Married Quarters triumphs as a love letter to Cavan

Immersing yourself in Shane Connaughton’s Cavan is a real and rare joy

Shane Connaughton: his stories are imbued with humour and understanding

Fiction: Married Quarters, By Shane Connaughton, Doubleday Ireland, €19

Nobody could accuse Shane Connaughton of being in a hurry. Married Quarters is the sequel to the Cavan-born novelist’s 1989 debut A Border Station, his well-received collection of linked stories about the son of a local Garda sergeant on the Fermanagh/Cavan border.

Of course, the multi-talented Connaughton has been busy in the meantime, as a screenwriter and an actor. He co-wrote the Oscar nominated ...