Download or read book Croagh Patrick and the Islands of Clew Bay written by Michael Cusack and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Michael Cusack of Westport has climbed the Reek more than 100 times, so his Croagh Patrick and the Islands of Clew Bay: A Guide to the Edge of Europe is informed by lifelong footfall and curiosity. For that amazing view of the drumlin swarm of Clew Bay, he offers not only a name for every island but often a human history of occupancy stretching back before the Famine." Michael Viney, The Irish Times "Croagh Patrick and the Islands of Clew Bay" is a treasure of a publication - part social history of the bay's myriad islands, part historical record, part geographic research, with the additional bonus of up to twenty pages of stunning photographs of the islands and the Reek." The Mayo News "This is the first time that every island in Clew Bay, its history and other details has been explored for the armchair traveller, along with tales of the great mountain, shipwrecks, the magical Brackloon Wood, and other remarkable aspects of this area." The Connaught Telegraph Local legend has it that Yoko Ono had a difficult experience when she first stepped on the isolated Clew Bay island of Dorinish in the late 1960's. She was swooped upon by nesting terns and swore never to return. John Lennon had earlier arranged for a wooden "gypsy caravan" painted in psychedelic colours to be brought from London and floated out to the island on a purpose built raft as a temporary home. He later agreed to allow Sid Rawle, the "King of the Hippies" to establish a commune on the island. Dorinish (pronounced 'Dorinch' locally) is just one of 142 named islands and large rocks in Clew Bay, and many more anonymous patches of land above the Atlantic waves, as well as countless 'drowned' drumlins. The largest of the islands is Clare Island, former home of the "Pirate Queen" Grace O'Malley. This 16th century legend imposed her will on countless ships in the area. As a result, she was famously invited to meet a curious Queen Elizabeth. Their discussion was carried out in Latin, as O'Malley spoke no English and Elizabeth spoke no Irish. The most striking icon around this jewel of the Wild Atlantic Way is Croagh Patrick, known locally as "The Reek". This beautiful mountain dominates the landscape as seen from the vibrant town of Westport. Such stories are a part of "Croagh Patrick and the Islands of Clew Bay - A Guide to the Edge of Europe", the new book by Michael Cusack. This is the first time that every island in Clew Bay, their history and other details, have been explored for the armchair traveler, along with tales of the great mountain, shipwrecks, the magical Brackloon Wood, and other remarkable aspects of this area. From the Foreword by Gerardine Cusack, author of 'A Nightingale Sang': Fortunately, as one of the last of the Westport pilots, my father Peter Hopkins kept us in touch with heavenly Clew Bay and its memorable inhabitants. My father had every reason to remember the hospitality of the islanders - when it was too stormy for him to return to Westport, he was readily made welcome to stay the night on whichever island he happened to be near at the time. Almost all the islands are uninhabited now, but we who are left will remember other days and other ways, the left-over echoes of people who came and went and always left something of themselves behind. We'll remember other music makers. Maybe we'll hear the lilt of an islander's voice on the wind. We won't forget those we knew in the buried past. I hope that you enjoy reading this book as much as I have. It brings to light many little-known facts about the islands that will be revealing even to those who have lived in this wonderful area all of their lives.

Download or read book Mayo Folk Tales written by Tony Locke and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-11-03 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Those magic words 'Once upon a time' have been spoken around the flickering flame of the turf fire by storytellers for thousands of years. In this book, author Tony Locke has gathered together the rich tapestry of stories that make up the folklore, myth and legend of County Mayo. This book will take you on a journey through the rugged landscape of the west coast of Ireland, to its holy mountain, Croagh Patrick, and across the foaming waters of Clew Bay. Here you will read of Gráinne Ní Mháille, the Pirate Queen, the spectre known as the Fír Gorta who roamed the famine villages of west Mayo, the monsters that inhabit the deep waters of Lough Mask and the Matchstick Man of Straide. You will also read of the Love Flower and two young lovers, the land of eternal youth that is Tír na nÓg and the night of the Big Wind. So why not pull up a chair and sit awhile? You know you're never too old for a story.

