Grandad, Tell Us Another Story

The beautiful Heritage town of Abbeyleix is not just made up of bricks, mortar, and the beautiful Heritage buildings that are visible within it but must also include the people and the characters and the chancers that have lived here in the town since Viscount John de Vesci first began building this planned Estate town starting in the middle to the late 1700s. The town of Abbeyleix is rich in its history and if you want to get an insight into how some of the people lived their lives in the town going right back to the beginning you can follow the lives of the people that lived in this community right up to the present time in 2023. The beautiful Heritage town of Abbeyleix is not just made up of bricks, mortar, and the beautiful Heritage buildings that are visible within it but must also include the people and the characters and the chancers that have lived here in the town since Viscount John de Vesci first began building this planned Estate town starting in the middle to the late 1700s. The town of Abbeyleix is rich in its history and if you want to get an insight into how some of the people lived their lives in the town going right back to the beginning you can follow the lives of the people that lived in this community right up to the present time in 2023. Carrying on from my first book, The Stories I Was Told: Short Stories of Abbeyleix, my second book, Grandad, Tell Us Another Story, shares more stories of the town of Abbeyleix, the people in it, local legends, and some personal anecdotes