My Story: Paddy the Cope - Softcover

Patrick Gallagher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0955417708 ISBN 13: 9780955417702

Publisher: Templecrone Press, 2006

Synopsis

This is his original Autobiography that is entwined in 'the real life and times of the Rosses from the embryo to the establishment of the Templecrone Co-Operative Society in the hard days of feudalism, emancipation and pioneering. It is delightfully light and humorous reading in Paddy's own hand. You will love him, the people and their spirit.
Today stands the Templecrone Co-Operative Society in the midst of the barren and beautiful Rosses, giving full employment to seventy-five people, and doing a huge trade, with its own bakery, knitwear factory, shopping centre in Dungloe, and six service branches.
From the simple beginning to what it is today is the real success story of the man and the people.
PADDY THE COPE
his real name was Patrick Gallagher, but his people have almost forgotten it was born in Cleendra, a sinew of mountain on the western coast of Donegal, on Christmas night 1871. This is the story of his life. . It was a great life and this is a great story. It is, besides, a social document of the first importance.
In that stoney townland of Cleendra the co-operative idea took root. Paddy Gallagher and a few of his neighbours got together to make a collective purchase of manures. Out of that small beginning grew the Templecrone Co-Operative Society, and Paddy Gallagher, the moving spirit and chairman, became
PADDY THE COPE

Edition details

• Publisher: Templecrone Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0955417708
• ISBN 13: 9780955417702
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360