Ill, p.114.non-fictionEssays dedicated to the doings and lives of Sainta Brigid, Columcille, Patrick and Brendansaints - ireland, irish mythology

Index, ill, p.246.non-fictionA scholarly study of a period that is central to our past and heritage. Cahill captures the unique sensibility of the unsung Irish who relaunched civilizationireland - history, western civilization - history

Index, notes, ill, maps, p.206.non-fictionThe life and times of Fr. John Murphy of Boolavogue 1753-1798jesuit order, catholic priests - ireland

Index, ill, p.192.non-fictionThe homes of Irish writers is an evocative record of the links between Irelands' best known writers and the surroundings in which they lived.irish writers - biography, literature - ireland

Ill, p.162.non-fictionShort stories of Ireland history for children.childrens stories - ireland, irish fiction

2.v., index, ill, p.240.non-fictionAn account of Mr and Mrs halls tour of 1840ireland - travel, ireland - description

p.357.fictionA novel of two young people as the struggle to shape their destinies in the face of events beyond their controlirish fiction, novels - ireland

Index, bib, plates, ill, map, p.231.non-fictionThis book tells the story of how Irish and Australian soldiers made deep connections as they fought side by side at Gallipoli, the Western Front and Palestine during WW1. Thousands of Irish born men and women enlisted in Australian forces. Many Australians visited Ireland on leave.ireland - social conditions., world war 1914-1918 - ireland and australia

Index, ill., plates. p. 281.non-fictionThis book puts Celtic foods into the bigger Celtic cultural experience.cookery - celtic, recipes - irish

Ill, p.95.A collection of personal stories from 32 past and present members of the Melbourne branch of the worldwide Irish cultural organisation, Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Éireann, produced to mark the 50th anniversary of Melbourne Comhaltas.The stories, collected by oral history interview, are accompanied by photographic portraits of each subject. The stories explore themes of immigration, culture and heritage, and feature, among others, prominent members of the Melbourne Irish scene, such as:-Accordion legend Paddy Fitzgerald-Set dancing teacher Marie Brouder-Prolific musician Tony O'Neill-Leader of the Melbourne Comhaltas band, Joan Mundy. Among the people interviewed are Irish expats, second- and third-generation Australians, and people from Scotland, Japan and the Ukraine.The book includes forewords from Irish Ambassador to Australia, Breandán Ó Caollai - Director-General of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Éireann, Dr. Labhrás Ó Murchú· and Melbourne Comhaltas President, Mary McBride.cultural societies - irish - melbourne, irish music and dancing

Index, bib, ill, p.187.non-fictionA history of the Irish diasporaireland - emigration, ireland - society and culture

p.247.non-fictionThe stories in this volumereveal for us the the Ireland of a bygone era, of a people with daily strife's and joys not experienced today.literature - ireland, storytelling - ireland

Index, p.189.fictionhere is a diverse multitude of tales from a tradition to rival Homer or the Arabian nights - the tales of kings, chieftains, outcasts and visionaries.literature - ireland, poetry - irish

Index, ill, plates, bib. p.346.non-fictionSince the first fleet of 1788, the Irish have been coming to Australia. They were the beginning of a central, colourful and profoundly influential element in Australia's evolution into a nation different and separate from Britain.irish - australia - history, australia - history

Index, p. 724non-fictionThe story of the Irish race: a popular history of Ireland by Seamus MacManus; assisted by several Irish scholars.history - ireland, history - great britain

p.363.non-fictionA funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in New York in the 30s and Ireland in the 40s. It is a story of extreme hardship and suffering told with distinctive humour and compassion. irish writers - biography, autobiography

p.208.non-fictionAn account of the communal experiment at Rahahine, County Clare 1831 - 1833collective settlements - ireland, social conditions - ireland

p.274, ill.non-fictionLife under the bread tax operating in Ireland in the 1840s.ireland - economic conditions, irelend - social conditions

Index, bib, p.298.non-fictionPart 1 of a 3-part series, the Green Flag, which traces the rise of Irish Nationalism. The focus of this volume, Strongbow - the Great Famine, charts the development of the Irish nationalist impulse.ireland - politics and government, ireland - history - 19th century

p.473.fictionA novel of love found late, of hidden connections and of a journey that changes three lives forever.ireland - human relations, ireland - travel

ill, p.192.fictionTraditional tales from across the County of Wexford.folklore - ireland, fiction - irish

p.201.non-fictionA collection of essays of Seamus Heaney concerning the poems of Irish/Celtic authorsenglish poetry - history and criticism, english poetry - irish authors

p.126.fictionFrank Delaney's first excursion into fiction. Spare, evocative prose and a fine sense of narrative tension.novels - ireland, fiction - irish

p.251.fictionThe inhabitants of Great and Little Toddy think they can cope with WW2 - but then the whisky runs out. Life becomes intolerable until fate delivers them a shipwreck with a cargo of whisky.hebrides (scotland) - fiction, irish fiction

Bib. p.432.fictionA collection of six plays written by Oscar Wilde with introduction, commentaries and explanatory notes from Richard Allen Cave.english drama - 19th century, authors irish - 19th century

Index, ill, p.338.non-fictionA history of literature in the Irish language from the 5th century to the 20th century.irish literature - history and criticism, ireland - literary tradition.

p.189.fictionA novel about an Irish man, Shamus Fogarty, in New York.fiction - irish, novels - ireland

Index, ill, p 282.non-fictionA biography of an Irish Archbishop of Melbourne. The main emphasis being his life of nearly 50 years in Melbourne guiding or controlling the Catholic church.bishops- australia - history, catholic church - australia

Index, ill, p.227.non-fictionAn anthology of Irish verse and prose chosen by Irish novelist, Molly Keane.english literature - irish authors, ireland - poetry.

p.328.fictionA sweeping legend of Cormac mac Airt, greatest of the High Kings of Ireland which blends myth and truth.novel - ireland., fiction - ireland