The Book of Killowen: A Novel by Erin Hart

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Ireland

Aran

Islands

AT L A N T I C O C E A N

I r i s h

S e a

Galway

Miles

Kms

Belfast

Dublin

Cork

C e l t i c S e a

CountyTipperary

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County TipperaryArea of detail

CLARE

OFFALY

LAOIS

KILKENNY

LIMERICK

WATERFORD

Toomyvara

SilverminesBallina

Birr

Cloughiordan

CORK

Borrisokane

Tipperary

CarrickonSuir

Clonmel

Cashel

Thurles

Templetouhy

Templemore

Nenagh

Roscrea

Ballyinderry

Ballyingarry

BallyinderryBorrisoleigh

Gortnahoe

NewportUpperchurch

Holycross

CappawhiteBoherlahan

Golden

Ballyporeen

BallinureDundrumKillenaule

BanshaEmly Rosegreen

Fethard

Mullinahone

Cahir

Clogheen

Ardnan


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Lime Kiln

Ki l l ow en B og

KillowenFarm

AnthonyBeglansFarm

ClaffeyFarm

CillEghainChapel

Well


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Prologue

Domarcai fdbaid l omchain lid luin lad nad cl.Huas mo lebrn indlnech omchain trrech innann . . .

Fommchain ci menn medair mass himbrot lass de dindgnaib doss

debrath nomchoimmdiu cima cinscrbaimm orda ross.

A hd ts sds m:a ads ay ss t m

pas whh i w t hd . . .Av my masptth d

th t th ds ss t m.i a ay mat th ss

a at hat t m m th tps shs:may th Ld ptt m m Dm!

i wt w d th wd.

Vs wtt th ma y a ish s

wh pd Psas Institutiones Grammaticae

(a Lat amma) th md-th ty


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Th a wd was st. A sd smd sad p y th th a-pt mss dt. ha std az p t th ahs aat a. H stthd as ta as h d, t th ats h jst t

ams ah, da m a ah av hs had. H w mxp that ths pata t tad th wm a waspadth hadst ssta ma d da . ha thw hsams ad a stt w-ha ah ad sw hs s p v t.H was a a m, hav spt may hs th a v ath masty wh h had vd as a hd. S h was d th spays a, stadd th ah ad h t twad hsqay, th as that h w t m sts avs. Fm

ths ph, h d s hs mast wa th m s a thd th wh thy had spt th ht.

ha t th ts d sd hm, th a sdd sh a as a wd s ptd m hs that. ch-h-cUH!

Th mast was w sd t sh tsts. H td ad asd ahad t hs ys, p p t th t. Ah, y awa. Gd wth y, ha, h sad.

ch-h-cUH! ha shtd aa, py. Ot h thwd, hs v dd wth th sds ds ad amas, asdy th st f. ba th wd m, hs yps ad s had t aast st, h ad vat, t pa ad d.H h was a pat at, ath mt th samss wd wds ath tha a aat.

ha d t hp what was happ. H had v ths. Devil-touched, hs w ath had ad hm, ad had at hm

sy ay vy day hs , a va attmpt t has away thdms. Wh sh d a th ats , hs mth hadad hm t th mastyh was st a hdad psadd thms t ta hm , t ta hm p th ways. Th ths had


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t d, t tth thy hd t tt hp hm. Thydthht hm smp ad pt hm t w p ds th , ath ts ad mshms th wd, wh hs sht ad

adm sts d dst t th th wd ats.ha hd wad, p hs a a qay sht, mm- ths ay days at th masty, sd hw thy hadht hm t ths pa. H had t st d th th w-dw, wh th d p a s y hm. As h wd, hsd t wath th ms st m th hh t th Sptm.

