{"id":1703,"date":"2025-03-18T16:56:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T16:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/?page_id=1703"},"modified":"2025-03-18T18:35:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:35:22","slug":"books-writing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/index.php\/books-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Books &amp; writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"turlough\">Short story: <strong><em>It all began with the turlough<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: It All Began With The Turlough, by Caoimh\u00edn Gaffney\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/3VCIuPjMQkOtckh1RFey3I?go=1&#038;sp_cid=2546667c08d590116feda32ac23bf26f&#038;utm_source=oembed&#038;utm_medium=desktop&#038;nd=1&#038;dlsi=9fde6825ee554f91\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>First<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/culture\/2023\/1014\/1410003-rte-short-story-competition-2023-it-all-began-with-the-turlough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> published and broadcast on RT\u00c9 <\/a>as part of the Short Story Competition.<\/strong> <strong>Read by Aaron Monaghan<\/strong>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-senary-background-color has-background\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">The turlough appeared now in early summer instead of its autumn arrival as the 30 years previous. Blow-ins would be forgiven for thinking it was a lake that belonged here, but locals know it had taken over the depressed field that lay off the main road beside the graveyard. A house, which no one had ever seen anyone living in, sat on the other side, with yellow gorse peering over it from the hill known as Carrick, or the Rock. The turlough\u2019s water bounced light around the hills, with the neighbours opposite complaining that it was reflecting sunlight into their sitting room and moonlight right into their bedroom and, either way, they could see too much or they couldn\u2019t see anything at all&#8230; [<a href=\"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/index.php\/turlough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><em>Read short story here]<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Unseen by my Open Eyes\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/236961897?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Unseen by my Open Eyes, monograph published by Black Dog, London. <br>24 x 18 cm \/ 9 x 11 in, 96 pages, Paperback, 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hardcover-Image-Perspectives-Kevin-Gaffney.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hardcover-Image-Perspectives-Kevin-Gaffney.jpg 800w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hardcover-Image-Perspectives-Kevin-Gaffney-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hardcover-Image-Perspectives-Kevin-Gaffney-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hardcover-Image-Perspectives-Kevin-Gaffney-540x371.jpg 540w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hardcover-Image-Perspectives-Kevin-Gaffney-600x413.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;The Unnameable&#8221;, film stills and text in &#8220;Hardcover, Image Perspectives&#8221;, edited by Rut Blees Luxemburg, published by the RCA and Black Dog Publishing, London, 2011.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hardcover-Image-Perspectives-Kevin-Gaffney-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hardcover-Image-Perspectives-Kevin-Gaffney-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hardcover-Image-Perspectives-Kevin-Gaffney-2-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hardcover-Image-Perspectives-Kevin-Gaffney-2-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hardcover-Image-Perspectives-Kevin-Gaffney-2-540x369.jpg 540w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Hardcover-Image-Perspectives-Kevin-Gaffney-2-600x410.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/the_unnameable_kevin_gaffney_book1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/the_unnameable_kevin_gaffney_book1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/the_unnameable_kevin_gaffney_book1-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/the_unnameable_kevin_gaffney_book1-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/the_unnameable_kevin_gaffney_book1-540x387.jpg 540w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/the_unnameable_kevin_gaffney_book1-600x431.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Unnameable, Self-published book, 2012.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Unnameable1-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Unnameable1-copy.jpg 800w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Unnameable1-copy-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Unnameable1-copy-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Unnameable1-copy-540x292.jpg 540w, https:\/\/caoimhin.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/The-Unnameable1-copy-600x325.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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