Search Results: Authors starting with J from The Irish History Bookshop

Dublin: The Stationery Office, 1945 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. The card covers are creased at the edges. Mark at the bottom edge of the front cover. A collection of essays published on the centenary of the death of Thomas Davis..

Talbot Press, 1952 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Printing. Black cloth boards with gilt titles. Previous owners name on the end paper..

Dublin Press, 1966 Book. Good. Soft cover. The card covers are rubbed and a little worn. Otherwise this appears to be an unread copy of this scarce title..

Amber Books Ltd, 2023 Book. New. Soft cover. Before the Vikings, before the Anglo-Saxons, before the Roman Empire, the Celts dominated central and western Europe. Today we might think of the Celts only inhabiting parts of the far west of Europe - Ireland, Great Britain, France and Spain - but these were the extremities in which their culture lasted longest. In fact, they had originated in Central Europe and settled as far afield as present day Turkey, Poland and Italy. From their emergence as an Iron Age people around 800 BC to the early centuries AD, Celts reveals the truth behind the stories of naked warriors, ritual beheadings, druids, magic and accusations of human sacrifice. The book examines the different tribes, the Hallstatt and La Tene periods, as well as Celtic survival in western Europe, the Gallic Wars, military life, spiritual life, slavery, sexuality and Celtic art. Celts is an expertly written account of a people who have long captured the popular imagination..

Ireland: Knockma Publishing, 2015 Book. New. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A brand new book..

Cambridge University Press, 1985 Book. Good. Hardcover. The dust jacket is rubbed, marked and chipped at the edges. The top edge is foxed..

Talbot Press Ltd, 1935 Book. Good. Hardcover. The dustjacket is split and chipped at the edges. Slight lean to the spine. Good.

Co-ordinating Committee for Educational Services Based on the Institutions of Science and Art, 1982 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Light wear to the card covers. .

Oxford University Press, 2011 Book. New. Soft cover. 'A companion to be cherished', 'judicious and authoritative', 'informative and entertaining', an 'invaluable work of reference' - these are just some of the phrases used by reviewers to describe the Oxford Companion to Irish History. The history of Ireland has long been at the epicentre of political and academic debate. Interest in Irish culture, politics, and society, both ancient and modern, never seems to falter, not only in scholarly circles but also among the general public. With over 1,800 entries, this Companion - now available in the Oxford Paperback Reference series - offers a comprehensive and authoritative guide to all aspects of Ireland's past from earliest times to the present day. There is coverage not only of leading political figures, organizations, and events but also of subjects such as dress, music, sport, and diet. Traditional topics such as the rebellion of 1798 and the Irish Civil War sit… Read More

Clonmore and Reynolds, 1954 Book. Good. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with silver titles. Faded at the base of the spine. The text is clean and the binding is tight..

Gill & Macmillan, 2013 Book. New. Hardcover. Dublin Burning is a vivid, clear-eyed account of the 1916 Rising and is the most complete account we have from a senior participant. No other senior Volunteer figure has left a similar memoir of Easter Week. Commandant W.J. Brennan-Whitmore was officer commanding the Volunteer position at the head of North Earl Street, an outworking of the GPO garrison. Its purpose was to delay and frustrate any attempt by the British to deploy reinforcements coming from Amiens Street railway station (now Connolly). Commandant Brennan-Whitmore and his men held this position for over seventy-two hours until forced out by British artillery. He and his troops attempted to retreat northwards through the slums, hoping to reach the safety of the suburbs. But he and his men were not Dubliners and were unfamiliar with the city. They were captured in a tenement where they had taken refuge and were interned in Frongoch in Wales until 1917. Brennan-Whitmore's book is a… Read More

M.H. Gill and Son, 1895 Book. Good. Hardcover. New Impression. The spine is sunned and the titles are faded. Marks to the boards. Previous owners name on the end paper.Foxing to the title page..

The Collins Press, 2016 Book. New. Soft cover. A Brand New Book..

The Collins Press, 2018 Book. New. Soft cover. A brand new book..

Flame Tree, 2014 Book. New. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A Brand New Book..

Madison Books, 1999 Book. New. Soft cover. Beginning with the origins of their population in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the author traces the Scotch-Irish development from Lowland Scotland to Northern Ireland to the American colonies. Arriving in the East, the Scotch-Irish were characterized by other colonists as being fiery tempered, stubborn, hard drinking, and very religious, and they quickly made lasting impressions. Though the Scotch-Irish were in the minority, they managed to impact history. Most notably, they introduced the appeals system and the checks and balances system..

Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 2001 Book. New. Soft cover. The captivating Irish stories collected in this new edition include both comic tales such as Paddy O'Kelly and the Weasel, and tales of heroes from ancient literature such as How Cormac Mac Art went to Faery. By turns funny, fantastical and mysterious, the stories are matched in liveliness by the original illustrations of John D. Batten. It would be hard to find a better introduction for children to the special magic of Celtic storytelling. The stories in this book are taken from Joseph Jacob's classic two-volume collection Celtic Fairy Tales (1891-2) and More Celtic Fairy Tales (1894).

The Woodfield Press, 2008 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). Inscribed by the author on the title page. Light wear to the dust jacket..

M.H. Gill and Son, 1910 Book. Good. Hardcover. The boards and spine are bumped and rubbed. Splitting at the head and tail of the spine. Staining to the end paper..

Blackstaff Press Ltd, 2009 Book. New. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Emerging from a people with an absolute belief in 'the little folk', the fairy tales of Ireland are part of one of the richest folk literatures in the world. Many of Ireland's finest writers, inspired by the work of folklorists like the Brothers Grimm, have created masterly retellings of the traditional stories of their own homeland. In this wonderful collection of stories by writers like Carleton, Yeats and Lady Wilde, a legion of fairy folk - giants, leprechauns, witches and mermaids - help, hinder, charm and terrify their mortal neighbours. Much-loved tales include the story of the farmer who offends the fairies by building on their dancing ground, the king who loses his wife in a chess game and the smith who learns his skill at working brass and iron during his seven-year apprenticeship to the giant Mahon MacMahon. The heroes and saints of the Celtic sagas are here as well, in beautifully… Read More