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The Western island or The Great Blasket / Robin Flower ; with illustrations by Ida M. Flower.

By: Flower, Robin, 1881-1946 [author].
Contributor(s): Flower, Ida M.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Oxford paperbacks.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1978Description: 141 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0192812343 ; 9780192812346.Subject(s): Flower, Robin, 1881-1946 | Folklore -- Ireland -- Blasket Islands | History | European history | Social & cultural history | Indigenous peoples | Anthropology | Blasket Islands (Ireland) -- Description and travel | Blasket Islands (Ireland) -- Social life and customs | Blasket Islands (Ireland) -- History | Social conditions History | Kerry (Ireland)DDC classification: 941.96 | 941.96 FLO
Contents:
The road to the island -- The passage -- Tomas -- A hill-side parliament -- The bright dwellings -- The village -- Peig -- Gobnait -- The sorrowful slope -- 'Our lady of the rosary' -- Pierce Ferriter -- Sean O Duinnle -- The poor scholars -- Going west -- Inisicileain -- The seal -- The fairies.
Summary: Robin Flower was a frequent visitor to the Great Blasket Island in the early decades of this century. He came to befriend the characters who lived there, as well as growing to appreciate the mysteries of the island.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Store 941.96 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00033199
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 941.96 FLO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 38888000456503
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Dr Flower spent a considerable amount of time between 1910 and 1930 living amongst the 150 inhabitants of the Great Blasket island. He tells of the adversities and frugality of the Gaelic-speaking people, of the folk tales and the stories of ghosts and fairies and poets. The Blasket Islands are three miles off Irelands Dingle Peninsula. Until their evacuation just after the Second World War, the lives of the 150 or so Blasket Islanders had remained unchanged for centuries. A rich oral tradition of story-telling, poetry, and folktales kept alive the legends and history of the islands, and has made their literature famous throughout the world. The 7 Blasket Island books published by OUP contain memoirs and reminiscences from within this literary tradition, evoking a way of life which has now vanished.

The road to the island -- The passage -- Tomas -- A hill-side parliament -- The bright dwellings -- The village -- Peig -- Gobnait -- The sorrowful slope -- 'Our lady of the rosary' -- Pierce Ferriter -- Sean O Duinnle -- The poor scholars -- Going west -- Inisicileain -- The seal -- The fairies.

Robin Flower was a frequent visitor to the Great Blasket Island in the early decades of this century. He came to befriend the characters who lived there, as well as growing to appreciate the mysteries of the island.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • The Road to the Island
  • The Passage
  • Tomas
  • A Hill-side Parliament
  • The Bright Dwellings
  • The Village
  • Peig
  • Gobnait
  • The Sorrowful Slope
  • 'Our Lady of the Rosary'
  • Pierce Ferriter
  • Sean 0'Duinnle
  • The Poor Scholars
  • Going West
  • Inisicleain
  • The Seal
  • The Fairies

Author notes provided by Syndetics

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