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(160 pages) – Softback
Produced by Sherkin Island Marine Station
By Matt Murphy
An Excerpt: A Farrowing Experience
Rocking the Boat contains more of the articles that originally appeared in his weekly column in the Cork “Evening Echo”. Through this column, he kept us in touch with and reminisced on items of interest in Cork (and indeed Irish) life today. He also wasted no opportunity to voice his opinion on subjects that others might prefer to leave lying dormant.
Personal Reflections from Matt Murphy
Matt Murphy, Director, Sherkin Island Marine Station, published a popular weekly column in the Cork “Evening Echo”, a daily evening paper for 5 years. Through this he kept us in touch with the islands and wasted no opportunity to draw a parallel with life as it is and was when he grew up in Cork City. Some of these articles are available in book form in An Islander Looks Back and Rocking the Boat.
Matt Murphy was an islander by adoption, with his feet firmly planted on his beloved Sherkin Island. Nevertheless, he was conscious of, and proud of, his roots in Cork City.
The author reminisced on his childhood, boyhood, youth and manhood on the mainland of Ireland; on its mountains, lakes and rivers; and finally on Sherkin Island where he resided for over 50 years.