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Published as a guide for wearing and identiying British and Commonwealth medals and decorations.Framed coloured illustrated medal chart, glazed.

John Mernagh, 1770-1857, Freedom Fighter, Leader of the Glenmalure Insurgents 1798-1804, Exiled to Botany Bay Australia 1805, Erected in his memory by the Mernagh Clan 9th August 1998. In lothlainn oe go otuzcar sinn? (gaelic inscription)

Black and white portrait photographbelfast, mayor, portrait, government, shire, council, municipal, local-government

ill., p.320.fictionA story of a young slave who became a national heroine.ireland - religion - fiction, saint brigid of ireland

Index, notes, p.454.fictionHSlave, soldier, lover, hero, saint, 'his life mirrored the cataclysmic world into which he was born. His memory will outlast the ages. Born of a noble Welsh family, he is violently torn from his home by Irish raiders at age sixteen and sold as a slave to a brutal wilderness king. Rescued by the king's druids from almost certain death, he learns the arts of healing and song, and the mystical ways of a secretive order whose teachings tantalize with hints at a deeper wisdom. Yet young Succat Morgannwg cannot rest until he sheds the strangling yoke of slavery and returns to his homeland across the sea. He pursues his dream of freedom through horrific war and shattering tragedy'through great love and greater loss'from a dying, decimated Wales to the bloody battlefields of Gaul to the fading majesty of Rome. And in the twilight of a once-supreme empire, he is transformed yet again by divine hand and a passionate vision of "truth against the world," accepting the name that will one day become legendireland - historical fiction, christain saints - fiction

Index, bib, p.310.non-fictionA study of Ireland's patron saint reveals a slave turned missionary, a fervent pilgrim, and a revered religious teacher, recreating the life of a spiritual leader who both embodied and rose above the conflicts of his time.christain saints, spirituality

Index, bib,notes, maps, plates, ill, p.258.non-fictionIreland, more than any other country in Europe, has retained its mythological heritage, which lives today in the oral tradition of folk tales, in literature, in place-names and language, in ceremonies and monuments. Mountains and loughs are the homes of gods and goddesses, of saints and monsters, and pattern, beauty and cyclical logic are revealed in their stories. Michael Dames, whose previous works have won him a wide and enthusiastic following, has walked through each.1. spirituality, 2. irish myths.

Ill, p.434.non-fictionThis collection features humour and a vernacular approach to the collection of myth, legend and folklore of Irelandirish folklore, irish myths

p.115fictionShort stories from the west of Irelandirish fiction, ireland - social life and customs

Index, bib, ill, p.286.non-fictionThis book traces the history, archaeology and legends of Ireland from 9000 B.C. ireland-history, ireland-civilization.

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

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

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

p.222.fictionAn intense, atmospheric novel that powerfully evokes the restless, romantic days of fighting Ireland, A Death in Ireland is a literate thriller of uncommon sophistication, rich in theme, style and complexity of characters.ireland - 20th century politics, ireland - geography

Index, bib, ill,, plates, p.359.fictionAn historical novel which focuses on the seven Irish men who led a nationalist uprising in 1848 to achieve self-rule. The uprising failed and the gentlemen leaders had their sentences commuted to exile in Tasmania, Australia.convicts - tasmania, transportation - ireland

Index, bib. tables, p.362.non-fictionA study of penal transportation from Great Britain and Ireland to Australia and other parts of the British Empire.transportation - history, penal colonies - british empire

Index, bib., ill, map, p.215.non-fictionThis book is about songs, stories, poems, prayers and accents - as well as events and monuments - of those whose original language was Irish. A first ever history of the Irish language and Gaelic culture in Victoria.victoria - social life and customs., irish- victoria - history.