Author: Kieran Devaney
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910179505
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
The Waves of Tory
Author: Kieran Devaney
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910179505
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910179505
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
The Waves of Tory
Author: Jim Hunter
Publisher: Colin Smythe
ISBN: 9780861404568
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In a world where everything seems tame and familiar, islands promise wildness and difference. Tory Island, the most remote and exposed of all the inhabited Irish islands, is no exception to this rule. The great seas ranging in from the Atlantic and the strong currents sweeping along its southern coast have isolated the island thus helping in the retention of a way of life that has long since disappeared on the mainland and the survival of Irish as the spoken language. The Waves of Tory tells the story of this small community in terms of their attachment to the land, their reverence for and awe of the sea, and their well-preserved egalitarian society, where dancers, musicians, storytellers and painters take pride of place. The text, in English and Irish, is interlaced with legends and tales of the supernatural, and illustrated with accounts of island customs and beliefs. The Tory islanders are a people whose roots go back to prehistoric times; typical is the King of Tory, Patsy Dan Rodgers, whose office is pre-Christian in origin. Links with the past are everywhere in evidence from the Iron Age fort, home to Balor of the Evil Eye, to the impressive remains of the early Celtic Church of St Colmcille. Superimposed on this pattern are the clustered settlements and vast open fields of the ancient Rundale farming system and the piers, boat rests, and kelp-pits, the products of man's more recent activities on the sea and the shore. These survivals from the past strike deep resonances with those in search of the "real" Ireland.
Publisher: Colin Smythe
ISBN: 9780861404568
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In a world where everything seems tame and familiar, islands promise wildness and difference. Tory Island, the most remote and exposed of all the inhabited Irish islands, is no exception to this rule. The great seas ranging in from the Atlantic and the strong currents sweeping along its southern coast have isolated the island thus helping in the retention of a way of life that has long since disappeared on the mainland and the survival of Irish as the spoken language. The Waves of Tory tells the story of this small community in terms of their attachment to the land, their reverence for and awe of the sea, and their well-preserved egalitarian society, where dancers, musicians, storytellers and painters take pride of place. The text, in English and Irish, is interlaced with legends and tales of the supernatural, and illustrated with accounts of island customs and beliefs. The Tory islanders are a people whose roots go back to prehistoric times; typical is the King of Tory, Patsy Dan Rodgers, whose office is pre-Christian in origin. Links with the past are everywhere in evidence from the Iron Age fort, home to Balor of the Evil Eye, to the impressive remains of the early Celtic Church of St Colmcille. Superimposed on this pattern are the clustered settlements and vast open fields of the ancient Rundale farming system and the piers, boat rests, and kelp-pits, the products of man's more recent activities on the sea and the shore. These survivals from the past strike deep resonances with those in search of the "real" Ireland.
Folk-dances and Singing Games
Author: Elizabeth Burchenal
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dance
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dance
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Folk-dances from Old Homelands
Author: Elizabeth Burchenal
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk dance music
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk dance music
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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The Blue Waves of Tory
The Evolution of Man
Author: Ernst Haeckel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anatomy, Comparative
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anatomy, Comparative
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
The Tory's Daughter
Author: Albert Gallatin Riddle
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Rinnce Na Eirann
Author: Elizabeth Burchenal
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dance
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dance
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
A World of Fun
Author: R. Harold Hipps
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk dancing
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folk dancing
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The evolution of the species of phylogeny
Author: Ernst Haeckel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anatomy, Comparative
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anatomy, Comparative
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description