"A Dream"

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Title"A Dream"
Year for Search1998
AuthorsSeymour, John
Secondary TitleThe Aisling Quarterly (Aran Islands, Ireland)
Volume / Edition23
Pagination61-65
Date PublishedBealtaine 1998
KeywordsIrish author, Male author
Annotation

Set on the Aran Islands, which have become dependent on tourists and government handouts. Proposal, originating in a dream showing the life being sucked out of the islands, that they return to the eutopian self-sufficiency (described at the beginning of the story). Specifically, re-establish dairying, fishing, gardening, and other farming and wool-production, work toward energy self-sufficiency through wind power, and get rid of cars.
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1998 Seymour, John. “A Dream.” The Aisling Quarterly (Aran Islands, Ireland) 23 (Bealtaine 1998): 61-65. I

Set on the Aran Islands, which have become dependent on tourists and government handouts. Proposal, originating in a dream showing the life being sucked out of the islands, that they return to the eutopian self-sufficiency (described at the beginning of the story). Specifically, re-establish dairying, fishing, gardening, and other farming and wool-production, work toward energy self-sufficiency through wind power, and get rid of cars. Irish author.