Ciaran Cunningham grew up in the shadow of Sliabh Liag in the village of Carrick, south-west Donegal. On moving to Letterkenny, Ciaran worked in education for nearly forty years and is due to retire next month from the position of Head of IT with Donegal ETB. In his spare time Ciaran designed and maintained the CarrickOnline website and blog for twenty years. This included the first ever online graveyard. Ciaran is also an avid photographer who founded the Letterkenny Photographic club. A keen poet for many years, Ciaran has had work published in the Poetry Ireland Review. This piece is his first attempt at flash fiction.