A translation from Ceann Tra hAon, a memoir originally published in 1998.

In 'Sonnets', Gabriel Fitzmaurice examines his life in a small community in the south west of Ireland where he has spent all of his life and where he worked as a teacher in the primary school for over 30 years.

'My sheaf of poems took all my life to write' This new anthology from the acclaimed poet Gabriel Fitzmaurice, whittled down by 'time and the road', explores a variety of themes celebrating both the local and the universal. His career as a primary school teacher and principal is at the forefront to many of his observations as he reflects on the worlds of education and childhood, and indeed a child's perspective of the world. More personal reflections are conveyed as Fitzmaurice comments on the town in which he grew up. Local characters, events and traditions are documented and his admiration...