Read Ireland Book News - Issue 44
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Irish Waterside Walks by Michael Fewer (Paperback; 7.99 IRP/ 12.50 USD) [Add To Basket]
With its numerous rivers and lakes and its extensive canal system, Ireland has a wealth of waterside walks. The author has gathered together 58 of the best walks throughout the length and breadth of the country. Intended mainly for families and casual walkers, the book includes walks and strolls of anything from half an hour to five hours' duration. Along the way, the author describes interesting aspects such as the local wildlife, history and architecture, and also recommends good spots for picnics, swims, etc.
Hitler's Irish Voices: The Story of German Radio's Wartime Irish Service by David O'Donoghue (Paperback; 9.70 IRP / 14.50 USD) [Add To Basket]
This book tells the story of Dr Adolf Mahr, the Austrian-born director of the National Museum of Dublin. A member of the Nazi party, he was promoted to the top museum job in 1934. He left Dublin in 1934. Officially on leave of absence, he spent the war years in Berlin working on the Irish desk at the German Foreign Office, as well as establishing and directing German Radio's nightly Irish service, known as Irland-Readaktion. The book examines in detail the reasons for the establishment of the radio service, what it broadcast, and who listened to it. This incredible story - based on detailed research in Ireland, Germany and Britain - uncovers for the first time one of the most sensitive issues concerning Irish-German relations in the Second World War.
A Name for Himself by Catherine Dunne (Paperback; 9.99 IRP / 15.00 USD) [Add To Basket]
This novel is a study of one man's struggle to find a sense of belonging. Farrell hated P.J. Browne on sight. When he fell in love love with Browne's daughter he hated him even more. Grace is beautiful, vulnerable, sophisticated and way out of Farrell's league. But he woos and wins her and, for a while, their love seems unassailable, a refuge from the world and from their pasts. But each of them has old ghosts which refuse to lie down. The pull of Farrell's childhood is too powerful, his love for Grace too strong. This novel, from the author of the highly acclaimed novel 'In The Beginning', confirms the author as a novelist with a gift for turning ordinary lives into compelling fiction.
Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks (Paperback; 9.99 IRP / 15.00 USD) [Add To Basket]
In attempting to hitch-hike around Ireland with a fridge, the result of a bet that he could not circumnavigate the island, the author was led to one of the best experiences of his life recalled in this book. Joined by his trusty-companion-cum-domestic-applicance, he found himself in the midst of a remarkable adventure, at times emotional, at times inspirational, but more ofthen than not, downright silly. This book is the record of the unlikely pair's fortunes as they made their way from Dublin to Donegal, from Sligo through Mayo, Galway, Clare, Kerry, Cork, Wexford, Wicklow - and back to Dublin again. It is a very inspirational story.
Irish Literary Movement by A. Norman Jeffares (Hardback; 6.99 IRP / 10.00 USD) [Add To Basket]
This generously illustrated book provides an accesible introduction to the lives and works of leading 20th-century Irish writers. In the early decades of the century, a brilliantly gifted generation transformed literature in Ireland and made an influential contribution to the wider world of letters. Such writers as Flann O'Breien and the Nobel lauretes Samuel Beckett and Seamus Heaney carried on the tradition of the Literary Revival in later generations. All the major names are here: Joyce, Yeats, O'Casey, Shaw, Synge, George Moore and many others. Each short article is illustrated and the author discusses these protraits and paintings as well as the work and influences of the subjects themselves.
Another Country: Growing Up in '50s Ireland by Gene Kerrigan (Paperback; 7.99 IRP / 12.00 USD) [Add To Basket]
In his highly addictive style, journalist Gene Kerrigan effortlessly reconstructs the Ireland of the 1950s and early '60s in which he grew up. An adult world of obsolute moral certainties, casual cruelties and mass emigration; for children an age of innocence, but an innocence hemmed in by fear and guilt. In this humorous memoir, he tells of a world that now seems as distant as another country. The details of school, street anf family life, of Christmas, First Communion, school violence, CIE Mystery Tours and the arrival of televiison, are woven with the political background of the day, and recollections of the impact of major figures: Michael O Hehir, Lemass, Dev, JFK, not to mention Hector Grey, Shane, davy Crockett and Audie Murphy. This book is an acocunt of a happy childhood in a country that was itself far from happy.
Irish Rebellions: 1798-1916: An Illustrated History by Helen Litton (Paperback; 6.99 IRP / 10.00 USD) [Add To Basket]
Using newspaper reports, speeches, eyewitness accounts and a mass of photographs and illustrative material, the author turns her accessible style to the major events of 1798, 1803, 1848, 1867 and 1916. She introduces the reader to the people involved - Wolfe Tone, Robert Emmet, Anne Devlin, Thomas Davis, James Stephens, Patrick Pearse. She discusses the United Irishmen, the Young Irelanders, the Fenian Brotherhood, and the Easter Uprising. This book is a clear and informative survey of the most well-known rebellions in Irish history.
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