The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.
William Butler Yeats
The Big Yank
Memoir of a Boy Growing Up Irish
In this fast paced, riveting memoir, we share the trials and tribulations of a young boy growing up in rural Ireland. The author, J.P. Sexton, embodies Darwin’s theory – “Survival of the Fittest.”
We are all born mad. Some remain so.
Samuel Beckett
Latest Blog Posts
Border, What Border? (a la Seamus O’ Rourke’s “Hard Border”)
Recently, an Irish poet named Seamus O' Rourke from County Leitrim penned a very humourous ditty (can be viewed on YouTube) about how he missed the border which used to physically separate the North and South of Ireland. Anyone who has read my memoir; "The Big Yank -...
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New Irish Netflix series; “Derry Girls.”
Mini-review of new Irish Netflix series; “Derry Girls.” Derry Journal interview of Ian McElhinney who plays the grumpy Granda.
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Interview of Irish Mystery Writer Frances Powell
An interview with Irish Mystery Writer Frances Powell Welcome to my Irish Author blog, Fran. Like many of my author friends on this side of the Atlantic, we first met at an Irish Festival. We had author tables in Baltimore – yours was spectacularly decorated! FP: I...
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