This collection of Irish poetry concentrates on those poems which have established themselves in the public affection. From Jonathan Swift to Seamus Heaney, from anonymous ballads like 'The Night Before Larry was Stretched' to Paul Durcan, 'Popular Irish Poetry' spans an extraordinary range of human emotion. Here you will find patriotic poetry, lyrics celebrating the beauty of the Irish countryside, local ballads as well as a selection of work from the great poetry revival of the last twenty years. Naturally W.B. Yeats takes pride of place and much of his best-loved work is included in 'Popular Irish Poetry'.

Popular Irish Poetry

Literature & Fiction

Louis Bell

Poetry

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Enjoy four traditional Irish stories in this unique retelling of these wonderful legends. The dazzling illustrations by Pat Moffat, popups, flaps and other interactive elements make this a book to treasure for readers of all ages.

Irish Myths and Legends: Fantastic Interactive Stories

Teen & Young Adult

Felicity Trotman

Never forget another birthday with this beautiful book. Highly illustrated and containing poems by famous Irish writers, recipes and a variety of Irish memorabilia, it makes a thoughtful gift.

The Irish Birthday Book

Pat Hegarty

Alyssa Peacock

Brown Gold: A History of Bord na Mona and the Irish Peat Industry

Brown Gold: A History of Bord Na Mona and the Irish Peat Industry

History

Donal Clarke

Europe

Bring Irish legends to life with this interactive sticker book. Featuring the stories of: The Children of Lir, Deirdre of the Sorrows, The salmon of Knowledge and Fionn and the Dragon, this book comes with eight pages of stickers that children can add to the stories.

Irish Legends Sticker Book

Children's Books

Yvonne Carroll

Activities, Crafts & Games

Following her hugely popular RTE TV series, Catherine's Italian Kitchen , and her latest show, Catherine's Roman Holiday , Catherine Fulvio presents her personal collection of recipes to brighten up Irish kitchens with delicious flavors of Italy. This wonderful selection of vibrant recipes, influenced by Catherine's long summers spent at her home in Sicily, have been gathered from Italian friends and her husband's family in Sicily and Rome, and perfected at her Wicklow cookery school. With over 100 dishes for all levels of cooks, including familiar recipes with a twist pizzas, pastas and risotto as well as the unfamiliar homemade limoncello, a traditional lemon liqueur, or Stromboli, a mouth-watering bread filled with mozzarella and pancetta, from the volcanic island off the coast of Sicily. So, expect the passion of Sicilian cooking, the heartiness of Roman fare, along with tasty treats from Tuscany, Naples and Venice. Catherines infectious enthusiasm for food pervades every recipe as she leads you through your Italian cooking experience. Featuring photography of spectacular Sicilian and Roman scenery taken from the TV series, this is truly Italian food for an Irish kitchen. Buon Appetito!

Catherine's Italian Kitchen

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Catherine Fulvio

Regional & International

The Liam MacCarthy Cup is one of the most famous trophies in Irish sport. Each yer in early September the cup is contested by the two leading hurling counties in the country. The cup was first awarded in 1923. Sean Og O Ceallachian and Owen McCann survey every decade since then, recalling many of the most famous All-Ireland hurling finals: * The thunder and lighting final of 1939, played in a monsoon on the day World War II broke out. * The great Cork and Wexford finals of the 1950s. * The achievements of the Tipperary team in the 1960's. *Cork's three in a row in the late 1970's. * The Galway revival in the 1980's. *The memorable smash-and-grab raid by Offaly in 1994 when Limerick had all but won the championship. * Clare and Loughnane in the late 1990's. *The big three: Cork, Tipperary and Kilkenny after 2000. *Kilkenny's four in a row in 2009. There is nostalgia and excitement in these pages for every lover of the national game.

