TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fox, Robin
PY  - 1995
DA  - 1995//
TI  - The Tory Islanders: a people of the Celtic fringe
PB  - University of Notre Dame Press
CY  - Notre Dame
KW  - Ethnology
KW  - Ireland
KW  - Tory Island
KW  - Celts
KW  - Civilization, Celtic
KW  - Tory Island (Ireland)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Rural Irish
KW  - Eireanneach
KW  - Population
KW  - External migration
KW  - Traditional history
KW  - History
KW  - Marine industries
KW  - Real property
KW  - Inheritance
KW  - Labor supply and employment
KW  - Cooperative organization
KW  - Boats
KW  - Personal names
KW  - Regulation of marriage
KW  - Residence
KW  - Family relationships
KW  - Kinship terminology
KW  - Kin relationships
KW  - Rule of descent
KW  - Kindreds and ramages
AB  - This is a study of a tight-knit island community of a few hundred people. The author examines the relationship between the cognatic kinship system and land tenure. He also looks at the organization of the fishing industry in its heyday, again focusing on the role of kinship in the ownership of boats and recruitment of labor. By cross-referencing land registers and genealogical charts, he reveals how rights to land are shared and allocated to households. The labor demands of fishing required drawing on a wide pool of kin, including second cousins and in-laws. Most boats were collectively owned with crew members having shares. Ownership arrangements changed with the introduction of power boats that required smaller crews but a larger capital investment. Unique to the island is the number of married couples who live in separate households, but eat meals together. This unusual arrangement is attributed to various factors, including the late age of marriage, a strong sibling bond, and community endogamy with in-laws living close to each other.
SN  - 0268018901
UR  - https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/document?id=er06-018
LA  - English
N1  - Robin Fox
ID  - er06-018
Y1  - 2022-06-28
ER  -