Download or read book Oileain written by David Walsh and published by Pesda Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book The Life of St Patrick and His Place in History written by John Bagnell Bury and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ag Bun Na Cruaiche written by Caitríona Hastings and published by Nonsuch Publishing, Limited. This book was released on 2009 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Schools' Scheme of 1937-38, a collaboration between the Folklore Commission and the National Teachers' Organisation, used students to gather a body of traditional knowledge. In this book, the author navigates us through the masses of material, to help uncover this past.

Download or read book Donegal Islands written by Wallace Clark and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2003 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Cycling is My Life written by Tommy Simpson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cyclist Tom Simpson is a legend. The first British world champion, the first Briton to pull on the fabled yellow jersey of the Tour de France - he brought professional cycling to a nation and inspired generations of riders. His autobiography, Cycling is My Life, was written the year before he died tragically on the barren moonscape of Mont Ventoux during the 1967 Tour aged just twenty-nine. Forty years on, hundreds of fans still make the pilgrimage to the windswept memorial which marks the spot where he died. In an age where each Tour de France seems more blighted by scandal than the next, Simpson's story is as relevant now as it was then. A man of contradictions, Simpson was one of the first cyclists to admit to using banned drugs, yet the dapper 'Major Tom' inspired awe and affection from the British public for the obsessive will to win which was ultimately to cost him his life. First published in 1966, Simpson's autobiography is essential reading for every dedicated cycling fan and an engaging story of the life of an iconic sportsman.

Download or read book From Sketch book and Diary written by Elizabeth Butler and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 1909-01-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ireland written by Victoria Murphy and published by Mercier Press Ltd. This book was released on 2008 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Victoria Murphy takes a trip through Ireland marking the centenary of the 1798 rebellion And The massive changes that had swept though Ireland in the century after.

Download or read book The Patrician Texts in the Book of Armagh written by Ludwig Bieler and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Behind the Yellow Jersey written by Michael Cusack and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-02 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 1974, I was placed on the Irish Olympic Squad for Montreal, along with Sean Kelly, Alan McCormack, Tony Lally, John Shortt and Peter Morton. We would be sponsored by the French company Pernod, and spend three nights a week weight training all winter under the supervision of a coach in a Dublin gym. Kelly would be exempt from the winter training, as he was still living in Tipperary. After the gym sessions and long training spins in the Wicklow Mountains, it was time for the new season of races. As I shivered at the starting line of the Dublin to Drogheda handicap event, I looked at the men around me. There was Kelly, already considered Ireland's greatest ever prospect; Peter Doyle, a living legend of Irish cycling who almost single-handedly won the Tour of Britain from some of the world's best cyclists; Liam Horner, winner of the famous Isle of Man International Road Race; Tony Lally, the youngest ever winner of the Tour of Ireland; Pat McQuaid, the national champion and destined to win the next two Tours of Ireland; Alan McCormack, who would later become the youngest Irishman to complete a grand tour; Oliver McQuaid, who would go to the Montreal Olympics the following year and his brother Kieron, who had ridden the Munich Olympics...then there was me, with a second place in the junior championships to my name. To say that I felt out of my depth would be a massive understatement. Four years and three hundred races later, I found out that fellow Dubliner Stephen Roche would be my roommate for the duration of the eight day Tour of Ireland. We had both been selected on the Irish team, and Stephen had already established himself as a leading contender for the overall classification with a strong performance into Cavan, where he finished with the leaders. Our hotel room in Cavan town was damp and cold, but Roche was in fine form and he chatted about his prospects of winning the entire race. "I'll help you any way I can Stephen," I assured him, although privately I was worried about just getting through the next day's stage. "I'd say the day after tomorrow is the big one," he said. "I've got to have a go on the Gap of Mamore and put some time into Shortt and Millar." He was referring to the most feared climb in the entire race. The Gap of Mamore in the far northwest of the country is an incredibly steep ascent on what is now known as the Wild Atlantic Way. It was once the only route to the land of Urris, where the inhabitants were often entirely cut off from the outside world during bad winter storms. It turned out to be a very cold and wet tour. I never once heard Roche complain about the conditions or anything else for that matter. His powers of recovery from hard races were beyond anything I had ever seen. At breakfast, he chatted away about various riders in the race, but was mainly focused on the British Airways squad and Billy Kerr as the riders to beat. Roche and myself were already good friends, but it was during that tour I really learned that he was not just an above average racing cyclist, but rather an extraordinary force of nature who was capable of exerting himself to the absolute limit day after day. His powers of recovery were nothing short of miraculous. At nineteen years of age, he was already displaying the prowess that would later make him the top cyclist in the world.

