Singing stone whispering wind : voices of Connemara
Standún, Raymonde née Kelleher2001
Books
Main title:
Singing stone whispering wind : voices of Connemara / Raymonde Standún and Bill Long.
Imprint:
Dublin : New Island Books, 2001.
Collation:
224p. : ill. ; 23cm.
Notes:
Raymonde Standún, concept, interviews, research & photography. Bill Long, editing, introduction, notes.Sculptor Jesus Modia suggested that Raymonde Standún should take photographs of local people and have an exhibition in his Stone Art Gallery in Spiddal. "Talking later to my father-in-law Máirtín Standún, who himself always had a story to relate, I decided to combine story-telling with photography, while interviewing over fifty people in 1992. Some of these interviews were in Irish and have since been translated here." _ Foreword.
ISBN:
1902602625
Dewey class:
941.74
Language:
English
Subject:
Connemara -- Local history -- 19-20th century -- Personal accountsConnemara -- History, social life and customs -- 19-20th century -- Personal accountsGalway -- Connemara -- Local history -- 19-20th century -- Personal accountsGalway -- Connemara -- History, social life and customs -- 19-20th century -- Personal accountsConnemara -- People -- Photographs, recollections, local history -- Collections
BRN:
1488966