Th Sptm a t t hm. Whv h was stt th wat, h wd pd hs t ad stad p t t p

thh th wdws, spy th ms at th wt dss, ahwth a sht as t hm, vd a mas ad dsssh as ha had v s . At a ta , th t wd stth tth as pas, ma thmwth ay vs s, t th ath vs that wd v-tay d thm. Ad th was th Sptm h athsaths d wth s, that was what thy w ad, thsms wts. F mths, h had d tsd whv h d,

wath th pasta w, asatd y th th wh madth s, hs s sts ad dd s, hs as wad s ysta m. ha had d t sd, t jst t a th t as s that h d s hw vyth was d.H had t ta at a t t td at hs hd pa tsdth wdw. Wh th sht ts am p hm, h wd stf thsd wth hs st, ph th wds ad ss a dw hs that.

vtay h had t sta t th Sptm at ht,t az p th w ah wt ds, th pts vyh. H stdd th mas th ms had mad, z th samshaps patd v ad v, ah pa za ts sty d-t had. H tad th shaps aat aptas, stdy hwth ss had dvsd th mas dss. T hm, vy dxha m th ps p th was was a v th, a at s-y m t a myad shaps ad s, th wd ys, th

ad tth, ad tas th -d pa, th a, th d,th a. i hs dams, th amas m th maspts mvd adsp, ht atts. it smd that a d st was hd-d vywh ad vyth, ad s w dt.


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As h wd th th, h a t ma t th shaps hds ps d, th j a tt, ta v ad v,sdd y th ss ts, ta a t dsty ay z-

a haat whv th passd y.O hs httm ays t th Sptm, h d awd as a as, m shd a mta th ma-s ta. H had s ths w th v whv h wasath mshms as th . S h had t- as ah tm h wt t th a wd ad sty add thmt th mas st. Th ht, as h was av hs t ats, th d th Sptm had st p.

Th h s! shtd bth Aphss, th ma. i wsm had h. cath hm!

ha smd, mm hw h had d th ms a wdhas that ht, ap v wt dss, sp vywh.H was y ad m a tha ay thm, ad y th tm thyay aht hm, th wh masty was awa. Fas wdd tth dway, ad th Sptm was d wth f adht.

A at , th wd at th dway patd, ad a s

appahd. H was sht stat ad qt td, wth a dya ad a v. Uhad th y, h mmadd ty,ad th ms mpd, as has fa ms ad aaway. Th wm was a vst sha ad vdty a ma smmpta, t jd m th way th ms wd t hm.

What a y d h, y? th sha asd. What sssd y hav h th Sptm th mdd th ht? Hs

v, thh st, was as t.ha t hms , v w, yas at, mm hssps. As-, hd pd. Hs hads t dy th as hs pts, mtd at hs w wds t a t stpthm. ch-h-s. As-. Hd had th shap ta ath, wathd th as ad hm da d wat thvsts sps.

Why dt y shw m whats y pts? th sha had

amy pd.ha had d hs hads tth ad thd hs hadth tms, th ahd t hs pt ad ht t a had as. A w ht dstad sh m th shas ys.


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Hs mad, am th ats v, ty t st ths. Thsy ws th th, xy. Hs smp th had, dstw what hs d.

O th tay, i th h ws xaty, sad th sha. Ymay av s.bt xy, ths y was sta m th Sptm, h

mst pshd.Y wd f th ad psh y sts? Thats what y

w d, wast t, y?ca-a-a, ha had pd, fsh ad dd sy.

ca-a-at!

Ad s t had that ht twty-sv yas a, hs app-tshp as a s. Hs ptt, th vst sha, had vt-ay t thm, t t wtht xat a pms m th at thath wd ht p th way th ss. At st th msstd hm, a m y pd m th md at th sy d,t wd dy hs w s. At th thy awdhm y t ath th ats th . Wh hd pvd hmsadpt at that tas, thy had shw hm hw t sh th as wth m-

ta ad pst, th sa thm w t xtat th ss. Thydtaht hm hw t that ss dw ad mx t wth m aaad vt t ma a st a . Hw t mx pp ash p-p, wht fa d, hawth s a yw. i svyas, thy had taht hm ay vyth tad th b Sts, ad h had ad t w. H had shw hms s dt th stdy s ad ma that th ms a t tah hm

hw t ad stth th as vm, hw t mas adma pas a ath. St t satsd, h d t awdt ta p th p. T wt.

