Poor Little Francie

Not so much a story of the events of my life as a child, but a memoir of the thoughts that  I harboured in those years.

To check facts before writing would mean putting off the writing, which then might never take place, so I recount the episodes as I remember at the moment of writing, possibly to be revised at a later date following research, review and feedback.

One way or another, memories are what they are, not historical fact; an expression of one's subconscious and character.

• Francie Born
• Precursor
• Jack is on the Moor
• In The Womb
• My Mystery Woman
• The Pottie and the Boogeyman
• My Darling May
• Conversations with Mother
• Seánie
• Starting School
• The Sodality Film
• Whistle and Flute
• How Marian Finucane nearly blighted my childhood
• Big Boys' School
• Home
• McCormack's
• On Our Knees
• Genesis of a Song
• Why Bray the Broth?
• Sockface
• The Norfolk Boys Army
• The Last of Lusmagh
• The Pain of the Mind
• The Race-horse and the Tortoise