The Quiet Man and Other Stories
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- Synopsis
- From the beginning of the book: Six men and four girls spent a night of June, during the Black-and- Tan war, at the Angler's Hotel above Lough Aonach in a certain mountainous district of south-western Ireland, and something of their life stories, strangely intermingled, is narrated in the following pages. The six men were: Hugh Forbes, the Small Dark Man, ex-British officer and famous guerilla leader of a Flying Column of the IRA (Irish Republican Army); Michael flynn, his second in command, known as 'Mickeen Oge Flynn,' unconditional republican, celibate by inclination, half priest by training; Owen Jordan, doctor to the Flying Column, Irish-American and son of a Fenian; Paddy Bawn Enright, ex-prize-fighter, known as 'the Quiet Man' because he hoped to end his days in 'a quiet, small little place on a hillside,' and was more likely to end them in a Black-and-Tan ambush; Sean Glynn, gentleman farmer and intelligence officer to the IRA; and Archibald MacDonald, a Highlandman, captain in the Seaforth Highlanders, an old friend of Sean Glynn's, inveterate angler, and a prisoner to the Flying Column because of that failing. The girls were: Margaid MacDonald, sister to Captain MacDonald and a prisoner with him; Joan Hyland, a young Irish girl, sweetheart to Sean Glynn; Kate O'Brien, niece of a British major-general and as fervid a republican as Mickeen Oge Flynn; and Nuala Kierley, secret service agent to the IRA, broken in the cause.
- Copyright:
- 1935
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 240 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781570981395
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 10/29/07
- Copyrighted By:
- Estate of Maurice Walsh
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Ilene Sirocca
- Proofread By:
- David H. Carter
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.