The island of the Great Blasket and its remote fishing community lies three miles of the Kerry coast of Ireland, at the westernmost tip of Europe.  Virtually unknown before this century, it is now famous throughout the world as the source of a rich and unique flowering of literature, a tradition as old as the Gaelic language itself.  Now again available, these seven volumes--all translated from the original Gaelic--offer engaging accounts of a now-vanished lifestyle, a group of stories that will charm readers of Irish literature, those moved by a nostagia for "simpler times," and anyone who enjoys a good tale well told.  Originally published in 1928, this was the first book to come out of the Blasket Islands.  In these pages from his diary, O'Crohan jotted down snatches of conversation, anecdotes, descriptions of the landscape and the sea.  These unadorned, yet vivid sketches capture and preserve the essence of a way of life which was rapidly receding into the past even as he wrote.

Island Cross-Talk

O'Crohan, Tomás

Oxford University Press

<p>The island of the Great Blasket and its remote fishing community lies three miles of the Kerry coast of Ireland, at the westernmost tip of Europe. Virtually unknown before this century, it is now famous throughout the world as the source of a rich and unique flowering of literature, a tradition as old as the Gaelic language itself. Now again available, these seven volumes-all translated from the original Gaelic-offer engaging accounts of a now-vanished lifestyle, a group of stories that will charm readers of Irish literature, those moved by a nostagia for "simpler times," and anyone who enjoys a good tale well told. Originally published in 1928, this was the first book to come out of the Blasket Islands. In these pages from his diary, O'Crohan jotted down snatches of conversation, anecdotes, descriptions of the landscape and the sea. These unadorned, yet vivid sketches capture and preserve the essence of a way of life which was rapidly receding into the past even as he wrote.</p>

Island Cross-Talk: Pages From a Diary

Biographies & Memoirs

Enright, Tim

Historical

The Islander: Complete and Unabridged

<p>This is the first complete translation of Tomas O'Crohan's autobiography called in Irish An tOileanach, first published in 1929. This edition is based on Prof. Sean O Coileain's definitive 2002 Irish language edition, containing many passages omitted from the previous English language translations, some of which were thought too earthy for the times. Translated from the Irish by Garry Bannister and David Sowby. "O Criomhthain was the first of many writers from the Great Blasket Island. His autobiography has maintained its canonical status since it was first published in 1929. That a new English translation has appeared is proof of A tOile nach's enduring appea--Irish Lit. Supplement, Fall 2014</p>

Arts & Literature

Gill Books

Die Boote fahren nicht mehr aus - Bericht eines irischen Fischers

Göttingen : Lamuv-Verl.

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