Fiona O’Connell: Tales from the confessional preserved by poet and raconteur Ned Egan for our pleasure
Lay of the Land
The priest also fancied himself as a marriage counsellor. Photo: Getty
Old friends and literature lovers recently crowded into the charming Book & Coffee Shop in Kilkenny city to celebrate the extraordinary life of 87-year-old Ned Egan.
This resilient raconteur and all-round rebel was presented with a gift of crystal, but it was the audience who really got rewarded, enjoying excerpts from Ned’s poetry and a spellbinding recital of one of his moving songs.
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