Out of the OrdinaryOut of the Ordinary captures Dillon Jivakas various journeys to Oxford, into medicine, across the world by ship within the major narratives of his gender and religious journeys. Moving chronologically, Dillon Jivaka was from Lismullin House, County Meath, but spent his childhood in Folkestone, England, where he was raised by spinster aunts, telling of his days at Oxford immersed in theology, classics, and rowing. He recounts his hormonal transition

as blatherer

It came mellow and low then quicker and harder and pizzicato and striking each note

Jack Miller and Maud Tighe

a socialist and nationalist in a Unionist city

Born of a Belfast manse

The Matter of Time

Although the seeds of interest were sown in early life

In Showbusiness with Blood

not only in the capital but in the whole country

Spanning over eighty years

returning time and again like a salmon to its beloved spawning-ground in Connemara

Ireland 1913