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Voices of Connemara / Raymonde Standún & Bill Long.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dublin : New Island, 2010.Description: 224 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781848400405
  • 1848400403
Uniform titles:
  • Singing stone, whispering wind: voices of Connemara
Subject(s): Summary: When Raymonde Standun set about photographing the local people of the South Connemara Gaeltacht, she quickly sensed that here were stories to be told that lay beyond the reach of a camera. Unique places, unique people, a nucleus of Irish culture, its language, music and dance. Voices of Connemara wants to keep this heritage alive in pictures as well as the written word. The book contains 51 interviews among them: Martin Flaherty on the Black and Tans, Julia Greaney on the Fair Day at Spiddal, Cait Nic an Iomaire on making her own wedding dress, and Festy Conlon on his father's first fife.
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General General ATU Mayo General Shelves 941.74 LON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available J164579

Originally published as: Singing stone, whispering wind: voices of Connemara, 2001.

When Raymonde Standun set about photographing the local people of the South Connemara Gaeltacht, she quickly sensed that here were stories to be told that lay beyond the reach of a camera. Unique places, unique people, a nucleus of Irish culture, its language, music and dance. Voices of Connemara wants to keep this heritage alive in pictures as well as the written word. The book contains 51 interviews among them: Martin Flaherty on the Black and Tans, Julia Greaney on the Fair Day at Spiddal, Cait Nic an Iomaire on making her own wedding dress, and Festy Conlon on his father's first fife.

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