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The action takes place in late August 1833 at a hedge-school in the townland of Baile Beag, an Irish-speaking community in County Donegal. In a nearby field camps a recently arrived detachment of the Royal Engineers, making the first Ordnance Survey. For the purposes of cartography, the local GaelicContinue
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- English Books
- Paperback 72 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0571117422
- ISBN-13: 9780571117420
- Publisher: Faber & Faber
- Pub date: Mar 16, 1995
- Dimensions: 1226 mm x 774 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover
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| 9780571117420 | Paperback | $12.00 | $8.64 | bn.com |
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A translator I really love suggested me to read this book, after I spent hours talking about Ireland. She tried to explain me how much it's impossible to translate such a book. I absolutely loved it. And I had to read it on a windy Irish day, by the sea.
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