Fireside Tales from Ireland: Stories to be told after Dark

By Malachy Conlon

Pull your chair closer to the fire. These are the stories that come out after dark.

Told in the tradition of Irish fireside storytelling, this collection of short stories drifts between folklore, memory, love, loss, and the quiet strangeness of ordinary lives.

In Fireside Tales from Ireland, Malachy Conlon gathers stories meant to be read slowly, or dipped into like conversations overheard on a winter night. Some are rooted in old beliefs-ghosts on country roads, lakes that listen, shadows that linger too long. Others are deeply human tales of romance, friendship, regret, kindness, and the moments that shape a life without ever making headlines.

These are stories of rural Ireland: kitchens warmed by turf fires, small towns where everyone knows your name, and places where the past is never far away. Not every story seeks to explain itself. Like the best fireside tales, many are content to leave an echo rather than an answer.

Available in Kindle Unlimited and Paperback, this is a book to return to again and again-one story at a time, whenever the night draws in.

Some stories are meant to be read.
Others are meant to be listened to.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GMC6PDZ8
• ISBN13: 9798247380450
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"