An aerial view of Gola
I have only seen Gola from the mainland. Hasn’t stopped me blogging about it (or more specifically a book about it) From the air, the island extends a lot further…
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“woefully unstable and vain”: Darrell Figgis, forgotten and despised man of the Irish Revolution
(edit 30th August 2018 – for further extracts from Arnold Bax’s “Farewell My Youth”, see here on a strange experience in Dunfanaghy and here on a literary bus conductor. And I feature a seasonal…
Gola: The Life and Last Days of an Island Community
Recently I read this book, published in 1969 by Radio Telifis Eireann, on Gola Island. Gola is a mile from Magheragallon Strand in Gweedore, three miles from Bunbeg harbour. When…
The Munition Worker, Elizabeth Shane
I have posted previously from Elizabeth Shane‘s “Tales of the Donegal Coast and Islands” As I posted before, Shane – despite her claim that “Dialect in verse is apt to become…
Séamus Sweeney 