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Dark Ireland: Images of a Lost World

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ISBN: 9781782183358
AuthorFitzgerald, Richard
Pub Date31/01/2018
BindingHardback
Pages104
CountryIRL
Dewey779.99415
Publisher: Columba Books
Quick overview Richard Fitzgeralds evocative images of rural life form a narrative thread with the not-so-distant past. His camera focuses on the back roads of the countryside, and records intimate moments of people in their cottages and farms.
€24.99

Richard Fitzgeralds evocative images of rural life form a narrative thread with the not-so-distant past. His camera focuses on the back roads of the countryside, and records intimate moments of people in their cottages and farms.

Nuns; rosary-nights, confessions, coffins, and currachs are captured along with horse-fairs and peat harvesting. The dimly-lit rooms of Ireland prior to the arrival of electricity are eloquently remembered in his first-hand account of his childhood years; his early experiences observing light and shadow in a world illuminated by candlelight and oil-lamps are poignantly recalled in exquisite detail.

The result is a unique album that is both compelling and graceful; a fond tribute of an earthier time and peace.

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Richard Fitzgeralds evocative images of rural life form a narrative thread with the not-so-distant past. His camera focuses on the back roads of the countryside, and records intimate moments of people in their cottages and farms.

Nuns; rosary-nights, confessions, coffins, and currachs are captured along with horse-fairs and peat harvesting. The dimly-lit rooms of Ireland prior to the arrival of electricity are eloquently remembered in his first-hand account of his childhood years; his early experiences observing light and shadow in a world illuminated by candlelight and oil-lamps are poignantly recalled in exquisite detail.

The result is a unique album that is both compelling and graceful; a fond tribute of an earthier time and peace.

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