Main content

Every Ballymena Man's Dream by Gerard McKeown

Someone has been leaving balls filled with concrete in public places for unsuspecting people to discover. Read by Seamus O'Hara.

Someone has been leaving footballs filled with concrete in public places for unsuspecting people to discover.

Or, in one case, try to kick.

Gerard McKeown's original short story read by Seamus O'Hara.

Gerard is a writer from Ballymena, Northern Ireland.

He was recently longlisted for the Retreat West 2020 Short Story Award and the 2019 麻豆社 National Short Story Award.

His work has appeared in numerous anthologies including 'Still Worlds Turning' 2019 and 'The Black Dreams: Strange Stories from Northern Ireland' 2021.

Producer: Michael Shannon

First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in December 2021.

6 months left to listen

14 minutes

Last on

Sun 21 Sep 2025 23:45
麻豆社 Radio 4

More episodes

Previous

Twenty-Five Years by Mona Dash

Next

Daddy Christmas by Paul McVeigh

See all episodes from Short Works

Broadcasts

  • Fri 17 Dec 2021 15:45
    麻豆社 Radio 4
  • Wed 16 Apr 2025 15:45
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 16 Apr 2025 21:45
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 17 Apr 2025 05:45
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 7 May 2025 15:45
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 7 May 2025 21:45
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 8 May 2025 05:45
    麻豆社 Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 21 Sep 2025 23:45
    麻豆社 Radio 4 FM