Added by The Last Torch on November 28, 2015 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment
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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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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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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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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"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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Book Review:
"Compassionate Stranger: Asenath Nicholson and the Great Irish Famine"
By Maureen O’Rourke Murphy
Syracuse University Press, 2015
366 Pages…
Added by Fr. John R. Sheehan, SJ on April 19, 2015 at 12:00pm — No Comments
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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"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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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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Book Review
"Belfast Days: A 1972 Teenage Diary," by Eimear O’Callaghan
Merrion Press
Copyright 2014
"Belfast Days: A 1972…
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One of my brothers in Ireland gifted me a book entitled …
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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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Book Review
Christmas at the House on an Irish Hillside (available only in e-book format) by Felicity…
Added by Bit Devine on December 5, 2014 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment
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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Wild Geese Irish Heritage Partner Margaret Johnson recently shared recipes from her latest cookbook,…
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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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"Women of the Irish Revolution"
by Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Gillis
Hardback, €30
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“Ireland at the end of the…
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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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Book review
"Annie's Stories," by Cindy Thompson
Tyndale House Publishers Inc.
Carol…
Added by Fr. John R. Sheehan, SJ on November 22, 2014 at 1:30pm — 4 Comments
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