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2004.48.2

Paperback book `The Aran Islands` by J. M. Synge edited by Robin Skelton.

Account of the travels and encounters of the author, an Irish playwright, on the islands of Aran off the west coast of Ireland in the late 19th and early 20th century.

2004.48.3

Paperback book `Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage` by Tim Robinson.

Account of a sunwise journey by the author round the coast of Arainn, the largest of the Aran islands in Galway Bay.

2004.48.4

Paperback book `Stones of Aran:Labyrinth` by Tim Robinson.

Companion volume to `Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage` which continues the author`s encyclopaedic survey of Arainn, the largest of the Aran islands in Galway Bay.

1998.263.8

Hardback book `Hebridean Journey` by Halliday Sutherland.

An account of the tour by the author around the Hebrides by steamer (for Tiree see pp 108-138).

2000.206.1

Audio cassette recording of Margaret Green of Mannal talking to Maggie Campbell in 2000.

Margaret Green of Mannal talks to Maggie Campbell in 2000 about her childhood holidays in Mannal and playing with the other children on the shore, the people who lived in Mannal, the fishing boats and sharing the catch, fishing for sea-bream in June, her blind great-grandfather whose house was set on fire during the Clearances, a story about the curse put on the factor of the time, visiting relatives and friends, and returning to Glasgow laden with parcels of eggs, butter, cheese, potatoes and sometimes a chicken.

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