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Keanes play the field 1965, where the dispute over the ownership of a field between bull mccabe, the farmer who has the grazing rights. Keane, one of irelands most prolific and respected. A novel that traces the fortunes of the irish labourers who emigrated to england in the 1950s. It is dominated by the bull mccabe, one of the most famous characters in irish writing today. Synopsis a novel that traces the fortunes of the irish labourers who emigrated to england in the 1950s. John keane in california ca 41 records found whitepages.
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