Ó Síothcháin, Conchobhar.

Seanchas Chléire. Conchobhar Ó Síothcháin a dheachtuigh. Ciarán Ó Síothcháin is Mícheál Ó Síothcháin do chuir i scríbhinn. [Edited by Donnchadh Ó Floinn. With a portrait of the author and a map of Cape Clear Island.]

4th impression of the first edition from 1940. Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig an tSoláthair, 1977. Octavo. 170 pages. Hardcover. Extremely Rare Publication in any edition ! Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

Clear Island or Cape Clear Island (officially known by its Irish name: Cléire, and sometimes also called Oileán Chléire) is an island off the south-west coast of County Cork in Ireland. It is the southernmost inhabited part of Ireland and has a population of 147 people. It is an official Gaeltacht area (Irish-speaking area), and most inhabitants speak Irish and English. Its nearest neighbouring island is Sherkin Island, which is 2 kilometres (1 nautical mile) east of the Cape Clear Island. The island is divided into east and west halves by an isthmus called the Waist, with the North Harbour to the landward side and the South Harbour on the seaward side. Ferries sail regularly from the North Harbour to Schull and Baltimore on the mainland. The South Harbour is a popular berth for yachts and pleasure boats.
The island is officially identified as a Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) area. According to the 2016 census there were 145 people over the age of 3 living on the island, with 62% claiming to be able to speak Irish and 27% saying they spoke Irish daily outside the education system.
The population of the island increases in the summer months as students visit the local Irish Colleges, Coláiste Phobal Chléire and Coláiste Chiaráin. Students stay in local houses or dorms and improve their spoken Irish as part of the immersion courses within the Gaeltacht. Every first weekend of September, the island hosts the Cape Clear Island International Storytelling Festival. The festival has been running annually since 1994.
Seals, basking sharks and dolphins are often found in the surrounding waters, while sea pinks and honeysuckle are common plants on the land. Cape Clear is home to a lighthouse and a bird observatory. Cape Clear is popular with bird watchers and at certain times of the year is home to many species of migratory birds as its climate is milder than the mainland and thus more attractive. Bird life includes black and common guillemots, cormorants and storm petrels. (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: Cape Clear · Catalogue No.10 – International Literature · Gaeilge · Gaeilge – Rare · Gaelic · Gaelic Language · Gaeltacht · Gaeltacht (Ireland) · Irish History · Irish Literature – 20th Century · Irish Literature – Rare · West Cork
• Language: Gaeilge
• Inventory Number: 31314AB

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