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Klondike House - Memories of an Irish Country Childhood
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ISBN10: 1466214066
ISBN13: 9781466214064
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: May 15 2012
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.26 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781466214064
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: May 15 2012
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.26 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
What was it like to grow up in rural Ireland before modern life transformed the countryside? In Klondike House, John Dwyer brings readers back to the rugged and beautiful Beara Peninsula in West Cork, capturing a childhood shaped by farming traditions, close family bonds, and a way of life that has now largely disappeared. As you read this book you will be in the company of someone whose childhood was interwoven into the fabric of West Cork and who still loves the soul of his own place.
- Alice Taylor, international best-selling author of To School Through The Fields Through warm, vivid storytelling, Dwyer recreates an Ireland remembered fondly by those who left and cherished by those who remained. His memories offer an authentic portrait of growing up in a tight-knit rural Irish community where life was often hard, but filled with humour, resilience and simple joys. A beautiful memoir of an Irish country childhood.
- IrishCentral.com Inside this nostalgic Irish memoir, you will discover: - School days in a rural classroom with no electricity or running water
- A hilarious and unforgettable encounter with a rampaging sheep
- The demanding seasonal rhythms of cutting turf and saving hay by hand
- A traditional Irish Christmas where nearly every dish came directly from the family farm
- A remarkable family story connecting rural Ireland to the Klondike Gold Rush in Canada Illustrated with evocative family photographs and enriched with carefully chosen poetry from celebrated Irish voices including Seamus Heaney and Patrick Kavanagh, Klondike House preserves the traditions, humour and spirit of rural Irish life in the twentieth century. The author has a wonderful ability to engage the reader and draw them into the past alongside him... The ways of Ireland's past are sadly disappearing, but as long as people like John are around, they will remain a part of who we are today.
- John Dolan, Cork Evening Echo Perfect for readers who love: - Irish heritage and nostalgia
- Rural Ireland history and culture
- Family and community storytelling
- Memoirs of disappearing traditions
- Stories that reconnect readers with old Ireland Warm, reflective and deeply authentic, Klondike House is a heartfelt tribute to a childhood - and to an Ireland that lives on through memory and storytelling.
- IrishCentral.com Inside this nostalgic Irish memoir, you will discover: - School days in a rural classroom with no electricity or running water
- A hilarious and unforgettable encounter with a rampaging sheep
- The demanding seasonal rhythms of cutting turf and saving hay by hand
- A traditional Irish Christmas where nearly every dish came directly from the family farm
- A remarkable family story connecting rural Ireland to the Klondike Gold Rush in Canada Illustrated with evocative family photographs and enriched with carefully chosen poetry from celebrated Irish voices including Seamus Heaney and Patrick Kavanagh, Klondike House preserves the traditions, humour and spirit of rural Irish life in the twentieth century. The author has a wonderful ability to engage the reader and draw them into the past alongside him... The ways of Ireland's past are sadly disappearing, but as long as people like John are around, they will remain a part of who we are today.
- John Dolan, Cork Evening Echo Perfect for readers who love: - Irish heritage and nostalgia
- Rural Ireland history and culture
- Family and community storytelling
- Memoirs of disappearing traditions
- Stories that reconnect readers with old Ireland Warm, reflective and deeply authentic, Klondike House is a heartfelt tribute to a childhood - and to an Ireland that lives on through memory and storytelling.
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