All Blog Posts Tagged 'Books' (70)


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Easy, Engaging Pathway to Great Irish Books, CDs, DVDs

If you're looking for great Irish books, CDs or movies, please have a look in The Wild Geese Marketplace Bookstore -- there are all kinds of great Irish books on History, Genealogy, Travel and Military History. If you are looking for Irish films and documentaries or great Irish music, there is…

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Added by Fran Reddy on November 13, 2015 at 9:00am — No Comments


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'That's Just How It Was' a Paean To Granny, Irish Indomitability

PRESTON, England – Bridget Nolan was born on September 12, 1884 in Ireland. During her lifetime, she battled poverty, found love and witnessed the births of several grandchildren, including author Mary Thorpe. Thorpe pays tribute to her grandmother and immortalizes her grandmother’s lifetime in her book, “That’s Just How it Was”…

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Added by That's Just How It Was on October 22, 2015 at 5:30am — No Comments

From Paradise to Gotham ... Historical Novelists and the Irish-American Story

New York looms large in the history of the Irish. For the Irish-American -- particularly the 19th century Irish-American -- New York City was, in almost every way possible, the gateway city of America. Vast, foreign, dangerous, the city consumed migrants and emigrants alike. Decade after decade the people…

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Added by Sarah Nagle on July 10, 2015 at 8:30pm — 9 Comments

The Great Escape - Irish Style

As a child, "The Great Escape" was one film that never failed to entertain me. Aside from a stellar cast that included Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough (above), Charles Bronson, James Garner and a host of others, the story was compelling and also happened to be true.

It’s…

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Added by David Lawlor on May 22, 2015 at 8:30pm — 6 Comments

Book Review: 'The Longing'

Book review

"The Longing," by Kimberly Mae

Friesen Press, 2015

Reading this warm-hearted book was a precise reminder to me of the full range of…

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Added by Patricia Louise Hughes on April 22, 2015 at 4:00am — No Comments

'Compassionate Stranger' -- An Intimate Glimpse at Famine-Era Ireland

Book Review:

"Compassionate Stranger: Asenath Nicholson and the Great Irish Famine"

By Maureen O’Rourke Murphy

Syracuse University Press, 2015

366 Pages…

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Added by Fr. John R. Sheehan, SJ on April 19, 2015 at 12:00pm — No Comments

'The Life and Writings of the Historical Saint Patrick,' by Richard Patrick Crosland Hanson

This little 138-page book taught me a lot about someone who is, arguably, one of the most important figures in Irish history. First of all, the picture of St. Patrick wearing a bishop's miter that we are all familiar with is erroneous. The Bishop's miter didn't come into use until…

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Added by james lawrence dore on April 2, 2015 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment


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'That's Just How it Was' - A Book by Author Mary Thorpe

"That's Just How It Was" is a tribute to my grandmother.  It is a true story set against the background of the Famine (1844 -1847) the 1916 Easter Rising, and the War of Independence (1919-1921).…

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Added by That's Just How It Was on February 21, 2015 at 8:00am — 5 Comments


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Maureen Murphy Brings Asenath Nicholson Alive

Maureen Murphy’s book "Compassionate Stranger" was 44 years in the birthing.  Her biography of Asenath Hatch Nicholson brings back to life a heroine of the Great Hunger, a story of the Famine little known but…

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Added by Irish Cultural Society of GC on February 16, 2015 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Review: 'Belfast Days: A 1972 Teenage Diary'

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"Belfast Days: A 1972 Teenage Diary," by Eimear O’Callaghan

Merrion Press

Copyright 2014

"Belfast Days: A 1972…

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Added by The Last Torch on February 16, 2015 at 12:30am — 8 Comments

'Ghosts of the Faithful Departed'

One of my brothers in Ireland gifted me a book entitled …

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Added by Lonnie on January 22, 2015 at 6:30am — 7 Comments

Wild Geese Membership Brings Wonderful Rewards

I have just made a wonderful connection via The Wild Geese Irish Social Network and thanks to my Wild Geese Irish Heritage Partnership that I wanted to share with…

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Added by Margaret M. Johnson on December 23, 2014 at 9:00am — 4 Comments

Book Review: 'Christmas at the House on an Irish Hillside'

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Christmas at the House on an Irish Hillside (available only in e-book format) by Felicity…

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Added by Bit Devine on December 5, 2014 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment


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'That's Just How It Was' -- Christmas Eve in Wolfe Tone Square

Christmas Eve was always’s a hive of activity as it dawned  with crispy white show on the trees and on the hills surrounding Wolf Tone . Granny O’Rourke was always up early on Christmas Eve as there was always a lot to do. The fire grate would have to be cleaned out and the fire…

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Added by That's Just How It Was on December 4, 2014 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

'Christmas Flavors' Challenge

Wild Geese Irish Heritage Partner Margaret Johnson recently shared recipes from her latest cookbook,…

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Added by The Wild Geese on December 4, 2014 at 6:30am — No Comments

'Christmas Flavors' Challenge: Braised Red Cabbage with Apples

Whether or not it is true, I have long been of the opinion that God never intended cabbage for human consumption.  The rubbery leaves seem more suited to adorn the bottom of brogues than to be cooked up alongside more edible sustenance.  I kid, of course, but I truly never have…

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Added by Ryan O'Rourke on December 4, 2014 at 5:30am — 1 Comment

'Women of the Irish Revolution'

"Women of the Irish Revolution"

by Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Gillis

Hardback, €30



“Ireland at the end of the…

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Added by Ireland's Military Story on December 3, 2014 at 9:00am — No Comments


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The Diary of an Emigrant and Dissenter

Book Review

"Against the Wind", by J.A. O'Brien

 Reviewer: Michael Halpenny

 

The full title of this book is "Against the Wind: Memoir of a Dissident Dubliner." However, this is not the diary of someone strenuously opposed to the Good Friday Agreement,…

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Added by Against The Wind on November 30, 2014 at 1:00am — No Comments

Book Review: 'Annie's Stories'

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"Annie's Stories," by Cindy Thompson

Tyndale House Publishers Inc.

Carol…

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Added by Fr. John R. Sheehan, SJ on November 22, 2014 at 1:30pm — 4 Comments

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