Merrion Press 🔖is on the cusp of publishing a new book byWarren Farrell.
COMING SOON
SO ONCE WAS I Forgotten Tales
from Glasnevin Cemetery Warren Farrell
‘Remember now as you
go by, as you are now so once was I …’
From unmarked plots to striking monuments, Glasnevin
Cemetery has become home to a microcosm of Irish society
since it opened its gates in 1832. Every grave has a
story to tell, but with more than a million souls resting there,
many of these stories have been long forgotten.
So Once Was I sets out to celebrate the quirky, strange
and sometimes unbelievable tales of lesser-known
figures in Ireland’s famous cemetery. Representing all
threads of Irish society’s rich tapestry, from lion
tamers to pioneering aviators, the mistress of the macabre to a
mysterious, murderous count, forgotten revolutionaries to the mammy
of Irish cooking, the cemetery’s population is
reanimated in this book through vivid retellings of their
lives.
This intriguing tour through the national necropolis brings
back to life those Joyce called the ‘faithful dead’,
an intricate mosaic of stories rediscovered among the grandeur
of Glasnevin’s famed monuments.
Paperback •
€19.99 | £17.99 • 336 pages • 234 mm x 153 mm
• 9781785375125
Warren Farrell from Inchicore,
Dublin, is a first-time author with a passion for social history.
A Maynooth University graduate in Politics and History, he
furthered his education with a Masters in Secondary School
Education. He has since shared his love of History and Politics
as a secondary school teacher with many students in Dublin.
Warren now works as a coordinator for Trinity Access Programmes
at Trinity College where he works with students from
disadvantaged backgrounds. Since 2016, Warren has worked as a
tour guide in Glasnevin Cemetery.
Merrion Press 🔖is on the cusp of publishing a new book byWarren Farrell.
COMING SOON
SO ONCE WAS I Forgotten Tales
from Glasnevin Cemetery Warren Farrell
‘Remember now as you
go by, as you are now so once was I …’
From unmarked plots to striking monuments, Glasnevin
Cemetery has become home to a microcosm of Irish society
since it opened its gates in 1832. Every grave has a
story to tell, but with more than a million souls resting there,
many of these stories have been long forgotten.
So Once Was I sets out to celebrate the quirky, strange
and sometimes unbelievable tales of lesser-known
figures in Ireland’s famous cemetery. Representing all
threads of Irish society’s rich tapestry, from lion
tamers to pioneering aviators, the mistress of the macabre to a
mysterious, murderous count, forgotten revolutionaries to the mammy
of Irish cooking, the cemetery’s population is
reanimated in this book through vivid retellings of their
lives.
This intriguing tour through the national necropolis brings
back to life those Joyce called the ‘faithful dead’,
an intricate mosaic of stories rediscovered among the grandeur
of Glasnevin’s famed monuments.
Paperback •
€19.99 | £17.99 • 336 pages • 234 mm x 153 mm
• 9781785375125
Warren Farrell from Inchicore,
Dublin, is a first-time author with a passion for social history.
A Maynooth University graduate in Politics and History, he
furthered his education with a Masters in Secondary School
Education. He has since shared his love of History and Politics
as a secondary school teacher with many students in Dublin.
Warren now works as a coordinator for Trinity Access Programmes
at Trinity College where he works with students from
disadvantaged backgrounds. Since 2016, Warren has worked as a
tour guide in Glasnevin Cemetery.
Former IRA volunteer and ex-prisoner, spent 18 years in Long Kesh, 4 years on the blanket and no-wash/no work protests which led to the hunger strikes of the 80s. Completed PhD at Queens upon release from prison. Left the Republican Movement at the endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement, and went on to become a journalist. Co-founder of The Blanket, an online magazine that critically analyzed the Irish peace process. Lead researcher for the Belfast Project, an oral history of the Troubles.
This looks like a good read.
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Everything Christopher reads or writes seems a good read.
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