Oileain

Author : David Walsh
Publisher : Pesda Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Science
ISBN : 0953195694

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Oileain by David Walsh Pdf

A wealth of information on the wildlife, stories and history of the islands.For those wishing to visit in small boats or kayaks there are details of:? Landings? Camping? Drinking water? Tidal informationOileain is a detailed guide to almost every Irish offshore island. The guide is comprehensive, describing over 300 islands, big and small, far out to sea and close in by the shore, inhabited and uninhabited. Oileain tells it as it is, rock by rock, good and bad, pleasant and otherwise. It concentrates on landings and access generally, then adds information on camping, drinking water, tides, history, climbing, birds, whales, dolphins, legends or anything else of interest.Oileain will, I hope, appeal to all who go to sea in small boats, divers and yachtsmen as well as kayakers. The sheer level of detail contained in Oileain must surely throw new light on places they thought they knew well. It is not a book about kayaking. It so happens that a practical way of getting to islands is by kayak, and that is how the author gets about. Scuba divers and RIBs get in close too. Yachtsmen get about better than most, and they too enjoy exploring intensively from a dinghy. With the increasing availability of ferries, boatless people will also enjoy Oileain. Offshore islands are the last wilderness in Ireland. Hillwaking is now so popular that there are few untrampled mainland hills. Ninety per cent of offshore islands are uninhabited outside of the first fortnight in August, and eighty per cent even then. You won't meet many other people, if any at all, out beyond an Irish surf line. It is a time of change though, and holiday homes are very much the coming thing in some offshore areas. Sea going will never stop being a great adventure. Therefore, offshore islands are still the preserve of the very few. Now is a golden era for exploration.

Author : Seamus Deane,Andrew Carpenter,Angela Bourke,Jonathan Williams
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 1756 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : English literature
ISBN : 0814799078

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The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing by Seamus Deane,Andrew Carpenter,Angela Bourke,Jonathan Williams Pdf

Author : Seosamh Mac Ionnrachtaigh
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781496984128

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Impreasin na Gaeilge A – H by Seosamh Mac Ionnrachtaigh Pdf

Impreasin na Gaeilge / Impressions of the Irish language (2014) is a research book on the sound of the Irish language based on native voices of the Gael from the Gaeltacht itself. The book is based on empirical work by two authors from County Clare. An tAthair Seóirse Mac Clúin based Réilthíní Óir on the Irish of the Great Blasket Islands. Réilthíní Óir comprised the native Irish of Tomás Ó Criomhthain and the islanders of the Great Blasket Islands prior to 1922. The original title is revised in full with modern additions based on current native Irish (2007-2014). The language planning researcher is Seosamh Mac Ionnrachtaigh from Kilrush West Clare. This combined research results in an Irish-Irish Dictionary of the Irish language with key explanations in English.

Author : John T. Koch,Antone Minard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 961 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781598849653

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The Celts [2 volumes] by John T. Koch,Antone Minard Pdf

This succinct, accessible two-volume set covers all aspects of Celtic historical life, from prehistory to the present day. The study of Celtic history has a wide international appeal, but unfortunately many of the available books on the subject are out-of-date, narrowly specialized, or contain incorrect information. Online information on the Celts is similarly unreliable. This two-volume set provides a well-written, up-to-date, and densely informative reference on Celtic history that is ideal for high school or college-aged students as well as general readers. The Celts: History, Life, and Culture uses a cross-disciplinary approach to explore all facets of this ancient society. The book introduces the archaeology, art history, folklore, history, linguistics, literature, music, and mythology of the Celts and examines the global influence of their legacy. Written entirely by acknowledged experts, the content is accessible without being simplistic. Unlike other texts in the field, The Celts: History, Life, and Culture celebrates all of the cultures associated with Celtic languages at all periods, providing for a richer and more comprehensive examination of the topic.

Author : The Educational Company of Ireland
Publisher : Roberts Rinehart
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000-10-10
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781461660316

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Irish-English/English-Irish Easy Reference Dictionary by The Educational Company of Ireland Pdf

This learner's dictionary guides students and other users through the intricacies of the Irish language.

Author : Joseph M Cheer,Solène Prince,Philip Hayward
Publisher : CABI
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781800621510

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Islandscapes and Tourism by Joseph M Cheer,Solène Prince,Philip Hayward Pdf

The links between islands and tourism, as sights of pleasure is embodied in the touristification of sun, sand and sea. Islandscapes are central to the tourist imaginaries that shape islands as touristified places - curated, designed and commodified for both mass tourism and more niche inclined versions. Yet while islands are parlayed for touristic pleasure seekers, islands are also home to longstanding communities that have variously battled with the tyranny of distance from metropolitan centres, as well as the everyday challenges of climate change effects, and benefitted from their isolation from modern-day pressures. This anthology of articles previously published in the journal Shima explores emergent themes that describe how island peoples adapt and respond in localised cultural islandscapes as a consequence of tourism expansion. It is aimed at researchers in island studies, tourism, sustainability, human geography, cultural studies, sociology and anthropology. The anthology will also be of interest to those with an abiding interest in the trajectories of islands and their peoples, particularly where tourism has come to shape islandscapes.

