David Farrell

A young man in a country town is worried about his football team and his soul. This is a work about football in country communities, with the allied theme of modernism in the Catholic Church. The distinctiveness of these themes tends to spoil the continuity of the novel.
Review by Dave Nadel

"In his work he was an adventurous spirit where so many are content to play it safe" From the Foreword by Marianne Hartigan "One of the best artists of a generation" The Irish Times obituary "I continue to have the greatest admiration for the extraordinary energy and courage with which he led his life..." - Louis le Brocquy"