| Title:  |
Recollections of a Donegal man |
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Author:  |
Byrne, Packie Manus |
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Contributor:  |
Jones, Stephen (editor) |
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Publisher:  |
Roger Millington |
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Place of Publication:  |
Lampeter, Wales |
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Date of Publication:  |
1989 |
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Original Date of Publ:  |
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Publication Number:  |
ISBN 0951476408 |
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Number of Pages:  |
219 p. |
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Binding Style:  |
Paperback |
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Dimensions:  |
8.5 in. |
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Contents:  |
Our little area back home -- Farm and farm life -- Loaves and fishes -- Church and community -- School and schooling -- Family -- Weddings, wakes and all this caper -- We made a lifetime of it: music, dancing and singing -- A country-house hooley -- Such likeable music: fiddles and fiddle players -- The art of survival -- The old thatched cottages -- Leaving school and leaving home -- First time over to England -- The makings of an actor -- Droving days and the country fairs -- Wartime -- Boosting! -- King's Lynn years: factory, farm and circus hand -- Early 1950s: showman and steeplejack -- Singing to cure sickness -- Selling up the old farm -- Early days on the folk scene -- Manchester years: some memorable characters -- A new leaf in London -- Black Jack, and a haunted house -- Some reflections from back home |
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Notes:  |
Includes a selected discography of performances by Packie Byrne (p.218-219). |
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Format:  |
Book |
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Subject - Culture:  |
Irish, Donegal |
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Subject - Time:  |
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Subject - Topic:  |
Social life and customs, Folk music |
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Subject - Instrument:  |
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Subject - Genre:  |
Autobiography |