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Our Memoirs section contains extraordinary life stories that we have helped into print from a wide range of authors.
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A Legendary Lily White – Jack Higgins of NaasMatthew Hussey
Jack Higgins of Naas and Kildare was one of the greatest Gaelic footballers during the first half of the history of the GAA. His inspiring example should not be forgotten and this fantastic biography goes a long way to ensuring this will never happen.
Chikwakwa Remembered – Theatre and Politics in Zambia 1968-1972Michael Etherton and John Reed
This insightful memoir takes us deep into Zambian university life and politics at the close of the 1960s, a time of great hopes for the new nation, when President Kenneth Kaunda himself took a keen interest in the teachings of his country’s first university.
The FarmerDavid Merrifield
The Farmer is a book of experience, as seen through the eyes of a farmer in Donegal which is written in an original, abstract, poetical language.
Famine and FortunePhilip Coogan
Remarkable True Story Spanning Five Generations of an Irish Family
Shakespeare’s ChildrenDanny Keaney
Shakespeare’s Children begins in the 1950s in the “paradise” of Norfolk but moves to the “hell” of a “Shakespeare Free” council estate in Stratford-upon-Avon called “The Arab Camp” – where violence is the norm.
My Other LifeMarie Hoare
This is the story of Marie Hoare’s life, from entering a convent, her struggle with life as a nun through to her leaving The Sisters of the Poor.
Hard Times, Good Times and the Celtic TigerJames Woods
Most of us are lucky if we have a couple of good stories to tell; luckier still are those who seem to have an endless stream of anecdotes. Some of the stories in this book will be alarming, and some will make you wonder how the author is still around to tell his tale…
Growing Up On The CurraghPatricia O’Sullivan
Patricia O’Sullivan (Patty) was born and reared on the Curragh, Co. Kildare. She is one of ten children born to Annie and John. On her eightieth birthday celebrations her siblings, then nine, encouraged her to write about their growing up on the Curragh during the Twenties, Thirties and Forties
Dr John Rutty (1698-1775) Of Dublin: A Quaker Polymath In The EnlightenmentRichard S. Harrison
This is essentially a biographical study of Dr John Rutty and, if not designed as a history of science, it inevitably throws light on wider areas of contemporary medical and other learning, as well as into lesser-known corners of contemporary Irish, and Irish Quaker life.
The Briar of LifeAJS Brady
A compelling and exquisitely written account of Protestant family life in early 20th century Cork
