Sherkin
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Blessed art thou A monk swimming. Miriam Dunne. 218 Pages.
A first novel about a girl growing up in sixties Dublin. ABOUT THE BOOK: Is the high-spirited story of a young girl, Marian, growing up in sixties Dublin. To escape the confusion of her eccentric family she books herself into a boarding school, where she embarks on an attempt to discover the true facts of life - facts which, her school friend assures her, are concealed in the opening lines of the Hail Mary. With her education cut short and family fortunes declining Marian gets work as an extra in a film studio, and here on the final day of shooting she unexpectedly and - to her surprise - pleasurably discovers the answer. Miriam Dunne is an impressive, delicate new voice. Her characters lives are skewered by pain and disillusionment, half-told truths and secrets: but their humour, bravery and - not least - their fantastic desires never desert them. They emerge as complex, rounded and surprising as any sizable dose of real life. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Miriam Dunne lives on Sherkin Island in County Cork with her husband and three children. This is her first novel. REVIEWS: "Dazzling first novel. A deft and disturbing fictional
debut" - THE TIMES, London. ISBN 0-7472-5847-3 |
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Dolly O'Reilly is a native of Sherkin Island. She was educated in Sherkin Island
National School and afterwards attended boarding School in Rosscarbery. Co. Cork. Since
finishing school she has worked in Ireland and travelled and worked in France and Italy. In 1987 she spent a year sailing down the East coast of America and lived and worked on one of the U.S. Virgin Islands (St. John), before returning to Sherkin, where, at present, she lives full time. Buy Sherkin Island by Dolly O'Reilly on-line at emara.com |
| This illustrated publication brings together 20 years of floristic data from the
islands of Roaringwater Bay, S.W. Cork, Ireland. A total of 592 flowering plants, conifers
and ferns have been recorded on these islands. This makes this small area the richest
10-kilometre square in Ireland. Twelve Irish Red Data book species, over 30 significantly
rare Irish plants and several taxa new to the Irish flora have been recorded. This is the
first Flora for any part of County Cork, the largest county in Ireland, since T. Allin's Flora
of the County Cork, over 100 years ago in 1883. Oleg Polunin, the internationally noted botanist and author of the famous series of Field Guides, spent a number of summers recording the Flora of Sherkin and other islands in Roaringwater Bay in the late 1940s. He reported 441 flowering plants and ferns and began a study of the vegetation. His work has provided the young botanists working at Sherkin Island Marine Station with a foundation and inspiration for their research. John Akeroyd, a former student of Oleg Polunin, has a degree in Botany from the University of St. Andrews and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. He held a post-doctoral fellowship at Trinity College, Dublin, in 1979-81, after which he revised Flora Europaea/Volume I at the University of Reading. He is now a freelance botanical consultant, conservationist and editor of Plant Talk. |
The Wild Plants of Sherkin, Cape Clear and Adjacent Islands of West CorkJohn Akeroyd (editor)Lucy Wright, Karen Clarke, Jennifer Shockley, Nick Rowe, Pat Hatch, Mike Robinson, Beth MilnerPublished by Sherkin Island Marine Station, Sherkin Island, Co. Cork, Ireland, 206 pages. Hardback.
