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Originally posted by dinny View PostBest book about growing up in Cabra is ....Another Country by Gene Kerrigan
Ill start it soon as i get a chance....things are pretty hairy here right now.
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Originally posted by Mykidsmom View Postnever heard of this one..and ive managed to pretty much collect every book written about cabra....ill have a look tomorrow..
Ill start it soon as i get a chance....things are pretty hairy here right now.in god i trust...everyone else cash only.
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Originally posted by Mykidsmom View Postnever heard of this one..and ive managed to pretty much collect every book written about cabra....ill have a look tomorrow..
Ill start it soon as i get a chance....things are pretty hairy here right now.The mind is everything. What you think you become.
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Originally posted by cosmo View Postfinished reading captain cook, very good, anyone with a yen for history or a bit of salt in their pants [or skirts] would like it.We'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!
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This looks very good...the right era too ...
In his highly addictive style, Gene Kerrigan effortlessly reconstructs the Ireland of the 1950s and early 1960s in which he grew up. An adult world of absolute moral certainties, casual cruelties and mass emigration; for children an age of innocence, but innocence hemmed in by fear and guilt. In this brilliant and humorous memoir, Kerrigan tells of a world that now seems as distant as another country. Into the details of school, street and family life, of Christmas, First Communion, school violence, CIE Mystery Tours and the arrival of television, are woven the political background of the day, and recollection of the impact of major figures: Michael O' Hehir, Lemass, Dev, JFK, not to mention Hector Grey, Shane, Davy Crockett and Audie Murphy. It's an account of a happy childhood in a country that was itself far from happy. Other books by Gene Kerrigan Hard Cases Never Make a Promise You Can't Break This Great Little Nation.Attached FilesWe'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!
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Originally posted by DAMNTHEWEATHER View PostIn his highly addictive style, Gene Kerrigan effortlessly reconstructs the Ireland of the 1950s and early 1960s in which he grew up. An adult world of absolute moral certainties, casual cruelties and mass emigration; for children an age of innocence, but innocence hemmed in by fear and guilt. In this brilliant and humorous memoir, Kerrigan tells of a world that now seems as distant as another country. Into the details of school, street and family life, of Christmas, First Communion, school violence, CIE Mystery Tours and the arrival of television, are woven the political background of the day, and recollection of the impact of major figures: Michael O' Hehir, Lemass, Dev, JFK, not to mention Hector Grey, Shane, Davy Crockett and Audie Murphy. It's an account of a happy childhood in a country that was itself far from happy. Other books by Gene Kerrigan Hard Cases Never Make a Promise You Can't Break This Great Little Nation.
The Country was happier then than it is now.....Here Rex!!!...Here Rex!!!.....Wuff!!!....... Wuff!!!
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Originally posted by KatieMorag View Postjust started The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield......looks like my kind of thing: family secrets, old houses, etc........really hope i can get into it to take my mind off my damned house-sale mallarkey.......Attached FilesWe'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!
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