Irish Music Stories Podcast
If you are a fan of Irish Music and haven’t checked out Shannon Heaton’s excellent Irish Music Stories Podcast, you’re in for a treat! Shannon explores Irish, Scottish and other Read More …
Category: Excerpt
The Tongs by the Fire
This dramatic picture was taken recently of the statue of Francis O’Neil. That’s a gorse fire raging in the background. The image was shared the image with me by my Read More …
Saint Patrick’s Day Reading
Thanks to An Cumann: The Irish Association of Nova Scotia, for kindly inviting me to read an excerpt from Chief O’Neill for their virtual Saint Patrick’s Day Event. Although the Read More …
The Boys of the West
Francis O’Neill was a multi-faceted character: Chicago chief of police, avid Irish music collector and player, successful real estate investor. You wouldn’t know this from the stern photographs that survive. Read More …
Chief O’Neill: Second Excerpt
Continuing the theme from the previous post: here is the next excerpt from my forthcoming novel, Chief O’Neill. This second excerpt has also already been published by the Celtic Junction Read More …
Chief O’Neill: First Excerpt
I would like to start a new series on the Chief O’Neill blog. The next few posts will excerpt portions of the forthcoming book. Some of these excerpts have already Read More …