Download or read book Pirate Queen of Ireland written by Anne Chambers and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2006-03-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the true story of Grace O'Malley, or Granuaile, who ruled on land and sea in Connaught over 400 years ago. A Pirate Queen and Chieftain, she became a legend. We meet Grace as a young girl on Ireland's west coast. Her father is a strong chieftain and loves the sea. Despite her parents' objections, Grace becomes a better sailor than any of her father's crew and so the adventures of the Pirate Queen begin. We set sail on her galley to Spain where war with England affects Grace and Ireland. We meet her husbands, Donal of the Battles and Richard in Iron, and are on board ship for her son's birth and pirate attacks. After many escapades we sail to London for her famous meeting with Queen Elizabeth I. And we stay with her in her castle at Rock Fleet where she dies in 1603. This non-fiction account is a must for children who love Irish history! Similar to: Michael Collins: Most Wanted Man by Vincent McDonnell and Tom Crean: Ice Man by Michael Smith.

Download or read book Field Day Review written by Seamus Deane and published by Field Day Publications. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talking about contemporary Ireland, this work also looks at literary criticism, fiction, history, politics, and art."

Download or read book Back Roads Ireland written by DK Publishing and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-02-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back Roads of Ireland opens with a brief portrait of the country and then moves on to provide all the practical information required to plan a driving vacation: how to get there, bringing your own vehicle and options for renting, and detailed driving advice. The main section divides into numbered drives, following a logical progression around the country. Each drive features highlights and itinerary spreads for an overview and planning, followed by extensive descriptions of each sight and activity with clear driving instructions between. A language section at the back of the guide lists essential words and phrases, with a particular emphasis on road signs and driving-related vocabulary.

Download or read book Echoes from a Child s Soul written by Barbara A. Clark and published by Imagination and Praxis: Critic. This book was released on 2020 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Echoes from a Child's Soul: Awakening the Moral Imagination of Children presents remarkable poetry inspired by aesthetic education methodology created by children that were labelled academically, socially, and/or emotionally at-risk. Many children deemed average or below-grade level composed poetry beyond their years revealing moral imagination. Art psychology and aesthetic methodology merge to portray the power of awakening children's voices once silenced. The children's poetry heralds critical and empathic messages for our future. This book proposes an overwhelming need for change in America's public-school education system so that no child is ignored, silenced, deemed less than, or marginalized"--

Download or read book The Lily written by Magdalen School (University of Oxford) and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Coast Our Island Story written by Nicholas Crane and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-10-31 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along our shores, towering cliffs from the age of the dinosaurs rise beside wide estuaries teeming with wildlife, while Victorian ports share waterfronts with imposing fortifications. And the people who have lived, worked and played on this spectacular coast - from Stone Age fishermen to seafarers, chart-makers and surfers - have an incredible tale to tell. Coast: Our Island Story is an enthralling account, sparkling with geography, history, adventure and eccentric characters, told with Nick Crane's trademark charisma and wit.