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Title: The Reader's Companion to Ireland by Alan Ryan ISBN: 0-15-600559-X Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 04 February, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)
Rating: 3
Summary: Ireland Past and Present
Comment: I read this book in preparation for a trip to Ireland and am writing this review in Galway, near the end of my trip. This is pertinent since the area around Galway is the focus of several essays in the book. This book is a compilation of essays from 19 different authors. The essays are arranged by time periods, starting with Arthur Symons' impression of the Aran Islands in 1896. Later a follow-up essay on the Aran Islands is by Tim Ryan in 1972. Similarly there are three essays about Galway/Connemara areas by Harold Speakman (1924), H.V. Morton (1930), and Robert Gibbings (1940s), with follow-up essays by Joyne Coyne (1980) and David McFadden (1990s). The value of this collection of essays is to show how Ireland has changed or not changed over time. The last essay in the 1990s leaves a large gap to the present 2000 because of so many changes that have taken place in the last 10 years in globalization and increased prosperity in Ireland. The book is also a good introduction to several great travel writers, whose books may be worthwhile reading in their entirety, if you find you like their style. Especially enjoyable to me were H.V. Morton's description of Galway, Chiang Lee's view of O'Connell Street in Dublin (1948), Heinrich Boll's closely-focussed view of Irish life (1954), Elizabeth Shannon's recounting of her experience as the wife of the American Ambassador (1977), and David Wilson's hilarious description of Irish music. I recommend the book, but it does not help with daily travel details.
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Title: For the Love of Ireland: A Literary Companion for Readers and Travelers by Susan Cahill ISBN: 0345434196 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 13 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Ireland: A Concise History by Maire MacEntee O'Brien, Marie O'Brien, Maire Obrien, Conor Cruise O'Brien ISBN: 0500273790 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: September, 1985 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Fodor's Exploring Ireland, 5th by Fodor's ISBN: 140001218X Publisher: Fodor's Pub. Date: 11 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: FAIRY FOLK TALES OF IRELAND by William Butler Yeats ISBN: 0684829525 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 02 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Discoveries Irish Famine by Peter Gray ISBN: 0810928957 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 15 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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