Frank O'Connor

Joe Saunders, a Cockney, and his wife, Brigid, an Irish girl, had been married a year when they had their first baby. They lived outside London in a …

Reminiscences about the writer's boyhood in Cork, Ireland. He was from a poor family but determined to get an education. He read English boys' …

The writer, who was born in Cork, Ireland, tells what he remembers of his childhood and his parents, particularly his mother, who was kind, gentle, and …

The author as a boy goes to visit his friend, Jimmy Leary, whom he admires mainly for his general air of self-confidence and sophistication. Jimmy suggests…

Terry, aged five, adores Madge his aunt, who promises to take him to England when she marries Mr. Walker. He waits and waits for this to happen. Finally, …