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Tomás Ó Criomhthainn

Born

in Great Blasket Island, Co. Kerry, Ireland

July 03, 1856

Died

March 07, 1937

Genre

Biography, Memoir, History

Influences

Maxim Gorky, Pierre Loti ...more

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Tomás Ó Criomhthain (anglicised as Tomas O'Crohan or Thomas O'Crohan; 1856 - 1937) was a native of the Irish-speaking Great Blasket Island, 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) off the coast of the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland. He wrote two books, Allagar na h-Inise (Island Cross-Talk) written over the period 1918-23 and published in 1928, and An t-Oileánach (The Islandman), completed in 1923 and published in 1929. Both have been translated into English. The 2012 translation by Garry Bannister and David Sowby is to date the only unabridged version available in English (earlier versions were redacted being considered too earthy). ...more

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Tomás Ó Criomhthainn’s books

Average rating: 4.12 · 969 ratings · 147 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Islandman 4.12 avg rating — 937 ratings — published 1929 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Island Cross-Talk: Pages From a Diary by Tomás Ó Criomhthainn, Tim Enright (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.03 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1928 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoirs of the Great Blasket Island 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1981	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'HOMME DES ILES it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Islandman (Oxford Paperbacks) by O'Crohan, Tomás (1977) Paperback 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars