In the tradition of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable comes the most complete single-volume reference guide to the folklore, language and culture of Ireland. Authors Jo O'Donoghue and Sean McMahon cover an impressive range of subjects in over 5000 entries, with special attention paid to the unique legends, superstitions and fables of the Emerald Isle. Other topics addressed include contemporary Irish culture, the origins of Irish words and sayings, and Irish literature throughout the ages. At once scholarly and whimsical, this is a truly indispensable trove of fact and fancy for any lover of Irish culture.

Brewer's Dictionary Of Irish Phrase & Fable

Reference

McMahon, Seán

O'Donoghue, Jo

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Cassell

Provides definitions of Irish phrases and words and explains their historical origins.

Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase & Fable

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Chambers Harrap Pub Ltd

Topography starts off this history of Derry, Northern Ireland, showing an east-west division that also marks off a difference in religious populations. The book covers plantation, the Industrial Revolution, the 1968 civil rights clashes and Bloody Sunday, and social and educational traditions of the city and county. This series features experienced and authoritative authors local to the counties providing accessible histories from antiauity to the present, with bibliographies, notes and indices for each

A History of County Derry

History

Europe

Gill Macmillan Ltd

This concise and even-handed account gives the history of Ireland since the earliest times. It shirks nothing, exaggerates nothing. The heroes and villains are there, the former perhaps not so heroic, the others less evil than tradition has painted them. Based upon up-to-date research, the book covers fights and famines, country and town, Protestants and Catholics, Rome Rule and Home Rule, Church and State, and brings the account right up to the autumn of 1995 and the end of the first year of peace in Northern Ireland.

A Short History of Ireland

Dufour Editions

A linguistic treasure, this compact, engaging collection puts fifty-five revered Latin phrases at readers' fingertips, from the universally quoted caveat emptor (let the buyer beware) to ex nihilo, nihil fit (from nothing, nothing comes) to tempus fugit (time flies).An entertaining volume with a scholarly twist, 'Carpe Seize the Day' will inform, advise, and delight both the casual reader and anyone who appreciates the art of language.

Carpe Diem: Seize the Day : A Little Book of Latin Phrases

Poetry

Chronicle Books LLC.

The Bell literary journal was founded by Sean O'Faolain and Peadar O'Donnell in 1940, and edited by O'Faolain until 1946, then by O'Donnell to 1954. Its index of writers reads like a dictionary of famous authors, some of whom were writers of stature at the time, while others were beginners, many of whom went on to become famous. This book presents the flavor of The Bell in its heyday. Writers featured are: Patrick Kavanagh, Eric Cross, Flann O'Brien, Frank O'Connor, Bryan McMahon, Brendan Behan, Louis McNeice, Monk Gibbon, Roger McHugh, Denis Johnston, Mary Lavin, Micheal Mac Laimmoir Sean O'Faolain, and others. There a bibliographical note on each of the thirty-nine writers included in this selection.

Great Irish Writing: The Best from The Bell (Classic Irish Fiction)

Literary

The O'Brien Press

Quotations about love attempted, gained, and lost fill this beautifully illustrated volume with the joy, frustration, and pathos that only love can bring. Written in the original Latin and translated into English, quotes from Ovid, Virgil, St. Augustine, and others express the gamut of feelings that can fill the heart of one in love. This new twist on the Latin primer is a perfect gift for lovers, newlyweds, or even singles who have been less than lucky in love.

Ars Amoris: Latin for Lovers

Appletree Press, [

Carpe Diem Seize the Day French Translat

Faces of the West, 1875-1925: A record of life in the West of Ireland, photographic [and] literary

Travel

Appletree Press, Ltd.

The Best from the Bell: Great Irish writing

OʼBrien Press

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