Twenty Years A-Growing - Maurice O'Sullivan

Muiris Ó Súilleabháin, (also known as Maurice O'Sullivan), was born in 1904 on the remote island of Great Blasket situated off the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry. One of the last outposts of traditional Irish culture and language, the island was visited in the early part of last century by several English scholars who wished to study the language and way of life. As a result of this, some of the islanders were encouraged to write their memoirs which were published to much interest, giving the tiny island a disproportionately rich literary output. 'Fiche Blian ag Fás' was published in 1933 and ... more