Laethanta Saoire: A Gaeltacht Summer, by Louise Hegarty
Glanmire author Louise Hegarty has set her short story in the Gaeltacht.
Meadhbh had decided from the beginning that she would be someone else here.
When she had still been in primary school, Meadhbh came to the conclusion that she didn’t like her own handwriting. Somehow it didn’t feel like it reflected who she was, seemed like it might belong to someone else – so she changed it. She made a concerted effort to adopt a new handwriting style and by the end of the school year she just naturally wrote that way. Now, she feels like she could possibly change her personality in the same way. Through sheer force of will.
