Sifting by Mike Mac Domhnaill

Author:Mike Mac Domhnaill [Mike Mac Domhnaill]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781910742235
Publisher: Liberties Press
Published: 2015-02-16T16:00:00+00:00

While Kitty was clearing off the table they listened to the end of the news. (Old Jim had to have the news and Tadhg would be half listening, mad to be back out.) This day, lo and behold, who should be interviewed only John Mc Awley, the school caretaker in the town and renowned for his knowledge of local lore and all the good fishing holes along the Deel. Another case of pollution and a three-mile stretch wiped out.

‘The students inside in that school,’ announced the caretaker/fisherman, sounding as if trying to hold back tears, ‘have a book by George Orwell called Animal Farm. Well, would Orwell have predicted that in this year of 1984 – that other book of his – for all his predictions, that we would have our rivers killed off, the fish, the waterhen, are they all to go? Is it to be production at all costs and let the rest of us go whistle?’

‘Will you listen to the auld codger!’ – Tadhg.

‘Whist, whist up,’ said Old Jim. And when the news had finished: ‘You’d have to feel sad for the old bucko. Sure he loves his fishin’.’

‘He’ll be full of himself now – being on the radio,’ said Tadhg. ‘Those townies, some of them, have plenty time on their hands – out fishing when they could be at a bit of work!’

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