Ireland's Master Storyteller

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.

Auteur

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).