’Brien’s English Teacher: John Charles McQuaid
From Blackrock College 1860-1995 by Sean Farragher and Annraoi Wyer Dr McQuaid himself was recognised as an outstanding English teacher, and when one of his students, Brian O’Nolan, alias Myles…
Robert Louis Stevenson And The Limits of Judging Literature From The Inquisitorial Chair
Came across this piece via Twitter – not familiar with the specific RLS story discussed. No doubt in fifty years or a hundred years many of our own assumptions and…
The Munition Worker, Elizabeth Shane
I have posted previously from Elizabeth Shane‘s “Tales of the Donegal Coast and Islands” As I posted before, Shane – despite her claim that “Dialect in verse is apt to become…
Our Selves, Alone. Extract 3. From Nthposition, 2010
Full story here. and Extract 1 here and Our Selves, Alone. Extract 2. Nthposition, 2010 “Dr Gallagher now my now self would be grateful to your now self if my now self could…
Our Selves, Alone. Extract 2. Nthposition, 2010
Full story here. and Extract 1 here. I recall my efforts to construct a linguistic expression of the contention that our selves are simply bundles of momentary, instantaneous responses, rather than something…
From “The Monks of Tibhirine: Faith, Love and Terror in Algeria” John W Kiser
I also began to better understand why my exposure to the Trappist culture had a certain resonance for me. Simplicity is one reason. Doing less, not more, and doing those…
Our Selves, Alone. (extract 1) Nthposition. 2010
Rather than pasting great dobs of text here of my various stories, I have decided to either post previews with the full text elsewhere, or dividing them into parts, as…
Séamus Sweeney 