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Revealing the heart and soul of a nation known for ample supplies of both, Travelers' Tales Ireland whisks readers away to the land of green hills and misty skies, Dublin pubs, and chiming church bells. Here are accounts of kayaking among fog-shrouded islands, strolling timeless Donegal, poking around mossy ruins, drinking whiskey with shiftless bards, and even witnessing a murder in cold blood. One of the oldest and richest cultures of Europe, Ireland has long held interest for travelers and readers. This diverse array of essays offers fans of Eire a satisfying glimpse inside cottages, country fairs, dances, and even an irreverent catechism lesson among rowdy schoolgirls.
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Revealing the heart and soul of a nation known for ample supplies of both, Travelers' Tales Ireland whisks readers away to the land of green hills and misty skies, Dublin pubs, and chiming church bells. Here are accounts of kayaking among fog-shrouded islands, strolling timeless Donegal, poking around mossy ruins, drinking whiskey with shiftless bards, and even witnessing a murder in cold blood. One of the oldest and richest cultures of Europe, Ireland has long held interest for travelers and readers. This diverse array of essays offers fans of Eire a satisfying glimpse inside cottages, country fairs, dances, and even an irreverent catechism lesson among rowdy schoolgirls.

Editorial Reviews

Celeste Sollod

Reading Ireland: True Stories of Life on the Emerald Isle is a surprisingly authentic substitute for a trip to Ireland, at least temporarily. The amazing thing about Travelers' Tales Guides anthologies, collections of stories centered on different places, is their ability to capture a place in words alone. The true talent of the Travelers' Tales editors lies in their ability to find stories that reveal the unknown aspects of the place.

Ireland does include stories about aspects of the country a traveler might typically think about: Catholicism-Frank McCourt's hilarious "Holy Communion;" cairns and stone churches-David W. McFadden's evocative "Mr. Looney's Archaeological Adventures;" and politics-Scott Anderson's terrifying "Making A Killing." The volume also includes a number of well-known authors; in addition to McCourt's story, there's Maeve Binchy's "The Chill of Autumn Charity," about a small begging boy who takes the rude comments he receives calmly, J.P. Donleavy's "The Miracle of St. Bridget," and Edna O'Brien's "Escape to England," about the pull of Ireland on one of its expatriates, to name a few, and their stories, often excerpted from previously published work, are great, as they are expected to be.

The true joy of reading Ireland, however, like the true joy of traveling, comes from finding lesser-known writers and lesser-known aspects of the country. The sheer exuberance of leaping, whirling, Irish dancing comes through in "Wisdom in the Feet," an excerpt from one of Niall Williams and Christine Breen's three volumes on living in Ireland. Their writing on his native and her adopted country rival that of their well-known counterparts waxing rapturous about the charms of Provence and Tuscany (only they actually live and work in the country).

Janine Jones, whose edgy story about a bus ride in Los Angeles appeared in Travelers' Tales Guides: America, contributes another disturbing and poignant snapshot of life unknown to mainstream society to the Ireland anthology. In "Tea with Mr. Curtain," she stays at a house in an out-of-the-way village where she meets an old, well-respected man who feels free to show her the hidden parts of his psyche, and she accepts him and his need to do so.

The introductory story, "An Unexpected Reception," by Brian Wilson, describes a unique arrival to Irish shores-by kayak-with some typical Irish twists. Wilson's kayak is mistakenly appropriated by the people who hold the rights to the wreckage that washes up in the bay near their house, but he is given a hearty breakfast and warm send-off by the matron of the house-and he gets the kayak back.

Like Wilson, many of the authors comment on the warmth and hospitality of the Irish. "Mediterraneans of the North" describes the lives of the lonely bachelors of the west coast. One has to admire how Susan Hughes, the author, is able to visit the male friends she has made there without feeling trapped by their need and desire for a woman. "The Miracle of St. Bridget," in which an older, handsome bachelor wishes for what an older, handsome bachelor might be expected to wish for, shows that Irish hospitality enriches the locals' lives as much as the travelers'.

Some of the best stories, while specifically about adventures in Ireland, are truly about traveling in general, about the value of adjusting to the surrounding place to absorb it on its own terms. In the short "Cycling to Dun Aengus," Tom Mullen describes slowing down to enjoy the pace of the land around him, allowing the rhythm of the countryside to seep into his body. Relaxing into a place allows a traveler to see its people as well, not as charming "types," but as complex cogs in their country. Being a traveler means being able to see and accept people as they are, interacting as one chooses. Looking for the "true face" of Ireland, Rosemary Mahoney finds herself among a group of young girls eager to examine a young woman outside their own world. While this is a book of travelers' stories, so is intended to be mostly about the perspective of outsiders, it would have been nice to feature some James Joyce or a Yeats poem or an old legend of Cuchulainn, perhaps in the sidebars sprinkled throughout the book. Cecil Woodham-Smith's "The Root of the Troubles" offers a little Irish history in regard to the centuries-old England-Ireland conflict, but more, perhaps from the perspective of a traveler, would have been nice.

