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Published by Cailleach Books,, Allihies, Beara, County Cork, 2001
ISBN 10: 095378231XISBN 13: 9780953782314
Seller: Karen Millward, Bantry,Co.Cork., IRL, Ireland
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Paperback. Condition: Used Good. Pictorial covers have a little light shelf rubbing to edges and corners . County Kerry, Ireland as seen through the eyes of over sixty visitors. For centuries, travellers have been visiting County Kerry and writing about its legendary beauties. This anthology brings together their impressions - rom Firsldus Cambrensis in the 12th century to Robert Mitchum nearly 800 years later. In between William Wordsworth, George Bernard Shaw, Kate O,Bries, Brendan Behan, J>P. Donleavy, and numerous others take to the highwa;ys and byways of the Kingdom. The Grand Tour of Kerry is both a journey through the county and a trip back in time.
Published by Cailleach Books,, Allihies, Beara, County Cork, 2001
ISBN 10: 095378231XISBN 13: 9780953782314
Seller: Karen Millward, Bantry,Co.Cork., IRL, Ireland
Book
Paperback. Condition: Used Good. Pictorial covers front cover has a crease across, otherwise the book appears to be an unread copy (no creases to spine & very tight & clean) . County Kerry, Ireland as seen through the eyes of over sixty visitors. For centuries, travellers have been visiting County Kerry and writing about its legendary beauties. This anthology brings together their impressions - rom Firsldus Cambrensis in the 12th century to Robert Mitchum nearly 800 years later. In between William Wordsworth, George Bernard Shaw, Kate O,Bries, Brendan Behan, J>P. Donleavy, and numerous others take to the highwa;ys and byways of the Kingdom. The Grand Tour of Kerry is both a journey through the county and a trip back in time.
Published by Cailleach Books,, Allihies, Beara, County Cork, 2000
ISBN 10: 0953782301ISBN 13: 9780953782307
Seller: Karen Millward, Bantry,Co.Cork., IRL, Ireland
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Paperback. Condition: Used Good. Pictorial covers have a little light shelf rubbing to edges and corners , small crease on back top corner, generall a nice tight copy. The Beara Peninsular, County Cork, through the eyes of over fifty visitors. Theobold Wolfe Tone, Anthony Trollope, Rudyard Kippling, Virginia Woolf, Sean O'Faolain. These are just a few of the people who have travelled to Beara during the past four centuries and written about their experiences. This anthology brings together their accounts, along with those of forty-six other visitors. From a soldier at ehe Siege of Dunboy to the last man to serve as butler at Puxley's mansion. From an American missionary with a suitcase full of Irish-language Bibles to a plant collector for the Botanical Gardens in Dublin. Containing over four centuries of reminiscences, photographs, maps and drawings, The Grand Tour of Beara provides a fascinating look at Beara as it was discovered by the outside world. (from back cover of book).