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The Little Book of Irishisms

Author : Aimee Alexander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781914437007
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Little Book of Irishisms written by Aimee Alexander and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If an Irish person said to you, "Gimmie that yoke," would you think they were talking about an egg? If so, 99% of the time, you'd be wrong. How about banjaxed, bockety or craic? Any idea what they mean? The Little Book of Irishisms is for anyone who wants to understand the Irish, not just our words but how we are as people, relaxed about some things, picky about others. It's also for those who'd like to sound Irish, even just for Paddy's Day. You'll learn tricks to Irishify your chat - and how to avoid those clangers that people think we say but never do, like the classic, "Top of the morning to you." If you're coming to Ireland and want to fit right in, this book's for you. If you can't make it, here's a way of visiting in spirit. "Go on, go on, go on. You will, you will, you will," to quote the infamous Irish comedy, Father Ted. The Little Book of Irishisms is the perfect novelty gift for St. Patrick's Day, as a Christmas stocking filler, or at any time to someone who appreciates what it means to be Irish.

How the Irish Became White

Author : Noel Ignatiev
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135070695
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book How the Irish Became White written by Noel Ignatiev and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '...from time to time a study comes along that truly can be called ‘path breaking,’ ‘seminal,’ ‘essential,’ a ‘must read.’ How the Irish Became White is such a study.' John Bracey, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachussetts, Amherst The Irish came to America in the eighteenth century, fleeing a homeland under foreign occupation and a caste system that regarded them as the lowest form of humanity. In the new country – a land of opportunity – they found a very different form of social hierarchy, one that was based on the color of a person’s skin. Noel Ignatiev’s 1995 book – the first published work of one of America’s leading and most controversial historians – tells the story of how the oppressed became the oppressors; how the new Irish immigrants achieved acceptance among an initially hostile population only by proving that they could be more brutal in their oppression of African Americans than the nativists. This is the story of How the Irish Became White.

The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories

Author : William Trevor
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 9780199583140
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Book of Irish Short Stories written by William Trevor and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-03-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ireland has always been a nation of story-tellers. This magnificent anthology chronicles the development of a rich literary tradition, from the earliest folk-tales to James Joyce, Liam O'Flaherty, and the rising stars of the new generation.

The Great Book of Ireland: Interesting Stories, Irish History & Random Facts about Ireland

Author : Bill O'Neill
Publisher : History & Fun Facts
ISBN 13 : 9781798649596
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (495 download)

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Download or read book The Great Book of Ireland: Interesting Stories, Irish History & Random Facts about Ireland written by Bill O'Neill and published by History & Fun Facts. This book was released on 2019-03-03 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How much do you know about Ireland? There's so much to learn about the Emerald Isle that even its residents don't know. In this trivia book, you'll learn more about Ireland's history, pop culture, folklore, and so much more! In The Great Book of Ireland, you'll learn: How did Ireland get its name? Why is it known as the Emerald Isle? Who was St. Patrick really? What do leprechauns and shamrocks have to do with St. Patrick's Day? Which Irish company had a 9,000-year lease? What is Ireland's top attraction? Which movies have been filmed in Ireland? Which famous novel may have been based on an Irish myth? Which legends did the Irish believe in? And so much more! This book is packed with trivia facts about Ireland. Some of the facts you'll learn in this book are shocking, some are tragic, and others will leave you with goosebumps. But they're all interesting! Whether you're just learning about Ireland or you already think you're an expert on the state, you'll learn something you didn't know in every chapter. Your history teacher will be interesting at all of your newfound knowledge. So what are you waiting for? Get started to learn more about Ireland!

The Immortal Irishman

Author : Timothy Egan
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0544272471
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (442 download)

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Download or read book The Immortal Irishman written by Timothy Egan and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the New York Times bestseller The Immortal Irishman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Timothy Egan illuminates the dawn of the great Irish American story, with all its twists and triumphs, through the life of one heroic man. A dashing young orator during the Great Hunger of the 1840s, Thomas Francis Meagher led a failed uprising against British rule, for which he was banished to a Tasmanian prison colony for life. But two years later he was “back from the dead” and in New York, instantly the most famous Irishman in America. Meagher’s rebirth included his leading the newly formed Irish Brigade in many of the fiercest battles of the Civil War. Afterward, he tried to build a new Ireland in the wild west of Montana — a quixotic adventure that ended in the great mystery of his disappearance, which Egan resolves convincingly at last. “This is marvelous stuff. Thomas F. Meagher strides onto Egan's beautifully wrought pages just as he lived — powerfully larger than life. A fascinating account of an extraordinary life.”—Daniel James Brown, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Facing the Mountain

How to Be Irish

Author : David Slattery
Publisher : Orpen Press
ISBN 13 : 1871305411
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book How to Be Irish written by David Slattery and published by Orpen Press. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the quintessential Irish Mammy to love for all things GAA, the Irish have a particularities – and peculiarities – that make us different from our neighbours. Social anthropologist David Slattery takes us through the rules of being Irish with deadpan humour, from how to approach an Irish wedding or funeral to the Irish attitude to health, business, politics, death, Christmas and being cool. For his research, David canvassed undercover for a major political party during the recent election campaign, attended opportune weddings and funerals, and interviewed doctors, psychiatrists, and a bunch of builders: "I have begged, spied, knocked down my house, got a job, dressed in drag and drank in many pubs – all in the interest of science." A unique popular anthropology book about being Irish, not only will this book prove instructive to the tourist or foreigner who wants to blend in without a fuss, but the Irish will find it interesting as a mirror to how we are.

