Book Review: The Oldest Irish Tradition, Kenneth Jackson

I can’t count the times I’ve prayed for the dull, droning monotony of a lecture to end. We will all be able to remember a talk we wished we could escape, a pointless meeting, or a seemingly unending work presentation. I resent how much of my life has been stolen away by such moments. So …

The Freedom of Peace

Short story written by Daniel Kirkpatrick published June 2020 “This – ahem – this is the most important challenge we face in our century. The most important. Without the freedom to say what we believe, what have we? However, if left unguarded, we risk losing everything. Is that what you want? To lose everything? No. …

The Wall

Short story written by Daniel Kirkpatrick, published 2019 What a brilliant wall. I mean look at the structural simplicity of those blocks, strung together like soldiers in formation. It’s just remarkable how each concrete pillar towers over the landscape. Mike, a final year architecture student, breathed a sigh of relief. He’d finally found something he …