Vanishing Ireland: Further Chronicles of a Disappearing World

Hardcover / ISBN-13: 9780340920275

Price: £24.99

ON SALE: 1st October 2009

Genre: The Arts / Photography & Photographs / Photographs: Collections

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In Vanishing Ireland II, the follow up to the bestselling Vanishing Ireland I, we take another journey down memory lane and, through a unique collection of portrait interviews, we look at the dying ways and traditions of Irish life. Illustrated with over a hundred evocative and stunning photographs, we meet the people and the customs that are fast becoming a distant memory.

Through their own words and memories, men and women from every corner of Ireland transport us back to a simpler time when people lived off the land and the sea, and when music and storytelling were essential parts of life. Vanishing Ireland brings together the stories of those who lived through Ireland’s formative years. These poignant interviews and photographs will make you laugh and cry but, above all, will provide a valuable chronicle that connects twenty-first century Ireland to a rapidly disappearing world.

Reviews

A dignified tribute to the older generation who grew up, so it seems, in another world.
The Irish Examiner
A wonderful book
Metro
One of the best picture books of the year
Irish Examiner