Read Ireland Book News - Issue 83
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Lewis's Cork: A Topographical Dictionary of the Parishes, Towns and Villages of Cork City and County (Paperback; 15.99 IRP / 24.00 USD) [Add To Basket]
The Topographical Dictionary of Ireland by Samuel Lewis was first published in 1837 and contained statistics from the first complete census of Ireland which had been conducted in 1831. It described agriculture, industry, fishing, mineral resources, buildings, schools, churches and the people in two volumes, covering the whole of Ireland and totalling 1400 pages. This volume gathers together all the entries on Cork city and county and is possibly the most comprehensive description of Cork in pre-famine times.
The Skellig Story by Des Lavelle (Paperback; 8.95 IRP / 13.50 USD) [Add To Basket]
This book is the story of two of the world's most stunning and unspoilt islands, Skellig Michael and Small Skellig. The book describes the extraordinary isolated Early Christian monastic settlement, with its stone 'beehive huts' and abundant bird life with over twenty thousand pairs of gannets, and tells the history, legend, geology, plant life, seabirds, the lighthouse, the seals, the underwater world. A comprehensive and accessible book on a unique and fascinating place.
In the Legion of the Vanguard by John A. Pinkman edited by Francis E. Maguire (Paperback; 9.99 IRP / 15.00 USD) [Add To Basket]
John Pinkman was born of Irish parents in Liverpool in 1902. In this dramatic and passionate memoir, he tells of his childhood and youth in a close-knit, strongly nationalistic Irish Catholic community in Liverpool. Gifted with a remarkable memory, he provides a vivid depiction of his schooling and his subsequent apprenticeship in Liverpool's docklands. He joined a Sinn Fein club at the age of 16 and the Liverpool Company of the Irish Volunteers two years later. Pinkman gives a gripping account of the activities of the Liverpool Company prior to the Truce. Arrested and sentenced to five years' penal servitude in Dartmoor Prison for 'Sinn Fein activities,' he describes the life he and others endured in England's most dreaded prison. On his release following the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, he joined the elite Dublin Guards Brigade of the Irish National Army under Michael Collins on its formation early in 1922. He presents an eyewitness account of the fighting during the Civil War in Kilkenny, Dublin and Munster, supplying new and controversial information on the death of Cathal Brugha, the assassination of Michael Collins, and the role of Ersine Childres, challenging the received wisdom of these and other events of the Civil War. His gripping account, told with candour, honesty, and humour, provides new and startling insights on this key period of Irish history. This account is a valuable contribution to source material for the War of Independence and Civil War.
1798 Diary by Ruan O'Donnell (Paperback; 14.95 IRP / 22.50 USD) [Add To Basket]
In this book, published from the author's column in the Irish Times, historian Ruan O'Donnell charts the course of the 1798 Rebellion from week to week, county by county. His weekly column is complemented by additional material for this book. O'Donnell places the striking eyewitness accounts of key protagonists in their appropriate historical context and has added an introduction, chronology and glossary of terms. Many obscure and neglected sources have been drawn upon to create an authoritative and balanced overview of 1798 from all perspectives. All the major engagements and personalities are discussed in this comprehensive yet highly readable study of the Rebellion.
A Makeshift Majority: First Inter-party Government, 1948-51 by David McCullagh (Paperback; 18.00 IRP / 27.00 USD) [Add To Basket]
This is the first full length study of one of the most intriguing governments in Irish history. The first inter-party government, which held power from 1948 to 1951, was not only Ireland's first coalition, it was also the most diverse, made up of five parties and a group of Independents. It's easy to see why Sean Lemass dismissed it contemptuously as a 'makeshift majority' - but despite that, the government managed to last for three and a half years. The government is best known for two controversial episodes - the declaration of the Republic and the Mother and Child Crisis. The author delves deeper, explaining the forces which brought this first coalition into being, the strategies employed to make the partners stick together, and the reasons for its final collapse. He also sheds new light on the declaration of the Republic, the government's aproach to Northern Ireland, economic policy, attempts to improve social welfare, and of course the Mother and Child Scheme.
Killybegs: Then and Now by Donald Martin (Paperback; 9.95 IRP / 15.00 USD) [Add To Basket]
Once a small fishing village on the north-west coast of Ireland, Killybegs has become one of the most important fishing ports in the country. This book is a chronicle of how this beautiful little town, with Donegal Bay at its feet and the towering mass of Crownarad at its back, has changed over the years. An unforgettable picture of the town, the harbour and the people of Killybegs.
Home Farm: The Story of a Dublin Football Club 1928-1998 by Dr. Brendan Menton (Paperback' 9.99 IRP / 15.00 USD) [Add To Basket]
This book tells the story of Home Farm football club. It reveals that the Club has given great service to the community in many respects. It has also built up an enviable international reputation for dedicated work for youth welfare through football and has won fame in the sporting world. Home Farm players have won full senior international honours for Ireland as well as innumerable honours at all other levels in the game. But it goes beyond achievements on the football pitch. Many of its former players earned distinction in other sports and in non-sporting fields. This book records these achievements.
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