Tag: Love
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Stories of Seamus No 12
Beautiful Sally – A Tale of Lough Neagh In the pretty lough-side village of Montaigh, which looks out over the waters of Lough Neagh, there lived an old man called Paddy Sullivan, who was a boat-builder of many years’ experience. Around the shores of the lough, Paddy’s reputation for building boats was unrivalled and the…
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The Stories of Seamus No.4
Absence makes… She was just a little girl, slender and insignificant. It was only her love that made her heroic. Meanwhile, the man was big, broad, a man to be noticed in a crowd, but his love made him as helpless as a little child. They were standing opposite each other in the poor, shabbily…
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Trio in the Park
It was a beautiful autumn morning and Maria was determined that she would get out into the park to enjoy the sunshine. She brushed her grey hair before she put her knitting needle, wool and half-finished red sweater into her “Bag-for-Life” shopping bag. Maria was almost ready and only needed to put on her brown…
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Willie’s Sorrow
A Tale of Ireland One beautiful Sunday evening in May, Willie took Orla out for a pleasant sail on the bright, sparkling waters of the Irish Sea. They were so much in love that, as they drifted on the waves, they vowed to that they would be true to each other until death. It was…
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Foolish Jack Carson
Jack Carson was a young man who was full of youthful spirit and fun, constantly frolicking with the young girls of the Parish. He enjoyed all kinds of diversions and he never once considered himself as being accountable to any person for anything he did. Jack’s concern for the world, in fact, matched what he…
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Letter From America
“Wake up there, Jenny!” shouted Bridie Ferguson as she ran up to her neighbour’s door. “What in the name of Jaysus is wrong with ye?” replied Jenny Dunn. “Did you not hear the news?” “What news? What’s it about?” Bridie shouted at the top of her voice, “Sure there’s a letter from Amerikay in the…
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“Smelly Feet”
An Old Tale of County Armagh In the County of Armagh, there once lived a young man, who had never washed his feet from the day he was born. His name was Danny Grealish but, because people said there was enough dirt on his feet to grow potatoes, they used to call him ‘Spud Foot’.…
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