Exploring An t-Oile nach (anglicised as The Islandman), an indigenous Irish-language memoir written by Tom s Criomhthain (Tom s O'Crohan), M ir ad Nic Craith charts the development of Criomhthain as an author; the writing, illustration, and publication of the memoir in Irish; and the reaction to its portrayal of an authentic, Gaelic lifestyle in Ireland. As she probes the appeal of an island fisherman's century-old life-story...