{"product_id":"voices-of-connemara-raymonde-standn-9781848408913","title":"Voices of Connemara","description":"When Raymonde Stand佖 set about photographing the local people of the South Connemara Gaeltacht, she quickly sensed that here were stories to be told that lay beyond the reach of a camera: unique places; unique people; a nucleus of Irish culture, its language, music and dance. Voices of Connemara keeps this heritage alive in pictures as well as in the written word.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCollected here are 51 interviews, among them: Martin Flaherty on the Black and Tans; Julia Greaney on the Fair Day at Spiddal; C疂t Nic an Iomaire on making her own wedding dress; and Festy Conlon on his father's first fife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet against Stand佖's stunning images are stories of poit匤 for two bob, the baker's island-delivery boat and the trials of line-fishing, alongside darker tales, still vibrant in the collective memory, of landlord brutality, famine and emigration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited by Bill Long, who also introduces the volume, here are the extraordinary voices of the ordinary people of Connemara, voices of the living as well as the dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raymonde Stand佖, Bill Long\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848408919\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848408913\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Island Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 8.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Raymonde Stand佖","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44540729655551,"sku":"9781848408913","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec8d735d-fcc0-4b2c-b03d-4a3f4fdc4e5c.jpg?v=1700589541","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/voices-of-connemara-raymonde-standn-9781848408913","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}