From the Valley : A Childhood in the Donegal Gaeltacht, and a life of service in the Garda Síochána
Ward, Jim2025
Books, Manuscripts
From the Valley traces his father’s emigration, war experiences and return to a newly Independent Ireland, before progressing to Jim’s own upbringing in the rugged beauty of Glenties, and the Donegal Gaeltacht, where a resourceful and tightly-knit community struggled against the poverty of post-war Ireland. Jim later joined An Garda Síochána, serving across Donegal. With unflinching honesty, Jim reflects on the experiences and tragedies that shaped his path, but it is his unwavering faith in the power of human connection that ultimately guides him. Now approaching his ninetieth year, he shares a lifetime of hard work, resilience and the enduring strength found in community.
Príomhtheideal:
Údar:
Inphrionta:
Donegal : Jim Ward, 2025.
Leathanaigh in ord:
130 numbered pages; 26 pages unnumbered pages of photographs : colour illustrations.
Teideal a bhaineann le príomhtheideal:
From the Valley: Memoirs of Jim Ward.
ISBN:
9781036920265
Rangúchán Dewey:
920920 WAR
I dteanga:
English
Foilseachán curtha isteach:
Réimse:
BiographyDonegal - Milford - Jim Ward - BiographyDonegal - Glenties - Childhood - 1940sDonegal - World War Two - Donegal Corridor - Bluestacks Plane crash - 1944Donegal - Jim Ward - St Conal's Hospital - Training as psychiatric nurse - 1954Donegal - Jim Ward - Sport - BoxingDonegal - Jim Ward - Career in Garda SíochánaDonegal - Jim Ward - Rose Dugdale and Eddie Gallagher - Helicopter bombs - 1974Donegal - Death of Hugh McDaid - 1975Donegal - Jim Ward - Family tree
BRN:
3741141