This is an anthology of memories and impressions of childhood by Irish writers, including W.B. Yeats, Molly Keane, Flann O'Brien, Seamus Heaney, William Trevor, James Joyce, Brendan Behan, Sean O'Casey, Brendan Kennelly and others. Over 100 pieces, arranged in chronological order, take readers from the pre-Christian world of Ireland to the tensions of modern Belfast, from the farmer's cottage to the Great House, from riding horses to driving trains and provide a wonderful kaleidoscope of Irish experience.
- ISBN10 0006371620
- ISBN13 9780006371625
- Publish Date 12 May 1988 (first published 5 October 1987)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 July 1992
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 384
- Language English