To sea or not to sea...

Editor: DENISE DOHERTY
Illustrations by: ANA STROMBERG
Published by: CAVERN DESIGN
Printed in IRELAND

The First King's Day in Haarlem

Walking the streets of Haarlem with Jose on the first King's day...
The former Queen's day (April 30) was moved to the new King's birthday (April 27)... but still keeping up with the tradition of a free market where people can set up free stalls on the street and sell anything.

The Stranger

My nephew, Derek found an old copy of Ireland's Own magazine with my short story “The Stranger” in it and sent me a photocopy of the pages with my story. 

It was a long time ago, sometime in the 1980’s when I wrote it! It is based on the legend that Bonnie Prince Charlie, the young Pretender to the throne of England, made a stop in Donegal as he fled Scotland and the English after his Jacobite army was defeated. 

I took the legend then and embroidered it a bit to come up with a story meant for children. Derek said he read it in bed one night and loved it so I thought I’d share it here as well.

Read the story here