Set in rural North Leitrim in the 1980’s, a removal ceremony marks the passing not only of a matriarch, but of a way of life where the old order is forever changed.
“In the hospital in Sligo Town, the undertaker’s assistant was bathing Bridget Ellen while her children were flying or sailing across the Irish Sea from scattered points throughout England. In trains and cars, others were nearer, Ignatius, the youngest of all of them, even had time for a drink.”
From the collection ‘Of Love and Other Miracles” First published in The Willesden Herald Short Stories of the Year. February 2023.
The Rings by Marion Urch McNulty. (PDF Download.)