Skelligs Haul

Skelligs Haul is a generous compilation of Michael Kirby's prose and poetry, appealing for his simple, elegant style, his knowledge of unique local lore, and his inimitable observations.

About the author

Michael Kirby / Mícheál Ua Ciarmhaic (1906-2005) was an Irish and English language prose writer and poet whose first collection was published at the age of seventy-eight. He was the author of numerous further collections of poetry and prose in both Irish and English, including Skelligside (1990), Skelligs Calling (2003) and the posthumous Skelligs Sunset (2006). Michael Kirby was a talented landscape painter, a profoundly knowledgeable folklorist, an engaging memoirist and an environmentalist before his time.

Summary

Skelligs Haul is a generous compilation of Michael Kirby’s prose and poetry, appealing for his simple, elegant style, his knowledge of unique local lore, and his inimitable observations.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Kirby
• Assisted by: Mary Shine Thompson (Editor), Mary Shine Thompson (Editor)
• Publisher: Lilliput Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781843517672
• ISBN: 978-1-84351-767-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 40 mm
• Weight: 568 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies