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Cross, Eric

Eric Cross was born in Newry, County Down, in 1905 and was educated as a chemical engineer. He is best known as the recorder of the life of the Tailor and his wife Ansty, who first made their appearance in print in The Bell in February 1941. Silence is Golden, a selection of stories and essays by Eric Cross, appeared in 1978. He died in 1980.

Tailor and Ansty The Tailor and Ansty by Eric Cross was first published in 1942 and banned in Ireland shortly afterwards on the grounds of alleged indecency and obscenity, which caused immeasurable controversy for Irish censorship. €14.99

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