Author : Micheal O Muircheartaigh
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780141911649

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From Borroloola to Mangerton Mountain by Micheal O Muircheartaigh Pdf

Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh is best known as the voice of the GAA. But his interests and enthusiasms – sporting and non-sporting – go far beyond the fields of Gaelic games. In his new book, the follow-up to his bestselling memoir From Dún Síon to Croke Park, Micheál brings us along on his travels around the world, and to the villages, townlands and sporting fields of the four provinces of Ireland. He recalls great days at the races and in sporting stadiums big and small, and great nights in the dance halls. Above all, he tells the stories of these places and the people he has encountered there – stories told as only Micheál can tell them.

Author : Francis Shovlin
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781466963207

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Narin and Downstrands by Francis Shovlin Pdf

Frank Shovlin is a retired bank official aged seventy-one and was born on March 10, 1941. He has no background in writing and lives in Donegal Town, Ireland, with his wife, Collette. Their five children are grown up; three live in Ireland, one in UK, and one in the USA. His time is spent gardening and playing bridge and golf.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Folklore
ISBN : IND:30000116387238

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Béaloideas by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ben Ó Ceallaigh
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110768923

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Neoliberalism and Language Shift by Ben Ó Ceallaigh Pdf

While "economic forces" are often cited as being a key cause of language loss, there is very little research that explores this link in detail. This work, based on policy analysis and ethnographic data, addresses this deficit. It examines how neoliberalism, the dominant economic orthodoxy of recent decades, has impacted the vitality of Irish in the Republic of Ireland since 2008. Drawing on concepts well established in public policy studies, but not prominent in the subfield of language policy, the neoliberalisation of Irish-language support measures is charted, including the disproportionately severe budget cuts they received. It is argued that neoliberalism’s antipathy towards social planning and redistributive economic policies meant that supports for Irish were inevitably hit especially hard in an era of austerity. Ethnographic data from Irish-speaking communities reinforce this point and illustrate how macro-level economic disruptions can affect language use at the micro-level. Labour market transformations, emigration and the dismantling of community institutions are documented, along with many related developments, thereby highlighting an issue of relevance to communities around the world, the fundamental tension between neoliberalism and language revitalisation efforts.

Author : Gerald Hayes,Eliza Kane
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781848898875

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The Last Blasket King by Gerald Hayes,Eliza Kane Pdf

The last King of the Great Blasket Island was Pádraig Ó Catháin, known as Peats Mhicí, who served for quarter of a century until his death in 1929. The King helped the islanders navigate through life and through national as well as international events, such as the 1916 Rising and the Great War. This book tells how he came to be King of the Great Blasket Island and how his personality and integrity shaped the role. This is the first account of the King's extraordinary life, written in collaboration with his descendants in the USA and Ireland. It tells the story of this unique man, his many contributions to the island and his extended legacy. • Also available: From the Great Blasket to America by Michael Carney and The Loneliest Boy in the World by Gearóid Cheaist Ó Catháin

Author : Jerry White
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1554582121

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The Radio Eye by Jerry White Pdf

The Radio Eye: Cinema in the North Atlantic, 1958–1988, examines the way in which media experiments in Quebec, Newfoundland, the Faroe Islands, and the Irish-Gaelic-speaking communities of Ireland use film, video, and television to advocate for marginalized communities and often for “smaller languages.” The Radio Eye is not, however, a set of isolated case studies. Author Jerry White illustrates the degree to which these experiments are interconnected, sometimes implicitly but more often quite explicitly. Media makers in the North Atlantic during the period 1958–1988 were very aware of each other’s cultures and aspirations, and, by structuring the book in two interlocking parts, White illustrates the degree to which a common project emerged during those three decades. The book is bound together by White’s belief that these experiments are following in the idealism of Soviet silent filmmaker Dziga Vertov, who wrote about his notion of “the Radio Eye.” White also puts these experiments in the context of work by the Cuban filmmaker and theorist Julio García Espinosa and his notion of “imperfect cinema,” Jürgen Habermas and his notions of the “public sphere,” and Édourard Glissant’s ideas about “créolité” as the defining aspect of modern culture. This is a genuinely internationalist moment, and these experiments are in conversation with a wide array of thought across a number of languages.

Author : Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc.
Publisher : Fodors Travel Publications
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781400007738

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Fodor's See It Ireland by Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. Pdf

Full-color photography and a host of practical information highlight this series of user-friendly travel guides, which also include descriptions of local sites, restaurants, hostels, shops, and nightspots; ratings of sites for value, historic interest, family friendly appeal, and other criteria; local itineraries and shopping suggestions; travel suggestions; transportation options; and colorful maps.

Author : Séamas Ó Catháin,Patrick O'Flanagan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Folklore
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036430432

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The Living Landscape by Séamas Ó Catháin,Patrick O'Flanagan Pdf

Author : Diarmuid Ó Giolláin
Publisher : Cork University Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 1859181694

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Locating Irish Folklore by Diarmuid Ó Giolláin Pdf

The first of its kind, Irish Folklore is a key text that uses Nordic ethnography methods and Latin American culture theory to explain how differing groups legitimise their own identities by identifying with notions drawn from folklore.