O Tuairisc Eoghan (71 results)

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Hardback. Condition: New. Loodeen Winders - Lewy, six years of age - is growing up sharp. It's the turbulent early 1920s in a market town in the west of Ireland. Free State soldiers patrol in front of the Workhouse. Lewy's worried about his father's car being commandeered again. The nuns loom over Lewy and his classmates, amongst them the orphans - those shadowy figures, 'slobbery and weak and raggy'.Encounters with Violet and 'Brazenface' Rosaleen McInally in the woods play on Lewy's mind, even while he's trying to fathom the death of his beloved Grandfather. For a treat he goes behind the screen at the Pictures where his father creates the sound effects with his 'Jazzdrums' for the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Lewy's mother works magic on the sewing machine and picks up the pieces when things get out of hand - like the time he breaks his arm walking the wire in their backyard circus.On the fortieth anniversary of Eoghan O Tuairisc's death, this is the first appearance in English of the frank, funny voice of Lewy, a vital witness of his place and time.…

Hardback. Condition: New. Loodeen Winders - Lewy, six years of age - is growing up sharp. It's the turbulent early 1920s in a market town in the west of Ireland. Free State soldiers patrol in front of the Workhouse. Lewy's worried about his father's car being commandeered again. The nuns loom over Lewy and his classmates, amongst them the orphans - those shadowy figures, 'slobbery and weak and raggy'.Encounters with Violet and 'Brazenface' Rosaleen McInally in the woods play on Lewy's mind, even while he's trying to fathom the death of his beloved Grandfather. For a treat he goes behind the screen at the Pictures where his father creates the sound effects with his 'Jazzdrums' for the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Lewy's mother works magic on the sewing machine and picks up the pieces when things get out of hand - like the time he breaks his arm walking the wire in their backyard circus.On the fortieth anniversary of Eoghan O Tuairisc's death, this is the first appearance in English of the frank, funny voice of Lewy, a vital witness of his place and time.…

Condition: New. 2022. hardcover. This is the first appearance in English of the vivid, warm voice of six-year-old Lewy and his unique, impressionistic account of a tumultuous few months in the early 1920s. At the fair with his demobbed, slightly shellshocked father, under his seamstress mother?s table while she measures the clients, minding his siblings on the Green across from the Workhouse, entangled with memories of ?Brazenface? Rosaleen McNally, and the skeleton in the sandpit, he tries to get his head around it all. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Condition: New. 2022. hardcover. This is the first appearance in English of the vivid, warm voice of six-year-old Lewy and his unique, impressionistic account of a tumultuous few months in the early 1920s. At the fair with his demobbed, slightly shellshocked father, under his seamstress mother's table while she measures the clients, minding his siblings on the Green across from the Workhouse, entangled with memories of Brazenface' Rosaleen McNally, and the skeleton in the sandpit, he tries to get his head around it all. . . . .…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Loodeen Winders - Lewy, six years of age - is growing up sharp. It's the turbulent early 1920s in a market town in the west of Ireland. Free State soldiers patrol in front of the Workhouse. Lewy's worried about his father's car being commandeered again. The nuns loom over Lewy and his classmates, amongst them the orphans - those shadowy figures, 'slobbery and weak and raggy'.Encounters with Violet and 'Brazenface' Rosaleen McInally in the woods play on Lewy's mind, even while he's trying to fathom the death of his beloved Grandfather. For a treat he goes behind the screen at the Pictures where his father creates the sound effects with his 'Jazzdrums' for the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Lewy's mother works magic on the sewing machine and picks up the pieces when things get out of hand - like the time he breaks his arm walking the wire in their backyard circus.On the fortieth anniversary of Eoghan O Tuairisc's death, this is the first appearance in English of the frank, funny voice of Lewy, a vital witness of his place and time. I Am Lewy is a dazzling new translation from the Irish by poet Micheal O hAodha of Eoghan O Tuairisc's compelling, comic autobiographical novella, An Lomnochtan (1977). A market town in the west of Civil War Ireland comes alive through the alert eyes of Lewy, eldest of four children, as he navigates perils like the Nuns and the Workhouse. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. as new unused.

Condition: Good. 1987. Hardcover. Text in Irish. Good copy in cloth covers with minor shelf wear. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Good. 1987. Hardcover. Text in Irish. Good copy in cloth covers with minor shelf wear. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. as new unused.

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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 112 pages. Irish language. 8.03x5.39x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Very Good. 1998. paperback. Good clean copy. Covers showing v. light shelf wear, lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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hardcover. Condition: Fine. Orders shipped daily from the UK. Professional seller.

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Condition: New. In English.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A clean unmarked copy in dust wrapper.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper (price-clipped). Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 176 pages: illustrations, facsimiles, music, portraits; 27 cm. Notes: Includes indexes. Subjects: Lowrey, Dan 1823-1889. Dan Lowrey's Music Hall. Dan Lowrey's Star of Erin Music Hall History. Theater Ireland Dublin Dan Lowrey's Performances. Dublin Music-halls (Variety theaters, cabarets, etc.). Genre: History. Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. dj. 463 pp. Dustjacket. LCC: 6854316 Good condition; on covers: touches of wear, with bump on lower right corner of front; light foxing on edges of papers; spotting on inside surfaces of covers and adjoining pages.