


Nollaig shona duit
The Hallorans
The lane flooded again in November and we have stopped pretending it will not. There is a pair of wellingtons by the door now that belongs to nobody and fits everybody.
Sean turned sixty and refused a party, so we had one anyway and told him it was for the dog.
Sean
Refused a party. Got one.
Aoife
Took up the fiddle again after thirty years.
Cillian
19 this year
Away at college and home every second weekend for the washing.
Bran
A dog with strong views about the flooding.
2026


