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Contents
Réamhrá 1
Sir Thomas Browne, Villain or unlikely hero 3
An Saol mar a bhí 6
Musical days around John Richard’s cross 10
Seven generations of Bonesetters 13
The Killarney Railway Junction 16
Musings of Batt Brosnan 29
Ireland and World War Two 32
Local involvement in World War Two 38
In Sliabh Luachra long ago 44
Raheen Tech 46
My life and music – Dan Herlihy 48
The Red Flannel Quilt 52
Honouring the Seanchaí 54
Hale and Hearty at 103 60
Memories of Rathmore 61
Macra na Feirme days 69
Anthrax 71
Haymaking in times past 72
The Colleen Bawn 73
The Ancient game of Caid 82
Early 19th Century Schools of Sliabh Luachra 84
Hedge Schools 88
Travelling Shops 91
Dan Daly 97
Under three Flags 98
Notes on a Musician101
A Story from the War of Independence102
Seventy fifth Anniversary of the Death of Joe Dinneen, Poet103
Gneeveguilla Village in the Rare old times (Part Two)107
A Sad Famine Story113
The Desk from Barradubh115
In Memory of Frank Cronin117
Memories of Rathmore Convent School119
Pádraig Ó hIceadha121
Editor’s Note122
Patrons of Cumann Luachra and Ar Shlí na Fírinne123
