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Book review: Luminous travelogue traces footsteps of Wild Atlantic Women
Author Gráinne Lyons explores lives as contrasting as Peig Sayers and modern-day champion surfer and scientist Eskey Britton
Gráinne Lyons’ great-grandfather, John K Cotter has a notable role in Irish history. A fisherman and sailor from Cape Clear Island, he used his skills to steer Molly and Erskine Childers’ boat into Howth in 1913. The Asgard was carrying guns that were later used in the Easter Rising.
Born in London to Irish parents, Lyons journeyed with many of her mother’s family to Cape Clear in 2016 for a celebration of John Cotter’s life ...
