
Drayhorses
Patricia Craig(Author)
The Irish Pages Press
Published on 1. April 2025
Book
Hardback
275 pages
978-1-7393537-6-6 (ISBN)
Description
This third volume of Patricia Craig's trilogy or memoir - following her celebrated Asking for Trouble and A Twisted Root: Ancestral Entanglements in Ireland - takes its title from Louis MacNeice: "My diehard countrymen like drayhorses/drag their ruin behind them". A memoir of her upbringing in Belfast and life in London, from the 1960s onwards - but with scenes from childhood, adolescence, and later. A view of the Troubles from elsewhere but based on a strong familiarity with Belfast attitudes and exigencies. Some dramatic incidents not in the public sphere - for example, the funeral of hunger-striker Joe McDonnell - are included. Much brilliant literary content is covered, as well as personal involvement with some notable Belfast characters, such as Sinn Fein's Rita O'Hare, a close friend from schooldays (though later estranged).
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 135 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-7393537-6-6 (9781739353766)
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Person
Patricia Craig grew up in Belfast. She spent many years in London, and returned to Northern Ireland in 1999. A highly distin?guished critic and essayist, Drayhorses is the final volume of her trilogy.