Dooneen

Bartholomew Port, known as Mew, experiences a surreal transition when he steps through the bushes of a London park and emerges into a Dublin landscape. This version of the city feels strange and timeless, featuring moving footpaths and a lack of cars. Mew finds himself in a Dublin filled with song, rumor, and ghosts, where an unmistakable sense of insurgency lingers in the air. This literary fiction explores a world of impossibility and unravelling as the protagonist navigates a city breathing with revolutionary energy.

In Dooneen, volume 1, Keith Ridgway presents a layered and wildly original narrative. While wandering through this suspicious urban environment, Mew struggles with the intense absence of his beloved Mootie from London. This work of literary fiction utilizes a gathering of voices to examine a single, complex dream. Dooneen stands as a profound exploration of place and memory within a landscape that feels both ancient and unsettlingly new.