Michael Davitt was born the son of poor farmers during the Great Famine. When his family were thrown out of their home by their landlord, they went to England to survive. At nine years old, Michael had to work in a factory and suffered a terrible accident there. But a wealthy man heard of this and paid for him to go back to school. When Michael grew up her joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood which wanted Home Rule for Ireland. But closest to Michael s heart was the suffering of the farmers in Ireland who were at the mercy of cruel landlords. Back in Ireland, he founded the Land League which, through peaceful protest, changed the lives of the Irish people forever.

Michael Davitt the Land League

Andrew O'Connor

In A Nutshell

James Joyce was born in Dublin in 1881. A brilliant student, he abandoned a career in medicine to pursue his dream of being a writer. After meeting the love of his life, Nora Barnacle, the two left Dublin in 1904 to live on the Continent.
But Dublin never left James' heart. Over the next three decades he based his characters on the friends, family and enemies he knew in Dublin, naming his first published book simply Dubliners. But it was his home city itself that was the main theme of his books.
As James continued to live in exile and battled bad health and family problems, his genius as a writer grew, as did his controversial reputation on the publication of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. In 1922 he published Ulysses, a novel that would become world famous and change the way books could be written and read.
Joyce is one of the greatest Irish writers. His life and works are celebrated each year on June 16th - which his native city has named Bloomsday in honour of Leopold Bloom, the main character in Ulysses.

James Joyce: Literary Legend

Biographies & Memoirs

O'Connor, Andrew

Arts & Literature

The Book of Irish Saints: (Irish Myths & Legends In A Nutshell Book 22)

Children's Books

Maria Hoey

Religions

Firsts For Irish Women

Olive Collins

Eamon de Valera

Smith, Rod

Michael Collins had many roles in his short lifetime. He fought in the 1916 Easter Rising. He was Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Army, Minister for Finance, leader of a network of spies battling against the British forces and a chief negotiator in the Anglo-Irish Treaty. He was killed in 1922 in an ambush at Béal na Bláth at the age of 31. His death robbed Ireland of one of its finest leaders. Admired by many and feared by his enemies, this is the story of Michael Collins – ‘The Big Fellow’.

Michael Collins: The Big Fellow (Ireland's Best Known Stories In A Nutshell - Heroes)

Biographies

Roger Casement spent his life fighting for human rights. In Africa and South America he exposed the terrible things being done to the native people to force them to produce rubber for cruel and greedy companies. For this work Roger was made a Knight of the British Empire. But his dearest wish was to free his own country, Ireland, from British rule.So, at Easter 1916 he arrived secretlyby submarine, in an attempt to land armsfor the Easter Rising. But Roger was arrested and tried for treason . . .

Roger Casement: Human Rights Hero (Ireland's Best Known Stories In A Nutshell - Heroes)

History

Shortland, Gaye

Europe

Thousands of years ago Tuatha Dé Danann - the People of the Goddess Danu - landed on the West Coast of Ireland in a huge mist. They then burned their boats, vowing they would never leave Ireland. Because they had no boats, people thought they had come from the sky and believed they must be half gods, half humans. The Tuatha brought four great magical treasures, fought and won fearsome battles and ruled Ireland for more than 400 years. And when their reign was over, they vanished into the Other World, still exercising their magic powers, living on forever.

The Magical Story of the Tuatha Dé Danann (Irish Myths & Legends In A Nutshell)

Carroll, Ann

Dillon, Derry

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

Sceal Naomh Padraig

In a Nutsell as Gaeilge

Easter Week 1916. The time of the great rebellion. They call it the Easter Rising. 2,500 Irish Volunteers take on the mighty British Empire, fighting for freedom from British rule. They are lead by a school principal, a barrister and a poet Padraig Pearse. This is the story of the leader of the Easter Rising during that week, who led his forces into battle against one of the most powerful armies in the world. Even though Pearse and his Volunteers were defeated, and Pearse was shot by a firing squad, his name along with the other leaders will be remembered forever, because he knew Ireland unfree will never be at peace.

Pádraig Pearse and the Easter Rising 1916 (Ireland's Best Known Stories in A Nutshell - Heroes)

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