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This vivid and masterfully woven collection of short stories explores the condition of Ireland’s people as the country cautiously steps towards modernity. Caught between tradition and change, these characters long to move forward, yet fear what they might lose.  In the title story, ‘Organ Voluntary’, an underappreciated parish organist clashes with a vain young cleric, culminating in a hilariously disastrous Easter spectacle. In ‘A Snowman in July’, a lonely schoolteacher forms an ambiguous friendship with a former pupil, only to face his own buried fears and desires. ‘The Hero of the XVth’ is filtered through a man’s chance reunion with a fallen local hero, forcing him to confront the illusions of success and the quiet tragedies people carry. ‘Catolica’ charts a young woman’s uneasy attempts to navigate dating within a Catholic society. In ‘Calamities of War’, a wealthy landowner’s expectations are overturned when her wartime guests are not what she imagined. ‘At Mrs Moorehead’s’ tenderly captures a child’s first encounter with age and death through a stream of innocent thought. Finally, in ‘South of the Border’, a visiting group exposes the absurdity of small-town pretensions as local politics and vanity unravel. Blending tension and humour, despair and joy, Organ Voluntary offers an empathetic portrait of a nation caught in quiet, everyday turmoil.   

About the Author :
Christopher Fitz-Simon was born in Belfast and studied Modern Languages & Literature at Trinity College Dublin, where he chaired the Players and edited Icarus. After working in theatre and broadcasting in North America, he became a drama director with RTÉ Television and later Artistic Director of the Lyric Theatre Belfast, the Irish Theatre Company, and the Abbey and Peacock theatres.  A prolific playwright and dramatist, his radio work includes the long-running BBC series Ballylenon and other popular titles like Spangles’n’Tights and Faithful Departed. His plays and dramatizations have adapted works by Joyce, Wilde, Boucicault and others. His memoir Eleven Houses (2007). He holds a Doctorate in Literature from the University of Ulster.  

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'Classic, witty, poignant and entertaining.' 'Delightful … marvellous vignettes with rich language in all its glory that will leave the reader in awe … Elegantly wrought with humour, pathos and tenderness.’


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781843519638
  • Publisher: The Lilliput Press Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: The Lilliput Press Ltd
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1843519631
  • Publisher Date: 19 Jun 2025
  • Binding: Digital download
  • Sub Title: Tales of a Hidden Ireland


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