Ad that was wh h had ty spsd thm a. F th at wt std hs t, hs hads. H v shtd thdhs had wh py. At th tt, had was stad. Whatma was th wd ma that pt hm stady? Gd was wthhm th, th ms sad. it was sad, that mmtmd ad had

tth dst thhts t wds. Hw d ay hma atw at jy? it was y wh h ad dw th q that th tsam p hm aa.

Wh thy taht hm t ad, hw h had pd v th ps


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aths, a th s ad a amp t th w hs tsa p a h d, hs s hs t fam, wth a dst w. ha had t dstad that h had sd a ths

yas m a st wds, t may hs hat ad md t -ta, s thy pt sp t hm. In principio erat verbum, th Sp-t sadi th was th Wd, ad th Wd was wth Gd,ad th Wd was Gd. Verbum, verba, verbi, verborum, verbo, verbis,verbatim, verbalis, verbosus.

Th hs mast th sha had td ad ta hm aad tth Fash t, wh thy wd ay twty yas, tas-at ad at w thhts m d, th mast t at

sts wds, ha dty wt thm dw. At th stat a that, h had pvsy mad y ath ps; ths w whhth mast was ad was smth w, t hs w ftthhts t t wds, ad t y that, t as at thaamt a jt pd aty, a spd sp a w.

Th mths a h ad hs mast had st t p ths pm-a, m La a t , th pa th th. ha dd tw th masts as ths jy. Wh h asd, hs mast

pd y, v wd ats t t th pas wh thyvm. Tw hts a, thy had dd at th masty t a mh, wh h ad th mast had mt, wh h had ad th sts th ss.

ha d dw m hs ph th t at th mast, sts hms y th d a p. Th a avs ad hmstd th z, ad m sht payd th wat, ma-

a d had that smd t mv ad md tth, adha was d wth sh a astmd w-,hs md m th ts th a a wth th t p-psa pat th d mysts vitae aeternumad h wxaty what sts mshmts h wd ty t th pas hsmast wd dtat tday. Thy wd a, ad ha wd asqsts. H had m a pat th masts w. H was vawd t add a ss m tm t tm, add th wamth hs

ath t ampy th masts thhts ad wds. it was a jy th,s th tw hads th pa sd y sd.A at , has thhts w dstd y a dstat, at

sd hss appah. A jad pa sht thh hm. Fm


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hdhd, hs st mps at th pspt mt dy stashad aways t hd. Ad s h md hh th t, hp- t a hms amd ts athy avs. As h sppd

m sht, a pa hsm am ha thh th wd, pasdty w th t wh h was ad. Th st f mfday hats; a ha d ha was th sqa ath sad-ds, th asp ad ath.

Th h s, th st hsma sad t hs mat, pt thh thts at th mast. i ss ts yd m why ay shd ht-d sh a wa d ma. Th sd d y td. Thy w ss w ha that h d sm th a d th ds. Th

was a d th spas v that sad ths tw w ht m.Thy smd t w hs mastwhat w thy at?

ha t a sdd whwd wds hs that, ty t th way t, ad hs st stt, as aways, was t p thm msap. H std hs st t hs mth ad t dw had, pa as- a mmt th vpw d t spa.

Th st hsma spd hs mt t th wd ad dwt th s d, hs st sd w. Th mast td t

thm, th tadta t: Gd wth y. i asw,h vd a t ass th a that dd hs p ad d hm ath. H stad shty t dd t y t.

Hdd th a, ha t th a ad hm a wth da-. H mst d smth, hp th mast, t hw?

A y ad Jh? th st hsma dmadd.At th baptst, th mast pd mdy. Th vy sam.

Th st hsma std t th ath sath at th masts tad xhad a a wth hs mat. Whs y svat?i wsh i w, th mast pd. H dsappad ast ht. T

st dim t h wth th t at t my w wds.H std t th sath th d.

ha ay d t. H had ta th. Why was th mas-t y? H t a swy s h as th hsm dsmtd,ad ah dw a m hs t. Th pa thm p th d

ma, thst th ads wth a pwad mt, aa ad aa adaa. Ov th assasss shds, th mast asd hs ys t th twh ha hd, hdd am th avs. Th adth d, th d ma whzd. Apha ad ma.


