The Breathing Burren
Book description
Celebrates the flora, the fauna, the people, and the places of the Burren region of Ireland with stories and original watercolors that convey a deep affection and intimacy for the land. First captivated by the Burren in the early 1970s, D'Arcy has spent
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The Burren is a limestone karst landscape in the west of Ireland, not too far away from where I live, and one of the reasons I settled in Ireland. This area is unlike anything you would expect in Ireland and blends a stark but beautiful landscape and unique flora and fauna. Gordon D’Arcy is an artist, author, and naturalist and has been exploring the Burren since the 1970s. This book is an accumulation of memories mixed with stories on the Burren’s natural heritage and its wild inhabitants and is illustrated with Gordon’s mesmerizing watercolors. Of all the books on the…
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