'At the end of it all, he will have raised an imperishable monument to the West' Brian Lynch, Irish Independent 'The reader of this wonderful book will learn about the natural history, folklore and topography of the area from one of the great polymaths of our time - who is also, thankfully, a gifted literary stylist with an elegant turn of phrase and a lovely dry wit' Alannah Hopkin, Irish Examiner 'With the eye of an outsider and the zeal of a convert...