
From The Great Blasket To America
Mike Carney, the oldest living native Blasket Islander, was born on the Great Blasket Island in 1920. Raised in that unique, isolated Irish-speaking community, Mike left in 1937 to seek a better future in Dublin - and eventually in America. A chain of events led to the island's evacuation, with Mike playing a pivotal role, lobbying Eamon de Valera to relocate the remaining islanders living in incr...
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Ulverscroft Softcover; Large Print edition (July 1, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1444820354
ISBN-13: 978-1444820355
Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 0.8 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 9117962
Format: PDF ePub djvu ebook
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“My husband is from Ireland and has always been intrigued with The Blaskets! He is half way into this book and cannot put it down. He remembers the mass exodus from the island and always wondered how and why that came to be. This book follows the s...”
asingly desperate conditions. This is the story of his life and his efforts to preserve the memory of the Great Blasket, to promote Irish culture in America, and to set down roots in a new land.
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