A Safe Passage

You're safe here. But you have to trust me now. For your own good. I need you to stay. Because if you go, I go and I'd rather not.

New Year's Eve 1979. Two souls weather the storm together in Inish D?bh Lighthouse: Christy the Keeper, shining a ceaseless vigil for all at sea; and a young woman. Christy doesn't know why she is here or what she wants from him. Always the joker, always the clown, he puts on a good show. But as the storm rages and truths start to unfold, Christy must decide - to weather the storm or take a leap of faith?

Irene Kelleher's A Safe Passage is a story of love and isolation, guilt, grief and the ultimate need for human connection.

This edition was published to coincide with the Irish and US tours in summer 2024 and early 2025.


About the Author
Irene Kelleher is an actress and writer from Ireland. Irene graduated from UCC with a First Class Honours Degree and Masters in Drama and Theatre Studies. She has also trained at Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, Massachusetts. She was awarded the Best Actress Award for her performance of Aoibhe in The Trouble with Aoibhe at the BlackBird Film Festival in NYC. Mary and Me was Irene's debut play, in which she also performed. Irene's second play, A Safe Passage, toured the US and Ireland from 2022 to 2025.