Irish author
Michael Cassidy
Michael Cassidy was born in 1950 and raised in Limerick, Ireland. The date of his death has not yet been determined. Eager to escape the realities of his Irish upbringing and Jesuit education, at nineteen, he talked his way onto a Dutch vessel in Dunmore East and worked his passage to Holland. He then joined the Dutch fishing fleet in the North Sea.
BOOKS
The Longfellah's Son: An Almost True Irish Story
Murphy was a child of the newly emerging 1950’s Irish middle class. He was raised in the environment of a conflicted marriage that never should have happened.
More Almost True Irish Stories
Although rarely mentioning Murphy by name, this sequel to The Longfellah’s Son: An Almost True Irish Story, mainly focuses on the author’s life after leaving Ireland.
Outside Looking In
This book is taken from the author's regular column at the multi-award winning newspaper, the Dumaguete MetroPost.
R E V I E W S
See what people are saying about The Longfellah’s Son!
“The Longfellah’s Son by Michael Cassidy is the new Angela’s Ashes, only about a better-off Irish son who blows his privileges, in a funny, fast-paced nakedly honest memoir. The writing is superb!”
“Rarely have I come across a more powerful record of the debilitating effect of sustained drunkenness on the physical, mental, and moral health of a human being. In its searing portrait of the dead-eyed, relentless, self-gratification that drives addictive behavior, few such memoirs compare with the brutal impact of The Longfellah’s Son: An Almost True Irish Story by Michael Cassidy.”
“Cassidy writes as only the Irish can, entwining lyrical beauty with brutal honesty. Young Murphy, born into a wealthy Limerick family, at first sees the world and its inequities through a puzzled child’s innocent eyes. Then we watch as he grows into a rebellious and sometimes lost young man. For me, The Longfellah’s Son is a true visit to Ireland allowing the reader to experience both this beautiful country’s magic and the pain regardless of one’s strata.”
See what people are saying about Outside Looking In!
Having lived in many countries on several continents, and finally settling in the Philippines. Irish author Michael Cassidy looks with profound interest, and occasional bewilderment, at life in his adopted country. The entertaining and insightful stories in his newspaper column contain life lessons for any expat who wishes to gain a deeper understanding of Philippine life. It also provides Filipinos with a unique viewpoint on how they are viewed from an outsider’s perspective.
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REFLECTIONS ON BEING A FATHER
It was recently Father’s Day. I was up on the mountain reading in the Metro Post about children who were effusive about love for their fathers. How wonderful all of them were! Unreserved, heart warming statements sparkled from every letter. But realistically, could...
RANDOM ISLAND THOUGHTS
I woke early to the sound of nature coming to life. Hundreds of roosters competed for ascendancy all over the mountainside and across the valleys. A variety of birds sang their gloriously melodic morning songs. Crickets provided their contribution to the magical...
The Works of Frank O’Connor
Michael Cassidy shares about his fondness for books, specifically how fellow Irish author Frank O'Connor influenced him as a writer.facebooktwitterinstagramyoutube
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