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Tag Archives: Madden’s Bar
Let Down
My foot tapped agitatedly, and my fingers periodically drummed the wooden table. I glanced from my watch to my half-finished pint and back again. Where was she? I was hungry and it was looking like I’d been stood up for … Continue reading →
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Tagged Attempted murder, BBC News, Belfast, Berry Street, broken windscreen, Car, Castle Court, Guinness, Jason O'Rourke, Literature, lunch, Madden's Bar, Modest Proposal, police tape, Queen's University, Sectarianism, shock, shooting, short story, Swift, Troubles, TV, writing
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Drumbeat
Pawel still hasn’t fully grasped the complexities of Belfast’s sectarian society. He is lying on the cold concrete of the entry. Yellow-edged, purple bruises are blossoming unseen on his body. Each breath stabs like a knife. He doesn’t know it … Continue reading →
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Tagged Ballyclare, Belfast, Bodhrán, broken bones, bruises, bunting, Catholics, contentious parades, drums, East Belfast, Farnham Street, fear, fenian, fifes, Flags, flegs, Flutes, Glasgow Rangers, Guinness, immigration, Irish girls, Irish Music, Irish writers, Jason O'Rourke, Kelly's Cellars, Literature, Lower Ormeau Road, loyalists, Madden's Bar, orange parades, Ormeau Road, paramilitaries, Poland, Polish immigrants, red white and blue, rioting, Sectarianism, short story, Short Strand, taig, The Hercules Bar, The Queen, UDA, victims, violence, Woodstock Road, WPLongform, writing
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Those Were The Days, My Friend…
Do you remember when there used to be a metal paling fence outside Kelly’s Cellars that made a sort of corridor? It had a turnstile at the end, by St Mary’s. And there were those big gates at the end … Continue reading →
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Tagged Ardoyne, Belfast, Bilko's, bomb, Carrickfergus, Castle Street, craic, D Cabs, danger, Docker's Club, Dublin Road, Electrician's Club, fear, Frizzell's Fish Shop, Holylands, IRA, Irish Music, Jason O'Rourke, Kelly's Cellars, Literature, Lower Ormeau Road, Madden's Bar, payphone, reprisals, revenge, Shaftesbury Square, Shebeen, short story, Stranmillis Road, taxi, tension, The Castle Mews, The Hercules Bar, WPLongform, writing
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Sweet Rosemary
Me and my mate Alan go busking every Saturday. He usually calls for me and we get the bus at Agincourt Avenue, where he dings me on with his travel card. We do alright from the busking; on a good … Continue reading →
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Tagged Abuse, Agincourt Avenue, Andytown, Beersbridge Road, Belfast, Black Taxi, Boots, Buskers, College Street, Concertina, Falls Road, Fountain Street, Guitar, Irish Music, Jason O'Rourke, Literature, Madden's Bar, Ormeau Road, Rosemary Street, Sectarian, short story, The Queen, writing
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