O Come Ye Back to Ireland: Our First Year in County Clare - Softcover

Williams, Niall; Breen, Christine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0939149222 ISBN 13: 9780939149223

Publisher: Soho Press, 2003

Synopsis

Niall and Christine left their careers in New York City for a simpler, more authentic life in a cottage outside the tiny village of Kilmihil in County Clare.

"Their tale is a delightful romance."—The New York Times Book Review

About this title

From Library Journal:

In 1985, Williams and Breen left their New York City publishing jobs and moved to remote County Clare in western Ireland. Breen had planned to paint and Williams to write, but when their food, shelter, and even energy source depended on their own effortsand the weather, which in the west of Ireland means rainthe two found it necessary to alter their plans in order to survive. The reader will find out about the impact of rain on the region, the interdependence of neighbors, and, most of all, what it is like to live in what society considers "poverty." While the authors continued to have doubts about their decision, their charming account often reads like a novel and is recommended for most collections. Boyd Childress, Auburn Univ. Lib., Ala.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

A New York City couple, who gave up their urban existence to settle in the tiny village of Kilmihil on Ireland's west coast, here recount their adaption. "Entertaining and instructive," said PW , the work "captures a way of life foreign to most readers." Illustrated.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Soho Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0939149222
• ISBN 13: 9780939149223
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 233