This book depicts impressions of a childhood lived in the local area, near Dillon's Cross and Mayfield, in Cork, where author Richard Goodison grew up and resides even now.

Its characters are all real people. Besides, there are glimpses of the nearby countryside, with its natural life, as it was when the author was still a boy in the '40s and early '50s. Children's games played at the time feature also. There are visits to Youghal, to a farm near Macroom, to the town of Wexford and to Rossport, a small village in County Mayo.

This book is not meant to be a profound study but it is a fascinating piece of light readying for anyone who has a moment to spare. It had its origins when a leading member of Brian Dillon's Hurling and Football Club in Cork requeted an article on 'growing up' in the local area. The 'article' became a book of recollections which readers will find interesting and entertaining.

Richard Goodison had his first book, "Visions of the King", published by Four courts Press, Dublin in 1984. (Available to buy here: https://printmybook.com/shop/category/mind-body-and-spirit/product/1098). He has also had some poetry published including a narrative poem entitled "The Burning of Cork's Old Opera House" which appeared in "The Cork Hollybough" of Christmas 1988.

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