Irish Above All by Mary Pat Kelly Summary If you are interested in reading this novel, you can download its ePub, PDF or Mobi formats just in a few clicks. Gimme one by the neck instead." Another customer provided the translation, that he would prefer a bottle.Irish Above All by Mary Pat Kelly is a chilling, masterful novel that explores the depths of evil and the resilience of the human spirit. "If I'd wanted a milkshake, I'd have asked for one. The look of despair from the elderly man who'd ordered it told me I hadn't made a decent fist of it.
It was the first time I tried to pull a pint of Guinness.
The owner was too inebriated to be left in charge, so the editor drove him home and told me to "hold the fort" until another barman could be called in. This was apparently fairly normal.Īnother shift ended with me serving behind the counter of a nearby bar where we'd gone for the evening break. I sat with my jaw dropping, then looked round to see the other reporters typing away without comment. Once, a typewriter was thrown in the editor's direction after one heated exchange. I started doing news shifts on a Saturday night as a freelance, when the stand-up rows between the editor and his gifted, but volatile chief sub-editor, were legendary. The Sunday News was by far the most eccentric. These were not enlightened times.Īt one time or other, I worked for nearly all the above titles. Monthly union meetings would be held at the Royal Avenue Hotel, where I have a dim memory of an off-shoot meeting by the few female reporters which was known as the 'Petticoat Club'. The nearby pubs, The Front Page and McGlades were the press folk's haunts at lunchtime, when it was a short walk for reporters covering the trials at the Crumlin Road courthouse.
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