
The Book of the Burren
Tir Eolas (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 1. May 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-873821-15-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book's first edition, published in 1991, was part of a growing affirmation of the importance of the Burren, a hymn to its diversity, beauty and singularity. Ten years later, much has happened in the Burren. Old problems receded; new problems emerged. The new insights of this decade, exciting in themselves, brought new responsibilities. This updated edition looks at some of these issues. The contributors describe how the natural heritage of the Burren depends on traditional farming practices and why the impact of booming tourism has not been entirely beneficial. Insensitive planning decisions have led local communinities to become actively involved in sustaining and defending their magnificent landscape and this highlighted the pressing need for an overall vision of the Burren to be encapsulated in a coherent, government-backed management and development plan. This second edition also updates the natural history and archaeology and includes new chapters on poets and artists in the Burren.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Kinvara
Ireland
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
illustrations, index
Dimensions
Height: 206 mm
Width: 220 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-873821-15-2 (9781873821152)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
J.W. O'Connell | A. Korff
The Book of the Burren
Book
06/1992
Tir Eolas
€36.08
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Content
Beyond the tourism boom; agricultural practices and natural heritage; ordinary people and the mountain; the Burren flora; the Burren wildlife; excavation on Roughan Hill; poets and the Burren; Corcomroe - a mass at dawn; artists and the Burren.