The Liam Maccarthy Cup

Ó Ceallacháin, Seán Óg (deceased 2013)

On the morning of 7 March 1997 the bodies of two elderly female psychiatric patients were discovered in their sheltered accommodation at Grangegorman in Dublin. Both had suffered horrific injuries. Pressure on the Gardai to solve the crime grew, fuelled by a report from behavioral analysts who suggested that the perpetrator would re-offend. On 26 July, one of the suspects, Dean Lyons, a heroin addict, had, during the course of routine interview, made a number of admissions to the murders. The charges were laid despite the voiced opposition of three experienced investigators involved in the investigation because of Dean's mental instability, one of them the author of this book. Following two further similarly brutal murders in Roscommon a few months later, Mark Nash was arrested. He admitted to the Roscommon killings and also admitted to the Grangegorman murders. Certain senior Gardai, however, continued to insist that Dean was the real perpetrator. He remained in custody until finally the charges against him were withdrawn. He spent months in jail for a crime he did not commit. A Garda Commissioner eventually issued a public apology to the Lyons family. Unfortunately, Dean Lyons did not live to receive the apology himself as he died from a heroin overdose in 2000. Over fifteen years later Nash will finally stand trial for the Grangegorman murders. This is a fascinating and tragic story behind ""the most brutal murders in Irish criminal history"".

The Grangegorman Murders: Dean Lyons, Mark Nash and the Story behind the Grangegorman Murders

Politics & Social Sciences

Alan Bailey

Social Sciences

18 November, 1741. George Frederic Handel, one of the world's greatest composers, arrives in Dublin - the second city of the Empire - to prepare his masterpiece Messiah for its maiden performance the following spring. Bringing to life an unforgettable cast of characters, Hallelujah provides a panoramic view of a city in flux - at once struggling to contain the chaos unleashed by the catastrophic famine of the preceding year while striving to become a vibrant center of European culture and commerce. Brimming with drama, curiosity, and intrigue, Hallelujah tells of how one charitable performance wove itself into the fabric of a major city, changing the course of musical history and the lives of those who called Dublin home.

Hallelujah: The Story of a Musical Genius & the City That Brought His Masterpiece

Arts & Photography

Jonathan, Bardon

Music

'I have starved in some of the most beautiful places in the world . . .' The Irish Times food writer Theodora FitzGibbon's bohemian appetite for love, pleasure, good food and adventure took her all over the globe until she died, in Dublin, in 1991. Her two-volume autobiography reveals a life fully lived: the names she used before settling on 'Theodora'; the cookery lessons given to her by the former Queen Natalie of Serbia; the 1920s childhood spent on food-chomping travels with her rakish naval officer father in Europe, the Middle East and India. Paris in the 1930s was home to Theodora's struggles to maintain an independent life as a young actress, where she began an affair with photographer Peter Rose Pulham and kept company with Balthus, Cocteau, Dali and Picasso. She escaped wartime Paris to live in London during the Blitz and was friendly with Dylan and Caitlin Thomas, Augustus John, Francis Bacon, Shane Leslie and Soviet spy Donald Maclean. She adopted Gwladys the penguin and Mouche the poodle. She married Irish-American writer Constantine FitzGibbon in 1944 and divorced him fifteen famously stormy years later. In 1960 she married George Morrison, the film maker and archivist, and they lived together in Dalkey in the house with the 'sea at the bottom of the garden'. Be enthralled by the fascinating story behind the woman who broadened the culinary horizons of many people in Ireland and beyond. In this highly entertaining memoir, discover the sights, sounds and tastes of Theodora FitzGibbon - food writer, adventurer and thoroughly modern woman. 'Theodora FitzGibbon was the most extraordinary woman. If you read her autobiography you realise how many lives she led. And in fact how many people she was all rolled into one.' Maeve Binchy 'Oh to live a day in the life of Theodora FitzGibbon' - The Irish Times Magazine 'Long before Nigella Lawson or Mary Berry, there was Theodora FitzGibbon, model, actress, author and muse.' - Emily Hourican, Sunday Independent 'I can't recommend this book enough. It's part Austen, part Mitford and yet completely Theodora. What a dame.' - Domin Kemp, The Irish Times

A Taste of Love

Biographies & Memoirs

THEODORA FITZGIBBON

Memoirs

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