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The Deaf Catholic, May-June 2008
The Deaf Catholic, May-June 2008
ICDA The Deaf Catholic
A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA
ICDA The Deaf CatholicFinding Aid
Signs Of Our Times, March 2008
Signs Of Our Times, March 2008
Signs of Our Times
A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Providence, RI
Signs of our Times Finding Aid
The Silent Witness, March-April 2008
The Silent Witness, March-April 2008
Silent Witness, The
A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Washington, D.C.
Island Culture: The Role Of The Blasket Autobiographies In The Preservation Of A Traditional Way Of Life, Eamon Maher
Island Culture: The Role Of The Blasket Autobiographies In The Preservation Of A Traditional Way Of Life, Eamon Maher
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The Blasket Islands, located off the west coast of Kerry, are remarkable for having inspired a flourishing literature, mainly autobiographical in nature, which is generally acknowledged as being of great anthropological value, as well as of significant literary merit. When one considers that the islands never had a population of more than around 160 persons (with an average of closer to half that number) during the years covered by the autobiographies, the existence of such an important chronicle of the simple and at times perilous life on these Atlantic outposts is all the more noteworthy. The language spoken on the …