A dense and often depressing delve into Ireland’s island life
At the end of a book that is often dominated by human suffering, Diarmaid Ferriter’s postscript ends on a surprisingly upbeat note
History
On The Edge
Ireland’s Off-Shore Islands: A Modern History
By Diarmaid Ferriter
Profile Books, €28.75
‘I hope we’re a nice old couple living off the coast of Ireland,” John Lennon told an interviewer shortly before his death in 1980 when asked how he and Yoko Ono would spend their retirement. This was not just a pipe dream, since 13 years earlier he had bought the 19-acre island of Dorinish in Mayo’s Clew ...