Fishing has always been at the heart of Ireland’s coastal communities, providing employment to many and a way of life with a solid identity that bound families, friends and villages together. But against an industry fast changing and in ways beyond their control, fishermen and their communities have seen their very foundations challenged and with it a sadly inevitable ebbing away of the skills and traditions that long sustained them…
Coast Monkey, 24/11/17. Read the full book review ‘‘Before the Tide Went Out’ by Andrew Doherty‘.









