We Were Rich and We Didn’t Know It: A Memoir of My Irish Boyhood

Tom Phelan, born and raised in the Irish midlands, spent his formative years helping his father on a farm that was often wet, muddy, and back-breaking. It was a time before rural electrification, the telephone, and indoor plumbing; a time when the main modes of travel were bicycle and animal cart; a time when small farmers struggled to survive and turkey eggs were hatched in the kitchen cupboard; a time when the Church had enormous control over Ireland. This memoir recounts Tom’s upbringing in an isolated, rural community and speaks to the strength of the human spirit in the face of life’s adversities.

Paperback: 224 Pages

Language: English

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