TIFAM issue 45 PDF
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Editor’s Note for TIFAM issue 45
This issue finds us in a changed season. A quietness hangs in the air, a space shaped by the memory of George Shields and the enduring grace of Joan Kennedy-Kelly. We carry their presence still—a warmth that gathers near the…
Men of Forlorn Hope
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An Unnatural History of the Bow: Trivia for the Terminally Curious Archer
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War of the Feathers – Epilogue
Even caked in dirt and gore, Evander Penrose held a fierce stalwartness. It was something sharp, striking in its vividness, like lightning breaking out from the grasping currents of darkness, thought Mercy as she watched him. The so-called demigod sat,…
The Weight of Proximity: On Presence, Flesh, and Vanishing
This piece stands as the third in a quiet unfolding—a sequence of essays sparked by our recent gathering in the New Ross Library, where voices met to trace the long memory of the bow. The first emerged from our reflections…
War of the Feathers Part 8
XIII Arrows whipped through the air. Maytoni soldiers along the north wall fell with cries of a new attack ringing out. Sharp whisps burned through the air, those not stopped by soldiers on the wall arcing down into the north…
A Hunger for the Old Aim
A hush settles in, a quiet breath drifting through the vast expectant cinema as the first glint of dawn appears on screen and paints Panem in a fresh, solemn glow. The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping unfolds with solemn…
The Butcher’s Bill at Evesham
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A Report From Ukraine Through the Archer’s Eye
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Smack my controversy Column
To draw the bow is to gather the world into your hands. Just before the first arrow flies, a hush settles—the kind that fills the chest with something heavier than air. The body enters its stance, feet firm, spine aligned,…
War of the Feathers Part 7
V It was too warm for Evander, the searing aftershock of heat from the exertion of battle engulfing him. “That’s a deep wound, I’d say,” Xiphos stated quietly, feline blood still glistening upon his armour. They stood before the slain…
An Arrow’s Moral Geometry
A single arrow, loosed beneath a moonless sky, carves a new reality from a father’s certainty, flinging it toward the unknown. 28 Years Later greets its audience with a scream: a fractured symphony of instinct and intention, of despair and…
Andrew’s 20 Questions #31 Emlyn Phipps
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Blackbird column
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The Aim of Being: Women’s Archery in Ireland hundred years ago and earlier
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Empowering Women through Archery: A Journey of Passion, Perseverance, and Pride.
Archer Margaret Donnelly gives us a sporting insight into the life of her Dunbrody club mate and WBHC 2025 Bronze medallist Catherine Power From: The Rower Co. Kilkenny Club: Dunbrody Archers Shooting style: Bowhunter Recurve World Bowhunter Championships 2025 South…
War of the Feathers Part 6
Day 3 I It was painful to comprehend, a tight knot stuck in General Aedion Teague’s sternum, but here he was, still incamped on the northern most part of the Mayne Peninsula on what had just become the third day…
The Vanishing Archery Of Emerald Isle
It started with a slip of the tongue, as the most troublesome truths often do. Myself and Andrew Wayland, we were in the main hall of the New Ross Library, the air thick with that familiar scent of paper and…
Colum Cille 3D 2025
I was excited to be back at Ballywalter for a couple of reasons, one of which was because of the new species of pheasant introduced to the estate. This species is known as Reeve’s Pheasant and comes from China. And…