Goodnight Ballivor, I'll Sleep in Trim: A Childhood Memoir Book

Preface 11

Introduction Marie Murray Murray, Marie 13

1 The House 17

2 The Girl from Tipperary 21

3 The Sergeant 26

4 '98 Man 29

5 The Little Black Book 31

6 The Street I: South Side 37

7 Cinema Paradiso 42

8 The Street II: North Side 45

9 The Street III: Around the Corner 51

10 General Stores 53

11 Radio Days 57

12 Low Babies 61

13 The Master 64

14 Seasons in the Sun 70

15 Street Games 75

16 Serving God 81

17 The Bog 85

18 A Day to Remember 91

19 A Tribute to Johnny Kelly 101

20 The Wee Hills I 104

21 The Wee Hills II 108

22 Kildalkey 111

23 Football 113

24 1949-Sam Arrives 116

25 The Man in the Cap 120

26 The Farm 122

27 Trim 127

28 The Unusual 130

29 The Coming of the Light 133

30 Johnny 138

31 The Germans are Coming! The Germans are Coming! 139

32 Getting There 141

33 The Forge 144

34 Townlands 147

35 The Balladeer 150

36 The Things They Said 162

37 Fair Day 168

38 The Names They Had 172

39 In Sickness and in Health 175

40 The Big Houses 179

41 The Words We Used 182

42 Threshing Day 185

43 Sensations 188

44 Ballyfin 190

45 The Leaving 193

46 Envoi 196