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FROM: Shirley Taylor <[removed]@rochestercatholic.k12.mn.us>
REC'D: 1/24/02, 3:40 PM

Hi Fiction_L

I hope this question is okay to post.... I am trying to find a
title/author of book based upon the following information:
a. The book is fiction, a novel based upon an old Gaelic or Celtic tale.

b.The patron believes is was a bestseller around 1988-1990.
c.The author is a woman. (90% sure)
-d.The title has the Gaelic word for raft in it. Spelling: curragh (?)
I've searched everywhere I can think of with no luck. I have also
looked at a Gaelic dictionary and was not able to confirm the spelling
of the word for raft either {:-}

Does this description ring a bell with anyone?

I appreciate your collective intelligence and thank you in advance for
your help.

--
-------------------------
Shirley Taylor, Librarian
Lourdes Library
Lourdes High School
Rochester, MN 55902
507-289-3991 ext 220

FROM: "Marla" <[removed]@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org>
REC'D: 1/24/02, 3:51 PM

A long shot, Shirley -- your description makes me think of THE
MISTS OF AVALON by M. Z. Bradley. If I remember correctly, the
way to the island was on one of these little hide covered "boats."

There are alot of books using those little boats, so I suppose the
possibilities are just as many. Good luck. BYE!

Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
301 2nd Ave N
Great Falls MT 59401-2593
[removed]@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org


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practised in the leisure of peace.
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FROM: "Marsha Valance" <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 1/24/02, 4:02 PM

I did a websearch on "curragh" on Google, and found 1500 entries, including one for The Coracle Society, and another that began WHAT'S A CURRAGH? A curragh is a Celtic skin boat.
The one title I found through Google that sounds possible is:
Voyage of Mael Duin's Curragh (Story Line Press 0-934257] Reprint (Avon
1988 .
HTH,


Marsha Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
1.800.242.8822 [in-state]
<[removed]@mpl.org>

>>> [removed]@rochestercatholic.k12.mn.us 01/24/02 03:29PM >>>
Hi Fiction_L

I hope this question is okay to post.... I am trying to find a
title/author of book based upon the following information:
a. The book is fiction, a novel based upon an old Gaelic or Celtic tale.

b.The patron believes is was a bestseller around 1988-1990.
c.The author is a woman. (90% sure)
-d.The title has the Gaelic word for raft in it. Spelling: curragh (?)
I've searched everywhere I can think of with no luck. I have also
looked at a Gaelic dictionary and was not able to confirm the spelling
of the word for raft either {:-}

Does this description ring a bell with anyone?

I appreciate your collective intelligence and thank you in advance for
your help.

--
-------------------------
Shirley Taylor, Librarian
Lourdes Library
Lourdes High School
Rochester, MN 55902
507-289-3991 ext 220

FROM: Sherri Lazenby <[removed]@dallaslibrary.org>
REC'D: 1/24/02, 5:28 PM

Could it be The Voyage of Mael Duin's Curragh by Patricia McDowell published
in 1989.


Sherri L. Lazenby
[removed]@dallaslibrary.org <[removed]@dallaslibrary.org>
Branch Manager
Audelia Road Branch Library
Dallas Public Library System
10045 Audelia Road
Dallas, TX 75238
(214) 670-1350
(214) 670-0790 FAX


-----Original Message-----
From: Shirley Taylor [[removed]@rochestercatholic.k12.mn.us]
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 3:30 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Book/Author puzzle

Hi Fiction_L

I hope this question is okay to post.... I am trying to find a
title/author of book based upon the following information:
a. The book is fiction, a novel based upon an old Gaelic or Celtic
tale.

b.The patron believes is was a bestseller around 1988-1990.
c.The author is a woman. (90% sure)
-d.The title has the Gaelic word for raft in it. Spelling: curragh
(?)
I've searched everywhere I can think of with no luck. I have also
looked at a Gaelic dictionary and was not able to confirm the
spelling
of the word for raft either {:-}

Does this description ring a bell with anyone?

I appreciate your collective intelligence and thank you in advance
for
your help.

--
-------------------------
Shirley Taylor, Librarian
Lourdes Library
Lourdes High School
Rochester, MN 55902
507-289-3991 ext 220


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FROM: Julie Roberts <[removed]@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 1/24/02, 6:56 PM

Hello. I just did an Amazon.com search, and came up with: The Voyage of
Mael Duin's Curragh : A novel. It was written by Patricia McDowell and
Patricia Aakhus in 1989. It is in paperback form. Julie A. Roberts
[removed]@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us

-----Original Message-----
From: Shirley Taylor [[removed]@rochestercatholic.k12.mn.us]
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 5:46 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Book/Author puzzle

Hi Fiction_L

I hope this question is okay to post.... I am trying to find a
title/author of book based upon the following information:
a. The book is fiction, a novel based upon an old Gaelic or Celtic tale.

b.The patron believes is was a bestseller around 1988-1990.
c.The author is a woman. (90% sure)
-d.The title has the Gaelic word for raft in it. Spelling: curragh (?)
I've searched everywhere I can think of with no luck. I have also
looked at a Gaelic dictionary and was not able to confirm the spelling
of the word for raft either {:-}

Does this description ring a bell with anyone?

I appreciate your collective intelligence and thank you in advance for
your help.

--
-------------------------
Shirley Taylor, Librarian
Lourdes Library
Lourdes High School
Rochester, MN 55902
507-289-3991 ext 220

FROM: "Jean Trainor" <[removed]@fnsb.lib.ak.us>
REC'D: 1/25/02, 6:44 PM

Maybe it is The Voyage of Mael Duin's Curragh by Patricia Aakhus. Story Line
Press, 1989

Jean Trainor
FNSB Public Library
Fairbanks, AK

> title/author of book based upon the following information:
> a. The book is fiction, a novel based upon an old Gaelic or Celtic tale.
>
> b.The patron believes is was a bestseller around 1988-1990.
> c.The author is a woman. (90% sure)
> -d.The title has the Gaelic word for raft in it. Spelling: curragh (?)
> I've searched everywhere I can think of with no luck. I have also
> looked at a Gaelic dictionary and was not able to confirm the spelling
> of the word for raft either {:-}
>
> Does this description ring a bell with anyone?
>
> I appreciate your collective intelligence and thank you in advance for
> your help.
>
> --
> -------------------------
> Shirley Taylor, Librarian
> Lourdes Library
> Lourdes High School
> Rochester, MN 55902
> 507-289-3991 ext 220
>
>
>
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