The Writing’s On the Wall

Dermott Hayes
Nov 4 · 3 min read
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Irony can be cruel while being hilarious. In my case, it’s both as well as a great honour, too.

The Liberties, where I live in Dublin and have often written about here in Medium and elsewhere, is the backdrop for most of my writing, in poetry and prose.

It is the oldest neighbourhood of Dublin, a city that is more than 2,000 years old.

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Dermott Hayes

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Novellist, poet, blogger and ex-journalist. ‘If the cap fits.’ https://medium.com/@dermotthayes

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