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The Preacher and the Prelate
This is the extraordinary story of an audacious fight for souls on famine ravaged Achill Island in the nineteenth century. Religious ferment swept Ireland in the early 1800s and evangelical Protestant clergyman Edward Nangle set out to lift the destitute people of Achill out of degradation and idolatry through his Achill Mission Colony. The fury of the island elements, the devastation of famine, and Nangle’s own volatile temperament all threatened the project’s survival. In the years of the Great Famine the ugly charge of ‘souperism’, offering food and material benefits in return for religious conversion, tainted the Achill Mission’s work. John MacHale, powerful Archbishop of Tuam,...
The Night Caller
'Well plotted and page turning' - Patricia Gibney 'A tense, fast-paced, and deftly plotted thriller, which kept me guessing right to the end. I'm already looking forward to the next outing for Detective Sergeant Lucy Golden and her crew!'- Andrea Carter Sometimes darkness stalks the most beautiful places... On Doogort East Bog, Achill Island, a body is found. The close community is stunned to learn that it's Lisa Moran, a popular teacher who disappeared two days earlier. DS Lucy Golden is assigned to the case. For her, it's personal. As an Achill native, she knows that sometimes great evil can lurk in plain sight. Having moved back from Dublin, she has spent the last ten years trying to prov...
Achill Painters
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Old Achill Island
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Achill Island Tattie-hokers in Scotland and the Kirkintilloch Tragedy, 1937
In the aftermath of the Great Famine (1845-51), many of Achill's clachan settlements evolved into migrant-based communities. During the annual potato-picking harvest season (June to October), each migrant household's young single male or female, whose ages ranged from thirteen to twenty-three, travelled to Scotland in a group or squad system under the supervision of a foreman or gaffer. Tattie-hoker was the phrase the local Scottish population gave to the seasonal Achill migrant worker. On 16 September 1937, ten male members of an Achill tattie-hoking squad who were based in Kirkintilloch, died after their sleeping premises became engulfed with toxic fumes. This horrific tragedy brought the plight of the island's young migratory workers onto the national public and political arena. This study examines the official response to the tragedy by the Scottish authorities and Irish government as well as analyzing the causes for the decline of the Achill custom of tattie-hooking in the post-Second World War.
A Field Guide to the Geology of Western Ireland
This book contains a comprehensive field guide, including detailed itineraries and supporting data, to the Geology of Western Ireland, a classic site for world geology. It facilitates study into the rock record of the Neoproterozoic ‘birth’ to the Devonian ‘death’ of the Iapetus Ocean along the Laurentian (North American) margin. The enormous variety of lithologies and processes available for study in this spectacularly exposed region include: fluviatile to deep-sea sediments; layered ultramafic intrusions to reverse zoned granite batholiths; zeolite to eclogite facies metamorphic assemblages; continental rifting; subduction processes; island arc evolution; arc-continent collision; A...
Cattle in Ancient and Modern Ireland
Cattle have been the mainstay of Irish farming since the Neolithic began in Ireland almost 6000 years ago. Cattle, and especially cows, have been important in the life experiences of most Irish people, directly and/or through legends such as the Táin Bó Cuailnge (The Cattle-raid of Cooley). In this book, diverse aspects of cattle in Ireland, from the circumstances of their first introduction to recent and ongoing developments in the management of grasslands – still the main food-source for cattle in Ireland – are explored in thirteen essays written by experts. New information is presented, and several aspects relating to cattle husbandry and the interactions of cattle and people that have hitherto received little or no attention are discussed.
Ireland
National Geographic Traveler guidebooks contain must-know travel information, inspiring photography, insider tips, and expert advice you won’t find on the internet for bucket-list destinations around the world. Ireland is a land steeped in history and legend, with an extraordinary heritage of folklore and tradition. This newly updated guidebook, part of a best-selling series, is packed with insider tips and top travel advice. Twenty maps detail every region, from Dublin in the east to the west coast’s rocky plateaus of the Burren, and even venturing into Northern Ireland to lively Belfast and historical places of note between Derry and Ulster. Whether you’re in search of natural wonders like the iconic Cliffs of Moher, the delightful rolling hills of County Wicklow, and the secluded beaches of Donegal, or architectural marvels like St. Patrick’s Cathedral in bustling Dublin, the lively pubs of popular Temple Bar, and the literary heritage of authors like James Joyce and Oscar Wilde, this knowledgeable guidebook will ensure you experience it like the locals do as you plan the trip of a lifetime in the Emerald Isle.
