Last of the Donkey PilgrimsKevin O'Hara's journey of self-discovery begins as a mad lark: who in their right mind would try to circle the entire coastline of Ireland on foot—and with a donkey and cart no less? |
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 11 |
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
The Donkey Proposal | 19 |
Talk of the Parish | 25 |
Jimmy Mac the Horseman | 31 |
Missie and the Fleetwood | 35 |
The Apprenticeship | 40 |
The Kilteevan Report | 46 |
The Cock and Hen | 217 |
Going Widdershins | 226 |
A Green Martyr | 234 |
Brother Malachy of Mount Argus | 241 |
Approaching the Dragon | 247 |
The Kingdom of Mourne | 253 |
Ship on the Sea | 258 |
Nursery of Blackguards | 264 |
A Birthday Visit to Knock | 52 |
The Commencement | 57 |
A Gift of Hazel | 62 |
ΙΟ Old Coach Road to Galway | 68 |
The Hollow Bright Fog | 73 |
A Worldly Man Indeed | 81 |
Joe McHughs Pub | 87 |
The Grass Widow and Bottle Scrubber | 93 |
Old Country Cures | 99 |
Crossing the Shannon | 103 |
A Breather in Ballybunion | 110 |
Dead Cut of a Weasel | 118 |
On the Dingle | 123 |
Up the Conor Pass | 129 |
Celtic Starlight | 133 |
A Soupers Kitchen | 142 |
A Night with the Travelers | 148 |
A Rock Soars from the Sea | 154 |
FaeryWaxed in Ballybrack | 161 |
The Memory Stone | 167 |
The Road to Kilmakilloge | 174 |
Lord Tim of the Holly | 180 |
A Wasps Dying Sting | 186 |
A Run to Mizen Head | 192 |
Wood of the Pilgrims | 198 |
Over the River Blackwater | 204 |
Washerwoman from Tramore | 211 |
Knock Sunday in Belfast | 269 |
The Glens of Antrim | 277 |
Faery Kingdom of Dalriada | 284 |
Gandies Goats | 293 |
A Celebrity in Derry | 300 |
The Questions of Children | 307 |
Close Call at The Beach | 315 |
Mary Hannas Pub | 321 |
All Hallows Eve | 325 |
Missies March to Drumnacart | 331 |
Glengesh Pass | 336 |
Glen of the Saint to Aerie of the Bishop | 342 |
A Walk to Ballyshannon | 349 |
Beneath Maeves Crown | 356 |
Between Shamrock and Harp | 364 |
Mary Clearys Pub | 373 |
From Achill to Clare Island | 381 |
Hazel to Holly | 388 |
Rounding Roundstone | 395 |
Lamplight to Streetlights | 402 |
A Bonfire in Ballygar | 410 |
A Proper Pair of Pilgrims | 416 |
A Christmas Ceili | 419 |
Fingerpost to Ballagh | 425 |
Epilogue | 427 |