Ebook: On an Irish Island

Presents a tribute to Ireland's Great Blasket Island and the people it has influenced, examining how its seaside culture was nearly untouched by time throughout the first half of the twentieth century.;The West (1905) -- The fine flowers of their speech (1907) -- Brian's chair (1917) -- Nice boy with a camera (1923) -- Inishvickillaun (1926) -- The last quiet time (1929) -- Gorky's peasants (1929) -- Interminable procession (1929) -- Working at Irish (1932) -- Visitors, strangers, tourists, friends (1937) -- A green Irish thread (1940) -- No herb or remedy (1946) -- The bottom of the garden (1950) -- A dream of youth.