#aranisland

[enricomartino]

One of my images exposed in Milan for the Ireland Week photo exposition organized by #belleuropamagazine and #turismoirlanda. Dun Aeonghasa stone fort, Aran Islands …Happy St Patrick Day! #visitireland #ireland #aranislands #architecture #celtics #landscape #stpatricksday #travelmagazine #travelphotography #natgeo #awesomeplaces #onassignment #bbctravel #huffpostgram #cnntravel #traveltheworld #letsgosomewhere https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp2edijsSP1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[stochastique-blog]

Love is all

View from the studio … radharc ón stiúideo … #aranislands #oileáinárann #nofilter (at Aran Islands) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSxqk60orCO/?utm_medium=tumblr

[celticbarb]

#BookReview #SaltireBookReviews #historicalreads #gildedage #gildedagenyc #historicalfiction #historicalbooks #historicalnovel #HistoricalFiction #RoaringTwenties #netgalley #tumblrblogger #Ireland #AranIslands #ProhibitioninUSA

Book: Irish Eyes

Author: Hope C. Tarr

Series:The American Songbook Series, # 1

Release Date: December 7, 2023

Book Length: 441 pages

Publisher: Lume Books

Overall Rating: 5 Stars (deserves bazillion stars)

Blog Rating: 5 Saltire Flags

1898 Aran Islands, Republic of Ireland and New York City, USA

This novel is action packed right from the start where Rose O’Neill, the seventeen-year-old heroine of this phenomenal story gets the most heartbreaking news that her favorite beloved brother Donal (Danny) was killed in the Spanish American war. Then a month later in Ireland at her family’s Pub, she meets American former soldier Adam Blakely. This was Danny’s American best friend and comrade, that he soldiered with and was with when he was fatally killed. A loyal friend and soldier who wanted to return all the letters Rose wrote to her brother. Letters Adam read repetitively over a hundred times at least and was already a little in love with his Irish Rose! They became very close and they both fell madly in love where he proposed to Rose on her Aran Islands. This is where Danny and Adam’s story ended, but Rose and Adam’s story only just began and just touched the surface as they had a long road ahead of them.

After Adam’s two week holiday turns into a two month life changing romantic journey, he gets urgent news from home and has to return home. He promised to write every day as did Rose. Furthermore, she finds out she is pregnant after he left so she decides to go to America and tell him the happy news that they were expecting a child together. Unfortunately there were many forces against them due to their class differences. As neither of them got their letters though both looked for them. He comes from a very wealthy socialite family who wants to dictate his life, this includes who he should marry and what he should do for a career. They were less than thrilled that he wanted to marry a poor Irish girl whose family ran a pub in Ireland.

Rose decided to come to New York and get her man and follow the American dream. Unfortunately things don’t always work out the way you want due to other people's manipulations, cruelty and class differences. So she finds herself frightened, homeless, pregnant, and alone in a strange country and in a big city that was not very welcoming to a single, eighteen-year-old immigrant that could not rub two pennies together. She realizes she had to forget the past and move to a different future, right when the world was moving into the twentieth century with so many changes in the world both economically and socially. Along with this were many tragedies and obstacles and Rose was in the middle of it living in a poor and dangerous area being terrified. Will Rose and Adam ever be able to find each other both living in such different worlds as she was in the poor area and he was in the very wealthy area.

Ms.Tarr who does such magnificent research in this excellent written novel-showing the history of New York City both good and bad. Plus revealing how difficult it was for immigrants and how they were mistreated in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This novel goes from 1898 to 1922, but shows many true historical facts about New York that I did not even know. Of course it also shows class differences too and some tragedies as well. Are Rose and Adam ever able to find the happiness they both deserve or will their broken hearts remain shattered for the duration of their lives? The ending just blew my mind but no spoilers as you will have to read this dazzling story to find out!

Seriously I must say this is one of the best books I have ever read in my entire life! I was so swept away and impressed it was beyond brilliant. There are no words to say or describe eloquently just how brilliant this book really truly is. Yes I went through a box of tissues, yet if I get that emotional it means the storyteller is extremely talented and I have really connected with all the characters and plot lines. I love when true facts and real people in history show up in fictional books too! This novel definitely checked all the boxes for me. I also love historical fiction and this is definitely one of the most brilliant and in-depth books I have ever read!

I absolutely highly recommend this spectacular and captivating book! Readers definitely don’t want to miss this one as it is pure brilliance and I can’t wait to read the next book in “The American Songbook” series. Well done Hope Tarr you should definitely be so proud of this phenomenal masterpiece!

Disclaimer: I received this advance review copy for free from Lume Books and Netgalley for a fair and honest review. I am leaving this review voluntarily. All words, thoughts and ideas are my own.

Buy: Links:

Kindle: https://tinyurl.com/order-IRISH-EYES

Amazon Trade Paperback: https://tinyurl.com/Irish-Eyes-Paperback

Barnes & Noble: https://tinyurl.com/3hfkehad

Waterstones: https://tinyurl.com

[camillerpsr]

terre étrange - Aran Island

août 2017

[travel-ireland]

The distinctive dry-stacked stone walls criss-cross the island of Inis Oirr ⛰️ 📍 Aran Islands, Co. Galway. By @jamesatruett Follow @ireland_travel for the best Irish content! ☘️ #irelandtravel #galway #aranislands #tourismireland #discoverglobe #loveireland #discoverireland #welivetoexplore #thediscoverer #allaboutadventures #ireland #europe_vacations #ancientarchitecture #islandsofadventure #irishhistory #hikersofinstagram #irish #natgeoadventure #irlande #irlanda (at Inis 0irr, Aran Islands) https://www.instagram.com/p/CamqkQvtCaI/?utm_medium=tumblr

[stochastique-blog]

Lol

🌊Visit Galway🌊🍀🇮🇪 #StoneFort #CliffEdge #DúnDúchathair #BlackFort #Inishmore #InisMór #AranIslands #Galway #Ireland 🇮🇪#VisitGalway #BunowenCastle #Ballyconneely #Connemara #Galway #Ireland #Staycation (w: Galway, Ireland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFOOnKkHabZ/?igshid=1crnhl4ntdw5r

[ultralowoxygen]

Ballyvaughan and Inis Oirr - Ireland by Leah

[libaloom]

[ramzoozi]

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[lifeisdamnfine]

[kenna-the-bug]

rented a bike and roamed around the Aran Islands with @hannah.collins.14 @lilypadd73 and @ashkickerr #photography #ireland #studyabroad #mccireland2019 #aranisland #blackfort (at Aran Islands) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByvjZUqB_Ih/?igshid=12jhrk14xwven

[aranaccessories]

An old photo to give a feeling of Spring! This is the pier at Inis Meáin, taken from the #aerarann plane. You can see my island, Inis Oírr, in its entirety in the background - gives you an idea of the size of it 🙂 #aranislands #inismeáin #westofireland #wildatlanticwaygalway #wildatlanticway #wildatlanticwayislands #ireland #visitgalway #pier #island #irlande #irlanda #irland #aran #instaireland #irelandgram #irelandwest #oileáinárann (at Inis Meáin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMt2fzNpmhD/?igshid=4a9zpc6bp47e

[unaniharp]

Better than a Lamborghini, better than a Porsche… I introduce Neidín. #aranislands #oileáinárann #clarendon (at Aran Islands) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSuZyxIsbhX/?utm_medium=tumblr

[nocountryformusicians]

