St. Colman’s Cemetery Inishbofin Island: A History of Christianity, Church and Cemetery Inishbofin Island since 665 A.D. by Marie Coyne

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A compendium of the History, Religion, and Culture of Inishbofin. This beautifully produced book is a wonderfully researched documentation of St Colman’s Cemetery and the generations of people buried there. It serves as a reference book for the historian while also cataloguing the heritage of the Cemetery but also the wider island and the communities who have lived and died here. There are contributions from historians, archaeologists, and ornithologists as well as from poets of local and international renown. It is a must have for anyone with any interest in our island heritage or indeed the culture and heritage of Connemara and the West of Ireland.