Contents

Cover

Title Page

Also by John Connell

Dedication

Prologue

The crooked pool

The source

Maps upon maps

First mate

Water, water everywhere

The river book

Water work

Mayfly

Uncle Davy

Where old ghosts meet

Bon voyage

The canoe

The water dragon

Let it happen

From little things big things grow

Ahoy there!

Sculling

Below the centre of the earth

Under the bridge

Townlands

There’s gold in them thar hills

On nature

Highways and byways

The boat people

‘Pull like a dog’

Taking flight

Hinterlands of the heart

Light on the river

Songlines

Ratty

Patrick

The big Kahuna

The Everglades

Entering the void

Hearts of darkness

Dirt

Let there be light

Lord of the manor

Look

Rashers and some sausages

The stars keep on calling our names

Cock’s crow

Dreamtime

First fleet

The Eden in everything

Raids and rallies

Tweets

The earth is shaping my face

Take me to the place I love

Borders

Second breakfast

A short walk

Lights, camera, action!

Open up your heart

Deathless beauty

The great kill

Wounds

Samuel Clemens

Gould’s Book of Fish

Soran river song

Don’t look back into the sun

Cranes in the sky

Wind

Healing a river

Making it count

Fear

The navigator

Path to the palace of nowhere

The windmills of Roscommon

Meander

The bridges of Clondra county

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