A different perspective on Ireland

Bao Huiyi, author of The Annals of the Emerald Isle. [Photo provided to China Daily]

In another chapter, she takes readers to the primitive landscapes of the island－to explore glacial lakes and to visit a lighthouse on a rocky cape.

And she familiarizes Chinese readers with the treasures of Irish literature.

Sinead Mac Aodha, the executive director of Literature Ireland, praises Bao's work for opening the door of Irish literature to Chinese readers.

Bao, who was born in Shanghai, studied English literature at Fudan University for her bachelor's and master's degrees from 2003 to 2010.

It was the poems of William Yeats, the plays of Oscar Wilde and the novel of James Joyce that drew her to Ireland.

"I was translating Heaney and Yeats before I came to Ireland," Bao told The Irish Times in 2016.