When Youth Was Mine

This is a genuine attic manuscript, discovered shortly after the author’s death in Swiftwater, Pennsylvania in 1990. It is the absorbing true story of a young man growing up in County Kerry over a 23-year period (1902-1925). With remarkable recall and eye for detail, Jeremiah Murphy relates his personal involvement in the eventful and turbulent years of great political, social and historical change in his native Kerry and Ireland. Old rural habits and customs, which have long since died away, are also recalled with affection. A vivid account is given of his involvement in the War of Independence and the Civil War, and is all the more revealing because events are seen through the eyes of a ‘foot soldier’ rather than a military or political leader. When Youth Was Mine is humorous, poignant, and rich in adventure and intrigue.