Flood Tide

A landmark of mid-century Irish fiction – a marriage unravelling against the backdrop of a nation in studied neutrality, now available in English for the first time. Dublin, August 1939. Liam, a journalist from Ulster, returns from his Rhine honeymoon with his Dublin bride, Eileen, just as the world tips into war. He is certain of two things: that he has married the woman he loves, and that his life as a writer is about to begin. Instead, the Emergency settles over daily life, and the marriage begins to unravel. Through family Christmas gatherings and a champagne-soaked night cycling home through a moonlit Dublin and a Gaeltacht stay that shatters his romantic vision of an all-Irish Ireland, Ó Néill builds a vivid portrait of a society at a crossroads – and of a man slowly discovering that the life he imagined and the life he is living have become two very different things. Written in Irish in 1946, Tonn Tuile was one of the first novels to document Ireland's new urban Catholic middle class from the inside. Now translated into English for the first time by the author's daughter, Eithne O'Neill.Author: Ó Néill, Séamus,author,O'Neill, Eithne,author Contributors: Ó Néill, Séamus,author,O'Neill, Eithne,author Binding: hardcover Publication Date: Release Date: Languages: English,Published,Irish,Original Language Edition: First Edition Published/Release Date: 3 Jul 2026 Format: Hardback Publisher/Studio/Brand: The Mercier Press Author/Director/Artist: Seamus O Neill Dimension (cm): 205x137x20 mm Package Dimension (cm): 19x205x136 mm Item Weight (g): 0 Package Weight (g): 280