Author: Josephine Russell
Number Of Pages: 180
Release Date: 01-09-2008
Details: Product Description Based on extensive interviews with twelve varied and representative women farmers in County Kerry, Josephine Russell s text provides a unique insight into farming women of all ages and types: dairy, sheep, organic from the four corners and the three peninsulas of Kerry. Some remember the old life of physical work; others are as familiar with the computer as the animals. All the stories are engaging and entertaining. Lily Lenihan, an emerging Kerry photographer, has photographed each woman in black and white, lingering on interesting features and adding to the insight of the text About the Author Josephine Russell comes from Newport, County Tipperary but has lived most of her life in Dublin, where she worked as a primary schoolteacher. She is the author of a book on philosophical enquiry in the classroom. Lily Lenihan comes from Gortatlea, near Tralee, in County Kerry. She studied Art in the Cork College of Art and works as a graphic designer in Killarney and is co-author of Favourite Irish Proverbs published by Currach Press in Spring 2008
EAN: 9781856079730
Languages: English
Binding: Paperback
Item Condition: New