The Irishman's Daughter

Author : V.S. Alexander
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1496740181
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (967 download)

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Download or read book The Irishman's Daughter written by V.S. Alexander and published by Kensington Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the wild, romantic, northwest coast of Ireland during the mid-19th century, The Irishman’s Daughter pits Briana, her father, and sister, against a reckless English landlord and a plague that will kill and displace millions of Irish people. Ireland, 1845. To Briana Walsh, no place on earth is more beautiful than Carrowteige, County Mayo, with its sloping fields and rocky cliffs perched above the wild Atlantic. The small farms that surround the centuries-old Lear House are managed by her father, agent to the wealthy, reckless Sir Thomas Blakely. Tenant farmers sell the oats and rye they grow to pay rent to Sir Thomas, surviving on the potatoes that flourish in the remaining scraps of land. But when the potato crop falls prey to a devastating blight, families Briana has known all her life are left with no food, no resources, and no mercy from the English landowner, who seems indifferent to everything except profit. Rory Caulfield, the hard-working young farmer Briana hopes to marry, shares the locals’ despair—and their anger. There’s talk of violent reprisals against the callous gentry and their agents. Briana’s studious older sister, Lucinda, dreams of a future far beyond Mayo. But even as hunger and disease settle over the country, killing and displacing millions, Briana knows she must find a way to guide her family through one of Ireland’s darkest hours—toward hope, love, and a new beginning.

Round Ireland with a Fridge

Author : Tony Hawks
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312274924
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book Round Ireland with a Fridge written by Tony Hawks and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-03-07 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the author's experiences hitchhiking on a bet all the way around Ireland with a small refrigerator, and shares his impressions of the people and places along the way.

Forgetting Ireland

Author : Bridget Connelly
Publisher : Minnesota Historical Society Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873514491
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book Forgetting Ireland written by Bridget Connelly and published by Minnesota Historical Society Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The immigrants were at last removed from the colony; their name became the town's shorthand for lying, drunken failures.".

How the Irish Saved Civilization

Author : Thomas Cahill
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307755134
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book How the Irish Saved Civilization written by Thomas Cahill and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2010-04-28 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A book in the best tradition of popular history—the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. • The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift! Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great an influence St. Patrick was on the subsequent history of civilization. Not only did he bring Christianity to Ireland, he instilled a sense of literacy and learning that would create the conditions that allowed Ireland to become "the isle of saints and scholars"—and thus preserve Western culture while Europe was being overrun by barbarians. In this entertaining and compelling narrative, Thomas Cahill tells the story of how Europe evolved from the classical age of Rome to the medieval era. Without Ireland, the transition could not have taken place. Not only did Irish monks and scribes maintain the very record of Western civilization -- copying manuscripts of Greek and Latin writers, both pagan and Christian, while libraries and learning on the continent were forever lost—they brought their uniquely Irish world-view to the task. As Cahill delightfully illustrates, so much of the liveliness we associate with medieval culture has its roots in Ireland. When the seeds of culture were replanted on the European continent, it was from Ireland that they were germinated. In the tradition of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror, How The Irish Saved Civilization reconstructs an era that few know about but which is central to understanding our past and our cultural heritage. But it conveys its knowledge with a winking wit that aptly captures the sensibility of the unsung Irish who relaunched civilization.

The Oxford Book of Ireland

Author : Patricia Craig
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192804884
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Book of Ireland written by Patricia Craig and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ireland is a country that arouses strong opinions: everyone has a view on its character, its foibles, its charms and its waywardness. It has inspired some of the best poetry and nurtured some of the best writers in the world, and in The Oxford Book of Ireland poets, novelists, artists, dramatists, historians, philosophers, peasants and aristocrats are brought together to celebrate and commemorate the nation and its people. Irish history lives more in the present than that of other countries, and there are constant reminders in these pages of past triumphs and tragedies, and their continuing impact on the national psyche. Conquest, famine, emigration, the decline of the language, the struggle for identity and independence are all charted here with a raw and passionate immediacy. Interwoven with episodes of national turbulence are lyrical sections on the Irish landscape and countryside, on the cities and the suburbs, the climate and the folk culture: high jinksand conviviality alongside reminiscence and disputation. Patricia Craig's skilful selection transforms a kaleidoscope of images into a picture of real substance and character; immensely rich and varied, full of the unexpected, as well as familiar voices from the Irish scene. The Oxford Book of Ireland captures the essence of a complex and fascinating land.

