Liverpool
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Part 2 To know or not to know, all you want for your birthday.
Ebrington Barracks, Derry City, Ireland. I first contacted Mountjoy Jail in Dublin in 2021. My dad who served time in Mountjoy Jail before he left Ireland, died in 2011, so ten years had passed between his death and my attempted resurrection of the facts of his life. The emails with Bernadette from irishprisons.ie ran… Continue reading
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English, Irish, and Scouse. Part 1
I have written three novels that deal directly with issues of class, nationality and identity, check the link at the bottom for more information. Look out for an update on the publication of my new novel ‘Shanghai’d’ the second in the Red Detective Trilogy. ‘Shanghai’d’ is a story that spans generations and continents as we… Continue reading
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Lost and found Irish faces from the past.
My mum and dad both lost their fathers when they were young, in the same year, 1944, not a good year for my grandfathers, sixteen years before my birth. I never got to meet either, and because photographs of working-class people were scarce at the time, I had never seen an image of either. Both… Continue reading
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‘The Irish was educated out of us’
Derry News By Garrett Hargan Published 9th Mar 2021, 19:06 BST Updated 9th Mar 2021, 21:49 BST The former accommodation block at Ebrington where Peter would have lived. Liverpudlian author Jack Byrne speaks candidly about identity and the death of his brother at Ebrington Barracks in Derry A Liverpudlian writer’s new novel explores issues of class,… Continue reading
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Liverpool and Slavery
This website brings the city’s history to life, reminding us that the streets we walk were paved and made from the profits of slavery and the industries that relied on it. Check out the maps, join the walks, or share with friends. *text from Liverpool and slavery website Liverpool’s history is deeply intertwined with the… Continue reading
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Far Foreign Land
Far Foreign Land is a memoir that reads like a novel. The author Tony Evans uses a dual narrative of events; the now legendary 2005 UEFA final in Istanbul and the decades of supporting Liverpool that preceded it. The book like the match contains all the highs and lows, the tension and drama of not… Continue reading
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Speke Promenade. If only…
Does it sound like a fantasy? We will never know how close we came to it being a reality. The plan of Speke estate from 1937 at the Liverpool Records Office, shows a roundabout at what could be Western Avenue, and a major road continuing right through to the shore. Tom who grew up in… Continue reading
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Building Lives and Families Not Just Motorways
Wicklow, Rathnew and Garston in Liverpool have a long lasting connection, not one recognised by councils and authorities but one long known among residents and families. The One Road is a collection of short stories . The stories set the scene for ‘Under The Bridge,’ my first novel published in January 2021. The excerpt below… Continue reading
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Another Crash?
Fifty-five years ago this week, on 20 July 1965 a there was an event that shocked the people of Speke and Garston. In a way, it was a foreshadowing of what the recession of the seventies would do to the industry in the area. In this case, it was a Cambrian Airlines plane that had… Continue reading
About Me
Thanks for visiting my page. The aim of this page is to let you know what I am working on and allow you to tell me what you think.
I was born and raised in Speke Liverpool, although my parents first lived ‘Under The Bridge’ in Garston, and all my family goes back to Wicklow in Ireland.
The Liverpool Mystery series will be four novels, three books; Under The Bridge, The Morning After, and Fire Next Time are finished. Under The Bridge will be published in Feb 2021 and I hope at least one more will follow later in the year. I am writing The Wicklow Boys now, and I hope to finish it next year.
My writing like my blog is about the lives of working people and how they relate to society as a whole.
My collection of short stories The One Road is available below click to see details.
Jack Byrne 