Beyond the Western coast of Ireland lies the Great Blasket Island. It was once home to a small, fiercely independent community of people but by November 1953 the island had been abandoned forever. We follow the fate of one family, the Kearneys, and their search for new lives in America.
Most people have heard of the Celts—the elusive, ancient tribal people who resided in present-day England, Ireland, Scotland and France. Paradoxically characterized as both barbaric and innocent, the Celts appeal to the modern world as a symbol of a bygone era, a world destroyed by the ambition of ...