Irish Heritage Series, No. 42. Foldout front wrapper with illustration of the library complex. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. unpaginated. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo..

The National Library of Ireland (The Irish heritage series)

Kissane, Noel

Eason

National Library of Ireland Paperback First Edition 1986. 64 pp. Size 9.5" by 6.75" by 0.25". Binding intact; covers and pages clean and unmarked. 30 pp of photographs, drawings, and reproductions. Text describes history of representations of the Irish, and particularly from the British POV, along with the tradition of portraiture and portraiture technique in Ireland. Original Irish price sticker on front cover (£4.95).

The Irish face

National Library of Ireland

Parnell: A Documentary History

Biographies & Memoirs

Syracuse Univ Pr

The Irish Famine of 1845-52 was the greatest catastrophe in recorded Irish history. It was caused by the repeated failure of the potato crop, the main food source of the poorer classes. The failure resulted in hunger, starvation, and ultimately death or emigration for a quarter of the population – one million died and over a million emigrated. The emigrants formed the main basis for the Irish diaspora in Britain, the United States, Canada, and Australia. This source-book documents the course of the calamity by means of contemporary newspaper reports, workhouse records, maps, statistics, and engravings. The texts reveal the attitudes and prejudices of Prime Ministers, administrators and landlords; the first-hand experiences of those involved in relief efforts; and the trauma and tribulations of the victims. The documents are set in context and a running story-line guides the reader as the tragedy unfolds.

The Irish Famine: A Documentary History (The Irish Studies Series)

History

Europe

Syracuse University Press

Despite being the female patron saint of Ireland and one of the most remarkable women in Irish history, St. Brigid has always been an elusive figure. Some scholars have argued that she never existed as a real person but was merely the Christian personification of the cult of a pagan goddess of the same name. This book reviews all the evidence-history, legend and folklore-and concludes that while she has many of the attributes of the goddess Brigit, she was certainly a real person. The book also reviews her cult and veneration in Ireland and overseas, from her lifetime down to the present day, as attested by place-names, holy wells, and folklore, and also by the large numbers of churches (Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland), schools, and GAA clubs dedicated to her. [Subject: Irish Studies, Irish Saints, Folklore, Myth &amp; Legend, Christianity, History]

Saint Brigid of Kildare: Life, Legend and Cult

Community & Culture

Open Air

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