These are 21 short stories about life, love and relationships in provincial Irish towns.The first story 'Never Too Late' is about a Kerry girl and her father whose relationship suffers when he marries again soon after the death of her mother. But all is not lost when Mary's Italian landlady decides to take a hand to try and reunite the pair of them. 'The theme of the 'The Straw Hat' is jealousy. The women of the village envy Mammy Donovan her position as dresser of the itinerant brides each year at the Horse Fair, and when it becomes know that this particular year the event will be televised their jealousy knows no bounds! These stories and many in the collection were first broadcast on BBC and all of the stories have been published in Irish magazines and newspapers, especially in the ever popular 'Ireland's Own' magazine.
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