The Tailor and Ansty
First edition | |
| Author | Eric Cross |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Robert Gibbings |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Biography |
| Set in | Ireland |
| Published | 1942 |
| Publisher | Chapman & Hall |
| Publication place | Ireland |
| Media type | Print: clothbound Octavo |
| Pages | 210 |
| 398 | |
| LC Class | DA925 .C73 |
The Tailor and Ansty is a memoir by Eric Cross about the life of the Irish tailor and storyteller, Timothy Buckley or Tadhg Ó Buachalla in Irish (1860–1945), and his wife Anastasia ("Ansty" or Ainstí in Irish) Buckley (née McCarthy, (1872–1947)) who lived in Garrynapeaka near Gougane Barra in County Cork. The memoir was first serialised in Seán Ó Faoláin's periodical, The Bell, then published in book form in 1942.: 222 It was banned by the Censorship of Publications Board because of its depiction of premarital cohabitation, and its sexual frankness.