With The Boyne Through Trim

With The Boyne Through Trim.

A meander along the course of the Boyne is not a bad way to travel through the history of Meath, and in what the author describes as a personal nostalgic ramble, this book journeys from the Stonyford River to Bective Bridge and a few places beyond. A distance of about eight miles there are enough stories to fill any number of books though the author restricts it to mostly personal recollection and times when as he says in the book, the recession was a permanent feature. He touches on other things though of historical interest, especially the importance of the local mill, and in a countryside adorned with ruins of all description, the mills lie mostly forgotten. This is a book of characters remembered, racecourses, picture houses and cattle fairs, and if it tarries a while in Trim, well that's what people did. One for the collection. On sale in any good bookshop in Trim or click on The Meath Writers' Website for details.

Photo: Book Cover.