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At ast th tw hsm stppd a ad t th masts ssdy tpp t th d. ha d hady ath, t h t thta sds t s wth hm m. H t dw

hs st aa, ths tm tast saty d. Shield me, cover me, hpayd t th ta a, t ah ts ahs ad avs. Hide me romthe conspiracy o the wicked, rom the noisy crowd o evildoers.

Sddy a thd hsma st thh th wds, p hsast p sht ad dsmt sd hs ws. S y d hm.Gd. H spat th masts dy. Hw s t y, ht? t ptt y w!

Th thd ma sathd p th sath m th masts t ad

d sd, mv th h d th ad pa thh thy f t asd. bdy s! h shtd. Amadns!Y shd hav hd th y d hm. its t th w at; ts y a dy Psat!

ha t th ast wd ath w. Th Psat was hs w,th hd pd t hms. bt th mast had hs Psat,what was hs w a? H sddy t th wht th sath p- hm dw a st.

Th thd hsma wast shd. What at th dt svat?G. W d vywh, th st assass d.Th thd ma awd hs ys, ty t a whth hs dat

d sp th tth. W, s that y d hm. it shdt t dt. Thy say h hws a ash. H sw hs vhs hs aa. w t d th dys y a maa t tthat ht.

ha d y wath as th tw m dad hs mast tt th . Thy pshd th dy t a da p, wat t twas swawd p wtht a sd. Amst as a atthht, th s-d hsma ahd th Psat ad sath ad f thm tth p as w. St hdd th t, ha vd hs mth adwpt sty, wath as th p smd t fat a w s-ds, a pa pa ws, ad th smd.

As th assasss mtd th hss ad a t d away,

ha t a s d p sd hm, ad ths tm th wasth h d d t stp t. ch-h-cUH! h shtd.Th s sty hma t th as, th hsm

v v td ad t pt d astwad, th dt m


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whh thyd m. Phaps thy mst hm a d, th mtha a a att hs mat.

ha watd th a t what smd hs, stat

at vy s, st th sd hss, t th assasss ddt t. Fay h d hms, st m t th stdyah, ad pt dw m th t.

H t at th ps mashy v ad h hs had sham.Hs mast was , s v t ths st ad tahs .ha td va t mm th th dad, t ah tmh td t s, h d h d t th ay sd t wp-.

At ast, h ahd th sath that h y hs sd ad pdts fap, daw t th smp ath-d vm. Th mast hadsy swthd has hm Psat hs w dx, t why?Ths was th thy w s tth, y ts, th ta-t th masts at w. ha mmd th assasss v:

No king to protect you now. W th wds ths pas ay wtha mas ?

Apha ad ma, th d ma had sad. Th ad th d.

has ps a t mv as h td th wds that awaysamd hm. In principio erat Verbum, et Verbum erat apud Deum, et Deuserat Verbum. i th was th Wd, ad th Wd was wthGd, ad Gd was th Wd.

H sddy dstd that h d t t t th masty.S th ath sath ass hs dy a swd t, h st th ppst dt. Psv th ps dx had m hs

sad ha. H vwd t ptt ths , dd t ssay, adp t sa m a ham.


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book One

For chubus caich duini i mbia ar rath in lebrn col-lara tardda bendacht or anmain in truagin rod scribai.

b t th s vy ps wh sha ad y pssss ths at maspt,

that h stw a ss p th s th p wth wh has pd t.

A ph m th Book o Deer, a th-ty maspt


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Kv Da aspd th tw jysts ad thst th ht -wad, th hyda pw th am hs ah. Hvd w th ts. Tth t t, h t damd that h wast dv th mah t pat t, wd t jst t tw

sps at hads. H smd, v hs sty stth, s tt thh st pat, h ams vds th ass t ad ht, d t th s a wth dwh dt wat t shw h dy attd. H was th mhtyDma, ad y a wh dad pps hm. iv.

it was ay h that mst st vd th wst pats th ,a ps that mfd th shap s ds, th athy a ha. Hd ths dy j tw days, ty t

t th da t, ad t wd y ta ath th days hd hs way. dy had sad what th pat wd tthat h av a ats. t hs j. Dma jst d th hs, t thdas, ad th mvd t th xt j: th as s, -dat xavat. Whatv. H was at th stat th j, t ts t shd. v saw mh ayth shd. btt that way.

