"Images in Green" by Edward Forde Hickey is publishedAn entertaining collection of short stories about the escapades of those living in Tipperary in Southern Ireland
By: The Inspira Group Literary Group This eclectic collection of rustic tales offers a memorable tapestry of colourful characters, all part of Ireland's rich cultural heritage. This is the first book in a trilogy of short stories, and a great historical, cultural and social reflection of rural life in Tipperary. About the Author: Edward Forde Hickey currently lives in Kent, England. From 1962 until 1998, he taught in inner city primary schools (as a headteacher for 18 years). In early life, he was a pop star with Decca records (see 'Eddie Hickey/Lady May') and later sang with the Glenside Ceilidhe Band in The Galtymore Dancehall, Cricklewood (1965/1975). Born of Irish parents during the Blitz of London, he spent his first five years of life nurtured and moulded by his grandmother in the foothills above Dolla, near Nenagh in County Tipperary. His grandmother was his inspiration; Edward has always been interested in folklore and the Irish past (its music, dance and literature). He was a champion Irish step-dancer. He taught and adjudicated it, even as far afield as in Australia, before dedicating himself to research into hillside communities in north Tipperary, from where he brought back tapes of original songs for The English Folk Dance and Song Society. He keeps a small farm in the foothills of north Tipperary and visits it often. End
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