Humble Works for Humble People

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This book explores the history of the fishery piers and harbours of Galway and north Clare. A testament to these structures as feats of engineering, it is also a riveting account of the human aspect that shadowed their construction; a beautiful rendering of the maritime activities that gave life to the wild Atlantic Way, kelp-making, fishing, turf distribution, and sea-borne trade. This book also nurtures the retelling of human stories surrounding the piers, giving voice to the unacknowledged legacy of the lives that were their making. This is a vital contribution to the maritime history of Galway, Clare, and of Ireland in general, an overlooked but culturally rich facet of Irish history. -- Publisher description.