Walking in Holden's Footsteps, NY Times
Which inspired me to try to map out the places Synge visited on the Aran Islands.
This morning (thanks to the freaky SNOWSTORM in New York today!) I came up with a very rudimentary version of my own Synge map, but this is in no way complete. I'd like to develop this further using a more detailed map in the future. These are places I was able to visit during my own travels (with the exception of Gregory's Cave - I couldn't figure out where that was exactly).
If anyone knows of places to add, please let me know!
Maybe in the future I'll also do a Synge in Wicklow map, since there are so many places he visited in the Wicklow countryside, as well. And the Blaskets, and Kerry, and France, and Germany, and...oh dear, what have I gotten myself into?
** Italish, a project through the publishers Querci and Robertson (they're Italian writers with interest in Ireland, and vice versa), is doing a similar sort of mapping game of Synge and the Aran Islands. It's in Italian!
Well, you're into it now and it's fascinating! Thanks for posting. Look forward to seeing the project grow.
ReplyDeleteHearing about Italish is fascinating too. Never knew they existed and now I'll have to check them out. Some powerful resource this internet thing :)
Thanks Felicity! And you should definitely check out Italish/ Querci & Robertson. They have some interesting projects going on about the Aran Islands.
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