No rosy tint to John's view of bygone Dingle
Before Ryan's Daughter tilted the scales towards prosperity many people in Dingle experienced poverty and hardship and those at the bottom of the ladder were never allowed forget their place in society, according to John O'Connor who casts an eye back on those times in his book 'Children of the Shore, which is exceptional for not seeing bygone Dingle through rose tinted glasses. John grew up in the Wood in the '50s and'60s as one of a family of 10 children to Joan and Mikey O'Connor, whose earnings from his work as a postman and doing what odd jobs he could get were never enough to lift the f...