All Our Troubles

OH, IRELAND MY FIRST AND ONLY LOVE WHERE CHRIST AND CAESAR ARE HAND IN GLOVE James Joyce ALL OUR TROUBLES Nothing is ever easy in Ireland. Whether your are an outsider, marine deserter, pot smoker or part of the Irish Government, Ireland refuses to let you live a simple life. But, taking a journey through the decades; through town, city and village ; through peace and conflict ; personal and global turmoil; the humorous and heart breaking `ALL OUR TROUBLES` follows the ordinary people who are trying to do just that. In six short stories James D. Farrell takes us on a tour of Ireland with some very interesting characters. The men who thought that invading the Isle of Man would save their country; the ex-marine returning home after thirty eight years to confront the ghosts of his past; the bouncer with the addictive side-line; the ambitious young musician following his dream of leaving the city and moving to a small town and the policeman who catches the last bus home. CONTENTS 1) Ellan Vannin 2) Family Reunions 3) Up in Smoke 4) Borderlands (The Beginning ) 5) Borderlands (The End) 6) The Last Bus Sometimes funny, always poignant and never ever dull, you will never forget `ALL OUR TROUBLES`