Arrows in Flight: Short Stories from a New Ireland

Arrows in Flight: Short Stories from a New Ireland is a 2002 collection of short stories edited by Caroline Walsh, featuring contemporary Irish writers like Claire Keegan and John MacKenna.

It marked a shift in Irish storytelling, exploring urban, complex themes and moving beyond the traditional rural settings and concerns like church and poverty that characterized earlier Irish short fiction. The collection is significant for showcasing a new generation of writers dealing with issues of identity, both personal and political, in a rapidly changing Ireland