The Lion-tamer and Other Stories
- 228 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Bryan MacMahon Book order
Bryan MacMahon was an Irish playwright, novelist, and short story writer whose work often centered on the Irish experience. Trained as a schoolteacher, his writing possesses a precision and depth, exploring human experiences and rural life. His style is noted for its keen attention to detail and its ability to capture authentic character voices. MacMahon's work offers readers insight into Irish culture and traditions.
- 2021
- 2021
Jack O'Moora and the King of Ireland's Son;
- 102 pages
- 4 hours of reading
- 2021
Faith and Fury
- 352 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Bryan MacMahon gives a comprehensive overview of the origins and progress of the Protestant evangelical campaign in West Kerry from 1825 to 1845. These Church of Ireland missionaries were motivated by a desire to save Irish-speaking Catholics from what they saw as superstitious practices and enthrallment to Rome. This study brings personalities to life and records the long-lost voices and values of those on both sides of the religious divide. The work of the evangelicals was widely hailed as a model of a successful missionary campaign; however, it evoked a furious response from Catholic priests. The war of words between clergymen of both persuasions was fomented by rival local newspapers, reaching a climax in a notorious libel case in March 1845.
- 2017
The Great Famine in Tralee and North Kerry
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Absorbing first-person accounts of the hardship and also the heroism that occurred in Co. Kerry during Ireland's Great Famine of the1840s bring the period to life.
- 1993
The Master
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Winner of the 1993 American Ireland Fund Literary Award. MacMahon is one of Ireland's great writers, a teacher who, to use his own inimitable phrase, has left 'the track of his teeth on a parish for three generations'. This account of his life has all the magic, drama, love of language, and love of Ireland that has made him famous as a talker, ballad-maker, playwright, novelist, and short-story writer of international stature.
