Ireland

Blamires, Steve

Irish Celtic Magic Tradition, The Aquarian/Thorsons

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ISBN: 1-85538-149-4

 

Bonwick, James

Irish Druids and Old Irish Religions

Dorset 1986 Pages: 328

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ISBN: 0-88029-070-6

 

Curtin, Jeremiah

Myths & Folk Tales of Ireland

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ISBN: 0-486-22430-9

 

Deane, Seamus

A Short History of Irish Literature

Unov of Notre Dame Pr 1994 Pages:

Price: $17.50

ISBN: 0268017514

1. The Gaelic background 2. The formation of the Anglo-Irish literary tradition, 1690-1800 3. The Celtic revival, 1780-1880 4. Nineteenth-century fiction 5. The drama: Farquhar to Shaw 6. Irish modernism: poetry and drama 7. Irish modernism: fiction 8. Contemporary literature, 1940-80 Select bibliography Chronology of important dates from 1550-1980

 

Donovan, Katie, et al.

Ireland's Women : Writings Past and Present

WW Norton 1996 Pages:

Price: $12.00

ISBN: 0393313603

The is the first volume of its kind to present a collection of writings by and about Ireland's women. From Queen Maeve of Connaught to President Mary Robinson, this book presents Irish women as their compatriots--men and women both--have described and interpreted them.

 

Gantz, Jeffrey

Early Irish Myths and Sagas

Penguin 1982 Pages: 280

Price: $9.56

ISBN: 0140443975

Translations of many early texts

 

Greene, David (ed)

Golden Treasury of Irish Poetry :600-1200

Irish Books & Media 1990 Pages:

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ISBN: 0863221130

 

O Croinin, Daibhi

Early Medieval Ireland 400-1200

Longman Group 1995 Pages:

Price: $27.50

ISBN: 0582015650

Ch. 1. The beginnings of Irish history Ch. 2. Kingdoms, peoples and politics, AD400-800 Ch. 3. Kings and kingship Ch. 4. Land, settlement and economy Ch. 5. Law, family and community Ch. 6. The consolidation of the church Ch. 7. The first Christian schools Ch. 8. The Golden Age Ch. 9. The Viking Age Ch. 10. Ireland 1014-1200

 

O'Rourke-Murphy, Maureen & Mackillop, James

Irish Literature : A Reader (Irish Studies)

Syracuse Univ Pr Aug 1997 Pages: 453

Price: 24.95

ISBN: 0815624050

 

Raftery, Barry

Pagan Celtic Ireland : The Enigma of the Irish Iron Age

Thames & Hudson 1994 Pages: 240

Price: $29.97

ISBN: 0500050724

1. Introduction 2. From Bronzesmith to Blacksmith 3. Hillforts 4. King and Tribe 5. The Road to God Knows Where 6. The Invisible People 7. Technology and Art 8. Cult, Ritual and Death 9. Beyond the Empire 10. Celts, Culture and Colonization Appendix: Radiocarbon Dates Used in the Text

 

Skelton, Robin

Celtic Contraries

Syracuse Univ Pr 1990 Pages:

Price: $34.95

ISBN: 0815624794

 

Wilde, Wm

Irish Popular Superstitions

Main Street Pr 1995 Pages: 127

Price: $5.56

ISBN: 0806906499

A READER: Excellent Source of Irish Information Ever wonder why, when someone sneazes, you'll hear, "Bless you?" Ever wonder, where the "May Pole" came from? This book can help. Being of Irish blood myself, I was interested in learning of my past. This text helped introduce some of the popular superstitions of my homeland. If you are of Irish blood, or just wanna be, give this book a toss in your shopping cart. You won't be dissappointed.

 

Yeats, WB

Irish Fairy and Folk Tales

Barnes & Noble (1993 reprint) 1892 Pages: 416

Price: US$5.95

ISBN: 1-56619-532-2

This book combines two books of Irish folklore collected by one of the major poets of the 20th Century: Fairy and Folks Tales of the Irish Peasantry and Irish Fairy Tales. In the foreward, Benedict Kiely points out that Yeats was searching "not for the meaning of any mystery but for what he already determined to find: a world of the imagination far away from the spinning- jenny."