Sweeney
Thomas Lynch, 3 October 1996
SWEENEY: Ah! Now the gallows trap has opened that drops the strongest to the ground!
Thomas Lynch
Thomas Lynch is a writer and funeral director. Booking Passage: We Irish and Americans came out last year.
No Casket, No Flowers: MacSwiggan’s Ashes
Thomas Lynch, 20 April 2006
Mostly I remember the quick pearlescent cloud, the puff of white it made in the rush of current, when I dumped Hughey’s ashes in the water. And watching what remained of him disappear downstream, I thought of the masked man riding off at the end of that cowboy show I watched as a boy: ‘A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a hearty Hi-Yo Silver! The Lone...
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