Tarry Flynn
1948 first edition cover | |
| Author | Patrick Kavanagh |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | The Pilot Press |
Publication date | 1948 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 192, depending on edition |
| OCLC | 247406218 |
Tarry Flynn is a novel by Irish poet and novelist Patrick Kavanagh, set in 1930s rural Ireland. The book is based on Kavanagh's experience as a young farmer in Monaghan, but the novel is set in Cavan. The story is based on the life of a young farmer poet and his quest for big fields, young women and the meaning of life.