With a soft touch and a great deal of charm, Séamas O Maolchathaigh tells of life in a small Irish village near today’s Clonmel. Due to its particular geographic situation, Gleann Charthainn remained largely untouched by outside influences until well into the twentieth century. The author proves himself an attentive observer of a bygone world. With humor and authenticity, he describes both village’s usual and unusual happenings.