Irish Days: Oral Histories Of The Twentieth Century

For anyone with Irish connections or simply attracted by a wealth of witty and colourful anecdotes of Ireland's history 'Irish Days' sparkles with memories of a bygone time. It is a unique and rich record of Ireland's culture and traditions from the early twentieth century.

Evoking memories of a fading era, it records the reminiscences of older generations and provides a fascinating insight into a way of life that is gone but not forgotten. Memories of evictions, the Black and Tans, the recollections of the captain of the Roscommon football team who won the All-Ireland cup twice, and the story of how Eamon Kelly found his way into acting, reflect the richness of this collection of memories from all walks of Irish life.