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Lough Hyne - The Marine Researchers in Pictures

Lough Hyne was first ‘discovered’ by marine biologists in 1886 and is now one of the most-studied marine habitats in the world. Designated as Europe’s first Marine Nature Reserve in 1981, this small lake has attracted scientists from around the globe to carry out research there.
The photographs presented in this volume record the scientific work of the researchers, their day-to-day living and their interaction with the local people. They illustrate how issues arising due to its remote location and ‘difficulties’ such as the Irish Civil War and WWII were overcome. Many members of this scientific community returned annually to the lough over decades, and some continue to do so. Strong local friendships developed as did annual rituals, such as day-trips to the offshore islands and to Kerry, all of which feature in these extraordinary photographs.

Famine DVD

‘The Great Irish Famine: Remember Skibbereen’ is a 55-minute documentary by award-winning Harvest Films, which tells the story of the Great Famine in Skibbereen and in Ireland generally. Concentrating on the human aspect of this defining period of Irish history, it includes interviews with Professor Joe Lee, Dr Larry Geary, Professor Mark McGowan, Dr Marita Foster and Gary White Deer as well as local historians Fr Patrick Hickey, Philip O’Regan and Gerald O’Brien.
Also included on the DVD is the 120-minute special feature of the events of the 2009 National Famine Commemoration Week, which was held in Skibbereen.
NB: PLEASE SPECIFY IF THE DVD IS INTENDED FOR VIEWING IN USA/CANADA AND WE WILL SEND YOU THAT VERSION.

West Cork Guide

Situated in the south coast of Ireland in West Cork is a place of spectacular scenery, mountains, valleys, rugged coastline, golden beaches, beautiful islands and the friendliest people in the world.
John Earley's "West Cork the Guide" is a guide to the many picturesque towns and villages in this area. It includes many stunning photographs of this area's scenery, flora and fauna. It is also a guide to the history, archaeology, culture and wildlife of the locality.

Skibbereen & District Historical Society - Journal 2011

Volume 7 in this series includes:
Sisters in Science: Agnes and Ellen Clerke.
Placenames based on the Irish Words.
Christmas in Bluid 100 years ago.
A National School on the Irish Coast.
A Gala Day at Cape Clear, 1881.
The Great Famine and Skibbereen.
How Was Butter Made in Earlier Times?
Fíor Gael.
Percy E. Ludgate: Skibbereen-born Computer Pioneer.
Shipwrecks off the West Cork Coast: L'Impatiente 1797.
Birth and Growth of Skibbereen: An Overview.
Admiral Boyle Somerville: Archaeologist and Archaeoastronomer.
The Picture Postcard.
Ireland in Europe since 1973.

Skibbereen Historical Journal 2009

Volume 5 in this series includes:
Half-conquered rebels: Patriotism in Somerville and Ross's fiction
From Cork to Cardiff - The Life of Patrick V. Collins
Loan Societies in the Skibbereen Poor Law Union
From Skibbereen to Ballarat: Mary Donovan (1831-1860)
Cape's Castle of Gold
Dún an Óir, a Castle with Guts
Charles Darwin on the origin of species
The Thread that could not be broken
Fitz-James O'Brien
Bardic Schools and the O'Dalys of Kilcrohane
The Timoleague Chalice
Gaeilge i measc an Bhéarla
Skibbereen's Greatest Flood