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Books and Further Reading on Irish islands and Irish sea kayaking. These include source material for Oileáin.

Further Reading

Book Author Year Publisher ISBN Number
The Islands of Ireland Thomas H. Mason 1936 Mercier Press
Gola, the Life and Last Days of an Island Community Aalen and Brody 1969
Sailing Around Ireland Wallace Clark 1976 Batsford 0 7134 3133 4
The Islands of Ireland Kenneth McNally 1978 Batsford 0 7134 1248 8
The Blasket Islands (Next Stop America) Joan and Ray Stagles 1980h/b 1984 p/b O’Brien Press 0-86278-071-3
Inishmurray (Ancient Monastic Island) Patrick Heraughty 1982 O’Brien Press 0-86278-473-5
Irish Coast Pilot British Admiralty 1968

1985

British Admiralty
Sea Kayakers Guide to the Causeway Coast Robin G. Ruddock 1985 Robin G. Ruddock
Birds in Ireland Clive Hutchinson 1989 IWC Birdwatch Ireland 0 85661 052 6
Sailing Directions Irish Cruising Club 1991 Greystone Press 0 9501717 4 3
Underwater Ireland John Hailes 1994 Comhairle Fó-Thuinn 0 948283 01 7
Blue Water, White Light Bill Long 1996 New Island Books 1 874 597 40 5
Irish Nautical Almanac Vincent MacDowell 1997 Annamount Press
Wings – newsletters and the like IWC Birdwatch Ireland
Ireland from the Sea Andrew Phelan 1998 Wolfhound Press 0 86327 663 4
Dances With Waves Brian Wilson 1998 O’Brien Press 0-86278-551-0
An Eagle’s View of Irish Lighthouses John Eagle 1999 Eagle’s Eye Publications 0 9537271 0 6
Discover the Islands of Ireland Alex Ritsema 1999 Collins Press 1 898 256 67 5
Hungry for Home Cole Morton 2000 Penguin 0 670 88012 4
Mayo’s Lost Islands – The Inishkeas Brian Dornan 2000 Four Courts 1 85182 593 3 HB

1 85182 594 0 PB

SPAs for Birds in Ireland Cóilín MacLochlainn 2002 Dúchas 07-557-128-11
The Story of Aughinish Rose Glynn 2002 Rose Glynn
Rock Climbs in Donegal Alan Tees 2002 Mountaineering Council of Ireland 0-9029401-7-1
The Skelligs Story Des Lavelle O’Brien Press 0-86278-295-3
Saltees – Islands of Birds and Legends Richard Roche & Oscar Merne O’Brien Press 0-905140-32-2
Donegal Islands Ros Harvey and Wallace Clark 2003 Cottage Publications 1-900935-31-7
A Pinch of Saltee Henry Grattan Bellew 2003 Justin Nelso Productions 1-900913-09-7