{"id":66,"date":"2026-01-14T11:32:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T11:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irishwriterheaven.ie\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2026-01-19T12:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T12:14:10","slug":"tmn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/irishwriterheaven.ie\/index.php\/tmn\/","title":{"rendered":"TMN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iwh.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TMN-Cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-577\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6679908630449896;width:240px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/irishwriterheaven.substack.com\/embed\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" style=\"border:1px solid #EEE; background:white;\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-size:clamp(1.039rem, 1.039rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.935), 1.6rem);line-height:1.4\">The Maker&#8217;s Name: Winner, Literary Titan Gold Book Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seamusmckenna.ie\">by Seamus McKenna (Author)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:2px\"><strong>For more than four decades one Irish voice has spoken out, consistently, courageously, and with piercing clarity, against the intertwined power of Church and State in Ireland.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.542), 1.2rem);\"><strong>The Considine brothers, Rudi and Gus, are at war.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Their father, Malachi, has died in a \u2018freak accident\u2019. 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