Packy Jim: Folklore and Worldview on the Irish Border

By Ray Cashman ’93. University of Wisconsin Press, August 2016. Available on Amazon. Growing up on a secluded smuggling route along the border of Northern Ireland and the Republic, Packy Jim McGrath regularly heard the news, songs, and stories of men and women who stopped to pass the time until cover of darkness. McGrath has interviewed McGrath for over 15 years.