Gerald Hayes, based in Massachusetts, holds degrees from the College of the Holy Cross and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His late father-in-law, Mike Carney, gave him a gift that was to substantially influence him: the story of the human drama that unfolded on the Great Blasket, Carney »s beloved homeland. Gerald is co-author with Carney of From The Great Blasket to America: The Last Memoir by an Islander (2013) and with Eliza Kane of The Last Blasket King (2015). His hope is to share the island »s story with the world.
3 Ebooks par Gerald Hayes
Gerald Hayes: The Blasket Islandman
Tomás Ó Criomhthain (1856–1937) is one of the giants of Irish-language literature. His best-known books, Allagar na h Inise and An t Oileánach, are acknowledged classics. But he was a highly unlikely …
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Michael Carney & Gerald Hayes: From the Great Blasket to America
Mike Carney was born on the Great Blasket Island in 1920 in that unique, isolated Irish-speaking community. Mike left in 1937 to seek a better future in Dublin and eventually settled in Springfield, …
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Gerald Hayes & Eliza Kane: The Last Blasket King
The last King of the Great Blasket Island was Pádraig Ó Catháin, known as Peats Mhicí, who served for quarter of a century until his death in 1929. The King helped the islanders navigate through life …
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