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A Lazarus Soul – Cleere’s Theatre : 17/2/2022
I don’t write much these days (a long story for another time), but on occasion during a type of block, I find I need a ‘push’. The more I search for one, the harder it is to find it. It starts like an itch, persistent and then unless I scratch it, it will continue to…
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A Scarf…
I came across a Facebook post recently, written by Billy Ó’Hanluain… It was about how grief never allows you to make plans, in a way. It was a truly great comment and post. It set me off and this flowed out over the next thirty minutes. Here’s what I scribbled: first thought, best thought…. Usually,…
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Hair Brained
One year on and I’ve come across a Facebook post from April 2020, where I told the world about my (then) latest trichological difficulty. Like many people, I had noticed that my hair was growing, seemingly at an alarming rate. I had tried hats, pomades, oils, but there was no halt. I’d almost completely horrified…
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Drimnagh Road, Dublin via the Ring Road, Kilkenny
Drimnagh Road, Dublin via the Ring Road, Kilkenny It’s been a late 1970’s sort of a day, and for no reason that I can understand. Maybe it’s the increasing light in the days, that little spring in the step we are feeling more and more. Either way, the humour was good and the synapses were…
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Father’s Day 2020
Like a good number of fathers of my acquaintance I forgot all about Father’s Day this year until our son and daughter mentioned it on the past few days and sent messages. If all goes well we’ll meet up, socially distantly and mark the day. This year has made us take stock, figure out the…
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Lock In Connections
Had one of those days I will admit…there’s been a little more darkness about but I’m sure I’m not alone in this…As Dr. Winston O’Boogie (in his alter ego John Lennon) said in his wisdom: “Strange days indeed” Turns out the fall I had the other day had more than embarrassment attached. I gashed my…
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Medium Wave Maisie…
You know me, music has always been my go-to: it’s been medicine, balm, inspiration, fuel. Radio too: warm comfort, pushing images and pictures long before television, songs and chat, information, comment and a world of opportunities. It evokes strong memories. It fascinates me still and will never lose its charms. As I type, I’m listening…
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Gaeltacht Kilkenny at the Set Theatre: 31/1/2020
You know me, I love music in all its forms, in all its beauty. One of the things I love most about it is the unexpected, joyful and uplifting twists and turns it can take in your heart and, if you’re lucky, you get them frequently. Another thing is the way that a time and…
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Father’s Day, 2019
Today, as is the case for most adoptees, can be complicated, difficult, complex, awful, heartening, saddening or maddening. Take your pick. Fathers, last time I checked, are human, so as bad or as good as any or all of us. I’m a proud father and I hope I’ve done my best for our children. That’s…
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Three Miles Over, Three Miles Down
So it’s done. Finally. “Three Miles Over and Three miles Down” is a radio documentary project that took form a few years ago but in reality started in the summer of June 2009 when I interviewed former Castlecomer miner and author, Séamus Walsh. Back then, I was producing and presenting a show called People In…
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Martin Bridgeman 