A Humorous Historical Adventure from a New Voice

Discover an Ireland you never knew.

The book is based on real events, the voice is that of a ten-year-old, the son of the Store owner in a small village in rural County Down. The memoir is often naïve, droll and ironic. The style is narrative non-fiction. My upbringing, for indeed I was that ten-year-old, includes what we would now consider family bigotry, a belief in the supernatural, and political corruption.

There is much joy and entertainment in the memoir but on a deeper reading the world as I experienced it at ten presages the reasons for the “Troubles” which would follow, last for thirty years, and claim three thousand six hundred lives and the wounding of thirty thousand more.

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Terry’s author page on Amazon is:here.

Terry at the seaside dressed in his Sunday best, complete with spotted clip-on bow tie.

About the Memoir

Originally the book was intended to be a tongue in cheek, humorous account of growing up in Northern Ireland in the 1950s. The significance of the book has evolved over time. The stories and characters are real. It was only after they were recorded and the book reread that the devastating nature of the commentary became apparent to the writer. Living outside the Northern Irish culture since the 1970s the writer has not forgotten his early experiences. He is now able to see how his childhood and upbringing and the associated values and culture (shared by 100s of thousands in Northern Ireland) led to the Troubles that began in the sixties and lasted for thirty years, claiming more than 3,500 lives.

Reader Reactions

This is an engaging story that will resonate with a lot of people. I laughed out loud on multiple occasions and had my nostalgia centers on full throttle in places.

I particularly loved the drink sodden rugby road trip – the whole tale would make a wonderful short movie.

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Regarding the Author

Terry grew up and was educated in Northern Ireland. After his office in Belfast was blown up three times during the “troubles” he immigrated to Canada.

He worked as a management consultant in North America, West Africa and South East Asia. For twenty years he owned and operated a small software company. He like old British cars and cats but mostly he loves writing.

He has three adult children, Hannah, Sarah and Myles.

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For me, the social centre of the village was my family’s shop and garage. It was a stage where all the characters of the village played. It wasn’t about commerce; it was about relationships and gossip and craic.

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