Close the wicket gate /
Walters, Johanna O'Mahony.
Close the wicket gate / Johanna O'Mahony Walters ; foreword by Con Houlihan. - Cork : Mercier, 2007. - 224 p. ; 20 cm.
Includes--The Kilmichael bar--The landlady\'s tale--The publican\'s tale--The nun\'s tale--The emigrant\'s tale--The teacher\'s tale--The farmer\'s tale--The sailor\'s tale--The dancer\'s tale--The rugby player\'s tale--The doctor\'s tale--The christians\' tale--The car-maker\'s tale--The bandleader\'s tale--The tale of the speech and drama teacher--The soldier\'s tale--The musician\'s tale--The garda\'s tale--The earl\'s tale--The tale of the dray driver--The tale of the soldier\'s wife--The miller\'s tale--The tale of Barry--The milkman\'s tale--The cook\'s tale--The bowler\'s tale--The tale of the cobbler\'s wife--The children\'s tale.
Set around the Kilmichael Bar, in rural Bandon, County Cork, this is a book about ordinary people living ordinary lives - the rascal, the teacher, the farmer, the sporting hero - people who make up the backbone of society. Life might have appeared sleepy on the outside, but a day never passed without some excitement.
9781856355339 (pbk.) : £9.99 9781856355339 (pbk.) : Đ9.99
History.
Ireland
c 1950 to c 1959
Social & cultural history
Local history
Bandon (Ireland)--Social life and customs--20th century.
DA995.B21
941.950822 WAL
Close the wicket gate / Johanna O'Mahony Walters ; foreword by Con Houlihan. - Cork : Mercier, 2007. - 224 p. ; 20 cm.
Includes--The Kilmichael bar--The landlady\'s tale--The publican\'s tale--The nun\'s tale--The emigrant\'s tale--The teacher\'s tale--The farmer\'s tale--The sailor\'s tale--The dancer\'s tale--The rugby player\'s tale--The doctor\'s tale--The christians\' tale--The car-maker\'s tale--The bandleader\'s tale--The tale of the speech and drama teacher--The soldier\'s tale--The musician\'s tale--The garda\'s tale--The earl\'s tale--The tale of the dray driver--The tale of the soldier\'s wife--The miller\'s tale--The tale of Barry--The milkman\'s tale--The cook\'s tale--The bowler\'s tale--The tale of the cobbler\'s wife--The children\'s tale.
Set around the Kilmichael Bar, in rural Bandon, County Cork, this is a book about ordinary people living ordinary lives - the rascal, the teacher, the farmer, the sporting hero - people who make up the backbone of society. Life might have appeared sleepy on the outside, but a day never passed without some excitement.
9781856355339 (pbk.) : £9.99 9781856355339 (pbk.) : Đ9.99
History.
Ireland
c 1950 to c 1959
Social & cultural history
Local history
Bandon (Ireland)--Social life and customs--20th century.
DA995.B21
941.950822 WAL