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House Don't Fall On Me
Maidhc Dainin O Se
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Description for House Don't Fall On Me
Paperback. A story of a young boy growing up in the West Kerry Gaeltacht in the 1940s and 1950s. It describes the fun and games of his schooldays, his accordion playing as a teenager, his emigration to London unknown to his parents, his meeting up with his brother and working there, his emigration to Chicago and his marriage and eventual return to Ireland. Translator(s): Fitzmaurice, Gabriel. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
This is the story of a young boy growing up in the West Kerry Gaeltacht in the 1940s and 1950s. It describes the fun and games of his schooldays, his accordion playing for ceilis as a teenager, his emigration to London unknown to his parents, his meeting up with his brother and working there, his further emigration to Chicago and his marriage and eventual return to Ireland. Maidhc Dainin describes how the musicians he played with in Chicago lost their hearts and minds in the music. He describes piano playing, accordion playing and fiddle playing and the music (and the ... Read more
This is the story of a young boy growing up in the West Kerry Gaeltacht in the 1940s and 1950s. It describes the fun and games of his schooldays, his accordion playing for ceilis as a teenager, his emigration to London unknown to his parents, his meeting up with his brother and working there, his further emigration to Chicago and his marriage and eventual return to Ireland. Maidhc Dainin describes how the musicians he played with in Chicago lost their hearts and minds in the music. He describes piano playing, accordion playing and fiddle playing and the music (and the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
CMD / MERCIER
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781856355506
SKU
V9781856355506
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About Maidhc Dainin O Se
A man of many talents, Maidhc Dainin O Se is a well-known author in his native Irish language, with eleven books published. In the 1950s Maidhc moved to England then settled in Chicago where during his ten years there he met and played music with many of the great traditional Irish musicians who lived there at that time. He now ... Read more
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