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Author Name
Fairley James.
Title Irish Whales and Whaling
Binding Hard Cover
Book Condition Very Good +
Jacket Condition Very Good +
Edition 1st EDITION.
Publisher Belfast Blackstaff Press. 1981
ISBN Number
0 85640 232X / 9780856402326
Seller ID 007771
D/W is price clipped, it is a map of Black Sod Bay. Book in cream covers with black lettering to spine edge. Previous owner's name & date neatly at top of f.f.e.p. which are pale blue. This volume contains a detailed account of all species of whale found in Irish waters- from common porpoise or 'herring hog' to the mighty blue whale. It also chronicles the history of whaling off Ireland from Viking times, including the hunting of right fin whales in Donegal Bay in the 1700s( and the first successful use of haprpoon gun) and operations off the Mayo coast at the beginning of the twentieth century in which nearly 900 of the great whales were killed. Amongst other highlights are; medieval lawsuit over a dead whale, how a school of 'turley hides' relieved a amine in Dublin, a collision with a liner near Cork, mass strandings and whales in Irish folklore and archaeology. A scarce book especially in this condition. 218pp with illustrations.
IRISH INTEREST/IRISH WHALES/IRISH HISTORY/IRISH WHALING
Price =
130.00 GBP
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