The Western Island, or Great Blasket (Oxford Paperbacks)

by Robin Flower

Ida M. Flower (Illustrator)

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Dr Flower spent a considerable amount of time between 1910 and 1930 living amongst the 150 inhabitants of the Great Blasket Island. He tells of the adversities and frugality of the Gaelic-speaking people, of the folk-tales and the stories of ghosts and fairies and poets. This book is intended for readers of country classics; those interested in Irish culture, literature; readers of other Blasket Island titles.
  • ISBN10 0192812343
  • ISBN13 9780192812346
  • Publish Date 9 March 1978 (first published December 1944)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 9 July 2003
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Oxford University Press
  • Imprint Oxford Paperbacks
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 154
  • Language English