Through green glasses : $b Andy Merrigan's great discovery, and other Irish tales

In a quiet southern Irish town the narrator encounters Dan, a modest, ill‑educated storyteller whose memory is a trove of half‑remembered legends. Dan’s voice is unmistakably local, winding through simple, vivid phrasing that carries an easy humor even when his shoulders shake with an unspoken laugh. He slips history and myth together as if they were all part of the same fire‑lit night, letting listeners hear kings, saints and rebels speak in his own brogue. The result is a storytelling style that feels both timeless and warmly intimate, inviting anyone with an ear for folklore to settle into the rhythm of his tales.

Among the collection is the lively yarn of Andy Merrigan, a towering fisherman from the rim of Cork Harbour whose solitary voyages bring back boatloads of catch after weeks vanished into stormy seas. The story paints Andy as a solitary, daring figure whose mysterious departures and sudden returns stir both fear and admiration among his neighbors. Listeners are treated to a glimpse of rugged coastal life, the superstitions that cling to it, and the charm of a hero whose reputation grows with each whispered retelling.