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Storyteller . Survivor . Sightseer .

Memoirs from a Dublin storyteller, home and abroad, in sickness and in health. Despite multiple cancers and heart failure I'm still tearing the heaven from the hell...

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October 08, 2020

Open Heart (Part 3) - Be Brave

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Open Heart (Part 2) - No pain, no gain

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Open Heart (Part 1) - Putting the Craic back in Chest Cracking

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