St. Patrick's Day (New & Updated)

Author : Gail Gibbons
Publisher : Holiday House
ISBN 13 : 0823453391
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book St. Patrick's Day (New & Updated) written by Gail Gibbons and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2023-02-14 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New and updated edition of a classic holiday book from beloved nonfiction writer for kids Gail Gibbons. Who was St. Patrick? Why do we wear green on March 17th? Vetted by an expert, this new edition brings readers the most accurate and recent historical understanding of St. Patrick and the holiday celebrating him. Learn the story of Patrick's life, legends about the saint, and the history of the holiday. From shamrocks to shillelaghs, Gail Gibbons' signature combination of accessible text and clear, colorful illustrations creates a perfect introduction to the customs surrounding St. Patrick’s Day— parades, special meals, and of course wearing lots of green. Filled with facts, legends, and traditions, this book is ideal for kids learning about the holiday, Irish culture, and history. Author of over 120 nonfiction books for kids, including Groundhog Day, and with hundreds of thousands of books sold, Gail Gibbons continues to bring accurate histories and facts about favorite holidays to kids in this new and updated edition of St. Patrick’s Day.

There’s A Devil In The Drum [Illustrated Edition]

Author : Lt.-Colonel John Frederick Lucy
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786255839
Total Pages : 759 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book There’s A Devil In The Drum [Illustrated Edition] written by Lt.-Colonel John Frederick Lucy and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 759 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the First World War Illustrations Pack – 73 battle plans and diagrams and 198 photos “A classic. Lucy enlisted, with his brother in the RIR 1912, 2nd Bn. in France & gives a very fine account of the 1914-1915 campaign. His brother was killed at the Aisne & Lucy was eventually sent home for a rest: “My leave... was a nightmare. My sleep was broken & full of voices & the noises of war. The voices were those of officers & men who were dead... One morning was discovered standing up in bed facing a wall ready to repel an imaginary dawn attack.” Lucy was commissioned, returned to his bn. and fought at 3rd Ypres & Cambrai until wounded. John Lucy, an Irishman from Cork, enlisted in an Ulster regiment, The Royal Irish Rifles, with his younger brother in January 1912, and after six months at the Depot they joined the 2nd Bn in Dover. Subsequently they moved to Tidworth where the battalion was on 4 August 1914, in 7th Bde 3rd Division; ten days later they were in France. There follow brilliant accounts of Mons, Le Cateau and the retreat to the Marne, the turn of the tide and the Battle of the Aisne where his brother was killed. The battalion was involved in desperate fighting in front of Neuve Chapelle in October 1914, losing 181 killed in four days and virtually ceasing to exist, reduced to two officers and 46 men. Brought up to strength it suffered the same fate at First Ypres. This is a superb book, one of the best written by a ‘ranker’, all the better for being one of the very few to describe those early battles of 1914. As a critic wrote in 1938, ‘it is easily the best [war book] written by an Irishman’ - arguably still true. A great bonus is the description of life in the ranks in that long long ago just before the Great War.”-Print ed.

In Fact

Author : Mark Henry
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0717190390
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book In Fact written by Mark Henry and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2021-10-22 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This optimistic guide to Ireland at 100 tells our national story through facts and stats, placing Ireland under the microscope to chart 100 achievements of the past 100 years. Ireland remained one of the most poverty-stricken nations in Europe for decades after the State was formed. Yet now, it has the second-highest standard of living in the world. Author Mark Henry has gathered the data to tell an under-told story of our national progress across every aspect of Irish life. He identifies the factors that account for Ireland's extraordinary success, as well as the five most prominent psychological biases that prevent us from recognising how far we have come. He also highlights the greatest challenges that we must now address if we are to continue to progress in the century ahead. While there is still more to be done, In Fact illustrates that Ireland, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than you might think.

The Irish Americans

Author : Jay P. Dolan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1608190102
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The Irish Americans written by Jay P. Dolan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-02-15 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the Irish from their first arrival in the American colonies through the bleak days of the potato famine, the decades of ethnic prejudice and nativist discrimination, the rise of Irish political power, and on to the historic moment when John F. Kennedy was elected to the highest office in the land.

Irish Literary Portraits

Author : William Robert Rodgers
Publisher : Taplinger Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Irish Literary Portraits written by William Robert Rodgers and published by Taplinger Publishing Company. This book was released on 1973 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Book of Migrations

Author : Rebecca Solnit
Publisher : Verso
ISBN 13 : 9781859841860
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (418 download)

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Download or read book A Book of Migrations written by Rebecca Solnit and published by Verso. This book was released on 1998 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A brilliant meditation on travel." ”The New York Times