Dermot McCann

“McCann manages to combine a talent for lyrical story-telling with revealing personal insights and glimpses of a wicked sense of humour. Reading this collection’s a bit like eating popcorn—start with just one story and then you won’t want to stop. He’s compelling. Maybe it has something to do with his being Irish.”

— JOAN DONALDSON, finicky editor and publisher of a little-known and observably eccentric publication, and former television broadcaster

“McCann’s Shorts come off with a style that’s raw, naked and real, with a warmth that not only brings you back but also brings you there.”

— PAUL A. YANCHUS, teacher and co-star of “Route 66”

“Dermot’s gift for storytelling might be his birthright, honed over many years on well-polished bar stools. He has captured this same vibrant voice on paper in these collected stories of his life.”

— MATT PHILLIPS, CEO, brewer and visionary, Phillips Brewing Company

“The Irish short story is a distinct art form and McCann has chosen that of the traditional oral storyteller. Autobiographical in nature, these stories have it all: wry humour, personal loss and family dynamics told in the most entertaining manner. Impossible not to engage.”

— MAURA FITZGERALD LAMB, proprietor, Irish Linen Stores