They say that politics is always local. Seán Ó Neachtain first entered politics because of the lack of a public water system in his local area of Spiddal. His first years as a community activist on the local committee and as the secretary of the local chapter of Fianna Fáil was where he learned...
Price: €18.00 | Reference: 9781784442095
Domhnall Ó Fotharta, a teacher in Callow in Ballindoon in Co. Galway, is the original author of this folklore collection which was first published in 1892 and has been adapted for modern readers by Peadar Ó Ceannabháin. This is a multi-faceted collection which includes songs, stories,...
Price: €10.00 | Reference: 9781784441975
Memoirs by Moycullen author, Pádraic Breathnach.As well as his writing practice, Pádraic Breathnach writes about his other major interests, nature, walking, travel, horse riding and fly-fishing. During his student years, he spent periods working in London, experiences that had a big...
Price: €15.00 | Reference: 9781784442057
The story of Éadaoin is our finest Old Irish love story, a story that survived in fragments found in The Book of the Dun Cow and in The Yellow Book of Leacan. Diarmuid Johnson has combined all these various fragments and knitted them into a whole — filling the gaps and adding meat to the bones...
Price: €16.00 | Reference: 9781909907683
This collection of newspaper and radio columns is suitable for adults who are learning Irish. The essays follow life in the community around an Rinn in Co. Waterford and gives an insight into the unique characteristics of life and the culture and heritage of the region. The chapters are intertwined...
Price: €14.52 | Reference: 9781906240315
A riveting account of a journey made to America by six men on the St. Patrick boat in 1986. . . . it has a gripping immediacy and vigorous spontaneity of style that reflect the conditions under which the book was written. Ar Bhád Chonraí go Meiriceá is an excellent read. In two hours we can taste...
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Stories from the Kerry seanchaí, Bab Feirtéar, with dialectal notes by Roibeard Ó Cathasaigh and Bo Almqvist.Read a sample from the book
Price: €14.76 | Reference: 1902420594
One thousand and six hundred years ago, a young boy was brought to Ireland as a slave. He spent many long and lonely years minding sheep and pigs on Slieve Mish. Then he managed to escape and he had the intention to bring the Gael to Christianity. that boy was called Patricius, or Saint Patrick as...
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Brightly coloured and laminated St. Patrick's Day bunting. Each flag is 20cm across at the widest point and about 30cm long to the point of the flag. There are 12 flags in each package and they are sewn onto a strong fabric string. The flags are printed in full colour on both sides on a laminated...
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(THIS BOOK IS IN ENGLISH for the most part.)In 2013, Úna-Minh Kavanagh, a young journalist and content creator, was racially abused and spat upon in Dublin's city centre. Having dealt with racism throughout her young life, this proud Kerrywoman had finally had enough. In the days that followed,...
Price: €13.00 | Reference: 9781848407497
