An Gleann Is A Raibh Ann is a memoir written in the Tipperary Irish dialect by native Séamus Ó Maolchathaigh about life in rural Ireland. An Gleann Is A Raibh Ann is the best surviving document of the Irish dialect found in South Tipperary and West Waterford. Ó Maolchathaigh lived in a remote mountainous area of the Knockmealdowns in which Irish survived as a spoken language until the 1940s. The book depicts life of rural Ireland at the turn of the 20th century, including the customs, folklore, and historical aspects before the language became sparsely spoken.