J.P. Lynch

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Aug, 2020

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“Atop Mount Peleir Hill” by J.P. Lynch

Submitted to Contest #55

Atop Mount Pelier Hill By J.P. Lynch ‘When rakish gentlemen wished for congenial society they rode up to Mr. Conolly’s hunting-lodge, perched like Noah’s Ark on the top of Mount Pellier, among the Dublin Mountains. Here they were reported to drink heavily, indulging in blasphemous oaths, and amusing themselves with preposterous orgies. This may have been, as it is said, a haunt of the notorious Hell-Fire Club…’ Maxwell, C. 1956. Dublin Under the Georges: 1714–1830. Sir Thomas Fitzgerald pulled on his sturdy woollen overcoat as he st...

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“Grá” by J.P. Lynch

Submitted to Contest #54

Grá by J.P. Lynch grá noun. Irish. m. 1. Love The day: Frigid with a soft drizzle, and a stiff breeze carrying the sea-spray in off the Atlantic, creating a damp gust that permeated all but the most impervious coats; all in all, a standard climatic state for this particular locality at this particular time of year on the Irish western sea-board; a Saturday, mid- December, just past 12 noon. The town: a typical tourist town in the winter, devoid of visitors from the salubrious regions of the Pale with the...

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