On a rock in the middle of the Ocean

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On a rock in the middle of the Ocean
Songs and singers in Tory Island
Lillis Ó Laoire
ISBN 9781905560158
Cló Iar-Chonnachta 2007

Cén bhrí atá leis an amhránaíocht? Féachtar leis an cheist sin a fhreagairt i leabhar nua Lillis Uí Laoire, On a Rock in the Middle of the Ocean, a chíorann traidisiún amhránaíochta Oileán Thoraí i gContae Dhún na nGall.

Why do people sing? That is the deceptively simple question that Lillis Ó Laoire sets out to answer in this book, On a Rock in the Middle of the Ocean, which explores the singing tradition of Tory Island, Co. Donegal. This book was originally published in Irish as Ar Chreag i Lár na Farraige