Read Ireland Book Review
Issue 196
Ireland: History, Culture, People edited by Paul Brewer
Hardback; 25.00 Euro / 22.00 USD / 20.00 UK; Picador, 278 pages [Add To Basket]
This book captures the essential Ireland, with stunning colour photography and authoritative and entertaining text, including a comprehensive register of families and their coats of arms. It includes in-depth portraits of each of the 32 counties, and provides a visual and textual guide to the landscapes that inspired Ireland great writers and artists. It also contains stories of the Irish experience in Canada, America, Australia and other lands. It has informed discussions of the sports and daily life of the Irish people, as well as authoritative accounts of the successive invasions and wars that shaped Irish history.
20th Century Irish Poems selected by Michael Longley
Hardback; 12.99 Euro / 11.50 USD / 8.99 UK ; 132 pages; Faber [Add To Basket]
This book is a personal anthology of 100 Irish poems published in the last century, examples of what Robert Graves calls 'heart-rending sense.' Renowned figures such as W.B. Yeats, Louis MacNeice, Patrick Kavanagh, Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill and Paul Muldoon are represented alongside less familiar voices. As Michael Longley suggests in his preface, 'The diversity of verse-shape, voice-tone and word-music shows that there are many ways in which a poem can be a poem. And there are just as many ways of being Irish or, more precisely, having an imaginative relationship with Ireland.' This book showcases the magnificent Irish achievement in the field of modern poetry.
In the Chair: Interviews with Northern Irish Poets by John Brown
Trade Paperback; 20.00 Euro / 18.00 USD / 16.00 UK; 352 pages, Salmon [Add To Basket]
This book comprises in-depth interviews with 22 of Northern Ireland's leading poets: Seamus Heaney, James Simmons, Paul Muldoon, Seamus Deane, Michael Longley, Derek Mahon, Tom Paulin, Frank Ormsby, Medbh McGuckian, Ciaran Carson, Robert Graecen, Cathal O Searcaigh, Conor O'Callaghan, Gerald Dawe, Colette Bryce, Moyra Donaldson, John Montague, Jean Bleakney, Roy McFadden, Martin Mooney, Padriac Fiacc, and Cherry Smyth. The interviews explore the poet's work and development, the social/historical context and the impact assimilated influences. In addition to explore a poetry often rooted in 'the North,' the interviews also suggest the individuality and diversity of the poets and their poetry, of work whose imaginative range is not circumscribed by either literal borders or critically convenient categories.
The Dublin Review Number 6 Spring 2002 Edited by Brendan Barrington
Paperback; 7.50 Euro / 6.50 USD / 5.99 UK; 136 pages [Add To Basket]
This issue of the Dublin Review contains the following: The Making of St. Therese of Lisieux by Ann Marie Hourihane; Ciaran Carson on the iconography of the Troubles; 'Kavanagh's Threat' by Harry Clifton; 'Seven Years in the Brothers' by Tom Dunne; Harry Browne on the Bloody Sunday films; David Wheatley: What is a poet-critic?; J.C.C. Mays on the power of Trevor Joyce; A story by Douglas Martin.
After the Celtic Tiger: Challenges Ahead by Peter Clinch, Frank Convery and Brendan Walsh
Trade Paperback; 15.00 Euro / 13.50 SUD / 10.00 UK; O'Brien Press, 207 pages [Add To Basket]
In the final years of the twentieth century, Ireland was the economic wonder of the western world. The economy is now in transition and things have changed dramatically, especially since 11 September 2001. This book examines why Ireland made such startling progress and identifies the policies that will help in changing circumstances to carry it through to a promising future. Amongst other issues, it explores the Irish economic policy and its performance; the effects and challenges of globalisation; and environmental damage and change. It also looks at key social issues associated with the boom time, but which affect quality of life, such as traffic congestion, housing needs, immigration, and poverty and prosperity.
Best of Irish Traditional Cooking by Biddy White Lennon
Paperback; 6.95 Euro / 6.25 USD / 5.00 UK; O'Brien Press; 96 pages [Add To Basket]
From starters to puddings, this book contains a delicious selection of over 60 recipes using the best of ingredients: succulent salmon, creamy cheeses, nutty wholemeal flower. The reader can choose from Clonakilty Black Pudding, Dublin Coddle, Kerry apple cakes, traditional fruity barm brack or buttermilk scones, Guinness stew, Baileys Cream ice and, of course, the famous Irish coffee. Forty charming illustrations complete the mix, along with details of customs, folklore and Irish regional food traditions provide a fascinating background to the recipes.
Best of Irish Potato Recipes by Biddy White Lennon
Paperback; 6.95 Euro / 6.25 USD / 5.00 UK; O'Brien Press; 96 pages [Add To Basket]
The humble spud is the vegetable most associated with Irish cooking. Whether you like your potatoes floury or waxy, baked, roast or mashed, you will find a recipe here to suit your taste. You can choose from over fifty recipes, including traditional colcannon or the brunch favourites, boxty, surprisingly light potato bread and scones, warm potato salad or dumplings. Create hearty soups and traditional dishes, such as Irish Stew and Dublin Coddle.
Best of Irish Soups by Eileen O'Driscoll
Paperback; 6.95 Euro / 6.25 USD / 5.00 UK; O'Brien Press; 96 pages [Add To Basket]
This book contains over 40 mouth-watering soups made with the best of ingredients and reflecting the cooking traditions of Ireland. They include Wild Garlic and Potato Soup, Cream of Wild Salmon, Maire Rua Beetroot Soup, Patriot Soup, Pea and Ham, Roast Plum and Red Cabbage - all nutritious, delicious and easy to make and may be used as starters or as meals in themselves. Recipes for Savoury Soda Scones, Wholemeal Brown Bread and Potato Bread provide the perfect accompaniment, and thirty five charming illustrations complete the array.
On Another Man's Wound by Ernie O'Malley
Paperback; 15.00 Euro / 13.50 USD / 12.50 UK; Anvil Press, 384 pages [Add To Basket]
The new edition of the 'one classic work to have emerged from the violence that lead to the foundation of the state' according to John McGahern, contains the additions and annotations made by Ernie O'Malley to his original text during the 1950s and which have only recently come to light. First published in 1936, the book has become the classic account of the years 1916-1921. More than any other book of the period, it captures the essence of Ireland at the time, the way people lived, their attitudes, their beliefs, the songs they sang, the legends they knew.
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