Tina O'Rourke beside a stone tower in the Irish countryside

I’m an Irish writer based in Galway.

My writing begins with the things I notice: a place, a person, an ordinary moment,

something remembered, and follows wherever they lead.

Welcome to my writing world.

I’m an Irish writer based in Galway.

My writing begins with the things I notice: a place, a person, an ordinary moment, something remembered, and follows wherever they lead.

Welcome to my writing world.

1975, I Was Five

Essay · Life & Loss
A childhood memory of moving to a thatched cottage in Ireland, where the strange logic of being five turns lizards into dinosaurs. Read here →

Joey

Work in Progress · Fabulist Fiction
A gun-for-hire is haunted by Joey, her first intended victim. There’s just one problem: she didn’t actually kill him. Read here →

Joey

Joey

873 words 3 minutes 30 seconds reading time I’m seated in a chair five stories up, waiting patiently, the tip of my gun resting on the windowsill. My eyes are focused on the street below, watching for any sign of my latest mark—and secretly hoping they don’t show up....

The Empty House

Essay · Life & Loss
A neighbouring house falls silent, leaving behind the traces of two lives and the empty spaces people leave behind. Read here →

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