Ireland

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IRELAND
County by County
If Dubliners think of Cork city as the 'sticks', they consider west Cork as an arcane island on the southern seaboard. With the exception of Galway's Connemara, no other county has a region so distinct and a people so distinctive . . .
With thirty-two counties in a small island, Ireland is astonishingly varied. It is difficult to capture the elusive essence of the country by treating it as a single unit, for the charm of its regional subcultures is part of its unique tradition and the county boundary retains great significance. As J. J. Lee explains, throughout Ireland, 'the county is the core of local identity'.
In Ireland, County by County four distinguished Irish writers, each focusing on one of the four provinces, combine personal observation and thought-provoking analysis with a careful record of the history, culture and traditions that have helped define the culture of each county.
Extensively illustrated using historic photographs, paintings,... Tovább

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IRELAND
County by County
If Dubliners think of Cork city as the 'sticks', they consider west Cork as an arcane island on the southern seaboard. With the exception of Galway's Connemara, no other county has a region so distinct and a people so distinctive . . .
With thirty-two counties in a small island, Ireland is astonishingly varied. It is difficult to capture the elusive essence of the country by treating it as a single unit, for the charm of its regional subcultures is part of its unique tradition and the county boundary retains great significance. As J. J. Lee explains, throughout Ireland, 'the county is the core of local identity'.
In Ireland, County by County four distinguished Irish writers, each focusing on one of the four provinces, combine personal observation and thought-provoking analysis with a careful record of the history, culture and traditions that have helped define the culture of each county.
Extensively illustrated using historic photographs, paintings, engravings and artefacts from Ireland's national archives and most prestigious private collections, the book also highlights the work of four of Ireland's leading photographers - one each from Munster, Ulster, Leinster and Connacht. In short, all those elements which distinguish each of Ireland's regional subcultures one from another are effectively portrayed through the eyes of two local people, a writer and a photographer, thus creating a picture of Ireland which is both authentic and absorbing. Vissza