Ireland Through Birds. Conor W. O'Brien
IRELAND
THROUGH
BIRDS
IRELAND
THROUGH
BIRDS
Journeys in Search of a Wild Nation
CONOR W. O’BRIEN
First published in 2019 by
Merrion Press
An imprint of Irish Academic Press
10 George’s Street
Newbridge
Co. Kildare
Ireland
© Conor W. O’Brien, 2019
9781785373053 (Paper)
9781785373060 (Kindle)
9781785373077 (Epub)
9781785373084 (PDF)
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Typeset in Sabon LT Std 11.5/15 pt
Jacket design by River Design
All illustrations courtesy of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds/Mike Langman (rspb-images.com)
CONTENTS
For Ma, Da and Neil.
Thanks also to Mark for all his help
on my Wicklow journeys.
INTRODUCTION
A Nation and its Birds
By retaining