Sebastian Barry

Some people have trouble that they never themselves did cause. Some people have a queer start in the world because those that have them in the first place don't know what they're at. Mams and Pappys are not the same, parish by parish. Some fall at the first fence, and little mites are left to fend for themselves. It's a story old as mountains, [...].
Never mind, child, what you hear, the whispers of a little town, the little whispers of Sligo. Some words have no tune for themselves [...].