The Quiet Man

by Michael Kelly

Overview

The Quiet Man is a partially fictionalized memoir of the life of the author's grandfather, Anthony Ward, the quiet man of the title. The narrative moves back and forth from Tony's boyhood days on the family croft in rural Donegal, Ireland, to his time in Dublin as a young man, and to his old age in the industrial city of Glasgow, Scotland. Tony was born near the end of the nineteenth century and his first language and that of his people was Irish Gaelic. Along the way Tony is swept up in the momentous events of the Easter Rising in Dublin and the war for Irish independence that followed. These events and many others of his life make him, in his mature years, a "quiet man" of intimate thought. He lived a dutiful, modest life, and this book is a moving tribute to the man and his generation of Irishmen and all they stood for in their long, hard lives when family and honor were everything.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161867822
Publisher:	Covenant Books
Publication date:	11/26/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Mike Kelly was born in Glasgow, Scotland into a large Irish family in a working class district of the city. At age 15 he joined the Royal Navy and served at sea and ashore for 25 years. On retiring from the Royal Navy, he emigrated from his home is Scotland to the USA with his American wife and 2 young children. He is a retired Realtor and now uses some of his retirement time in writing stories and poetry. He has always been a reader of all eras of historical non-fiction and puts his knowledge of history to good use in this book. He has traveled to many countries with the Royal Navy and as a civilian. Part of his naval service was spent serving ashore for a number of years in Singapore and Portugal. He has also toured much of America in the 27 years he has lived there. He lives in Minnesota USA and continues to travel with visits his grown children who now live in Seattle WA. He returns often to Europe to visit his family in Scotland, Ireland, England and Spain.