Donegal Islands

Publisher: Cottage Publications,2003 £ 14:99 .

Inishtrahull, Tory Island, Bloody Foreland, Aranmore and Rathlin O'Birne - what memories! We were blessed with glorious weather when we sailed through this wonderful cruising area on an Irish circumnavigation from Salcombe.   I just wish I had had this book at the time.

Wallace Clark has written the text and his cousin Ros Harvey has contributed fantastic pastel drawings which makes this into a well-presented and bound hardback "saloon table"book. Wallace,who is one of our HLRs, takes each island in turn, describes it and possible landing places and then gives a very interesting account of its history and vignettes of some of the past and present islanders. I was sorry to read the "King" of Tory had died; he told us we were safe anchored off as we were protected by Bermuda!  The islands vary in size from Aranmore to Illancrone which is little more than a rock.  An island should be able to support one family or one sheep.

If you are cruising this area it is a "must" but it is so absorbing that even if you are unlikely to have the good fortune to visit Donegal it will make you wish you could - such is the fascination of islands. - N C T

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