Tales from Tipperary

Written by Edward Forde Hickey

Narrated by Tony Robinson

Full of amusement, this series of fictional tales starts with a Galwayman’s arrival in Tipperary’s post-famine days and portrays the daily lives of a hillside community.
Written in the colloquial and lyrical language of some of our ancestors, it tells – amongst others – such diverse stories as the reliance of families on children rabbit-poaching, on the pre-dawn cattle-droving days of a young school-leaver, the re-appearance of a dead girl to her newly-born sister…along with a number of love-hate incidents, like the townie scorn for a mountainy man at the show-fair, before he walks off with the big trophy!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Author's Republic
• Release date: Oct 20, 2023
• ISBN: 9798823487948

Edward Forde Hickey

Edward Forde Hickey spent his early years in Dolla, Tipperary. He has always been interested in folklore and the history of Ireland, including its music, dance and literature. Edward now lives in Kent with his wife and has three sons, but still spends time in Tipperary on his small hillside farm.