Comments on The Pensive Quill: One Night

Dixie, I laughed at the Woodbine reference. My da...

2012-03-09T23:38:24.371Z

Dixie,

I laughed at the Woodbine reference. My da used to smoke Woodbine before switching to Park Drive. Then Park Drive became my favourite smoke. They were so strong. In the cages myself and Kevin Crossan used to love it when the parcels arrived and the 'Parkies' were there! Haven't seen either Park Drive or Woodbine in yonks

Thanks Mackers. The area described is actually F...

2012-03-09T23:30:10.265Z

Thanks Mackers.

The area described is actually Fintown Co. Donegal. The pub came from memories of childhood fishing trips there with my father. It sat at the junction of the road from Letterkenny and the road from Fintown to Ballybofey.

At the time it was a decaying building and I remember my father saying that the owner opened it a few times each year in order to keep the licence.

Many years later after I got out of jail we returned to the area and the pub had gone replaced by a modern one which sits back from the road.

The train line was reopened in recent years as a tourist attraction.

The story began life as a storyboard for an animated short with traditional music and the only words spoken being the end line...'Was it all a dream or a haunting reminder of times past' spoken in Gaelic.

Dixie, as always thanks for your contribution. An...

2012-03-07T20:58:02.897Z

Dixie,

as always thanks for your contribution. And a nice change of genre