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British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
O’Toole, Joe
Looking under stones
1.O’Toole, Joe - Childhood and youth
2.Ireland - Social life and customs - 20th century
I.Title
941.7’082’092
Editing, typesetting, layout and design: The O’Brien Press Ltd
Front cover photographs: (top) courtesy of The Irish Image Collection;
(bottom and on page 2) from the Ó Muircheartaigh Collection,
Muckross Research Library, Muckross House, Killarney, Co Kerry