Blasket Memories: The Life of an Irish Island Community

By Pádraig Tyers

An account of life on the Blasket Island and of its eventual demise. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1856352307
• ISBN13: 9781856352307
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Mercier Press
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.3"

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Until 1953, the inhabitants of the Blaskets were the most westernly settlement in Europe! "The first part of Blasket Memories is based on the writings of Sean O Criomhthain, son of Tomas, who wrote the internationally renowned The Islandman. He vividly describes the immense difficulties experienced by the fishing community..." and their faith, their music, and their literary traditions. "The second part...consists of interivews with Sean O Criomhthain, Nora Ni Sheaghda, a mainlander who taught for many years at the island school, Sean O Guithin who was one of the last group to leave the island...and Cait Bean Ui Naoilchirain, widow of Muiris O Suilleabhain, the author of Twenty Years A-Growing." 190 pp.