By L.T.C. Rolt,Angela Rolt
The trip Tom Rolt and his spouse Angela launched into in 1946 is much less renowned. They travelled throughout the waterways of southern eire, documenting their voyage during this ebook, first released in 1949.
Their voyage takes them over the wide Shannon, and down Lough Derg, around the nice lavatory of Allen to the docks of Dublin, returning to the Shannon through the lonely Grand Canal.
Angela Rolt took the pictures on the time, specifically for the ebook.
Only the 3rd united kingdom variation on account that 1949, eco-friendly & Silver paints a superb and evocative photograph of the Irish waterways as they have been simply after the tip of the second one global warfare.
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