Over the Backyard Wall: A Memoir Book

Over the Backyard Wall describes a coming of age embodied by escape, self-discovery and a struggle to contend with the rigid culture of a small Irish town in Co. Kilkenny during WWII, with parents representing both sides of the civil war conflict of the 1920s.

About the author

Thomas Kilroy was born on Greenview Terrace, Callan, Co. Kilkenny and studied at University College Dublin. He was play editor at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin and later sat on the board of Field Day Theatre Company. He became Professor of English at UCG. He is currently living in Mayo and is a member of the Royal Society of Literature, Aosdána and the Irish Academy of Letters

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Kilroy
• Publisher: Lilliput Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2018
• EAN: 9781843517498
• ISBN: 978-1-84351-749-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 216 mm x 250 mm
• Weight: 354 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies