Author Description

An updated and amended version of the previously published books, ‘Up Around The Corner’ and ‘Tipperary Town Memories.’ This third and final edition contains some additional chapters. "There’s a singular quietness inside the empty house; a sense too of not being alone—a feeling accentuated by what appear to be whispers, disembodied voices struggling to be heard, perhaps somehow aware that you will leave shortly, closing the door behind you for the final time." Filled with nostalgia, heart, and no small amount of laughter, Tipperary Town Memories tells the sometimes hilarious story of the author’s life in small-town Ireland in the 1960s and 70s. In essence, it is a celebration of a happy childhood, a reminder that we are forever shaped by the children we once were and by the love and affection we received from family, friends, and, needless to say, neighbours. There’s humour in uniform as well, with many side-splitting Irish Army tales from Tibnine— all that long way to Tipperary.