Product Description

Townlands: a habitation, edited by artist Alan Counihan, features essays by travel writer Dervla Murphy and historical geographer Patrick J. Duffy, along with poems and prose pieces about their local landscapes by poets Kerry Hardie and Carmel Cummins. The book also contains essays and images by Alan Counihan along with photographs and drawings by artist Gypsy Ray. The Foreword is by Catherine Marshall.

The subtitle of the book is: A Creative Exploration of a Rural Landscape. It is an exploration of how we, as individuals and communities, find identity in landscape and place. W.G. Hoskins described landscape as ‘the richest historical record we possess’ and in the pages of this book that record is explored in the specific context of particular Irish landscapes. This book is a celebration, through both word and image, of our place in the world and the meaning of home.

‘From family names, field names, memories and perceptions they have woven a portrayal of their place in Ireland to inspire the new interest in the local and enduring’.  Michael Viney. Irish Times.

144pp full colour, landscape format, 225mm x 245mm.