Banville, John
Summary: "Born and bred in a small town a train ride away from Dublin, author John Banville ... saw the city as a place of enchantment when he was a child. It was first a birthday treat, the world his beloved, eccentric aunt inhabited. When he came of age and took up residence there, the city was a frequent backdrop for his dissatisfactions as a young writer (James Joyce had 'seized upon the city for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.18 BANEllis, Peter Berresford.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.5 ELLCahill, Thomas.
Summary: A history of the Dark Ages showing that as Europe was in an intellectual decline, Ireland became a haven for scholarship.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 1999
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 941.501 CAHMitchell, Brian
Summary: The dynamic history of North West Ireland can be seen in the richness and variety of it surnames. Mitchell has attempted to compile concise but informative histories of those surnames which are most closely associated, through numerical strength or uniqueness, with North West Ireland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clearfield 2010
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.342 MITO'Reilly, Séamas
Summary: Séamas O'Reilly's mother died when he was five, leaving him, his ten (!) brothers and sisters, and their beloved father in their sprawling bungalow in rural Derry. It was the 1990s; the Troubles were a background rumble, but Séamas was more preoccupied with dinosaurs, Star Wars, and the actual location of heaven than the political climate. ­An instant bestseller in Ireland, Did Ye Hear...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 O'REILLY, SEAMAS O'REO'Toole, Fintan
Summary: "We Don't Know Ourselves is a very personal vision of recent Irish history from the year of O'Toole's birth, 1958, down to the present. Ireland has changed almost out of recognition during those decades, and Fintan O'Toole's life coincides with that arc of transformation. The book is a brilliant interweaving of memories (though this is emphatically not a memoir) and engrossing social and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Head of Zeus 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.7082 O'TOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 941.7082 OTOMitchell, Brian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1988
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.341 MITSummary: On Easter Monday 1916, a small group of Irish rebels took on the might of the British Empire. Although defeated militarily, the men and women of the Easter Rising would soon win a moral victory, with their actions leading to the creation of an independent Irish State and contributing to the eventual disintegration of the British Empire. They have inspired countless freedom struggles throughout...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV NINSummary: Provides a portrait of life in Celtic Ireland, from A.D. 400 to 1200, through an examination of legends, ancient texts, artifacts, art, and architecture of the time.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1998
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 941.501 WHAFalley, Margaret Dickson
Contents: v. 1. Repositories and records -- v. 2. Bibliography and family index.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1981
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1 FALLEMoloney, Ed
Summary: "On condition that their stories be kept secret until after their deaths, two key paramilitary leaders on opposite sides of Northern Ireland's troubles spilled the bloody secrets of their long and violent war"--Publisher description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.5 MOLCahill, Thomas.
Summary: The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and 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. 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, Doubleday 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.501 CahilO'Carroll, Brendan
Summary: A widow struggles to support and raise her seven children in a central Dublin neighborhood.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 1999
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC OCAKavanagh, Julie
Summary: "One sunlit evening, May 6, 1882, Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Burke, Chief Secretary and Undersecretary for Ireland, were ambushed and stabbed to death while strolling through Phoenix Park in Dublin. The murders were funded by American supporters of Irish independence and carried out by the Invincibles, a militant faction of republicans armed with specially-made surgeon's blades. They...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.5 KAVO'Carroll, Brendan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2000
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC OCASummary: "This Insight Guide is a lavishly illustrated inspirational travel guide to Ireland and a beautiful souvenir of your trip. Perfect for travelers looking for a deeper dive into the destination's history and culture, it's ideal to inspire and help you plan your travels. With its great selection of places to see and colorful magazine-style layout, this Ireland guidebook is just the tool you need...
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Publisher / Publication Date: APA Publications (UK) Ltd 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Kevin McArevey, a maverick Elvis-loving headmaster in a rough Belfast housing estate, sends his young pupils home with the philosophy to challenge violence. He uses critical thinking and a big dollop of humor to restore hope in a community, plagued by poverty and drugs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JOYPuleo, Stephen
Summary: "The remarkable story of the mission that inspired a nation to donate massive relief to Ireland during the potato famine and began America's tradition of providing humanitarian aid around the world More than 5,000 ships left Ireland during the great potato famine in the late 1840s, transporting the starving and the destitute away from their stricken homeland. The first vessel to sail in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.8 PULSolnit, Rebecca
Summary: In this acclaimed exploration of the culture of others, Rebecca Solnit travels through Ireland, the land of her long-forgotten maternal ancestors. A Book of Migrations portrays in microcosm a history made of great human tides of invasion, colonization, emigration, nomadism and tourism. Enriched by cross-cultural comparisons with the history of the American West, A Book of Migrations carves a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Verso 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.5 SOLHarris, Robert L.
Summary: In 1987, Robert Harris happened upon an unusual job posting in the local paper--a new warden service was being set up on the island of Skellig Michael, and the deadline was imminent. Just weeks later he was on his way to set up camp in one of Ireland's most remote locations, unaware that he would be making that same journey every May for the next 30 years. Here he transports us to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fourth Estate 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.914 HAMMcMahon, Seán.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weidenfeld & Nicholson 2004