ISBN: 9781914596452

AUTHOR: Seán Lyons

Family, faith, first loves, and late nights collide in stories that are as funny as they are fearless – an intimate, spirited portrait of a life well wandered.

From small-town Mayo to African kingdoms and Chicago streets, this memoir brims with wit, warmth, and unflinching honesty, as the author recalls a childhood shaped by Catholic rituals, family traditions, and unforgettable characters. We witness the joys of first loves and near-misses, the pull of emigration, the camaraderie of pubs and politics, and the search for meaning in faith, teaching, and travel. Laced with humour and compassion, these pages capture the music of memory – the laughter, the losses, and the quiet revelations that give life its poetry. Whether you are Irish by birth, heritage, or heart, A Stranger Walking The Roads will leave you laughing, reflecting, and longing for one more chapter by the fire.

About the author

Seán Lyons describes himself as a child of the Sixties who cannot remember the Seventies. He is an award-winning writer of short stories and has published a novel that rose into obscurity. He has published two volumes of humorous

verse and has featured in the Strokestown International Poetry Festival where he twice won the Percy French Award for humorous poetry. He has also featured at the Bard of Armagh. Seán has read his poetry at the Los Gatos Listowel

Writers’ Week in California and on Ellis Island. A recording of a reading in Listowel has been viewed more than 160,000 times. He regularly broadcasts on Radio Kerry and is a former chair of Listowel Writers’ Week. He first joined

Toastmasters in Castlebar in 1982 and has spoken at clubs in Sydney, Seoul, Gambia, California, London, and all over Ireland. He won the District 71 Humorous Speech Contest in 1997 and has been dining out on that ever since.