Ireland, a bicycle, and a tin whistle
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McGill-Queen's University Press
Pub. Date:
2023
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English
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"Cycling around Ireland in search of traditional music, David Wilson follows the coastline from Presbyterian Islandmagee to Gaelic Cape Clear and back up north from Dublin to Belfast. Ireland, a Bicycle, and a Tin Whistle takes us on a journey across wild open spaces and through crowded pubs and festivals that pulse with energy and life. This is the Ireland of fiddles, harps, and flutes, butterflies on bog roads, Country-and-Irish songs, Ulster Fries, storytelling, yarnspinning, and jigs and reels to the crack of dawn." "As he travels through the North, Wilson gets beneath the surface to portray both the tragedy and comedy of everyday life inside the Protestant and Catholic communities. Aware of the polarized image that each side has of the other, he emphasizes the importance of finding common ground and asserting the middle against the extremes." "Just as traditional Irish music is characterized by ornamentations and elaborations on a melodic theme, Ireland, a Bicycle, and a Tin Whistle is full of variations and wanderings on the theme of the trip itself. And just as traditional Irish musicians will follow a sad slow air with a lively foot-tapping reel, Wilson's mood ranges from the nostalgic and reflective to the irreverent and mischievous. If there is a lament in one ear, there is always a song in the other."--Jacket.
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Subjects
Cycling
Cycling -- Ireland
Cyclisme
Cyclisme -- Irlande
Description and travel
Descriptions et voyages
Electronic books
History
HISTORY -- Europe -- Ireland
Ireland
Ireland -- Description and travel
Irland
Irlande -- Descriptions et voyages
Reisebericht
Travel
TRAVEL -- Europe -- Ireland
Voyages
Wilson, David A
Wilson, David A., -- 1950-
Wilson, David A., -- 1950- -- Travel -- Ireland
Wilson, David A., -- 1950- -- Voyages -- Irlande
Cycling -- Ireland
Cyclisme
Cyclisme -- Irlande
Description and travel
Descriptions et voyages
Electronic books
History
HISTORY -- Europe -- Ireland
Ireland
Ireland -- Description and travel
Irland
Irlande -- Descriptions et voyages
Reisebericht
Travel
TRAVEL -- Europe -- Ireland
Voyages
Wilson, David A
Wilson, David A., -- 1950-
Wilson, David A., -- 1950- -- Travel -- Ireland
Wilson, David A., -- 1950- -- Voyages -- Irlande
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Electronic books
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Irlande -- Descriptions et voyages
Reisebericht
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Electronic books
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Ireland -- Description and travel
Irland
Irlande -- Descriptions et voyages
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TRAVEL -- Europe -- Ireland
Travel
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Wilson, David A., -- 1950- -- Travel -- Ireland
Wilson, David A., -- 1950- -- Voyages -- Irlande
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