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Alen MacWeeney

Irish Travellers, Tinkers No More Hardcover – July 1, 2007

by Alen MacWeeney (Author), Bairbre Ni Fhloinn (Introduction)

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132 pages
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New England College
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July 1, 2007
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9.75 x 0.75 x 11.5 inches
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0979013003
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978-0979013003
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Starred Review. From 1965 to 1970, the Travellers of Ireland, a people thought to be "descendents of a mixture of nomadic craftsmen and those who had literally taken to the roads... for a variety of reasons," welcomed Dublin-born photographer MacWeeny (Spaces for Silence) to their campsites outside his hometown. His quest to publish the photos, stories and music he took with him is at last realized in this spare but lovely book, a stirring cultural miscellany from a community that remains invisible to many-in both the general public and the historic record ("like so many marginalised people"). As MacWeeney notes, "Theirs was a bigger life than mine, with its daily struggle for survival"; in page after page of beautiful black and white photos, that struggle is captured in the Travellers' faces, by turns despairing, hopeful, joyous and solemn, but also belied in scenes of celebration, laughter and music-making. MacWeeney sees in these portraits "a dignity, a raw beauty, a deep uncertainty and perhaps a stripped-down Irishness," a sentiment deepened by the lyricism and sly humor of songs ("The Old Hag's Death") and stories ("The Grey-Headed Norrisey's Skull") transcribed throughout, and also captured on an enclosed CD. If there's a fault to find, it's in the volume's brevity; like the Travellers themselves, it's gone before you're ready to stop looking and learning. B&W Photos.
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"[A spare but lovely book, a stirring cultural miscellany from a community that remains invisible to many-in both the general public and the historic record."--Publishers' Weekly

"Though Travellers are known as a closed and clannish bunch, MacWeeney had no trouble making friends in Cherry Orchard and the other camps he went on to visit. The Travellers found it endlessly amusing to listen to the recordings he made of their singing, since most had never heard themselves before. They appreciated the rapt attention he paid to the folk tales they told him, and they treasured the portraits he gave them, sometimes fashioning foil frames for them out of chocolate wrappers. 'He'd sit down with us all, light the fire, like one of our own . . . He had time for you like,' says Kitty Flynn, a Traveller woman MacWeeney befriended." --Smithsonian

"[A spare but lovely book, a stirring cultural miscellany from a community that remains invisible to many-in both the general public and the historic record ("like so many marginalised people"). As MacWeeney notes, "Theirs was a bigger life than mine, with its daily struggle for survival"; in page after page of beautiful black and white photos, that struggle is captured in the Travellers' faces, by turns despairing, hopeful, joyous and solemn, but also belied in scenes of celebration, laughter and music-making. If there's a fault to find, it's in the volume's brevity; like the Travellers themselves, it's gone before you're ready to stop looking and learning."--Publishers' Weekly (Starred Review)

Publisher : New England College; 1st Edition (July 1, 2007)
Language : English
Hardcover : 132 pages
ISBN-10 : 0979013003
ISBN-13 : 978-0979013003
Item Weight : 3.8 pounds
Dimensions : 9.75 x 0.75 x 11.5 inches

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Sinead de Burca

Stunning Book - no cd

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2013

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Love the book, it's everything the reviews said it would be. Gorgeous, poignant photos reminiscent of iconic photos from the American Dust Bowl - "Migrant Mother" comes to mind immediately. However, no cd came with my book and it didn't occur to me that it was missing until I had already taken off the wrapping and read half the book! So I'm not sure how to rate the item - the book is well worth 5-stars but the missing cd won't let me rate it that high - so I gave it a 3.

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Mary Healy

My favorite photography book

Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2012

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My most coveted book and music CD, a recording from almost 50 years ago (hard cover edition). I first came across the beautiful photography of Alen MacWeeney at The Irish Arts Center in New York while I was at a Paul Brady show. I was blown away by the work and immediately ordered the book of these very same photos on Amazon. Alen is in my top 5 favorite photographers, a true master. When I take the book down to show friends, I delight in seeing their reaction.

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Ckell

Outstanding images capturing a way of life which has pretty much disappeared

Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2014

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Outstanding images capturing a way of life which has pretty much disappeared. Personally, recalls lots of childhood memories with camps and caravans. He really captures the personality in his images.

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Tamara

The 'Travellers' of Ireland

Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2011

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I have always been interested in the lives of these people generally referred to as Tinkers or Travellers .. wondering how they cope with the difficulties of their chosen life on the open road. This book has insightful prose and even more insightful photographs which,joined together,are very informative and enlightening.

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Brooks

Irish Travelers

Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2009

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Extraordinary photos of a subculture in Ireland, called both "tinkers" and "travelers". My sister worked with them in the 1960s. The book does them justice...

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J. Atkins

A Lost Ireland

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2009

Tinkers were quite similar to gypsies in other parts of the world. However, modernization has nearly destroyed their existence. This wonderful book, with stunning photography, captured the Tinkers as they were in the 1960's on the brink of a radically changing Ireland. It documents a lost way of life. Included is a CD recorded on crude but ample equipment in the 1960's further documents Irish music as the Tinkers performed it live in pubs, on streets and in outdoor camps. The CD alone is worth the purchase.

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Anthony Weller

A poignant and beautiful testament to a vanished way of life

Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2007

A very important body of photographs -- both artistic and historic -- framed by a text of the Travelling people's stories and a compact disc of the people in the book performing their music, over forty years ago. A testament to a great photographer's determination that brings to life a part of Ireland's immemorial past which has vanished in our lifetimes.

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Sarah Beth

Stunning

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2011

MacWeeney's Irish Travellers, Tinkers No More is absolutely stunning. With historically accurate information and a true passion for the people herein, this photographic collection is inspiring. MacWeeney has outdone himself. The photography is brilliant and the printing top-notch.

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Fiona Wallace

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 11, 2015

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superb book and excellent service

Pat Lapointe

Free born Men-and Women-of the travelling People

Reviewed in Canada on November 11, 2012

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I bought a gypsy horse. There is a legend via my Magee grandmother that they were gypsies in Ireland, had to leave over a disagreement about a horse. This is a lovely photo essay about the Irish travelling people as they are today, no longer tinkers, but enduring still.

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