Before and between his plays, Synge walked the roads of County Wicklow and the far west of Kerry, listening to the people. These essays describe the vagrants and tinkers of Wicklow, the loneliness of the hill farms, a country fair, a decaying landlord’s garden, and the villages, races and stories of the Dingle peninsula around Smerwick and Sybil Ferriter’s Castle.
Essential reading beside The Aran Islands and the plays, for anyone who loves rural Ireland. Download the free EPUB.