First published in the nineteenth century, these sketches were well known to Joyce and Yeats, both of whom borrowed from them on occasion. Full of unforgettable portraits and anecdotes, the sketches show Barrington to be an adaptable man, an active participant in the public and private life of late eighteenth century Ireland, and a keen observer of its idiosyncrasies.

Ireland of Sir Jonah Barrington: Selections from His Personal Sketches

Barrington, Jonah

Literature & Fiction

Colin Smythe Ltd.

While pondering a number of seemingly insoluble quandaries in the fields of both religion and science, Johnston concludes that modern science may provide an answer to some of the quandaries of religious belief, while theology may be capable of rescuing the physicists. Regarded as a sequel and commentary on the author's earlier war autobiography.

The Brazen Horn: A non-book for those, who, in revolt today (Dolmen Editions)

Johnston, Denis

Religion & Spirituality

An introduction to one of Ireland's treasures, which has been in the library of Trinity College, Dublin, for 300 years and is recognized as one of the greatest illuminated manuscripts ever produced. Written in the Monastery of Kells in the early 9th cent

Book of Kells: A Selection of Pages Reproduced with Description

Arts & Photography

Simms, George Otto

Painting

A book of great beauty and charm...[Raine] has a profound, sometimes agonized understanding of what it means to be alive, to be old, to be aware always of that deeper, truer life that lies somewhere out there behind and beyond our daily existence"" - Basil Burwell, The Republican Journal. In these verses written between 1974 and 1978, Raine applies her assured lyric technique to the many themes her life experiences inspired. The works of a visionary in the lineage of Blake and Coleridge, Shelley and Yeats, who invokes the ancient wisdom of this rich heritage.

The Oracle in the Heart

RAINE, Kathleen

Poetry

The text and translation of early Irish poems, both secular and religious. "These translations...from the point of view of a telling economy and a regard for the original image, its absolute rightness, are far and away superior to anything else I have re

Medieval Irish Lyrics

Carney, James

Ó Tuama, Seán. An Duanaire 1600-1900. Poems of the Dispossessed. With Translations into English Verse by Thomas Kinsella. First Edition ! Bilingual edition in Gaelic and English. (Gaeilge - English). Mountrath, Portlaoise, The Dolmen Press, 1981. 8°. XXXIX, 382 pages. With several illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear. Including newspaper-clippings related to the topic. Name of preowner on endpaper.

An Duanaire, 1600-1900: Poems of the Dispossessed (English and Irish Edition)

Thomas, Kinsella

Sean Tuama

The Book of Kells: Eine Auswahl Von Reproduktionen Mit Einer Beschreibung Und Anmerkungen Von G.O. Simms: German Language Ed (German Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

George Otto Simms

Social Sciences

Recreates the architecture and the lifestyle of Dublin in the 18th century. Fine full color reproductions of all 25 aquatints and the plate of the Arms of Dublin.

Dublin Views

History

Malton, James

Europe

The Tain Bo Cuailnge, centre-piece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales, is Ireland's greatest epic. It tells the story of a great cattle-raid, the invasion of Ulster by the armies of Medb and Ailill, queen and king of Connacht, and their allies, seeking to carry off the great Brown Bull of Cuailnge. The hero of the tale is Cuchulainn, the Hound of Ulster, who resists the invaders single-handed while Ulster's warriors lie sick. Thomas Kinsella presents a complete and living version of the story. His translation is based on the partial texts in two medieval manuscripts, with elements from other versions, and adds a group of related stories which prepare for the action of the Tain. Illustrated with brush drawings by Louis le Brocquy, this edition provides a combination of medieval epic and modern art.

The Tain

Louis Le Brocquy

Voyage of Saint Brendan

J.J. O'Meara

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