As h saw t, Dma wast at ptt dw ts; hs j

was t ths p. it was ptty mh th sam th madpatmt. H say d th st t p a th, ad hmh pd s wh w a tt vs ad xpd. iad t h was, jst Dma, ad th th wd.

mm th v-s-pasat tt d ad th happyd hs dam, Kv thst th jyst wad aa,mav th ds h am t pst ath sp wt pat. H jammd th t v wad t t th t dp. Ths

tm t add wth a d clunk.That was dd. Apat m th s th mah, tt a dawas say dad qt. H td th t ad st t dw aa.


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Clunk. cd smth dasa dapp, may a as dy had thd t fa. Hy Jayss.

Kv jmpd dw m hs sat ad ad th spad h pt

aways at th ady as my. Th tth th t hadst smth had, ptd t, m th ths. H at z patd sht mta, a t hm, ad . . . was that a ta-ht? it was. What d a s wd ad y a a th ? Thats what t was, ad msta. t smth yd svy day. H statd s th spad t a away a th pat tp th t, whh was ady asd y th w m th havy t.As s as th wht was td, th t pppd p ts w, ad

Kvs md pd t pt a am what ay hm.H was sta dw t th s, shtss ys a wzd,

sh-w a. H t a amst sst t sam p tha, t ht t, asatd ad pd y th h hm.At ast h maad t assm a ht thht. A dy. Hs ystavd a th ms spawd th pata ad thm,a shd t, a ptd m a twstd jt. Ths was ama, a ht, t th pats hm w mxd p, a t wh a had

shd . Ths wast jst ay dad dyt was md. H mm-d sy ats hd had pp tppd v ds ad sas ash. Kv sddy t th d da m hs had, ad had th spad had t p m sway. bt h d t away.

Th pssts sttd ad hs a: h d , hd h a stash ds my th t, h d th

Gads, th ss. Whh was t t ? O thht pshdts way t th . Th j had vy hsh-hsh m th stat.Th ss, cay, advsd hm t t mt t ay wh hd w th xt w days. Had t th s, a smhw.H say v av a at pmts pa pmssths t, ad sds, h ady dd th w. cay mht thm t t wth t t t. Athh Kv had azd as athat h ddt hav may sps, smhw a th ths

wdt sm ht.H a t a pts a ma vd v Oayawh a. That p td t t a p thsad yasd. Wh was t say ths a wast as d as that?


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Sddy h saw hms ama, tvwd at thsdy. A th tvs wd w d t v t. H d s thpts T, UTV, TG4, may v Sy th bbca ma

ths was ws, matt hw d h was. it a t daw thatpp wd as hm at ths mmt yas t m. Hd smth a stat ty, h payd t ht. H madwm ath ad hm, ma vs athy wth a mxt sty ad pty.

Kv ahd hs m t my svs, hpt chst hd t a sa way t h th mdd th advd wh th a ay wt thh. css a watd

d xtmt hs v, h statd xpa t th patxaty what hd d wh h d th dy. H w m-y as w ddth tvs pp mht v pay a t th ws pts. Had t ma s h sdd fappa, -t.

Th pat td hm t t th ayth ad assd hm twd tha twty mts th Gads avd th s.

th t w t t wat. H md a p t th dt a t hs h, th -wappd sadwhs ad a p d s hd pd p at a pt stat ths m. bt t th d s, h aht th mpty y sts sta p at hmm th a t, th dad mas mth ha p th a a hy fd. Sddy h had apptt.

As h thst th ha-at a t th a a, th ps-

ma vwhmd hm, a dy swp paaa, wth t a th hts hd spt as a hd st t hs adpatsstt ad th wth th hs, as ah t dsd th happs thyd wtssd had t .

At that xat mmt, a da d passd t th s, ast- th wh t shadw. Kv ahd dw t p th awdw. Why ta a ha? Th sh wath thyd hav- ths past p ws was w w t hs. H

hd hs my mts s hd wth thmy svs. Kv shvd th ph a hs pt. Adsddy twty mts smd a awy tm twat.


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