Sorry For Your Troubles. Pádraig Ó Tuama

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      Sorry for Your Troubles

      Also by Pádraig Ó Tuama and published by

      Canterbury Press

      readings from the book of exile

      Sorry for Your Troubles

      Pádraig Ó Tuama

      © Pádraig Ó Tuama 2013

      First published in 2013 by the Canterbury Press Norwich

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      978 1 84825 462 6

      Typeset by Manila Typesetting Company

      Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon

      Contents

       A Reflection on Shaking Hands

       Preface

       T h e w o r d b e c a m e s t r e t c h e d

       a n d c r e p t a m o n g u s

       [ t h e ] n o r t h [ e r n ] [ o f ] i r e l a n d

       S o r r y f o r y o u r T r o u b l e s

       T h e F a c t s o f L i f e

       h u n g e r s t r i k e r s

       S a c r a m e n t a l

       B a t t l e f i e l d B o g

       S a m e c l a y

       N o t y e t

       P o s t c a r d s t o t h e c e n t r e

       g o t o h e l l

       B a b e l

       W e l c o m e t o B e l f a s t

       T h e O p p o s i t e o f F e a r

       C h i l d s p l a y

       T e l l i n g S e c r e t s

       F i r e w h i s k e y

       B u r y t h e H a t c h e t

       I n t h e b e g i n n i n g

       A n d i s n ’ t i t t r u e f o r a l l o f u s

       T h e S a s h

       M e n i n a w a r

       G i r l i n a b l i t z

       M o t h e r p r a y i n g w h i l e

       t h e b l i t z r a i n e d d o w n

       T h i s i s t h e w o r d o f t h e L o r d

       T r o u b l e s i n t h e c o n c r e t e

       a n d f i e l d

       C l a n

       O n c e u p o n a t i m e b o m b

       M i x e d m a r r i a g e

       C o n v e r s a t i o n s t a r t e r s

       I n t h e b e g i n n i n g , p a r t I I

       T h e Q u e e n ’ s I r i s h

       T r o i b l ó i d í n a S a s a n a c h

       A f t e r t h e w a r

       F l a g s

       I k o n

       T h e P e d a g o g y o f C o n f l i c t

       I n t h e i m a g e o f g o d