From Lucifer to LazarusIn From Lucifer to Lazarus: A Life on the Left, Mick OReilly shares his experiences as a politician and Irish trade unionist and his unwavering thoughts and insights on controversial, complex issues. OReilly discovered socialism and militant trade unionism in the early 1960s when he joined the National Union of Vehicle Builders. He went on to join the committee of the Irish Communist Party in 1967 and the Dublin Housing Action Committee. He helped

this book is both a practical resource for name selection and a cultural treasure trove

adding the testament of landscape

’ ‘Walking Through Truth Land

when Ireland ‘fleetingly became the central point of the international brandy business’

just before the country went into lockdown

tension and humour

Set in a midlands town where respectability masks obsession

a figure on a beacon that guides ships to and from Sligo

the moral stronghold of the community

he eked out a living fishing and farming with intimate knowledge of every inch of sea and soil

but neglects his own mind in the process

George O’Brien’s shimmering prose incarnates an Ireland in microcosm – a physical place and a place of the mind