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Macken, Walter was born on May 3, 1915 in Galway, Ireland. Son of Walter and Agnes (Brady) Macken.
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A collection of short stories from the everyday lives of people in the west of Ireland, evoking a world dominated by the incessant demands of working the land and the sea.
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Walter Macken was born in Galway in 1915. He was a writer of short stories, novels and plays. Originally an actor, principally with the Taibhdhearc in Galway, and The Abbey Theatre, he played lead roles on Broadway in M. J. Molloy's The King of Friday's Men and his own play Home Is the Hero. He also acted in films, notably in Arthur Dreifuss' adaptation of Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow. He is perhaps best known for his trilogy of Irish historical novels Seek the Fair Land, The Silent People and The Scorching Wind. He passed away in 1967. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. Like his father before him, Donn is born to the now mythical role of the Lord of the Mountain, a remote community in rural Ireland, unmarked by the passage of time. But Donn longs for a wider kingdom. He deserts his bride, roams the world, fights in wars, is footloose - yet finds that he is homesick. Sixteen years later he returns to take up the threads of his old life, to learn to love his afflicted daughter, and to bring progress to the neglected green valley. Light comes, water flows, the land prospers. Then, on a night of innocent festivity, a monstrous crime is perpetrated. His kingdom violated, Donn dedicates himself to a terrible revenge that can only destroy the avenger as well as the hunted
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The First and Second Books in the acclaimed Irish Trilogy. Historical novels of Ireland starting in 1649, second novel starts in 1826.
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A haunting and memorable portrait of the hard life of subsistence farming, ofe loveless arranged marriages, and of rebellion against suffocating social mores in twentieth century Ireland.
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The first book in a trilogy examining the adventures of several generations of one Irish family. Set amidst the Cromwellian Invasions, Seek the Fair Wind begins in 1641. Dominick McMahon, a merchant by trade, has little appetite for fighting, yet is forced to defend his town against Cromwell's army. From dark city streets to wild mountains, from vicious slaughter to triumphant faith, from selfish obedience to heroic opposition this novel paints a vivid portrait of the struggles of the Irish people against the English. Along with The Silent People and The Scorching Wind, Seek the Fair Land is a fascinating examination of the history and events that fueled the fight for freedom in Ireland.
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This is a vivid and memorable novel set in Dublin, 1916, during the Easter Rebellion and the bitter years which followed. Through the diverging lives of two young brothers the agony of Ireland during these harrowing times is witnessed. It is the time of the Sinn Fein, of the dreaded Tans, of terrible deeds and of loyalties strained to breaking-point and beyond.
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From boyhood to manhood big, gentle Mico had but two passions in life - the sea, and a young girl so terrible lovely-lookin' it raised your heart to heaven just to see her smile. But with a hideous birthmark on his cheek, a Jonah to those he loved, and only the simple life of a fisherman to offer, how could he hope to win Maeve? The white-capped waves and a great old black bitch of a boat brought the answer . . .
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In Ireland in 1826 millions knew only famine, oppression and degradation. The landlords ground down the tenant famers; tithe wars and injustice were rife. But Dualta Duane battles against tyranny, struggling to survive the evils of hunger, poverty and disease. Courageous and fortified by an enduring love, Duane's unconquerable spirit personifies the love of freedom that raged in the soul of Ireland.
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Previously out of print and now reissued in paperback, a story set in the Irish village of Boola featuring a wilful young man who always leaves trouble and harm in his wake. From the author of THE BOGMAN.
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When anything unusual happened in the village of Boola in Ireland, young Bart O'Breen was sure to be behind it. He did not mean to harm anyone, but his strength, wilfulness, irresponsibility and callousness marred the lives of others - Breeda Cooper, Sheila Brendan, and gentle Joseph, his half-brother, who failed to qualify for the priesthood. Later, in Bart's absence, fortune dealt harshly with his family and friends, even to the dramatic day when Joseph's rumored vision in the peat bog drew large crowds to Boola from far and near. After a tragic display of mass incomprehension, the culmination came in a terrifying burst of violence. Then, in Joseph's quiet cottage room, a great light shone and faded. Was it nothing more than a sunset on the widow-pane?
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Careless of the hurts he inflicts along the way, Bart O'Breen walks his own road, as proud as the devil and as lonely as hell. In the Galway village of Boola, Bart O'Breen is a strong wilful young man who leaves trouble and harm in his wake. As always in a novel by Walter Macken, there is a host of memorable secondary characters, and an unfailing accuracy and warmth in the depiction of the life of the "plain people" of the west of Ireland. One of Walter Macken's finest novels, Sunset on the Window-Panes is a moving and memorable story of Irish life.
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Macken, Walter was born on May 3, 1915 in Galway, Ireland. Son of Walter and Agnes (Brady) Macken.
Student Patrician Brothers Schools, Galway.
Actor, manager, producer Galway Gaelic Theatre, 1939-1947. Actor Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 1947-1951. Author: (novels) Quench the Moon, 1946.
I Am Alone, 1949; Rain on the Wind, 1950. The Bogman, 1952; Sunset on the Window Panes, 1954. Sullivan, 1957; Seek the Fair Land, 1959.
God Made Sunday, 1962. The Silent People, 1962. The Scorching Wind, 1964.
(plays) Mungo’s Mansion, 1946, Vacant Posession, 1948, Home is the Hero, 1953, Twilight of a Warrior, 1956. Home: Gort-na-Ganiv, Oughterard, County Galway, Ireland.
(A haunting and memorable portrait of the hard life of sub...)
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(Previously out of print and now reissued in paperback, a ...)
(A collection of short stories from the everyday lives of ...)
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(Careless of the hurts he inflicts along the way, Bart O'B...)
(Careless of the hurts he inflicts along the way, Bart O'B...)
(This is a vivid and memorable novel set in Dublin, 1916, ...)
(When anything unusual happened in the village of Boola in...)
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(The first book in a trilogy examining the adventures of s...)
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Married Margaret Mary Kenny, 1937. Children: Walter Desmond, Ultan Joseph.