The Last Straw

A bitterly contested marriage dispute pitted Catholic and Protestant churches against each other and polarised Ireland

The Reynolds family is Meath GAA royalty.

Part investigative tale, part time capsule, And a Bang on the Ear sees Philip painstakingly piece together the events that led up to, and followed, the accidental clash of heads that left him in a coma before waking up to 30 years of pain and paralysis. Full of hope and humour, rage and rehabilitation, this is an autobiography unlike any other.