Celtic Echoes: Stories From Ireland

ISBN: 0595132723

Author: L.T. Jordan

Condition: New

A motley collection of characters adorn the pages of Celtic Echoes: Lawyers, nurses, doctors, farmers, pub owners, housewives, roving tinkers, soldiers and sailors, they are captured here in what someone else once called, "The art of the glimpse." Some of the tales are set in rural Ireland, others in Ireland's capital city of Dublin. They are stories of an Ireland that existed long before the advent of the "Celtic Tiger," which brought with it all the woes that modern industrialization has to offer. Whether or not Ireland is better for this burgeoning economy is open for discussion, although she has not lost generosity or sociability, always her greatest asset. From the Easter Rising of 1916 to the late '70's, these are stories of simpler times from a land that can shake the heart.