Irish heritage : the landscape, the people and their work, with illustrations by the author.[The real Ireland; How Ireland took shape; landscape, beginnings; work of man, Crops & animals; Woodlands, fields, fences & gates; Village & Booley; Irish peasant house; interior of house, Fireside & food; Farm buildings; Seedtime; Harvest; Carts & roads; Spades; Wood, skin, straw & rush work; bog; seashore; Festivals & fairs, Country town; Some customs & beliefs; Plates: Tree roots in bog face, Armoy Co., Antrim; Two views of Legananny Dolmen, Co Down; Types of Thatch; Scollop thatch of marrom grass, Magilligan Co. Derry; Roped thatch of rye straw, Articlave, Co. Derry; Thatched rood secured with pegged fir-ropes, north Antrim;one-horse cars]

Dundalk, Ireland : W. Tempest, Dundalgan Press : Distributed in the U.S. by Dufour Editions, 1977, 1977. Book. Fine. Hardcover. xvi, 190 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. ; LC: DA925 ; OCLC: 4669338 ; Distributor stamped on title page ; green cloth in photographic dustjacket ; Contents : The real Ireland -- How Ireland took shape -- The landscape : the beginnings-- The work of man : Crops and animals -- Woodlands, fields, fences and gates -- Village and Booley -- The Irish peasant house -- The interior of the house : Fireside and food -- Farm buildings -- Seedtime -- Harvest -- Carts and roads -- Spades -- Wood, skin, straw and rush work -- The bog -- The seashore -- Festivals and fairs : the Country town -- Some customs and beliefs -- Plates: Tree roots in bog face, Armoy Co., Antrim -- Two views of Legananny Dolmen, Co Down -- Types of Thatch -- Scollop thatch of marrom grass, Magilligan Co. Derry -- Roped thatch of rye straw, Articlave, Co. Derry -- Thatched rood secured with pegged fir-ropes, north Antrim -- Four types of one-horse cars, Glens of Antrim -- Slide-car with kish, straw harness -- Low-back car -- Box-car with disc wheels -- Spoke-wheeled car -- Making a skib, Aran Islands. Creel rods stuck in ground behind -- Stafe in making of Sheephaven curragh, Co. Donegal -- Lashing frame -- Lashing bow-stringers, a difficlut task -- Fixing couple-ends to the gunwale -- Covered and ready for use. ; .