num_pages: 128
description: The Poor Mouth relates the story of one Bonaparte O'Coonassa, born in a cabin in a fictitious village called Corkadoragha in western Ireland equally renowned for its beauty and the abject poverty of its residents. Potatoes constitute the basis of his family's daily fare, and they share both bed and board with the sheep and pigs. A scathing satire on narratives of Gaelic Ireland, this work brought down on the author's head the full wrath of those who saw themselves as the custodians of Irish language and tradition when it was first published in Gaelic in 1941.
language: English
title: The Poor Mouth
titlecomplete: The Poor Mouth
characters: Bónapárt Ó Cúnasa
genres: 20th Century, Ireland, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Comedy, Classics, Irish Literature, Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 2679
places: Ireland
publisher: Dalkey Archive Press