Derry, with its long tradition of learning, its turbulent history and its cross-fertilisation of Irish, English and Scottish cultures has always been a fertile ground for writing. This handsome new anthology, a sister volume to Patricia Craig's acclaimed Belfast Anthology, presents a wealth of writing about Derry city from earliest times to the present and includes fascinating extracts from fiction, history, poetry, letters and travel writing. The wide range of writers hints at Derry's eventful past - from St Columbkille through to John Wesley, William Thackeray and Mrs Alexander. In more recent times, writers like Sean O Faolain, Ben Kiely, Kathleen Ferguson, Nicholas Monsarrat, Brian Friel, Nell McCafferty, Jennifer Johnston, Eamonn McCann, Seamus Heaney, Michael Foley and Seamus Deane have all recorded vivid impressions of the city and its people. Researched and introduced by Derryman Sean McMahon, The Derry Anthology provides a complex and stimulating portrait of this ancient city.

The Derry Anthology

Sean, McMahon

Blackstaff Press Ltd

Book of Irish Quotations

A Book of Irish quotations

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

OʼBrien Press

large bend in book, small stain to page edges, postage to uk 2-3days

Irish quotations

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).\nAn entertaining volume with a scholarly twist, 'Carpe Diem: 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 (Sayings, Quotations, Proverbs)

Appletree Press, [

second impression, A very good unmarked copy, has light shelf wear only

Faces of the West: A Record of Life in the West of Ireland 1875-1925

Travel

Art Byrne

Europe

Appletree Press, Ltd.

Rich and Rare: A Book of Ireland

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Ward River Press

Faces of Ireland, 1875-1925: A Photographic & Literary Picture of the Past

History

Brian M. Walker

Art Ó Broin

Amaryllis Press

Poolbeg Press Ltd.

The Story Of The Claddagh Ring

History and modern lore of the traditional Irish love-ring.

The Story of the Claddagh Ring

Biographies & Memoirs

Mercier Press

Theobald Wolfe Tone was just 35 and a half when he committed suicide, with none of his ambitions achieved. Yet his reputation as the founding father of Irish republicanism is still in the zenith. His name was used by Davis and Pearce almost as a mantra and his grave at Bodenstown, County Kildare, is one of the most hallowed of republican sites. In spite of often frustrating efforts for his country's independence, Tone retained his courage, wit and the sense of fun that made him a sterling friend and popular companion. One of the founders of the United Irishmen and an early defender of the rights of Catholics, he might have had many different careers if early ambitions had been fulfilled. This short but comprehensive account of his life and work shows him to be a true patriot but a much more complex character than the icon-makers would have him.

Wolfe Tone

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