Patrick of Ireland

Saint, Slave or Scholar? Patrick of Ireland is known as all three but who is he really? Let K.C. Murdarasi bring to light the real life of this fat...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Philip FreemanIreland's patron saint has long been shrouded in legend, but the true story of St. Patrick is far more inspir...

Reducere. "The Life of St. Patrick and His Place in History" is the first truly authoritative biography of Saint Patrick's life and a well researched study o...

Reducere. The story of Patrick's life, from his noble birth in Britain, to his being captured and taken to Ireland by a group of bandits, to the "dreams" tha...

Reducere. Born in Britain around 390 AD, St Patrick was taken as a slave to Ireland at the age of 16. Instigated by divine dreams, he escaped to his native l...

Reducere. Patrick of Ireland lived a Christian life beyond the ordinary - that's why we call him a saint. But Jamie Arpin-Ricci contends that, although St. P...

Reducere. Ireland, home of legendary poets and storytellers, has been wracked by bloody sectarian violence over the last quarter century. Bombs and guns were...

A gripping biography that sheds provocative new light on the life of Saint Patrick Saint Patrick was, by his own admission, a controversial figure....

Reducere. Relates the story of the Patron of Ireland. Full-color illustrations.

'One of the most exciting writers working in Ireland today' SALLY ROONEY, author of Normal People 'Terrific' RODDY DOYLE, author of Love 'Truly bri...

DescriptionFrom the author of Strega Nona and Quiet comes the story of the shepherd who heard the voice of God and brought Christianity to the Iris...

Reducere. A fascinating journey through the lesser known details of Irish historyPacked full of myths, legends, inventions, and adventures, I Never Knew That...

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Reducere. The first modern study of prehistoric religion in Ireland to draw on the combined evidence of archaeology, literature and folklore to illuminate pr...

The United Kingdom has some of the best diving available in Europe offering a mixture of scenic reef dives and spectacular wrecks. This diving guid...

Examines how scientific, economic, and regulatory responses to the problem of overfishing have changed over the past twenty years. Based on fieldwo...

Reducere. Cork, Ireland, 1923. When Reverend Mother Aquinas discovers a body at the gate of the convent chapel, she immediately sends for her former pupil, P...

Reducere. Explore Patrick's place in history, the spread of Christianity beyond the Roman Empire, how Patrick first came to Ireland, the influence of the ear...

Reducere. DescriptionHow 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 b...

Between 1878 and 1881, Standish O'Grady published a three-volume History of Ireland. At the heart of this history was the figure of Cuculain, the g...

Reducere. When Patrick has to work on his church s cleaning team on a Saturday, he thinks his weekend fun is ruined. But when the old church bells start chim...

Life in rural Ireland in any townland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century was far from easy. There were few opportunities for any ki...

This book tells the true story of Patrick's life. Readers will learn how Patrick was kidnapped as a teen, taken to Ireland to work as a slave, esca...

Reducere. Medieval Ireland is often described as a backward-looking nation in which change only came about as a result of foreign invasions. By examining the...

Tales of the Elders of Ireland is the first complete translation of the late Middle-Irish Acallam na Sen rach, the largest literary text surviving ...

This is the story of the 'failed' British Empire in Ireland and the sad end of the Tudor reign.The relationship between England and Ireland has bee...

Patrick O'Donnell achieved the status of a national hero when he killed Ireland's most infamous informer James Carey on board a steamship off the c...

Born in the 1930s, John Mullen grows up in poverty-stricken Dundalk, Ireland. Although he has the love of a big family, a warm and caring mother, a...

Reducere. Join 11-year-old Kieran as he cares for an orphaned wolf pup and searches for a shield strong enough to protect everything--and everyone--he loves....

Reducere. Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney's first collection of prose, Preoccupations, begins with a vivid account of his early years on his father's farm in No...

Tells the absorbing story of post-famine Donegal, the Molly Maguires - a secret society who had set themselves up against the exploitation of the r...

Reducere. Between 1846 and 1851, more than one-million people--the potato famine emigrants--sailed from Ireland to America. Now, 150 years later, The Famine ...

Marked by names such as W. B. Yeats, James Joyce and Patrick Pearse, the decade 1910-1920 was a period of revolutionary change in Ireland, in liter...

Reducere. The Didache (or The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles) is one of the earliest Christian writings, compiled between 50 and 70 CE. Thus, it probably pr...

Reducere. Pearson English Kids Readers bring the joy of reading to young learners of English. Children will love discovering the range stories and topics in ...

