A Fairview Boy: A Memoir by Seamus Shelly

“I was born at home on the 31st of October 1925. Home was 22 Melrose Avenue, Fairview, Dublin. Both my parents were Dublin born, my father at 4 Seville Place off the North Strand and my mother at 12 Strandville Ave, North Strand. In earlier times the North Strand was on the boundary of the sea wall and was part of the new road to areas such as Clontarf, Howth, Malahide.” So begins the memoir of “A Fairview Boy” by Seamus Shelly. With lilting cadence and rich imagery, Seamus remembers life in Dublin--and wherever it took him--recounting the history of his city and his family.