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This volume contains the first volume of Charles James Lever’s phenomenally popular 1840 novel, "Charles O’Malley: The Irish Dragoon". This fantastic novel would make for a great addition to any bookshelf, and is highly recommended for fans and collectors of Lever’s seminal work. Charles...

"Responsibilities and Other Poems" is a 1916 collection of poetry by Yeats. William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 - 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet and one of the most prolific literary figures of the 20th-century. At the forefront of both the British and Irish literary movements, he co-founded...

In 1895 the thirty-year-old W.B. Yeats, already established as one of Ireland's leading poets and folklorists, published this outstanding collection of Irish verse as part of his campaign to establish a tradition of Irish poetry fit for the dawn of a new age in Ireland's history. This Routledge Classics...

“Torn Edges” is a captivating mystery story linking contemporary Glasgow with a period of recent Irish history, the 1922 Civil War. Following a murder in Glasgow, a search into the family past is triggered off by the finding at the crime scene of a family heirloom gold sovereign. The...

For everyone who loves a spud, The Irish Potato Cookbook will help you create exciting meals that all the family will enjoy. The most versatile and adaptable of all vegetables, the potato is indelibly associated with Ireland. In this handy book, you will find a collection of delicious recipes...

This edition features a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS I. IRISH POEMS II. WELSH POEMS III. OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES IV. CHURCH FESTIVALS V. GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS VI. PERSONAL AND VARIOUS

Emily Lawless (17 June 1845 – 19 October 1913) was an Irish novelist and poet from County Kildare. According to Betty Webb Brewer, writing in 1983 for the journal of the Irish American Cultural Institute, Éire/Ireland: "An unflagging unionist, she recognised the rich literary potential in...

Cries of an Irish Caveman is Paul Durcan's most inspired and surprising collection of poems. Through four distinct sections, he brings his tender lyricism to bear on the themes of love, loss, life and death. The first section describes an experience in Australia which provides a starting point...

28 works of William Butler Yeats Irish poet (1865-1939) This ebook presents a collection of 28 works of William Butler Yeats. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: - A Book of Irish Verse - Discoveries - Fairy and Folk Tales...

This compact anthology contains many of the best works of 59 poets writing in English—from the complex rhyme schemes of Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser and lovely sonnets of the preeminent English poet and playwright William Shakespeare to William Blake's visionary works and John Keats' profound...

Karpathos publishes the greatest works of history's greatest authors and collects them to make it easy and affordable for readers to have them all at the push of a button.  All of our collections include a linked table of contents. W.B. Yeats was an Irish poet who became one of the most prominent...

Martina Evans's Now We Can Talk Openly about Men is a pair of dramatic monologues, snapshots of the lives of two women in 1920s Ireland. The first, Kitty Donovan, is a dressmaker in the time of the Irish War of Independence. The second, Babe Cronin, is set in 1924, shortly after the Irish Civil War....

A powerful play about the effects of Oliver Cromwell's military campaign in Ireland - a ruthless conquest whose folk memories still sit uncomfortably in the Irish psyche. Winner of the John Whiting Award for Drama In the 17th century Cromwell moved English troops into a war-weary Ireland,...

The story of Big Maggie Polpin and her attempts to keep her family together after the death of her husband is an enduring theatre favourite. The dialogue crackles with hilarious, caustic putdowns as the indomitable Maggie deals with her feckless family and unwanted suitors. Everyone wants a part of...