Connemara, Ireland

 

NATIVE SON: Friends of the late Risteard Mac Aodha play music and dance at his graveside in Leitir Mór cemetery, Connemara. Born in Boston and a Vietnam veteran, Mac Aodha came to Connemara and embraced its Gaelic language and music traditions. He died last March, was cremated and his ashes returned to Boston, but his family decided to return his ashes to Connemara, for interment at the cemetery. Photograph: Seán Ó Mainn