{"product_id":"ethnology-a-love-song-for-connemara-paperback","title":"Ethnology: A Love Song for Connemara - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCathy Galvin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEthnology\u003c\/i\u003e draws on the mystical cry for the dead of Cathy Galvin's Irish-speaking ancestors. Within an epic narrative she reclaims place, people and language, creating a bridge between our own times and a Connemara community on the margins of Europe.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on classic forms within literary and oral traditions, \u003ci\u003eEthnology\u003c\/i\u003e becomes a love song for Connemara, witness to vivid encounters: between the living and the dead and between the poets, folklorists and ethnologists who have written about the West of Ireland for their own agendas. In her first full-length book of poetry, fragility and strength are finely balanced, focused on the ruins of an island cottage built by her great-grandfather. Here, Cathy Galvin locates both mourning, humour and joy. The poems give a vivid, original voice to the tradition of keening, of honouring the loss of those we love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCathy Galvin\u003c\/b\u003e published three pamphlets, \u003ci\u003eBlack \u0026amp; Blue\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), \u003ci\u003eRough Translation\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and \u003ci\u003eWalking The Coventry Ring Road with Lady Godiva\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), before her first full-length book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eEthnology: a love song for Connemara\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloodaxe Books, 2026). She has been nominated for several awards including the Ilkley Poetry Prize, the Listowel Poetry Collection Prize (twice) and the Goldsmiths\/ Spread the Word Life-Writing Prize, and is the recipient of a Hawthornden Fellowship, Heinrich Böll (Achill Island) residency and an Arts Council England DYCP award. She also edited \u003ci\u003eRed\u003c\/i\u003e, an anthology of new writing published by Waterstones. As a journalist she has worked as a senior editor for \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e. With roots in Coventry and Connemara, she lives near Bodmin Moor in Cornwall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48396992938233,"sku":"9781780377728","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cZXFjLR-K69781780377728.webp?v=1778662373","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/ethnology-a-love-song-for-connemara-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}