Twenty years a-growing / Maurice O'Sullivan ; rendered from the original Irish with a preface by Moya Llewelyn Davies and George Thomson ; with an introductory note by E.M. Forster
1988, Reprint. Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press. Near fine paperback copy; somewhat dust-dulled and edge-bumped. Tanned pages. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #472122
Physical description; xiv, 298 pages ; 20 cm. Series; World's classics ; 532. Oxford paperbacks. Notes; Translation of: Fiche blian ag fás. First published by Oxford University Press 1953. First issued as Oxford University Press paperback 1983. Contents; In Dingle -- My first journey home -- The island -- A day's hunting -- Ventry races -- Pierce's cave -- A shoal of mackerel -- Hallowe'en -- The whale -- The wake -- A night in the Inish -- The war -- The shipwreck -- The wanderer -- The lobster season -- Matchmaking -- The wedding day -- An American wake -- The stranger -- My last journey to the Inish -- I leave home -- From Dingle east -- The city of Dublin -- The civic guard -- Connemara -- Conclusion. Subjects; Ó Súileabháin, Muiris (1904-1950). Blasket Islands (Ireland) Social life and customs. Great Blasket Island (Ireland) Social life and customs. Folklore Ireland.
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