Download or read book Knockfane written by Homan Potterton and published by Merrion Press. This book was released on 2019-05-06 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ireland in the mid-twentieth century, and Julia and Lydia Esdaile live with their widowed father, Willis, at Knockfane, a country house and farm where the Protestant Esdaile family have lived for centuries. When Willis inexplicably banishes his only son and heir, Edward, he concocts a complex plan to protect and preserve Knockfane for succeeding generations. But time passes, and Willis dies, and soon his intentions are threatened and thwarted by unforeseen events. Ultimately, it must fall to his daughters - the headstrong, confident Julia and the quiet, reflective Lydia - to protect the Knockfane legacy. Suffused with gentle lyricism, this is an enthralling, elegant drama that explores the complexities of family, inheritance and legacy against the backdrop of the Ireland of its time, steeped in the conventions, customs, and deep-seated suspicions which governed both Protestants and Catholics in a rapidly changing society following Irish independence. Knockfane is a Big House novel for a new generation.
Download or read book The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory written by William Carrigan and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Catholic Diocese of Ossory includes most of County Kilkenny, a portion of Leix, and one parish in Offaly.
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Download or read book Wit and Mirth or Pills to purge Melancholy Being a collection of the best merry ballads and songs having each there sic proper tune Collected by H Playford With an addition of excellent Poems Pt 2 with several new songs by Mr D Urfey written by Henry Playford and published by . This book was released on 1707 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Cold Days at Castle Drax written by Charlotte E. English and published by Frouse Books. This book was released on 2024-03-26 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hellfire. Brimstone. Awkward family dinners. No one in their right mind wants to live at Castle Drax. That’s okay. The Vexx family aren’t. On a crumbling cliff overlooking a dark, emerald sea looms the forbidding Castle Drax. It’s ancient, it’s freezing, it’s falling apart—and it’s home. But hard times have come around, and the demonically dysfunctional Vexx family’s in dire straits. There’s nothing for it but to sell the castle and move on—if they can find a buyer. And if, in their heart of hearts, they can really bear to leave… Come pay a visit, if you’d like. Meet the sinister Count Vexx and his charming daughter, Lulu. Make pastries in the kitchen with Magwell, and buff up the motorcar with Stormdust. Ring the lugubrious doorbell, if you want to give everyone a fright (including yourself). Just don’t, whatever you do, go down into the cellar… That’s life at Castle Drax. It’s: “A fate worse than death.” – Count Vexx “I have seen worse. Much worse.” – Fane “It really isn’t all that bad, lovie. Not once you’ve got used to it.” – Magwell “Everything will be alright! Definitely!” – Luna Vexx A glittering, Decopunk mosaic unfolds in sixteen tales of life, love, and curses, laced with Charlotte E. English’s trademark humour and quirky charm. Cosy and comforting, strange and wise, stylish and surprising; Castle Drax is a Hell of a time…
Download or read book Rathcormick written by Homan Potterton and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in 1950s rural Ireland, 'Rathcormick' is the story of one Protestant family & of a boyhood coming to an end. It explores the values & mores of an almost lost part of Irish society.
Download or read book Who Do I Think I Am written by Homan Potterton and published by Merrion Press. This book was released on 2017-11-03 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Homan Potterton was appointed Director of the National Gallery of Ireland in 1979 at the age of thirty-three, he was the youngest ever Director since the foundation of the Gallery in 1854. Who Do I Think I Am? is the sequel to the author’s best-selling childhood memoir Rathcormick: A Childhood Recalled. Written in a witty and amusing style, Homan Potterton regales the reader with tales of student days at Trinity, Dublin, summer jobs in London, carefree travel in Europe, and his unexpected journey to the director’s office of the National Gallery of Ireland, after his first museum job in the National Gallery, London. With a keen interest in people, an observant eye and a spry humour, Potterton describes the many characters and leading lights of Dublin and London society that he encountered during his rich and varied career, including Anthony Blunt, Michael Levey, Denis Mahon, Derek Hill, James White, Desmond Guinness and Charles Haughey. Befriending Sir Alfred and Clementine Beit, he helped secure the famous Beit Collection for the Irish nation, and, in a dramatic episode, describes how he worked with Gardaí to recover the Beit paintings stolen from Russborough House by Martin Cahill in 1986. In a shock resignation, Potterton left the National Gallery of Ireland after only eight years. Thirty years on, Who Do I Think I Am? is his charming and candid memoir; a beautifully rendered, acutely descriptive impression of the art worlds of Dublin and London in the years 1970–1990.
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Download or read book The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Ossory written by William Carrigan and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Catholic Diocese of Ossory includes most of County Kilkenny, a portion of Leix, and one parish in Offaly.
