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The Blasket Islands: Next Parish America

The Blasket Islands: Next Parish America

by JoanStagles (Author), RayStagles (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

    $6.70
Synopsis

A beautifully illustrated and compelling history of the life, traditions and customs of an isolated community that has now disappeared. The book traces the fate of the Blasket people and the slow erosion of their culture to that sad day in 1952 when the families were evacuated from the Great Blasket Island.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 144
 Edition: 3
 Publisher: O'Brien Press
Published: 14 Apr 2006
ISBN 10: 0862789737
ISBN 13: 9780862789732

Author Bio
Ray Stagles was born and brought up in Leyton, east London. He studied at University College London, evacuated to Aberystwyth, and there met his future wife, Joan. They both took Honours degrees in English in 1942. He served as a radar mechanic in the Fleet Air Arm until 1946. After the war he taught in schools in Essex, then became a Head Teacher, first, in 1957, in Shropshire, then, from 1964, in Berkshire. In 1966 he and Joan first visited the Great Blasket Island, which from then on became their joint passion. His interests included hill walking, books, jazz, classical music, theatre, cryptic crosswords and scrabble. Ray died in 2016.