Hardback - Price: £20.00 stg Softback - Price: £9.99 stg (plus surface postage - Ireland - £1.80stg; UK - £2.50stg; Europe - £3.20stg; Rest of the World - £5.00stg) or E.mail your order to Sherkin Island Marine Station |
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A Photo-documentary of Sherkin Island with over 100 black and white
photographs: Terry Farnell. Price £9.99 €12.68 ISBN 0953343901 |
| A Beginner's Guide to Ireland's Seashore is a 208 page pocket-sized guide, suitable for beginners of all ages. With the help of this book you will be able to explore the wonders of marine life on the shores around Ireland. The guide contains colour photographs of 125 animals and plants; their Common, Scientific and Irish names; clear and simple descriptions, including colour, size, habitat and location on the shore. It has an introduction to each of the main groups of animals and plants on the seashore, with illustrations, highlighting important features. It also introduces the various types of shore and their different environments, helping you to understand why certain animals and plants live there. ISBN: 1 87049296-X (size 5.5" x 4" - 208 pages) Price: £4.99 stg (or equivalent in $US) (plus surface postage - Ireland - 50p; UK - 65p; |
A Beginner's Guide to Ireland's SeashoreHelena Challinor; Susan Murphy Wickens; Jane Clark; Audrey Murphy |
| Millions of photographs and billions of words have been printed on Ireland's
landscape, her plant life and her inland waters, yet the magnificence of the marine life
around her coast equals, if not surpasses, that terrestrial beauty. We at Sherkin Island Marine Station, since our foundation in 1975, have in our own small way attempted to introduce people to these marine wonders with our research and educational programmes, conferences, exhibitions and various publications. However in those 17 years we have always wanted to do true justice to that world of beauty with a photographic book such as this. The photographs chosen give but a glimpse of the thousands of animals and plants in Ireland's coastal waters. We hope that they will give people a new awareness of Ireland's wonderful natural resource - the sea. This is book is a companion to Ireland's Bird Life. A World of Beauty, which has received wonderful reviews. ISBN: 1 870492 75 7 (158 pages) - Hardback only Price: £17.99stg (or equivalent in $US) (plus surface postage - Ireland, UK & Europe - £4.00stg; Rest of the of the World - £7.00stg) |
IRELAND'S MARINE LIFEA World of Beauty |
Ireland's Bird Life - A World of Beauty contains photographs from the vast collection of Richard Mills, who is recognised as one of Europe's finest natural history photographers. They will show the great talent of a man who is a craftsman with his camera. Richard is a professional photographer with "The Examiner", one of Ireland's national newspapers, since 1968. He has had various photographs published in major books, magazines, newspapers and journals and has received many awards for his work. These include the IWC/McSweeney cup for the Irish Bird Photographer of the year for 1988/89/90. This book is not for the expert birdwatcher or photographer and is by no means a complete guide to Irish birds. It is for the many hundreds of thousands who, like us, know little or nothing about these wonderful creatures. It is hoped that the book will encourage many to take up birdwatching as a hobby. This is book is a companion to Ireland's Marine Life. A World of Beauty, which was greatly admired and acclaimed for its superb quality. ISBN: 1 870492 80 3 (size 8" x 12" - 160 pages) Hardback - Price: £16.99 stg (or equivalent in $US) Softback - Price: £9.99 stg (or equivalent in $US) (plus surface postage - Ireland, UK & Europe - £4.00stg; Rest of the of the World - £7.00stg) |
IRELAND'S BIRD LIFEA World of Beauty |
ROCKING THE BOATby Matt Murphy
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Rocking the Boat contains more of the articles which originally
appeared in his weekly column in the Cork "Evening Echo". Through this column he
kept us in touch with and reminisced on items of interest in Cork (and indeed Irish) life
today. He also wasted no opportunity to voice his opinion on subjects that others might
prefer to leave lying dormant. An Excerpt: A Farrowing Experience ISBN: 1 870492 65 X (160 pages) - Softback Price: (reduced) £2.50stg (or equivalent in $U.S.) (plus surface postage - Ireland & UK - £1.10stg; Europe £2.00stg; Rest of the World - £3.00stg) |
AN ISLANDER LOOKS BACKby Matt Murphy
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An Islander looks back...
... on the characters who are quickly becoming nothing more than memories of the few. ... on the simple pleasures of youth in the fifties and sixties; canoeing on the Lee and Blackwater, camping and other outdoor pursuits. ... on the peaks and valleys, the tragedies and moments of joy that are part of all of our lives. We see how one man coped with or overcame these obstacles. And Islander looks back...... and in his looking back - and through his commitment to the marine environment give us all faith and hope in the future. An Excerpt: My Eileen, "Aunt Fanny" and a Jag (161 pages) - Softback Price: (reduced) £2.50stg (or equivalent in $U.S.) (plus surface postage - Ireland & UK - £1.10stg; Europe £2.00stg; Rest of the World - £3.00stg) |
