Blogs in January 2025

The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife 8th January 2025

Life is hard in Ireland in 1867. Eliza Carthy moves with her lighthouse-keeper husband James and sons Peter and Joseph to the remote island of Skellig Michael. Eliza is proud of her husband and his promotion to Principal Keeper...

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The Loneliest Boy in the World 29th December 2022

‘The Loneliest Boy in the World he has only seagulls as playmates.’ 1949 newspaper article. Gearóid Cheaist Ó Catháin had a unique childhood he was the last child brought up on the Blasket Islands off Ireland’s southwest coast. The...

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Haven 14th July 2022

Three men vow to leave the world behind them and start anew . . . In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. Taking two monks –...

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The Colony 21st March 2022

Mr Lloyd has decided to travel to the island by boat without engine – the authentic experience. Unbeknownst to him, Mr Masson will also soon be arriving for the summer. Both will strive to encapsulate the truth of this...

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Bring Her Home (Boyle and Keneally #1) 8th February 2022

When bright, beautiful Penny O’Dwyer disappears from Cahirsiveen, a small town in the west of Ireland, the local police scour the narrow streets and muddy hills, but find no leads. Jessie Boyle swore she’d never return to Ireland. But...

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