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Ireland's Master Storyteller: The Collected Stories of Eamon Kelly
Éamon Kelly
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Description for Ireland's Master Storyteller: The Collected Stories of Eamon Kelly
Paperback. In this volume, Eamon Kelly's stories are collected together: stories of the real Kerry and the magical past of the Goban Saor; the heartbreak of emigration; the stations; the priests; the courting and the dancing; and the war between the sexes. Num Pages: 365 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 380 351pp.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Mercier Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781860230806
SKU
9781860230806
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-3
About Éamon Kelly
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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