Overview
It is the 1960s, and Ireland is hoping to join what will later become the European Union. The government has devised a plan to stem emigration and save the Irish language by supporting small factories in the Gaeltacht, traditional Irish-speaking villages in remote western areas. But is the plan working?
With her signature humor and charm, Eileen Kane transports the reader to County Donegal with a detailed account of rural Irish life during this period of rapid change. This is a story about people living beyond the margins of maps, boundaries, language groups, and government departments - people bound by borders that have little or no correspondence to their own cultural, economic, and historical margins. Ultimately, it is a story about life on the edges, and the places and people who fall outside them.
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- ISBN-13: 9781487544997
- ISBN-10: 1487544995
- Publisher: University of Toronto Press
- Publish Date: October 2022
- Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
- Page Count: 340
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