#john b. keane

[drinkersandthinkers]

"A Kerry footballer with an inferiority complex is one who thinks he's just as good as everybody else." ~ John B. Keane

[soracities]

'Tis April, boy! 'Tis April. Listen and you can hear the first growth of the grass. The first music that was ever heard.

John B. Keane, The Field

[soracities]

BULL: Christ had no guard's uniform and He had no white collar around His neck. But He picked a gang of small farmers and poachers. They had their cross like all poor people, and that held them together. If a poor man does something wrong he gets a guard's baton on the poll and he's lugged up the barracks. But, if 'tis the doctor or the schoolmaster or the lawman, they say, 'tis tough on them but there's a way out and the law is law no more.

John B. Keane, The Field

[acquainted-with-the-nights]

The street

I love the flags that pave the walk. I love the mud between, The funny figures drawn in chalk. I love to hear the sound Of drays upon their round, Of horses and their clock-like walk. I love to watch the corner-people gawk And hear what underlies their idle talk. I love to hear the music of the rain. I love to hear the sound Of yellow waters flushing in the main. I love the breaks between when little boys begin to sail their paper galleons in the drain. Grey clouds sail west and silver-tips remain. The street, thank God, is bright and clean again. Here, within a single little street, Is everything that is, Of pomp and blessed poverty made sweet And all that is of love Of man and God above. Of happiness and sorrow and conceit, Of tragedy and death and bitter-sweet, Of hope, despair, illusion and defeat. A golden mellow peace forever clings Along the little street. There are so very many lasting things beyond the wall of strife In our beleaguered life. There are so many lovely songs to sing of God and his eternal love that rings of simple people and of simple things. * From ‘The Street: Poems and Ballads’ by John B Keane [published by Mercier Press]

[drinkersandthinkers]

A Kerry footballer with an inferiority complex is one who thinks he's just as good as everybody else.

John B. Keane

[punkysdilemma-blog]

John B. Keane was an Irish playwright whose work chronicled the rural and the quiet, the corners of the Irish psyche, and this is his take on the famed Irish thirst for alcohol.

"drink in moderation, was one of the most ridiculous statements ever made, you must drink more than moderation!"

[jamesnhealyphotocollection-blog]

James N. Healy in Many Young Men of Twenty

Cork, 1961

Many Young Men of Twenty by John B. Keane at the Father Mathew Hall.

James N. Healy as Dangerous Mulally.

Produced by the Southern Theatre Group.

Image no 00148.

Image courtesy of the Healy Family.

[westmeathlibrary]

Most requested authors in Westmeath

Sometimes your local library doesn't have the book you are looking for, in that case Westmeath Libraries offer a "Special Requests" service. For a processing fee of only €1.00 we will either buy in a new copy or source it from a different library in the county. If the book is unavailable through either of these options you may opt for trying it on BorrowBooks for a fee of €5.00. This service covers the majority of public libraries in Ireland. You can also apply for an Inter-library loan for €10.00.

Please ask in your local library for more details about our Special Requests Service.

In most cases special requests will be filled within one month, however it may take longer depending on the availability of the title.

So far in 2012 the most requested authors have been:

Roberts, Nora (10 requests) check the catalogue : http://goo.gl/rYbjX

Keane, John B  (7 requests) check the catalogue : http://goo.gl/Z7jjq

MacDonald, Ross (4 requests)  check the catalogue : http://goo.gl/VOEJo =Steinbeck, John (= requests) check the catalogue : http://goo.gl/RkBoq