Vanishing Ireland: Recollections of Our Changing Times

Through their own words and memories, men and women from every corner of Ireland transport readers through the years, back to a time when life was simpler, when the emphasis was on the community, family life, tradition, and a sense of national identity. A unique collection of stunningly evocative portrait and landscape photographs and moving personal interviews remind readers of traditional Irish culture, and give a first hand account of an Ireland that is almost unrecognizable in today's world. Bringing together the stories of those who lived through Ireland's formative years, these poignant interviews and photographs will make readers laugh and cry but, above all, will provide a valuable chronicle that connects 21st-century Ireland to a rapidly disappearing world.