DescriptionThe introduction of co-operative societies into the Irish countryside during the late nineteenth century transformed rural society and c...

Reissued for the twentieth anniversary of Diana's death, this sensational bestseller is an explosive account of her life, from the man who was by h...

Reducere. Pádraic Pearse held many titles; academic, teacher, brother, son, and revolutionary, but, before all else, Pearse was an Irishman. Born in 1879, Pe...

Updated in 2017. Celtic Christianity is as exciting as it is intriguing, from the first native Christians in the British Isles, through to the grea...

An enduring peace is only possible through a genuine understanding of the past. To understand the Troubles is to set them in the context of the his...

Reducere. Set in 1982, High Crimes Against the Crown chronicles the saga of Conor Caldemeyer. A former cop who left a small-town police force after a roadblo...

Reducere. St. Patrick's Day Activity Book for Kids is the ultimate activity book for the 17th day in March that symbolizes an Irish tradition commemorating t...

Reducere. The perfect getaway... The perfect place to hide... Hocking Hills, Ohio is an oasis for campers, hikers, nature enthusiasts, and for those who just...

"Myths and Legends of Flowers, Trees, Fruits, and Plants" is one of the most valuable botanical folkloric works ever penned. It contains a wealth o...

Kate Mansfield and her blind brother Neil live in a manor on the edge of the Brent Prior moors, a dreary place populated by the dispirited and the ...

Publisher: Four Courts Press LtdIllustration(s): black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 320Collection: Irish Legal History Society seriesPub...

Reducere. Not All Saints are born with Halos...One was born with Claws...16th Century Ireland.You've heard the tale of St. Patrick driving the serpents out o...

Reducere. Not since The Ginger Man has J.P. Donleavy succeeded in both delighting and irking his readers as he has with The Lady Who Like Clean Restrooms. Th...

Reducere. CELTIC FIRE is a wondrous treasure-house of tall 'true' stories of such well-known figures as Patrick, Brigid, Brendan, Columba, Cuthbert, and many...

Reducere. Feared in battle by their opponents, adept at farming and cattle raising, the Celts were a remarkable people whose height, muscularity, and fair co...

DescriptionTaking poetry as an act of witness and restorative memory, this essay traces the development of poems relating to Ireland's Great Hunger...

Reducere. The forgotten truths of Celtic Christianity provide a portal into a spiritual way of experiencing the world.The Celtic Christians beheld the world ...

Reducere. What does God want for your life?Christine Valters Paintner, bestselling Catholic author and online abbess for Abbey of the Arts, uses reflections,...

Reducere. As the ministry of beloved Saint Patrick came to an end, another unlikely hero heard God's call and ran full force the Christian race, bringing Chr...

DescriptionReeling from the Night of Nights, an unexpected blockbuster art show, Floss, a transgender New York gallery owner, invites subversive in...

Reducere. Puddles Poodle is a kind-hearted puppy who is eager to surprise his dear Irish friend, Bernadette O'Bunny, with a special gift for St. Patrick's Da...

Reducere. At age fifteen, Ned Halloran lost both of his parents--and almost his own life--when the Titanic sank. Determined to keep what little he has, he re...

The inspiring and poetic memoir of the young New Wave musician whose improbable Cold War heroics opened the clandestine world of Leningrad punk and...

Reducere. There's before 1916 and then there's after. Between them lies the Easter Rising, when Irish republicans took up arms against British rule and chang...

"The blood splattered chancel stone glistened as if the life force spread across the limestone could tell a story of its own..."And so begins the m...

STAGE WHISPERS is an omnibus collection of novellas featuring Timmy Quinn, who made his first appearance in the Bram Stoker Award-winning story THE...

Reducere. Nine years ago, the bloody conflict in Northern Ireland tore apart two young lovers, consuming their hopes and dreams and changing their lives fore...

Reducere. Teach your child to walk in faith, act justly, and lead with kindness and humility with this 365-day devotional for kids. A Saint a Day includes fa...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: John O'BrienMonsignor Patrick Joseph Hartigan (1878-1952) was an Australian Roman Catholic priest, educator, author and poe...

Reducere. Set during Ireland's devastating potato famine, a spellbinding novel of a young woman torn between love for her family and duty to her English husb...

Reducere. In 1939, the world tumbles toward war and the lives of two young men will be forever changed.James Brennan grew up in the poorest of Dublin's tenem...

Reducere. From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed A hero of the IRA must turn on his own people to save his country. Martin Fallon...

Reducere. Two broken hearts and one dilapidated property that might just bring them together.Nothing is going right for Caroline Egan. Her partner has left h...