Irishfiction Stories

In a changing Dublin of glass offices, hollowed-out streets and old Georgian rooms with too many previous lives, Elliot takes a temporary job in a building that does not quite belong to the present. At first, the disturbances are easy to dismiss: odd noises, vanishing figures, cold spots, memories that do not seem to be his. But as the ghosts begin to notice him back, Elliot is drawn into the hidden emotional architecture of the city - a place where grief lingers in doorways, history leaks through walls, and the dead are not the only ones trapped. Part ghost story, part urban elegy, These Quiet Years is a novel about loneliness, work, queer longing, friendship, and the strange lives buried beneath ordinary places. It asks what happens when a city forgets its people and what it means to be seen by the things everyone else has learned to ignore. Chapter 1 coming May 13th 2026.

Clifden, Ireland. 1997. Saoirse McNamara romanticises everything. Cigarettes behind school, cassette tapes in her coat pocket, songs that remind her too much of people she's trying to forget. Eoin O'Connor hasn't slept properly in almost three years. In a small town filled with gossip, family secrets, and teenagers trying too hard to act older than they are, the two of them keep finding each other in the quiet moments between classes, late-night drives, and three-song walks to school. The Story Starts... is a coming-of-age story about first love, grief, growing up too fast, and remembering people long after they've left.

When seventeen-year-old Eabha Scanlon moves back to Ballylaggin after her father's sudden death, the last thing she wants is to start over - not in her old town, not in her old house, and definitely not at her new school, where everyone seems to know her name before she even walks through the gates. Thrown into a tight-knit group of rugby lads, sharp-tongued girls, and small-town politics, Eabha is determined to keep her head down and survive fifth year. But then there's Robbie Mac (lesser known original Boys Of Tommen character)- quiet, steady, a little broody, and very much off-limits. He's the star of the rugby team, after Johnny Kavanagh of course, the one everyone turns to, the one who sees more than he says. And he sees her - all of her. As friendship blurs into something deeper and secrets from the past begin to surface, Eabha has to decide what she's willing to risk for a future that suddenly feels possible. Grief, love, loyalty, and longing collide in this slow-burn, emotionally rich coming-of-age romance set in the world of The Boys of Tommen. Perfect for fans of Chloe Walsh's heartbreakingly honest storytelling - this is Freezing 15.