Ireland's Master Storyteller

In this collection, Eamon Kelly's finest stories are collected for the first time: stories of the real Kerry and the magical past of the Goban 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 the resilience of a people rich in hospitality and generosity, imagination, culture and tradition.

Introduction	p. 7
Beyond the Horizon	p. 11
Going to America	p. 16
The Goban Saor	p. 21
Going to the Train	p. 31
Pegg the Damsel	p. 35
Shrovetime	p. 39
Mick the Fiddler Comes Home	p. 49
Killing the Pig	p. 56
After Hours	p. 64
Tobacco	p. 71
Love and Marriage	p. 77
The Hereafter	p. 84
The First Church	p. 90
Father MacGillacuddy	p. 94
Eoghan Rua and the Priest	p. 100
The Priest and the People	p. 104
Connor the Carman	p. 108
The Parish Clerk	p. 113
The Mission	p. 115
Civil and Strange	p. 120
A Quiet Drink	p. 125
The Poor Souls	p. 131
The Severe Penance	p. 135
Eoghan's School	p. 141
The Golden Ball	p. 144
The Station House	p. 150
Con and Bridgie	p. 156
The Holy Well	p. 162
Doing the Rounds	p. 167
Nell Casey	p. 173
The Effigy	p. 179
Abbey's Bowl	p. 189
A Ruminating Animal	p. 192
The Mermaid	p. 196
Minding the House	p. 200
The Season of Light	p. 207
The Barefooted Gander	p. 212
The Dear Departed	p. 218
Washing the Cock's Feet	p. 225
The Cock and the Coop	p. 227
The Blacksmith's Wife	p. 231
It Snowed That Night	p. 235
May Morning	p. 237
Daniel O'Connell and the Colonel from Battersea	p. 243
The Biddy Boys	p. 250
Mary O'Shea's Story	p. 253
The Archdeacon, His Clerk and His Curate	p. 257
The King of the Lies	p. 261
The Jennet	p. 267
Spiorad an Tobac	p. 271
Clever Dogs	p. 273
The Woman That went to Hell	p. 277
Tog Bog E	p. 285
The Golauns	p. 290
Dean Swift and His Serving Man	p. 294
I am a Young Fellow	p. 297
Eoghan Rua O Suilleabhain Finds an English-speaking son-in-law for a Wealthy Farmer	p. 299
The Man That never Slept	p. 302
The Hiring Fairs	p. 308
The Young Woman's Denial	p. 312
Two Fierce Lies	p. 317
Small Michael and the Major	p. 320
The Bicycle	p. 326
The Singapore Policeman	p. 330
Padden	p. 332
The Cat and the Splinter	p. 338
The Tay-man	p. 341
The Connachtman's Story	p. 343
Filling the Firkins	p. 348
The Apprenticed Doctor	p. 351
Glossary of Irish (and Hiberno-English) Words and Phrases	p. 360
Glossary of Irish Sentences	p. 366
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