John J Feehan

Feehan cruised two hundred miles of the River Shannon, from Killaloe to Lough Key, calling at all the little country harbours along the way. Again we meet a variety of strange and unusual characters: a tramp of the old school, a theologically-minded pick-pocket, a literary courtesan, a bizarre corps...

Cork, the largest county in Ireland, has hundreds of miles of indented coastline, which is regarded as one of the scenic jewels of the country. John M. Feehan sailed alone in a small boat around the West Cork coast in search of true peace, his 'land of heart's desire', his 'isle of the blest'. The r...

This is a fascinating account of the lives of ordinary people in the countryside of half a century ago. It depicts a way of life that took thousands of years to evolve and mature and was destroyed in a single generation. The world described with such vivacity in this lively memoir was not idyllic. T...

A recent outpouring of books has argued that the only belief consonant with the scientific worldview is denial of God. The problem with this argument, according to John Feehan, is that it is not scientific enough. While human reason occupies the pivotal position which sciences claims for it, Feehan ...

An entertaining local history.

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