An island community
Subtitle: the ebb and flow of the Great Blasket Island
By: by Mícheál de Mórdha ; translated by Gabriel Fitzmaurice
Contributors: Fitzmaurice, Gabriel, 1952- translator
Publisher: Liberties Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 628
ISBN-13: 9781910742143
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: History; Emigration and immigration
Work titles: Sceal agus dán oileáin
Description: The author draws on personal experience, interviews with islanders, and a wealth of other sources to present a textured, comprehensive social and cultural history of this fabled island. -- Publisher description
Notes: Originally published as: Sceal agus Dan Oileain. -- Book jacket back cover

Includes bibliographical references (pages 619-628).

Translated from the Irish.
Table of contents: title: The Blasket Islanders and their traits; title: May the women live forever; title: The land of eternal youth; title: In the name of the blasket; title: Invaders and the accounts that followed them; title: The enigmatic early settlers; title: Ferriter's Islands; title: Getting a foothold: the origin and growth of the community; title: The community establishes itself; title: Island households; title: Visitor's impressions of the island community; title: Public works; title: Famine and hard times; title: Boats, diseases and aggravation; title: Battles, bailiffs and the point of a shears; title: Pity those who drown; title: Deliverance and independence; title: The flourishing community; title: The beginning of the end; title: Off we go; title: In the throes of death; title: The Threnody of Sean Tom's family; title: Looking for answers and seeking help; title: Welcome, Taoiseach; title: The solitary child; title: Dev takes action; title: Reports and committees; title: In the meantime; title: Everybody's tails are up; title: Farewell to the island; title: The aftermath.