Conamara Chronicles"I find him to be a kindred spirit, a sympathetic but shrewd enquirer, a companionable stroller, and a lover of anecdotes gathered by the wayside." So Tim Robinson described folklorist, revolutionary, and district justice Sen Mac Giollarnth, whose 1941 book Annla Beaga Iorras Aithneach revealed his sheer delight in the rich language and stories of the people he encountered in Conamara, the Irish speaking region in the south of Connemara. From tales of