Teems of Times and Happy Returns

by Dominic Behan

What sort of background, what sort of family did Dominic Behan come from? It could have been nothing ordinary to have produced so much creative genius.

Dominic Behan tells us the truth, sometimes the hard truth about his parents, their friends, and the tenement street in which he and his brother were reared.

Those were the twenties and thirties when it was difficult to fill the stomachs of the boy. They were also times when gunning in the streets became as much a part of life in Ireland as whiskey and the wake.

And growing up among the Behan's involved action in the political conflict so bitter that men were ready to kill for Ireland and Brendan was sent to Borstal.

Full of the timeless talk of the Irish people, salted by Dominic's humour and wit.

Genres: Ireland, Nonfiction, Biography

190 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1961

About the author

Dominic Behan (Irish: Doiminic Ó Beacháin) was an Irish songwriter, singer, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in Irish and English. He was also a committed socialist and Irish Republican. Born into a literary family, he was one of the most influential Irish songwriters of the 20th century.