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The Blasket Islands: Next Parish America | 
 enlarge | Author: Joan And Ray Stagles
Publisher: O'Brien
Category: Book
List Price: $23.95
Buy Used: $7.71
You Save: $16.24 (68%)
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1060367
Media: Paperback
Pages: 144
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.8 x 0.5
ISBN: 0862780713
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9780862780715
ASIN: 0862780713
Publication Date: March 18, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: NOT an ex-library book, some wear & scuffs, frayed corners, cover creases
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 Very happy with this book January 22, 2008
CLINTON MCCROHAN
If you love Irish history and the Islandman by Tomas O'Criomhthainn then this book is for you.
 Breathtaking September 1, 2007
J. W. M. Erp (Amsterdam (The Netherlands))
I don't know if you ever heard of The Great Blasket. (...) You didn't, didn't you? Anyway: this - or rather: An Blascaod Mor - is the name of the largest of the Blaskets, a small group of Irish islands a few miles west of the Dingle peninsula, near Dunquin and Ballyferriter. A magical place - in the early eighties, my wife Jaane and I spent several wonderful holidays there.
On one of those occasions, we were lucky enough to meet mr. Ray Stagles in person: an aimiable, interesting elderly gentlemen, who camped in a deserted cow shed close to the guesthouse we were staying in. At the time, there was no gas or electricity (and no roads, and no radio, and no tv, and no ...) on the island, so after dark all we could do was light a fire and tell each other stories; very appropriate, in this place with its long tradition of storytellers.
Mr. Stagles was great at it. He probably isn't around anymore, but at least something of his warm spirit, his fondness of stories, his essence, can be found in the book he and his wife Joan wrote. A delight to read. But maybe I am prejudiced.
Unfortunately, visiting the Great Blasket is not really an option nowadays, I'm afraid. I read somewhere the guesthouse was closed. However, there is a regular ferry service bow, so I wonder if that old magical atmosphere still can be found there - probably it was blown away by huge waves of tourists.
Or maybe it isn't. I just don't know, for I haven't been there since 1985. We always have been afraid to return there, for Jaane and I would HATE to see or memories spoiled by harsh, modern reality.
And of course, there always is this book - the best book in my Blasket library.
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