
A mist‑laden September afternoon on Galway Bay sets the stage for a story that breathes the rugged spirit of the Aran Islands. The narrative opens with Con O’Malley’s weather‑worn fishing boat, its patched sails a testament to generations of toil, and his bright‑eyed eleven‑year‑old daughter, Grania, who watches the world from the deck with a mixture of curiosity and quiet resolve.
Their routine is interrupted when a lone, restless stranger named Shan Daly appears in a smaller boat, his fierce eyes and untamed appearance hinting at secrets that lie beyond the ordinary lives of the islanders. As the clouds shift and the sea sighs, the uneasy meeting sets in motion a subtle tension that will test the bonds of family, community, and the unspoken codes of a place where the landscape itself seems to hold its breath.
Language
en
Duration
~8 hours (488K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)
Release date
2018-12-09
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1845–1913
An Irish novelist, poet, and historian with a sharp eye for landscape and inner life, she wrote vividly about Ireland’s west coast and its social tensions. Her work is often linked with the Irish literary revival, while her interests also reached into natural history and gardening.
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