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"Most of the men from the islands around went Lobster fishing every Summer. There were 27 lobster boats in Heir Island when I was ten years old and at school there. Each boat had a crew of three men. That meant that 81 men left the island from May to September and went to Kinsale and Cobh - a long journey along a rough coastline in very shallow sailing boats." Here is Hester's d...
I was out of the country when the writer, Peter Somerville-Large, died in October - I just realised this week that he is gone. What another loss to the world of Irish culture and writing. I never met Peter, but we exchanged letters in the aftermath of me publishing the post I wrote in 2014 and which I reproduce now - a review of his most beloved book, The Coast of West Cork. The...
Hester and Joe tell us more: life on the Skeams could be very difficult - the sea in all its moods dictated many aspects of their lives. Attending school was challenging in practical but also emotional ways. But family closeness compensated for everything.
I’ve been wanting to get back to the Skeams since I wrote the first post on the Islands. The next part I planned was to tell you about daily life on the islands, and for this I feel very fortunate to have the recollections of two islanders, sister and brother, who spent their young lives on the Wester Skeam. But in this first post I got distracted by the whole business of sickle...
The three books I am recommending today are ideal for the person in your life who loves West Cork and/or fine art. All three are by West Cork men and all three are self-published. Even though self-publishing is increasingly common, distribution is often monopolised by the large publishing houses, so I am delighted to have the opportunity to bring these three to your attention.
