Kiely’s second volume of memoirs is rich in anecdote and verse. It begins with his arrival in Dublin from Omagh, Co Tyrone, in 1941 and chronicles his career in his adopted city and further afield.
He writes of Joyce, Behan, Kavanagh, Sean O’ Sullivan and Francis MacManus and includes a well-deserved tribute to the great Capuchin editor, Father Senan, a mentor for many more besides.