On an Irish Island (57 page)
The Estate of Maurice O’Sullivan: Excerpt from
Twenty Years A-Growing
by Maurice O’Sullivan, translated by Moya Llewelyn Davies and George Thomson. Oxford University Press, 1983. Reprinted by permission of The Estate of Maurice O’Sullivan.
Mercier Press
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Excerpts from
Blasket Memories: The Life of an Irish Island Community
by Pádraig Tyers, copyright © 1998 by Pádraig Tyers; excerpts from
Letters from the Great Blasket
by Eibhlís Ní Shúilleabháin and Niamh Leahy, copyright © 1978 by Niamh Bean Ui Laoithe. Reprinted by permission of Mercier Press Ltd., Cork.
Oxford University Press: Excerpts from
Island Cross-Talk
by Thomas O’Crohan, translated by Tim Enright, copyright © 1986; excerpts from
Western Island
by Ida M. Flower and Robin Flower, copyright © 1978. Reprinted by permission of Oxford University Press.
Special Rider Music: “Bob Dylan’s Dream” by Bob Dylan, copyright © 1963, 1964 by Warner Bros. Inc.; renewed 1991, 1992 by Special Rider Music. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Reprinted by permission of Special Rider Music.
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: Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane
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: The National Library of Ireland
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: Courtesy of the University of Oslo
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: Courtesy of the Blasket Centre
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: Courtesy of the Flower family and the Blasket Centre
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: Courtesy of Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir and the Blasket Centre
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: Photo by Carl Wilhelm von Sydow © the National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin
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: Courtesy Professor Margaret Alexiou and Birmingham Archives and Heritage
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: Photo taken by George Thomson, Courtesy of the Blasket Centre
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: Courtesy of the Blakset Centre
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: Courtesy Máire Cruise O’Brien, from her autobiography
The Same Age as the State,
the O’Brien Press Ltd, Dublin
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: Courtesy Professor Margaret Alexiou and Birmingham Archives and Heritage
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: Courtesy Professor Margaret Alexiou and Birmingham Archives and Heritage
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: © Daniel MacMonagle / macmonagle.com
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: © The Artist’s Estate
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: Courtesy Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha
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: Courtesy Máire Ní Shuilleabháin and Kenny’s Bookshop
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: Courtesy of the Blasket Centre
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: Portrait by Harry Kernoff, reprinted Courtesy of the Blasket Centre
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: Courtesy Professor Margaret Alexiou and Birmingham Archives and Heritage
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: Photo taken by George Chambers, Courtesy of the Blasket Centre
Robert Kanigel is the author of six previous books. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Grady-Stack Award for science writing. His book
The Man Who Knew Infinity
was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including the
New York Times Magazine,
the
New York Times Book Review, Harvard Magazine,
and
Psychology Today.
He now lives in Baltimore.