Deirdre Donnelly

When Father Peter Clifford arrives from Manchester, he knows he will be facing some opposition. After all, what is a young, inexperienced English priest doing in Ballykissangel, of all places? Contending with the long-established ways of the villagers and their eccentricities and superstitions is a full-time job.

With no immediate family to live for, Joseph is haunted by a past he has tried, for decades, to forget.