{"subject_places": ["Ireland", "Valencia Island", "Valencia Island (Ireland)"], "subjects": ["History", "Natural history"], "key": "/works/OL4242014W", "title": "Valentia", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL814998A"}}], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "covers": [13877536], "description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Valentia is an island off the coast of county Kerry. It has been the home of farmer-fishermen and technocrats alike, the site of a large slate and flagstone mine, one of the first meteorological stations, and of the first trans-Atlantic cable messages sent and received. The author traces the history of the island and describes life as it is today."}, "latest_revision": 4, "revision": 4, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2009-12-10T05:46:19.826194"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-08-26T11:40:26.219910"}}