Tag Archives: Vernacularisms

Guest Post: ‘Pizzaphone’ by Tony Strickland.

Posted on April 21, 2015 by jasonoruairc

Late Saturday night, South Belfast. A busy takeaway pizza restaurant. The manager answers a call, and recognising the voice from a few minutes earlier, puts the phone on speaker: There’s no toppings on my pizza! the man slurs, loudly. What … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: ‘Home, Home Home, and the Telling of Stories,’ by Anthony Joseph Black.

Posted on March 9, 2015 by jasonoruairc

‘HOME’ MAY BE WHERE THE HEART IS, but where does that leave ‘home home?’ I live in Belfast, but I am not from Belfast. I moved here at eighteen, just shy of thirty years ago, to attend Queens. I grew … Continue reading →

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One Moment

Posted on February 23, 2015 by jasonoruairc

There’s a pink balloon blowing along beside the path in the Ormeau Park, left over from some charity event. The wee girl is delighted to find it, and lifting it runs along through the tall gates and onto the broad … Continue reading →

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Looking at the Menu: a Dialogue.

Posted on February 9, 2015 by jasonoruairc

Scene: Supermarket car park. Bill and Margaret have just arrived, and are getting ready to leave the car.  Parked next to them is an attractive young woman, who is eating her lunch. Bill: Here, before we go in, can I … Continue reading →

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Word Up, Part 2.

Posted on January 29, 2015 by jasonoruairc

The parking meter at the top of Wellwood Street, just off Great Victoria Street, had been adorned with a small rectangular sticker. In black writing on a silver background, it stated: You are beautiful. It was positioned at just the right … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: ‘Belfast to Derry/Londonderry’ by Jan Carson

Posted on January 6, 2015 by jasonoruairc

It is impossible to be Northern Irish on a train. On the surface you carry yourselves like a private funeral; paperback on your side, on his, a small sheet newspaper, unfurled. You note his newspaper. He notes your novel. You … Continue reading →

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Guest Blog: ‘A Constellation of Belfast Nicknames’ by Aisling O’Beirn.

Posted on November 25, 2014 by jasonoruairc

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Drama.

Posted on November 10, 2014 by jasonoruairc

Loaded gun. Never fired. Sorry, Chekhov.

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