As it is, though, this is another wonderful Travelers' Tales Guide. Irish eyes are smiling. Eyes are smiling all over the world, and Travelers' Tales captures them in book form.
— Foreword

Celeste Sollod
Reading Ireland: True Stories of Life on the Emerald Isle is a surprisingly authentic substitute for a trip to Ireland, at least temporarily. The amazing thing about Travelers' Tales Guides anthologies, collections of stories centered on different places, is their ability to capture a place in words alone. The true talent of the Travelers' Tales editors lies in their ability to find stories that reveal the unknown aspects of the place. Ireland does include stories about aspects of the country a traveler might typically think about: Catholicism-Frank McCourt's hilarious "Holy Communion;" cairns and stone churches-David W. McFadden's evocative "Mr. Looney's Archaeological Adventures;" and politics-Scott Anderson's terrifying "Making A Killing." The volume also includes a number of well-known authors; in addition to McCourt's story, there's Maeve Binchy's "The Chill of Autumn Charity," about a small begging boy who takes the rude comments he receives calmly, J.P. Donleavy's "The Miracle of St. Bridget," and Edna O'Brien's "Escape to England," about the pull of Ireland on one of its expatriates, to name a few, and their stories, often excerpted from previously published work, are great, as they are expected to be.
The true joy of reading Ireland, however, like the true joy of traveling, comes from finding lesser-known writers and lesser-known aspects of the country. The sheer exuberance of leaping, whirling, Irish dancing comes through in "Wisdom in the Feet," an excerpt from one of Niall Williams and Christine Breen's three volumes on living in Ireland. Their writing on his native and her adopted country rival that of their well-known counterparts waxing rapturous about the charms of Provence and Tuscany (only they actually live and work in the country). Janine Jones, whose edgy story about a bus ride in Los Angeles appeared in Travelers' Tales Guides: America, contributes another disturbing and poignant snapshot of life unknown to mainstream society to the Ireland anthology. In "Tea with Mr. Curtain," she stays at a house in an out-of-the-way village where she meets an old, well-respected man who feels free to show her the hidden parts of his psyche, and she accepts him and his need to do so. The introductory story, "An Unexpected Reception," by Brian Wilson, describes a unique arrival to Irish shores-by kayak-with some typical Irish twists. Wilson's kayak is mistakenly appropriated by the people who hold the rights to the wreckage that washes up in the bay near their house, but he is given a hearty breakfast and warm send-off by the matron of the house-and he gets the kayak back.
Like Wilson, many of the authors comment on the warmth and hospitality of the Irish. "Mediterraneans of the North" describes the lives of the lonely bachelors of the west coast. One has to admire how Susan Hughes, the author, is able to visit the male friends she has made there without feeling trapped by their need and desire for a woman. "The Miracle of St. Bridget," in which an older, handsome bachelor wishes for what an older, handsome bachelor might be expected to wish for, shows that Irish hospitality enriches the locals' lives as much as the travelers'. Some of the best stories, while specifically about adventures in Ireland, are truly about traveling in general, about the value of adjusting to the surrounding place to absorb it on its own terms. In the short "Cycling to Dun Aengus," Tom Mullen describes slowing down to enjoy the pace of the land around him, allowing the rhythm of the countryside to seep into his body. Relaxing into a place allows a traveler to see its people as well, not as charming "types," but as complex cogs in their country. Being a traveler means being able to see and accept people as they are, interacting as one chooses. Looking for the "true face" of Ireland, Rosemary Mahoney finds herself among a group of young girls eager to examine a young woman outside their own world. While this is a book of travelers' stories, so is intended to be mostly about the perspective of outsiders, it would have been nice to feature some James Joyce or a Yeats poem or an old legend of Cuchulainn, perhaps in the sidebars sprinkled throughout the book. Cecil Woodham-Smith's "The Root of the Troubles" offers a little Irish history in regard to the centuries-old England-Ireland conflict, but more, perhaps from the perspective of a traveler, would have been nice.
As it is, though, this is another wonderful Travelers' Tales Guide. Irish eyes are smiling. Eyes are smiling all over the world, and Travelers' Tales captures them in book form.
—Foreword

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781885211460
  • Publisher: Travelers' Tales Guides, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 3/31/2000
  • Pages: 368
  • Series: Travelers' Tales Guides Series
  • Product dimensions: 5.14 (w) x 8.01 (h) x 0.92 (d)

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