Letters of an Irish Publican

From John B. Keane, the author of internationally renowned play, Sive.

In this book we get a complete picture of life in Knockanee as seen through the eyes of a publican, Martin MacMeer. He relates his story to his friend Dan Stack who is a journalist.

He records in a frank and factual way events like the cattle fair where the people 'came in from the hinterland with caps and ash-plants and long coats, - and the cattle stood outside the doors of the houses in the public streets'. Through hi...