Blasket Spirit - Stories from the Islands : Stories from the Islands

Seeking solitude after personal crisis, Anita Fennelly spent a summer alone on the Great Blasket Island. This is her story, written by candelight, of personal healing and recovery interwoven with the island stories, its people, places and wildlife. Anita weaves a tapestry of tales: ghost stories told by the fireside, stories of love and betrayal, stories celebrating womanhood. Ultimately, Anita's own story is one of survival and hope. Blasket Spirit reveals a timeless place where the souls of the past and present are inextricably linked with the emotional and physical struggles of island life. Seeking solitude after personal crisis, Anita Fennelly spent a summer alone on the Great Blasket Island. This is her account, written by candlelight, of the gradual thawing of her personal isolation through the friendship of the characters of Blasket Island fishermen, ferrymen, backpackers, islanders' descendants, a dolphin, a weaver, a trio of seals and even a former Taoiseach. Anita weaves a tapestry of ghost stories told by the fireside, stories of love and hatred, stories celebrating womanhood. Ultimately, Anita's own story is one of healing, survival, and hope. This illustrated guide to Ireland's garden birds provides information on the 60 birds most likely to be seen from your window. It features all the main gardening issues and planting schemes to make your garden a haven for wildlife. Photographs of the highest quality complement this guide.Author Biography: Oran O'Sullivan has worked for BirdWatch Ireland for fifteen years as a field surveyor, general manager and latterly as CEO. He has e Seeking solitude after personal crisis, Anita Fennelly spent a summer alone on the Great Blasket Island. This is her account, written by candlelight, of the gradual thawing of her personal isolation through the friendship of the characters of Blasket Island life. The island stories are woven into Anita's story to form a multi-layered memoir An illustrated guide to Ireland's garden birds and wildlife gardening, providing information on the birds most commonly found, how to attract them into your garden and care for them