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A Bitter Wind (HB)

This book takes us on a journey into the secret heart of Irish country life in the 20th century. Beginning with an account of the villagers’ death-defying efforts to recover wreckage from an unforgiving ocean, A Bitter Wind is an intriguing ramble through an Ireland that no longer exists. Hardback edition.


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A Bitter Wind (PB)

This book takes us on a journey into the secret heart of Irish country life in the 20th century. Beginning with an account of the villagers’ death-defying efforts to recover wreckage from an unforgiving ocean, A Bitter Wind is an intriguing ramble through an Ireland that no longer exists. Paperback edition.


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A Pocket History of Gaelic Culture

What exactly is and what was Gaelic culture? How was it affected by the turmoils of Irish history, successive invasions and colonisation? How much of the native culture actually survived? An entertaining and concise view of the story of Gaelic culture and its relationship with the Irish language in history, politics, music, dance and games.


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A Pocket History of Irish Rebels


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A Short History of Ireland

This concise and even-handed account gives the history of Ireland since the earliest times. Based on up-to-date research, the narrative covers all political, social and cultural issues of importance, right up to the autumn of 1995 with the visit of President Clinton and the end of the first year of peace in Northern Ireland.


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An Introduction to Irish High Crosses

In this attractive and informative book, the salient features and individual characteristics of Ireland's high crosses are documented, and an illustrated catalogue of them is provided. The crosses are also brought to life with a large collection of photographs which illustrate the variety and complexity of these monuments and allow them to speak for themselves.


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Atlas of Irish History

This is the first full-colour atlas of Ireland's history from earliest times right up to the present day. Using a combination of colour illustrations and specially commissioned maps, it is a superb graphic representation of the Irish past.


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Bibeanna

Twenty women from the Dingle gaeltacht look back on their lives and the changes they have witnessed from childhood to the present day. The accounts they give are intimate, recalling their personal lives but their memories and experiences extend beyond the personal. Collectively, they provide a commentary on the changing face of Ireland.


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Constance Markievicz

This book traces Constance Markievicz's journey from a pampered childhood in a Sligo Landlord's mansion to her participation in Ireland's literary and Political Renaissance. The little known story of her daughter Maeve and her son in law, Stanislaw, is also recorded. Paintings by Constance, produced while in solitary confinement in Holloway jail, are reproduced in this book for the first time ever.
Her meeting and marriage to the aristocrat Count Dunin Markievicz at art school in Paris is detailed here. It describes how on their return to Dublin she threw her lot in with the poor, running the soup kitchens during the workers strikes and the Dublin lockout of 1913.


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Crannogs

Covering a long time-period from the Mesolithic to the present whilst keeping the geographical scope narrow, this book focuses on the region around Lough Gara in the north-west of Ireland. It presents fresh information on both the dating and the classification of crannogs,(ancient, small, man-made islands in lakes), together with new theoretical perspectives and questions.


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