There Might be a Drop of Rain Yet: A Memoir of a Son and His Mother

Incompatible Travellers is the moving story of the conflict between a young man growing up in Ireland in the 1950s and his very orthodox Catholic and patriotic mother. He eventually escapes her and the Irish censor and moves to a more liberal England, becomes involved in left-wing politics and is imprisoned for Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament activities. Ireland recedes as he achieves his dreams of becoming a journalist and a racing driver. But he returns to a fast-changing Ireland when his mother falls ill. A bond is established between them and, before her death, she reveals a long-hidden family secret - the secret of her antipathy to all things British. The memoir includes accounts of meetings with such diverse characters as Brendan Behan and Bertrand Russell and Ayrton Senna and, back in Dublin, records the end of the era which died with his mother and her favorite newspaper, The Irish Press . Brendan Lynch, who was brought up in Toomevara in County Tipperary, is a freelance feature writer and author. He represented Tipperary in cycle racing and later raced cars. A committed pacifist, he spent time in Brixton prison for his Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament activities. As well as writing Irishman’s Diaries for The Irish Times , he has contributed to more than sixty media worldwide, including The Times , The Observer and The European . He is the author of the award-winning Irish motor racing history, Green Dust , and Triumph of the Red Devil, the 1903 Irish Gordon Bennett Race .