01812cam a2200301 4500 759481690 TxAuBib 20190624120000.0 190619s2019||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 9781432864248 lg. print : alk. paper 1432864246 lg. print : alk. paper KyBuM KyBuM TxGR TxAuBib Phelan, Tom, 1940- We were rich and we didn't know it [Large Type Book] : a memoir of my Irish boyhood / Tom Phelan. Large print ed. Farmington Hills, Mich : Thorndike Press/Gale, 2019. 325 p. (large print) ; 23 cm. Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs Includes glossary. "Born and raised in County Laois in the Irish midlands, Tom Phelan spent his formative years working with his wise and demanding father as they wrested a wet, muddy, and back-breaking livelihood from their small farm. It was a time before rural electrification, telephones, and indoor plumbing; when travel was by bicycle and animal cart, and turkey eggs were hatched in the kitchen cupboard. And it was a time when the Church exerted enormous control over Ireland. Heartfelt and masterfully written, this memoir of growing up in Ireland in the 1940s speaks to the strength of the human spirit in the face of life's adversities"--Back cover. 20190624. Phelan, Tom 1940- Childhood and youth. Phelan, Tom 1940- Homes and haunts Ireland Laois. Laois (Ireland) History 20th century. Biographies. Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs. RV8