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A Life for a Life

Miceál Callaghan was only three years old when he watched his father die in his mother's arms. Now Miceál is older, and he wants revenge for what they did to his father.

His father, Darragh Callaghan, was a soldier of Ireland, a member of the IRA, and he and his best friend Oisin O'Donnell were murdered for it.

Miceál embarks on a terrifying mission, and the question is, will he get to the bottom of what happened, to the bottom of all of his problems, his pain and his anger, or will he just end up being murdered himself?

((This story is a sequel to "Ashes To Ashes", and to understand this story you need to read that one.))

Pronunciations
Miceál – "mee+haul"
Aoibheann – "eve+een"
Caolan – "kay+lan"
Grainne – "grawn+yeh"
Diarmuid – "deer+mid"
Ciaran – "keer+an"
Fearghus – "fer+gus"
Aonghus – "eng+iss"
Darragh – "dar+rah"
Oisin – "osh+een"
  1. Chapter One
    An introduction to Miceál Callaghan.
  2. Chapter Two
    Miceál pays a visit to an old friend of his late father's - Diarmuid Feeny.
  3. Chapter Three
    Miceál lets a bit of it out.
  4. Chapter Four
    Miceál meets a few people who an help him out.
  5. Chapter Five
    Miceál cracks up.
  6. Chapter Six
    Miceál gets his first assignment.
  7. Chapter Seven
    Miceál warms to the idea.
  8. Chapter Eight
    Miceál rings his sister Aoibheann from his new home, and meets some of the neighbours.
  9. Chapter Nine
    Miceál surprises Diarmuid with his ... enthusiasm.
  10. Chapter Ten
    Miceál rings home again.
  11. Chapter Eleven
    Miceál sees his work beginning to pay off.
  12. Chapter Twelve
    Aoibheann recieves a violent visit from her brother Miceál.
  13. Chapter Thirteen
    Aoibheann checks on her mother, and Miceál asks some questions.
  14. Chapter Fourteen
    Miceál gets told a few home truths that he doesn't like.
  15. Chapter Fifteen
    Miceál looks at his new gift.
  16. Chapter Sixteen
    Miceál discovers something that makes him incredibly suspicious.
  17. Chapter Seventeen
    Another success.
  18. Chapter Eighteen
    A close shave.
  19. Chapter Nineteen
    Miceál finds out something that makes him reckless.
  20. Chapter Twenty
    Diarmuid tries to talk Miceál out of it.
  21. Chapter Twenty-One
    Miceál and Diarmuid have to run.
  22. Chapter Twenty-Two
    Diarmuid gets a severe fright.
  23. Chapter Twenty-Three
    Aoibheann and Caolan can't believe it.
  24. Chapter Twenty-Four
    Grainne says things to Diarmuid that should have been said a long time ago.
  25. Chapter Twenty-Five
    Miceál's cocky personality shines through wonderfully. No regrets.
  26. Chapter Twenty-Six
    Miceál realises something, but does he care?