Ballygullion.
Author: DOYLE, Lynn.
Belfast: Blackstaff Press, no date (1980s?). 110 pages. Paperback.
“This new edition will introduce one of Ireland’s best-loved books to a new generation of readers. Set in and around a small country town, the book is in the form of stories told about his friends and neighbours by Pat Murphy, one of the local characters. To give more than the merest glimpse of any of the tales would be to spoil the book - but just wait till you read the saga of the Ballygullion Creamery Society Limited; or about the repercussions when wee Mr Anthony, the worst shot in Ireland, killed a rare and valuable pet; or what happened when Michael’s mechanical leg went wrong in church; or the awful fate of the man who picked winning horses by eating special cheese.
These are stories with a twinkle in their eye - and those who remember Leslie A Montgomery, their author, all say that as a person he was just like his books. His pen-name is typical of his sense of fun: he was in fact a County Down bank manager and hit upon the pseudonym for his writing career when he was in a grocer’s shop one day and saw a label marked ‘Linseed Oil’. It is said that in his job at the bank he met all sorts of people with all sorts of problems, and that some of the stories his clients told him provided him with the raw material for his delightful tales. It is also said that at one stage he started to train as a reporter and that he practised his shorthand by taking down the talk around the fireside. As a result his ear for dialect was extremely accurate, and this gives his stories their wonderful richness and vitality and their great good humour.
This is a book that has been a classic since the day it was first published in 1908, nearly seventy years ago. Ballygullion, readers new and old will agree, is timeless in its appeal.”
CONTENTS:-
Chapters
Introductory
The Widow
The Silent Dog
The Wooden Leg
The Alarm Clock
The Ballygullion Creamery Society Limited
The Green Cheese
Father Con’s Card-Table
The Keg of Poteen
The Flitting
The Manx Cat
Conclusion
ISBN: 0856401099
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