Traditional Crafts of Ireland

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The rhythmic turn of the spinning wheel, the jingle of harnessed horses, the ring of the blacksmith's hammer, the scything of summer hay -- all these were once familiar sights and sounds in and around Irish homesteads. In this book, time stands still as we meet the skilled practitioners of more than forty traditional Irish crafts, from woodworkers, thatchers, goldsmiths and potters to glassblowers of the world-famous Waterford crystal, crios weavers from the Aran Islands, and the makers of items as varied as harps and quilts, sugan ropes and currachs, dry-stone walls and Irish lace. David Shaw-Smith has traveled the length and breadth of Ireland and its islands to assemble this unique record, documenting the crafts in