North & East is delighted to congratulate our tenant Rex Lee on the publication of his memoirs  “Melodies at Eventide – an Irish memoir about overcoming disability.”  Housing Officer Jackie Knight attended the launch in Kells library and described it as a very joyous uplifting occasion.

Rex’s book is a personal account of somebody who overcame disability, never allowing it to limit his outlook or narrow his horizons. His story is also the story of Ireland as a country striving to assert itself on the world stage, overcoming barriers and obstacles that history had put in the way. His account spans much of period following Independence. Through his own involvement and activism (including work with organisations such as Macra na Feirme and the Irish Farmers’ Association) he both witnessed and played a part in the making and shaping of the Irish society that has been handed down to us today.

Reading through Rex’s memoirs we are reminded of the lines Seamus Heaney wrote for his brother who had his own struggle with disability

“My dear brother, you have good stamina. You stay on where it happens… you keep old roads open by driving on the new ones.”

Further information on Rex’s book is available from the Manuscript Publisher E-mail: http://press@themanuscriptpublisher.com