The Western island ; or, The Great Blasket Book by Robin Flower ideas softcover 258pp

softcover 258pp

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273 Victoria Street Brunswick

The book follows the ups & downs of a marriage between a poor hard-working girl and a man accustomed to wealth and leisure

of the frugality and adversities of life on the island

The Western island ; or, The Great Blasket Book by Robin Flower ideas softcover 258ppThe Western Island tells the history of the Great Blasket, of the frugality and adversities of life on the island, its folktales (including stories of ghosts and fairies), and also recounts the dramatic day in the Great Blasket's history when the flying galleons of the Spanish Aramada were destroyed on its coast.