Shadows settle on the place, that you left. Our minds are troubled by the emptiness. Destroy the middle, it's a waste of time. From the perfect start to the finish line. And if you're still breathing, you're the lucky ones. 'Cause most of us are heaving through corrupted lungs. Setting fire to our insides for fun Collecting names of the lovers that went wrong The lovers that went wrong. We are the reckless, We are the wild youth Chasing visions of our futures One day we'll reveal the truth That one will die before he gets there. And if you're still bleeding, you're the lucky ones. 'Cause most of our feelings, they are dead and they are gone. We're setting fire to our insides for fun. Collecting pictures from a flood that wrecked our home, It was a flood that wrecked this home. And you caused it, And you caused it, And you caused it Well I've lost it all, I'm just a silhouette, A lifeless face that you'll soon forget, My eyes are damp from the words you left, Ringing in my head, when you broke my chest. Ringing in my head, when you broke my chest. And if you're in love, then you are the lucky one, 'Cause most of us are bitter over someone. Setting fire to our insides for fun, To distract our hearts from ever missing them. But I'm forever missing him. And you caused it, And you caused it, And you caused it. 💚Daughter "Youth"💚 #instagramers #instadaily #aran #aranisland #ireland #ireland🍀 #ireland🇮🇪 #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephoto #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #bnw_photografare #bnwfotography #bnw_photografare #bnw_planet #island #solitude #solitudestanding #memories #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #naturelovers #travels #clouds (at Inis Mor, The Aran Islands)

[yoshimihasegawa]

先日、とても悲しい知らせを受け取った。 私の著作『ハリスツイードとアランセーター』で取材させて頂いたアランセーター伝説の編み手、モーリン・ニ・ドゥンネルさんが今年の１月に亡くなっていたことを、イニシマン・ニッティング社のターラック・デ・ブラカン氏が教えてくれたのだ。 　アイルランドの西端にあるアラン諸島のひとつ、イニシマン島に住んでいたモーリンさんは1934年生まれ。６歳から家計を助けるためにニッティングを習い始めた。アランセーターを島の産業として世界に売り出したゴルウェイ・ベイ・プロダクツ社は1960年代後半に飛躍的に業績を拡大し、モーリンさんは1995年まで同社のために働き、1981年にはローマ教皇にそのセーターが献上されるなど、その技術と創造性は高く評価され、数々の賞も受賞していた。ご健在であれば今年で86歳のはずだった。 　アランセーターの伝説の謎を解き明かす取材の旅に出た私達は、アラン諸島随一の編み手であるモーリンさんをどうしても取材する必要があった。ブラカン氏の協力があって、モーリンさんに取材することができたことを今でも幸運に思う。編集者の沼尻賢治さんとフォトグラファーの阿部雄介さん、万来舎の方々、多くの方々の協力があって、本としてこの世にあることに改めて感謝している。 　実際にお会いしたモーリンさんのまさに名人級のニットを編む速さと正確さ、温かな笑顔を今でも鮮明に覚えている。そして島で過ごした時間のことも。 　ブラカン氏は週末にこの本を読み返して、私に知らせなければと思い立ったのだという。この本にこうして彼女の功績が遺されていることを喜んでくれた。 　今、オンラインで人々は繋がることができるようになり、わざわざ現地に赴いたり、人に会うことの意味が問われている。情報収集はオンライン上で誰もが可能となり、情報は均一化され、誰が書いても同じものとなる。そうした時代に私が書き続ける意味というのはどこに在るのだろうかと自問自答する。 　しかし、もし私があの島に行き、ひとりひとりの編み手に会い、インタビューし、撮影しなかったとしたら、過酷な人生の末にたどり着いた、島に住む人々のあの穏やかな微笑みをみることができただろうか。モーリンさんがニットを編む時に宿る、あの目の輝きを知ることができただろうか。私たちの本の中に、今もモーリンさんは生きていて、ひとが手でものを作る美しさを読者に語りかけている。 　時代に逆行しているのかもしれないが、やはり私は取材に行かなければならない。その地に降り立ち、空気を吸い、人々の言葉を聞いて、人生の一片を読者に伝える。それが私の仕事だと思う。 　モーリンさんの魂が安らかに天国にありますように。#harristweedandaransweater #ireland #aransweater #beauty #craft #craftsmanship @inis_meain #yoshimihasegawa #travelphotography #aranislands https://www.instagram.com/p/B_1wMdVp6Hd/?igshid=zralulacfclb

[camillerpsr]

“Oh, un bâteau de pirate” - Aran Island

août 2017