Description
In Klondike House, John Dwyer recounts his memories of growing up on the remote but beautiful Beara Peninsula in West Cork, Ireland. The author’s vivid and colorful stories describe his hard but happy life as part of an isolated but close-knit community, such as:His early school days spent in a building with no running water or electricityAn encounter with a violent sheep that literally turned his world upside downThe days spent cutting the turf and saving the hay by handAn Irish Christmas where nearly everything on the table was sourced from the farmHis exciting family history that brought his relations to the Klondike Gold Rush in CanadaComplemented by a collection of evocative photographs, each chapter recounts a way of life that has now largely disappeared.Sprinkled with a selection of fitting works by some of Ireland’s best-known poets such as Seamus Heaney and Patrick Kavanagh, this gem of a book is a chronicle of the simple but happy life of an Irish farmer boy.
About John Dwyer
John Dwyer was born in West Cork, Ireland. From an early age, he yearned to travel but always held a love for his native soil. His travels brought him to America, Africa, Asia and Dublin, before he finally settled in the best place in the world – Cork. He lives in Midleton in East Cork with his wife and two young girls.
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