Lesson 7-Spring Sowing III. Do You Know? Liam O Flaherty was born in the village of Gort na gCapall, Inishmore, on 28 August 1896 Inishmore is the most northern of the aran islands Gort na gCapall means"The Field of the Horses and is true to its meaning. The entire area of Inishmore was bleak and harsh. the treeless flat rocky ground was almost too shallow for any crops to grow W BTL E To be continued on the next page
Lesson 7—Spring Sowing W B T L E III. Do You Know? Liam O'Flaherty was born in the village of Gort na gCapall, Inishmore, on 28 August 1896. Inishmore is the most northern of the Aran Islands. Gort na gCapall means "The Field of the Horses" and is true to its meaning. The entire area of Inishmore was bleak and harsh. The treeless, flat, rocky ground was almost too shallow for any crops to grow. To be continued on the next page
Lesson 7-Spring Sowing III. Do You Know? Such a harsh land affected o Flaherty immensely: I was born on a storm-swept rock and hate the soft growth of sunbaked lands where there is no frost in men' s bones. Swift thoughts and the swift flight of ravenous birds and the squeal of terror of hunted animals to me reality W BTL E To be continued on the next page
Lesson 7—Spring Sowing W B T L E Such a harsh land affected O'Flaherty immensely: I was born on a storm-swept rock and hate the soft growth of sunbaked lands where there is no frost in men's bones. Swift thoughts, and the swift flight of ravenous birds, and the squeal of terror of hunted animals to me reality. III. Do You Know? To be continued on the next page