Old Ireland in Colour brings to life the rich history of Ireland and the Irish through the colour restoration of these stunning images of all walks of Irish life throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. From the chaos of the Civil War to the simple beauty of the islands; from legendary revolutionaries to modest fisherfolk, every image has been exquisitely transformed and every page bursting with life.
O'Dowd, Anne, Common Clothes and Clothing (Dublin, 1990). Schofield, Carey and Seán Sexton, Ireland: Photographs, 1840–1930 (London: Laurence King Publishers, 1994). Sexton and Christine Kinealy, The Irish: A Photohistory, ...
With close to 200 colorized photographs set alongside their black and white counterparts, here is a world seen for the first time: a treasure trove to fire the imagination and reignite our connection to the past as it was actually lived.
Old Irish Glass
Offers readers a collection of tradition Irish tales featuring characters of legend and lore.
With one entry for every day of the year, this book marks the anniversaries of momentous events in Irish history: in politics, medicine, music, sport and innovation.
Fitzgerald's camera focuses on the back roads of the countryside and captures a way of life that, in the past few decades, has just about vanished.
The timeless National Book Award-winning story of the epic struggle between good and evil. “Far and away the most literate and intelligent story of the year … Mr. Wangerin’s allegorical fantasy about the age-old struggle between good ...
Donoghue. Chiefs of this proud family are named in the old Annals of the 10th - 13th centuries. The Lough Lein branch was given extinct, as chiefs of the clan were not elected after Geraldine confiscations, and the abolition of clanship ...
Connor. Mc Cnohor O Cnohor Mc Cnoghor Coonor This family name is found as a principal one of Cork City as given in the census of 1659 in ... O'Connors remained numerous in that area and throughout north and east Cork into modern times.
Island light is magical. And none more so than Ireland's. Ireland's light floods the landscape, luring the senses with a restless presence.