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Humble works for humble people : a history of the fishery piers of Co. Galway and North Clare, 1800-1922 / Noël P. Wilkins.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Co. Kildare : Irish Academic Press ©2017Description: xiii, 377 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781911024910 .
Subject(s): Summary: This book explores the history of the fishery piers and harbours of Galway and north Clare. A testament to these structures as feats of engineering, it is also a riveting account of the human aspect that shadowed their construction; a beautiful rendering of the maritime activities that gave life to the wild Atlantic Way, kelp-making, fishing, turf distribution, and sea-borne trade
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book explores the history of the fishery piers and harbours of Galway and north Clare. A testament to these structures as feats of engineering, it is also a riveting account of the human aspect that shadowed their construction; a beautiful rendering of the maritime activities that gave life to the wild Atlantic Way, kelp-making, fishing, turf distribution, and sea-borne trade

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