In this collection, actor and seanchaí (traditional storyteller) Éamon Kelly’s finest stories are collected for the first time: stories of the real Kerry and the magical past of the Gobán Saor, the heartbreak of emigration, the stations, the priests, the courting and dancing, the war between the sexes. Kelly mines a rich seam of humour and sadness out of resilience of a people rich in hospitality and generosity, imagination, culture and tradition.
Daftar Isi
Introduction
Beyond the Horizon
Going to America
The Gobán Saor
Going to the Train
Pegg the Damsel
Shrovetime
Mick the Fiddler Comes Home
Killing the Pig
After Hours
Tobacco
Love and Marriage
The Hereafter
The First Church
Father Mac Gillacuddy
Eoghan Rua and the Priest
The Priest and the People
Connor the Carman
The Parish Clerk
The Mission
Civil and Strange
A Quiet Drink
The Poor Souls
The Severe Penance
Eoghan’s School
The Golden Ball
The Station House
Con and Bridgie
The Holy Well
Doing the Rounds
Nell Casey
The Effigy
Abbey’s Bowl
A Ruminating Animal
The Mermaid
Minding the House
The Season of Light
The Barefooted Gander
The Dear Departed
Washing the Cock’s Feet
The Cock and the Coop
The Blacksmith’s Wife
It Snowed That Night
May Morning
Daniel O’Connell and the Colonel from Battersea
The Biddy Boys
Mary O’Shea’s Story
The Archdeacon, His Clerk and His Curate
The King of the Lies
The Jennet
Spiorad an Tobac
Clever Dogs
The Woman That Went to Hell
Tóg Bog É!
The Golauns
Dean Swift and His Serving Man
I am a Young Fellow
Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin Finds an English-speaking Son-in-law for a Wealthy Farmer
The Man That Never Slept
The Hiring Fairs
The Young Woman’s Denial
Two Fierce Lies
Small Michael and the Major
The Bicycle
The Singapore Policeman
Padden
The Cat and the Splinter
The Tay-Man
The Connachtman’s Story
Filling the Firkins
The Apprenticed Doctor
Glossary of Irish (and Hiberno-English) Words and Phrases
Glossary of Irish Sentences
About the Author
About the Publisher
Tentang Penulis
Éamon Kelly, actor, seanchaí and writer, was born near Rathmore in County Kerry in 1914. He had a varied and successful career as an actor, performing in the plays of Brian Friel, Tom Murphy and Sebastian Barry, among others. He published two volumes of memoirs, The Apprentice (1995) and The Journeyman (1998).
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