Talk:An Béal Bocht

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[edit] An Saol Bocht

I have heard that, as well as O'Sullivan, O'Crohan, Peig Sayers and so on, there was another Gaeltacht autobiography called something like "An Saol Bocht" (The Poor Life), and that the title of our book was a parody of this. Has anyone any source for this? --Sir Myles na Gopaleen (the da) 14:41, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Found it! There was an Irish language reader called An Saol Mór, The Great Life. This must have been what my informant had in mind (he has since died, so I can't ask him). --Sir Myles na Gopaleen (the da) (talk) 10:12, 13 February 2008 (UTC)