Mair'ead Nic Craith has sought to integrate critical heritage studies,
cultural history, literature, and folklore into a creative ethnology.
Issues of community and place, memory and nostalgia are key themes in
her work. The tensions around forms, definitions, and uses of heritage
are picked up in the contributions to this book. Research essays engage
with the wide range of topics Mair'ead has explored. Other contributions
note her support and mentoring or illustrate the author's appreciation
of her work through prose, music, and artistic representations.