Claire Keegan, Scéalta contributor, won first prize in the Francis McManus Irish short story award.

'An interesting and distinctive read ... yet another barometer of the current health of the Irish short story.'

- Evening Herald

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'It must keep you warm at night,' he said. I'd never thought of it. The word 'warm' rubbed up against 'at night' and made a buzz in the room I'd been listening out for. His bungalow was in a crescent that used to be a field and I could hear other children playing on the green circle of new grass in front of the houses, as if they were in another part of his house.

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