Connemara : listening to the wind / Tim Robinson
2006, First Edition, Proof Copy. Dublin : Penguin Ireland. Near fine copy bound in the original stiff card wrappers and ringed binder. Remains well preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #375689
ISBN: 9781844880652
Physical description; 439 pages : map ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Preface : the sound of the past and the moment of writing -- Scailp -- Dead man's grave and halfway house -- Superincumbent intellect -- The last of the turf -- Climbing Errisbeg -- Murvey and a note on Costa del Sod -- The boneyard -- Ogygia lost -- Holiday island -- The wind through the house -- The neighbours -- Smugglers and asylum seekers -- Nimmo and his brothers -- A cure of souls -- The cold of charity -- The Robinson era -- Dinner at Letterdyfe -- Inis Ni in winter -- The catchment -- Tales to lengthen the road -- The demesne -- The island -- Dick Martin rules -- Romance and ruin -- The reckoning -- The sportsmen -- Walking the skyline -- The cuckoo of the wood -- Glass, marble, steam, fire -- Curse and blessing. Subjects; Robinson, Tim (1935-2020) Travel Ireland. Robinson, Tim (1935-2020) Travel Ireland Connemara. Landscapes Ireland Connemara. Geography. Landscapes. British & Irish History. Places & peoples: general & pictorial works. Landscape Ireland Connemara. Landscapes Ireland Connemara. Connemara (Ireland) History. Connemara (Ireland) Geography. Connemara (Ireland) ; Folklore. Ireland Connemara. Connemara (Ireland) History. Connemara (Ireland) Geography. Connemara (Ireland) Folklore. Connemara (Ireland) Description and travel. Genres; Bibliography. Folklore. History. Illustrated.
Price: €175.00