About my book

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Figure 0.2: View of the Shannon from the front room

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All my life, as a radio and TV performer, I have been a talker. Communicating ideas is not difficult for me. The problem is that spoken words once spoken are gone. I feel the need to leave a permanent record of my love affair with Ireland and its people. It began in the 1960’s and extends to the present 1997. If I do not write it down, no one will ever know the crazy little things that have happened to us during all these years. When I say “us" I mean the cast of characters!

• My first wife, Jo Morrissy Bellairs and our seven children.
• My second wife, Maria Henslee Bellairs and her three children.
• The people of Doonaha near Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland.
• The Old Grey Beauty Liscrona House, 150 year old, constructed of stone with a slate roof and located on the banks of the Shannon River.

My fellow Americans, what is it like to become part of Ireland? Here is my story.