Overview

This fully illustrated book explores the history of the fishery piers and harbours of Galway and north Clare. A testament to these structures as feats of engineering, it is also a riveting account of the human aspect that shadowed their construction; a beautiful rendering of the maritime activities that gave life to the Wild Atlantic Way – kelp-making, fishing, turf distribution, and sea-borne trade. Humble Works for Humble People nurtures the retelling of human stories surrounding the piers, giving voice to the unacknowledged legacy of the lives that were their making. The Office of Public Works, the Congested Districts Board, foreign financial support, humanitarian efforts, controversies and conflict – these are all features of the piers and harbours’ development and preservation. Humble Works for Humble People is a vital contribution to the maritime history of Galway, Clare and of Ireland in general; an overlooked but culturally rich facet of Irish history.

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9781911024910

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Noel Wilkins is a retired professor of The National University of Ireland, Galway. His previous works include Alexander Nimmo’s Inverness Survey and Journal, 1806 (2011), Alexander Nimmo Master Engineer, 1783–1832: Public Works and Civil Survey (2009), and Alive, Alive-O: The Shellfish and Shellfisheries of Ireland (2004).

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