Wild Atlantic Women

Walking Ireland's West Coast

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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At a crossroads in her life, Gráinne Lyons set out to travel Ireland’s west coast on foot. She set a simple intention: to walk in the footsteps of eleven pioneering Irish women deeply rooted in this coastal landscape and explore their lives and work along the way. As a Londoner born to Irish parents, she also sought answers in her own identity.As Gráinne heads north from Cape Clear Island where her great-grandmother was a lacemaker, she considers Ellen Hutchins, Maude Delap, Edna O’Brien, Granuaile and Queen Maeve among others from her unique perspective. Their homes – in places that are famously wild and remote – are transformed into sites of hope, purpose, opportunity and inspiration. Walking through this history, her journey reveals unexpected insight into emigrant identity, travelling alone, femininity and the trappings of an ‘ideal’ life.Against the backdrop and power of this great ocean, Wild Atlantic Women will inspire the twenty-first-century reader and walker to keep going, regardless of the path.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-02-09
Mått129 x 198 x 18 mm
Vikt350 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor248
Upplaga2
FörlagNew Island Books
ISBN9781848409286

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GRÁINNE LYONS is a writer and documentary-maker from London, where she lives. She holds an MA in Creative and Life Writing from Goldsmith’s University and a BA in English Literature from the University of York. Her work has been published in The Irish Times and Aesthetica magazine and she was shortlisted for the Mslexia first novel competition in 2017. As a documentary producer, she has produced numerous arts and history films, including A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol for BBC4; Miss World 1970: Beauty Queens and Bedlam for BBC 2 and The Art of Japanese Life, also for BBC4. Most recently, she was writer on The People's Piazza: A History of Covent Garden, presented by David Olusoga and broadcast on BBC 2. Gráinne’s family live in her father’s home place of County Sligo, where she lives when she’s not in London.

Prologue: Banba’s CrownMalin Head, County Donegal 1. South HarbourEllen Cotter: Cape Clear Island, County Cork 2. A Remote CountryEllen Hutchins: Bantry Bay, County Cork 3. Miss DelapMaude Delap: Valentia Island, County Kerry 4. Big PeigPeig Sayers: The Great Blasket Island, County Kerry5. The ShipsCharlotte Grace O’Brien: Foynes, County Limerick 6. The Cliff EdgeEdna O’Brien: The Cliffs of Moher, County Clare 7. On AranÚna McDonagh: Inisheer, County Galway8. GlassalaKate O’Brien: Roundstone, Connemara, County Galway9. Queen of Clew BayGranuaile: Clare Island, County Mayo 10. Maeve’s CairnQueen Maeve of Connacht: Knocknarea, County Sligo 11. Cold Water MountainsEaskey Britton: Rossnowlagh, County Donegal Epilogue: Due NorthMalin Head, County Donegal AcknowledgementsBibliographyAbout the author