Green Fields: A Journal of Irish Country LifeA Journal of Irish Country Life Introduction by Alice Taylor Before agriculture became a matter of filling in forms and negotiating subsidies, there was farming. And no one book describes the farming life as well as Stephen Rynne's 'Green Fields'. First published in 1938, the book summons up with an unerring accuracy and unrivalled insight the changing tasks of the season and the rituals of rural life. Filled with humour and affection, it is a true elegy for a way of life now sadly lost. |
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