All Aboard

A pub tale of the Celtic Mist, the sea’s memory, and debts that don’t drown.

This episode features a spoken reading of a contemporary Irish folk-horror story, told as a pub tale passed carefully from mouth to ear, with caution to pass on no further.

Set on the West coast of Ireland, the story centres on the night the Celtic Mist was escorted out of the Shannon, and what followed when mist rose, footsteps sounded on an empty deck, and the dead appeared to carry on their arguments without adjournment.

Blending dark humour, political memory, and maritime folklore, the piece explores debt, inheritance, and the unsettling idea that stories themselves can act as invitations. The sea is not silent, and some passages are made not just in water, but in words.

A quiet, unsettling listen, best taken in one sitting, over a well settled pint of stout.