Eating Scenery
The Collins Press (Verlag)
978-1-905172-60-3 (ISBN)
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'You can't eat scenery' is an old saying about the difficulty of making a living in beautiful but remote places. West Cork, from Kinsale to the Beara Peninsula and from the Atlantic to the Lee Valley is such a place. No longer an impoverished, rural backwater, this is a popular holiday destination where second homes become main residences. It is remarkable for the many ways people make West Cork work for them: traditional farmers negotiating EU quotas; newcomers setting up restaurants; artists, writers and dot.com millionaires starting ventures to allow them to live where they want. Others work to enhance this unique landscape: from environmental activists on Cool Mountain to the hard-working Shelswell-Whites of Bantry House, wealthy castle restorers like Jeremy Irons and innovative farmers on Beara. In this first full-length book about all aspects of West Cork, the locals and blow-ins, Alannah Hopkin discovers the soul of West Cork among a vibrant community of diverse people with compelling stories to tell.
Alannah Hopkin was educated in London and has lived in Kinsale since 1982. The author of two novels and other works of non-fiction, she writes for the Insight and Fodor Guides to Ireland. Alannah is a regular reviewer of books and art for national newspapers and magazines.
About the author iv Acknowledgements iv Map v Prologue 1 Introduction 7 1 Long Ago - The Early History of West Cork 17 2 Farmers and Food Producers 35 3 The Coast of West Cork Revisited 53 4 Living Offshore - The Islands 67 5 Losing our Head - Environmental Activism 83 6 The View from the Big House 96 7 Are You Enjoying Your Holiday? 108 8 Oh what a Paradise it seems - Incomers 1969-2007 123 9 A Very Expensive Hobby 143 10 The Murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier 159 11 Mozart in the Cow Byre - Successful Enterprises in the Arts 173 12 On Cool Mountain - Craft Enterprises 190 13 The Allihies Postman - Artists and the GAA 207 14 Amidst These Hills - The Gaeltacht, Saints and Scholars 226 Index 242
| Zusatzinfo | 1 map |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Reiseführer ► Europa ► Irland |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-905172-60-5 / 1905172605 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-905172-60-3 / 9781905172603 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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