The Blaskets - Softcover

MacConghail, Muiris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1860592805 ISBN 13: 9781860592805

Publisher: Town House, 2006

Synopsis

Off the south-west coast of Ireland, in the Atlantic Ocean, lies a group of islands known as the Blaskets. You can approach the Blasket Islands off the coast of Kerry by sea, travelling in over the treacherous Blasket Sound - An Bealach. That is one way to make the acquaintance of this remote, now uninhabited, and wildly beautiful archipelago. Or you can visit the Blaskets in spirit, delving into the remarkable small library of books that has made these islands famous in world literature. In this book, Muiris MacConghail, journalist, film-maker and Blasket enthusiast, opens up the Blasket Islands by both routes. Why did such a small, peasant community produce such a flowering of literary talent? How did these stories - stories of a simple people eking out a living on the very edge of Europe, written in a dying language - reach the bookshelves of the world? Who were the scholars and literary mentors that encouraged these talents into print? This lavishly illustrated volume tells the story in words and pictures and contains many fine photographs, most of which have never been published before.

Edition details

• Publisher: Town House
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1860592805
• ISBN 13: 9781860592805
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176