Tim Robinson

Stones of Aran: Labyrinth (2009)

Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage (1991)

If you have been to Aran, or plan to go, or long to go, this book can serve as an aid to memory, an introduction, or a way there. But be warned: the reading demands care and a kind of faith—namely, that walking in circles is not for nothing.I carted this (very elegant—bless the NYRB) little volum...

Setting Foot on the Shores of Connemara and other Writings (1997)

I've heard Tim Robinson called Ireland's modern Thoreau, a claim I can't really endorse. (Way less nature writing, more cartography and anthropology. A bit of oral history for good measure. Excellent writing throughout.) Although I didn't love this book, I loved parts of it and it's quite good...