Author: Eibhlís Ní ShúilleabháinPublisher: Mercier Press Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
A strange and different way of life emerges as we discover an island loved and feared.
Letters from the Great Blasket
Author: Eibhlís Ní ShúilleabháinPublisher: Mercier Press Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
A strange and different way of life emerges as we discover an island loved and feared.
On an Irish Island
Author: Robert KanigelPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307389871
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
On an Irish Island tells the remarkable story of a remote outpost nearly untouched by time in the first half of the twentieth century, and of the adventurous men and women who visited and were inspired by it. In a love letter to a vanished way of life, Robert Kanigel brings to life this wildly beautiful island, notable for the vivid communal life of its residents and the unadulterated Irish they spoke well into the twentieth century. With the Irish language rapidly disappearing, Great Blasket became a magnet for scholars, linguists, and writers during the Gaelic renaissance. As we follow these visitors—among them John Millington Synge, author of The Playboy of the Western World—we are captivated both by the tiny group of islanders who kept an entire country’s past alive and by their complex relationships with those who brought the island’s story to the larger world.
The Last Blasket King
Author: Gerald HayesPublisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
ISBN: 1848898878
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The last King of the Great Blasket Island was Pádraig Ó Catháin, known as Peats Mhicí, who served for quarter of a century until his death in 1929. The King helped the islanders navigate through life and through national as well as international events, such as the 1916 Rising and the Great War. This book tells how he came to be King of the Great Blasket Island and how his personality and integrity shaped the role. This is the first account of the King's extraordinary life, written in collaboration with his descendants in the USA and Ireland. It tells the story of this unique man, his many contributions to the island and his extended legacy. • Also available: From the Great Blasket to America by Michael Carney and The Loneliest Boy in the World by Gearóid Cheaist Ó Catháin
From the Great Blasket to America
Author: Michael CarneyPublisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
ISBN: 1848891148
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Mike Carney was born on the Great Blasket Island in 1920 in that unique, isolated Irish-speaking community. Mike left in 1937 to seek a better future in Dublin and eventually settled in Springfield, Massachusetts, with other former islanders. The death on the island of his younger brother set off a chain of events that led to its evacuation, in which Mike played a pivotal role. This is the story of his life and his efforts to promote Irish culture in America, to preserve the memory of The Great Blasket, to respect roots left behind and to set down roots in a new land. Written as Mike approached the age of 93, this memoir is probably the last of a long line of books written by Blasket Islanders. * Similar to: An Irish Navvy - the Diary of an Exile and The Hard Road to Klondike
The Islandman
Author: Tomás Ó CrohanPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0192812335
Category : Blasket Islands (Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Tomas O'Crohan's sole purpose in writing The Islandman was, he wrote, "to set down the character of the people about me so that some record of us might live after us, for the like of us will never be seen again." This is an absorbing narrative of a now-vanished way of life, written by one who had known no other.
The Loneliest Boy in the World
Author: Gearoid Cheaist O CathainPublisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
ISBN: 1848898665
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
* 'The Loneliest Boy in the World – he has only seagulls as playmates.' 1949 newspaper article * Gearóid Cheaist Ó Catháin had a unique childhood – he was the last child brought up on the Blasket Islands of Ireland's southwest coast. The nearest in age was his uncle who was thirty years older. In this affectionate memoir, Gearóid recalls growing up on the island without a doctor, priest, school, church or electricity. Despite public perception of this small, vulnerable fishing community, he remembers a wonderful childhood, cherished by parents and neighbours. His memories are entwined with the beliefs and customs handed down through the generations and are an insight into life on the Blaskets. He speaks with authority of the difficulties and challenges facing the final generation on the island. The Blaskets, with their deserted, crumbling cottages, will live on, in part due to the invaluable memories of the last child of the Great Blasket Island. • Also available: From the Great Blasket to America by Michael Carney
Islands Magazine
Author: The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing
Author: Seamus DeanePublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 9780814799079
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1756
Book Description
Disturbed Ireland: letters written during the winter of 1880-81
Author: Bernard Henry BeckerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Letters from the Kingdom of Kerry,
Author: Mary Jane Leadbeater FisherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kerry (Ireland : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description