Goodnight Ballivor, I'll Sleep in Trim : A Childhood Memoir

by Quinn, John

• ISBN13: 9781847301000
• ISBN10: 1847301002
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-15
• Publisher: Veritas Pubns

Summary

This is simply a journey into the author's past in the quiet, sleepy Irish village of Ballivor sixty odd years ago. This book grew out of the radio documentary Goodnight Ballivor, I'll Sleep in Trim. That expression, common to those who grew up in Ballivor, yet shrouded in mystery, was the obvious title to give to a radio memoir. The wonderful reaction to it surprised the author, but it shouldn't have. It was the old story of the local being universal.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 11
Introduction	p. 13
The House	p. 17
The Girl from Tipperary	p. 21
The Sergeant	p. 26
'98 Man	p. 29
The Little Black Book	p. 31
The Street I: South Side	p. 37
Cinema Paradiso	p. 42
The Street II: North Side	p. 45
The Street III: Around the Corner	p. 51
General Stores	p. 53
Radio Days	p. 57
Low Babies	p. 61
The Master	p. 64
Seasons in the Sun	p. 70
Street Games	p. 75
Serving God	p. 81
The Bog	p. 85
A Day to Remember	p. 91
A Tribute to Johnny Kelly	p. 101
The Wee Hills I	p. 104
The Wee Hills II	p. 108
Kildalkey	p. 111
Football	p. 113
1949-Sam Arrives	p. 116
The Man in the Cap	p. 120
The Farm	p. 122
Trim	p. 127
The Unusual	p. 130
The Coming of the Light	p. 133
Johnny	p. 138
The Germans are Coming! The Germans are Coming!	p. 139
Getting There	p. 141
The Forge	p. 144
Townlands	p. 147
The Balladeer	p. 150
The Things They Said	p. 162
Fair Day	p. 168
The Names They Had	p. 172
In Sickness and in Health	p. 175
The Big Houses	p. 179
The Words We Used	p. 182
Threshing Day	p. 185
Sensations	p. 188
Ballyfin	p. 190
The Leaving	p. 193
Envoi	p. 196
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