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My stories have been read 1760424 times
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19 of my 932 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 18 votes
Paul McCann
I like writing songs and won first prize in the Billboard music song awards in 2008 for a song I co-wrote with Robert and Wendy O'Hearn .
The song is called Lost Sons Of Erin and is on a CD called Sonicarious by Robert O'Hearn .
I present and produce a radio program each week .
I have worked in aged care and community health since 2005 .
Soccer ,Writing Songs , Playing my guitar , Going to church , photography , Art ,Writing Plays and short stories ,
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My stories
The Field And The Flying Worm
The Field And The Flying Worm By Paul McCann Certainly or not there’s no need to understand anything in that distant field across the bridge . In...
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The Face At The Window
The Face At The Window By Paul McCann Facing our family home there was this old house and every day we saw the face of a woman who always sat there...
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The Zero Harm Principle
The Zero Harm Principle By Paul McCann When he got to school, he saw the front office window was broken . There was a line-up of children outside the...
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The Bottom Of My Heart
The Bottom Of My Heart By Paul McCann The day everything came apart and his heart was torn into pieces was the day he made an exit from life and he...
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A Good Old Folk Music Night
A Good Old Folk Music Night By Paul McCann The crowd came in early to the pub and slowly the session began with a few people breaking the ice with an...
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Thank you for the comment Di
Posted on Mon, 21 Oct 2024
You're commenting very welcome Di ,
they were indeed , I was just a kid and came off one and had badly scraped
both legs . We had no safety hats then or protective clothes .
Nevrr got on another one again .
The...
Read full commentPosted in Street Games From Another Time
Thank you David
Posted on Thu, 18 Jul 2024
You comment is very welcome David . Recently I have seen some friends recird new music all done by Ai .It left me asking a few questions , Even the artwork on theior album was done by AI .Where is this all heading ?
The worry is people...
Read full commentPosted in Ai And The Truth
Thanks For The Understanding
Posted on Mon, 22 Apr 2024
Not many got away Turlough .
The fact that I did gave me a new life but still the old one
is always there and never fades .
We were lucky to get out however the trauma remains
Kind regards
Paul
Read full commentPosted in Come Back To Ardoyne
Thanks for this
Posted on Tue, 02 Apr 2024
Yes there were many eyes on the streets from lots of different locations .
Some people were too frightened to go out and just stayed inside always looking through a narrowly drawn curtain waiting for something to happen . Then there were...
Read full commentPosted in Before Good Friday In Belfast
Thank you for the comment Dougie
Posted on Thu, 21 Mar 2024
Thanks Dougie .I hope that your passport arrives soon . No application iis required as I'm told .
So many places to see as well .
Well worth visiting .
Kind regards
Paul
Read full commentPosted in The Streets With No Shame
Thank you for the welcome comment
Posted on Mon, 26 Feb 2024
How great is this wee comment ?
I treasure what said and if I brought that brought a bit of cheer
I feel that is the ultimate compliment a writer could ever get .
Thznjs Dougie
Read full commentPosted in Moment To Moment.
More power to you
Posted on Sat, 18 Nov 2023
I listened to you speak to those whose prose and poetry charmed and harmed all who dared to hear those words they wrote . I felt your wonderful admiration was beautiful and I'm sure they would have loved your company .
More power to you ...
Read full commentPosted in Patrick Kavanagh and Me
You had me right there with you
Posted on Thu, 21 Dec 2023
Just loved this , The expression of just what it was like to be a catholic in Ireland during times when everything was changing around us . No doubt yuou summed it up perfectly . I almnost felt the passion of when the troubles came to Belfast...
Read full commentPosted in Children of the Absolution
Thanks Dougie
Posted on Mon, 25 Dec 2023
Most people are laughing and enjoying the season of Christmas
but there are the forgotten and lonely who lock themselves away from the world .
There are also those who have lost someone dear and Christmas
is a sad...
Read full commentPosted in Christmas Is A Long Time Coming
Thanks for your support L
Posted on Wed, 23 Aug 2023
I just recorded it on my phone . Will maybe record it later adding an arrangement .
https://youtu.be/WSoVBovSAUc?si=uhK0ekMmdMj--tF5
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thank you for the support L...
Read full commentPosted in Queen Of Creation
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