The Harp. An Chlairseach

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Donegal, 1850In the northwest of Ireland, Caragh lives in this harsh land, impoverished and empty after the famine. She confronts the gruelling physical work, the sea storms and the ever-looming deaths with grim determination. An old harp opens up new paths of discovery and freedom...But an old woman, overwhelmed with grief, puts a curse on the harbour.A beautiful, perceptive tale, of community, nature and mortality, steeped in the religion and myth of the Ireland of old.