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House Don't Fall On Me

House Don't Fall On Me

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Availability:In StockContributor:Gabriel FitzmauriceTheme:Cultural Region/IrelandPublish date:11/26/2025Pages:226
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Mercier PressISBN-13:9781856355506ISBN-10:1856355500UPC:9781856355506Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Cultural & Regional, MusicSize:8.37 x 5.29 x 0.71 inchesWeight:0.218Product ID:SCCV9GS9Z0

An evocative memoir which will appeal to anybody with an interest in the traditional music and culture of rural Ireland, the migration of talented Irish men and women in the 1950s- 1970s and the charm of bygone days.

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 céilís 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 Dainín 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 craic!) is resonant from his descriptions. Maidhc Dainín's Irish is colloquial, conversational and without any airs and graces.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Mercier PressISBN-13:9781856355506ISBN-10:1856355500UPC:9781856355506Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Cultural & Regional, MusicSize:8.37 x 5.29 x 0.71 inchesWeight:0.218Product ID:SCCV9GS9Z0
Ó. Sé, Maidhc Dainín: - Maidhc Dainí-n Ó Sé, a man of many talents, was 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 later moved to Kerry with his wife and family.Fitzmaurice, Gabriel: - Gabriel Fitzmaurice was born in 1952 in the village of Moyvane, Co. Kerry, where he still lives. He retired as principal of the local national school at the end of 2007. He is the author of more than thirty books: his translations from the Irish are available in Poems from the Irish, children's poetry: I'm Proud to be Me! Really Rotten Rhymes; The Boghole Boys and I and the Village. He has also translated the biographies of Maidhc Dainin Ó Sé (House Don't Fall on Me) and Bernie Long (Ventry Calling) and edited several collections of essays including Come All Good Men and True on the works of John B. Keane. He broadcasts on radio and television on education and the arts.
Publisher: Mercier Press

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