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Informationen zum Autor Sigerson Clifford was born in Cork in 1913 of Kerry parentage. He won the 1944 Kerry Drama Festival Cup for his first play, 'Nano'. His second play, 'The Great Pacificator', was produced by the Abbey Theatre in 1947. Klappentext Sigerson Clifford has set his poems against the mountain backdrop that edges Dingle Bay from the Laune to the Inney. He has a special feeling for the beauty of the valleys and mountains of Kerry. With a rare sense of intimacy he takes the reader through the dew-wet grass of sloping fields, or to sit with him in a cosy pub. In these ballads Clifford has caught and held the witchery of Kerry. The verses, wistful and gay, recall the comings and goings of a people whose lime-whitened houses nestle in the hills between the bog and the lighthouse. The author displays a true gift for ballad poetry in the tricks and turns of speech he employs in this charming collection. Zusammenfassung These verses recall the comings and goings of a people whose limewhitened houses nestle in the hills between the bog and the lighthouse. Clifford has a special affection for tinkers, and many of the poems in this collection focus on their lifestyle.
Summary
The way of life in an Irish valley is recalled in these bewitching verses.
