Joyful Pilgrimage: In the Wake of St Columba - Couverture souple

Barry, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0645763926 ISBN 13 : 9780645763928

Editeur : Vinycomb Press, 2025

Synopsis

This is the story of the 1963 re-enactment of the sea voyage made by St. Columba in the 6th Century (563 A.D.) from Derry, Northern Ireland, to Iona in the Hebrides aboard a traditional Irish curragh.
Canon John Barry, the instigator of it all, tells the story with the dry humour of an Ulsterman, savouring the outlandish original idea and how it was shaped, aided by a growing band of supporters, into a grand adventure of faith and fraternity. Barry writes in a self-deprecating way, claiming expertise in nothing. For him, the heroes are Wallace Cark, the skipper; Richard MacCullagh the curragh designer; Jim Boyd who built the curragh, the other crew members and the curragh itself. But beneath his commentary, his own engaging and passionate influence shines.
This book, is a facsimile edition of the original 1964 book with the addition of a Preface by the author's son Jonathan Barry. It will interest modern-day pilgrims who wish to learn more about St. Columba and his historic decision to leave Ireland for Scotland, as well as the path he and his followers took. But more than that, for those interested in ancient craft and the sea, the skipper, Wallace Clark, reflects on the decision to build a curragh. He tells us of the design, building, and her sailing performance and reflects on how the vessel might have been improved with hindsight.
Illustrated with drawings and photographs.

About the author: John Barry was born in Belfast in 1915 into a Protestant family, the descendants of religious migrants from Northern Italy who had reached Ireland in the early 17th Century. Embodying the spirit of his forbears, he was ordained in 1938, coming to believe that in life we may be called to travel and must be ready to embrace others and their differences, their cultures, and ideas.
In St Columba, he found a kindred spirit, someone from the distant past whose spirituality predates our contemporary divisions, and whose vision can inspire us in the present and lead to a better future.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Vinycomb Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0645763926
• ISBN 13: 9780645763928
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: McCullagh Richard, Carson G.J.A.
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 94
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