The Western Island, or Great Blasket (Oxford Paperbacks)

by Robin Flower (Author), Ida M. Flower (Illustrator)

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  Paperback
  1978

  $19.88

  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. This book is intended for readers of country classics; those interested in Irish culture, literature; readers of other Blasket Island titles.