Search Results: Authors starting with S from The Irish History Bookshop

Duckworth, 1935 Book. Good. Hardcover. Ex college library. The boards and spine are bumped and rubbed. Remnants of label and stamp on the end paper. Light foxing to the edge of the pages..

William Heinemann Ltd, 1932 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Light wear to the boards. Previous owners name on the endpaper. Very Good.

Oxford University Press, 1962 Book. New. Soft cover. Storytelling kept alive the myths, legends and history of the Blasket Islands. In her old age, Peig Sayers, recounted her life to her son who recorded the tale in this book. She recalls the events of her life and her simple philosophy in a moving poetic style. Such everyday tasks as collecting turf for roots, catching and eating seals, and preparing for a wake are depicted alongside such momentous events as drownings at sea, pilgrimages, and the spread of the news of the Easter uprising in 1916. There were 'clouds of sorrow', but helping to lift them was the friendship she found in the community, which 'was like a little rose in the wilderness'. The Blasket Islands are three miles off Irelands Dingle Peninsula. Until their evacuation just after the Second World War, the lives of the 150 or so Blasket Islanders had remained unchanged for centuries. A rich oral tradition of story-telling, poetry, and folktales kept alive the legends… Read More

OUP Oxford, 1977 Book. New. Soft cover. Storytelling kept alive the myths, legends and history of the Blasket Islands. In her old age, Peig Sayers, recounted her life to her son who recorded the tale in this book. She recalls the events of her life and her simple philosophy in a moving poetic style. Such everyday tasks as collecting turf for roots, catching and eating seals, and preparing for a wake are depicted alongside such momentous events as drownings at sea, pilgrimages, and the spread of the newsof the Easter uprising in 1916. There were 'clouds of sorrow', but helping to lift them was the friendship she found in the community, which 'was like a little rose in the wilderness'. The Blasket Islands are three miles off Irelands Dingle Peninsula. Until their evacuation just after the Second World War, the lives of the 150 or so Blasket Islanders had remained unchanged for centuries. A rich oral tradition of story-telling, poetry, and folktales kept alive the legends and history of… Read More

Oxford University Press, 2000 Book. New. Soft cover. 1st Edition. A brand new book..

Dundalgan Press, 1964 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Slim booklet with card covers. A little wear to the covers..

Wolfhound Press, 1997 Book. Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Signed by Don Mullan on the title page. Wear to the card covers. Foxing to the page edges. Previous owners name on the endpaper..

Penguin, 2022 Book. New. Soft cover. When Dubliner Derek Scally goes to Christmas Eve Mass on a visit home from Berlin, he finds more memories than congregants in the church where he was once an altar boy. Not for the first time, the collapse of the Catholic Church in Ireland brings to mind the fall of another powerful ideology - East German communism. While Germans are engaging earnestly with their past, Scally sees nothing comparable going on in his native land. So he embarks on a quest to unravel the tight hold the Church had on the Irish. He travels the length and breadth of Ireland and across Europe, going to Masses, novenas, shrines and seminaries, talking to those who have abandoned the Church and those who have held on, to survivors and campaigners, to writers, historians, psychologists and many more. And he has probing and revealing encounters with Vatican officials, priests and religious along the way. The Best Catholics in the World is the remarkable result of his three-year journey. With… Read More

Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2021 Book. New. Hardcover. Myths, legends, and magic are woven together in a collection of enthralling Irish folktales from the New York Times bestselling author of the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series. A competition to become King of the Leprechauns... A trick designed to fool the Queen of the Fairies... A terrifying lake monster confronted by the unlikeliest of heroes... Nine Irish legends come to life in these timeless, action-packed folktales about mythological creatures and epic heroes. A master of Irish mythology, bestselling author Michael Scott has crafted stories guaranteed to enthrall young readers who love magic, legends, and lore. And don't miss the companion collection of Irish fairy tales, Magic & Myth!.

Kinlough Press, 2022 Book. New. Soft cover. A history of Cong Abbey in County Mayo. The first part covers the history of the Abbey from it's foundation to the twentieth century. The second part is a guided tour through the Abbey and it's grounds. Fully illustrated throughout. Includes a bibliography. 40pp..

Yale University Press, 2021 Book. New. Hardcover. A powerful account of how coerced migration built the British Empire In the early seventeenth century, Britain took ruthless steps to deal with its unwanted citizens, forcibly removing men, women, and children from their homelands and sending them to far-flung corners of the empire to be sold off to colonial masters. This oppressive regime grew into a brutal system of human bondage which would continue into the twentieth century. Drawing on firsthand accounts, letters, and official documents, Graham Seal uncovers the traumatic struggles of those shipped around the empire. He shows how the earliest large-scale kidnapping and transportation of children to the American colonies were quickly bolstered with shipments of the poor, criminal, and rebellious to different continents, including Australia. From Asia to Africa, this global trade in forced labor allowed Britain to build its colonies while turning a considerable profit. Incisive and moving, this… Read More

Eigse Books, 1983 Book. Good. Soft cover. A little wear to the card covers..

Oifig an tSolathair, 1941 Book. Good. Hardcover. Volume 2 only. The cloth boards are marked and worn and frayed at the bottom edge. The text is clean and the binding is tight. Translation into Irish of Charles Hamilton Teelings History of the Irish Rebellion of 1798..

Book. Good. Soft cover. A little wear to the card covers. Previous owners name on the end paper..

Gill Books, 2005 Book. New. Soft cover. It has been described as the greatest epic voyage in modern Irish history. Tim Severin and his companions built a boat using only techniques and materials available in the sixth-century A.D., when St Brendan was supposed to have sailed to America. The vessel comprised forty-nine ox hides stitched together in a patchwork and stretched over a wooden frame. This leather skin was only a quarter of an inch thick. Yet Severin and his crew sailed Brendan from Brandon Creek in Dingle to Newfoundland, surviving storms and a puncture from pack ice. The Brendan Voyage is Tim Severin's dramatic account of their journey. This new edition of a book already translated into twenty-seven languages introduces a new generation of readers to an enduring classic. Tim Severin didn't prove St Brendan reached America, only that he could have, that it was possible. Brilliantly written, The Brendan Voyage conveys unforgettably the sensation of being in a small, open boat in the… Read More

Merrion Press, 2023 Book. New. Soft cover. The first comprehensive biography of one of Irish history's most monumental figures in almost four decades. Publishing in advance of the centenary of his death, aged just 30, in April 1923..

Brandon, 1995 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. A little wear to the card covers..

Thames and Hudson, 2013 Book. New. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A brand new book..

Radio Telefis Eireann, 1987 Book. Good. Hardcover. Bumped at the head and tail of the spine. Mark to the fore edge and end paper. Some highlighting..

Hollis and Carter, 1968 Book. Good. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with gilt titles. A little wear to the boards..