Download or read book The Doonbeg Ghosts written by Ivan Morris and published by . This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ghosts of Kilrush written by Joe Riley and published by RavensYard Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2003-10 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ghosts of Kilrush" is the heartfelt memoir of a young English boy, abandoned by his father in small town in western Ireland, who was raised as a beloved son by an Irish family who treated him as their own. Riley takes a look back as he affectionately recalls the many colorful characters who influenced his childhood.
Download or read book Leading Your Way written by Marty Kaplan and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do it my way, do it this way, and you will be successful, insist countless business books. Marty Kaplan, a business veteran who climbed from the lowest rung of the leadership ladder to a top-level position at one of America's largest companies, respectfully disagrees. Drawing on the author's extensive leadership experience, the work of behavioral theorists, and historical analogy, Leading Your Way argues that to be truly successful as a leader, you must first embrace your uniqueness. Trying to follow another's formula or model will only compromise your potential. Real leadership comes from who you are, what you do, and how you do it. Packed with thought-provoking questions designed to help you understand and leverage your own uniqueness, Leading Your Way boldly tackles both leadership fundamentals and sensitive topics rarely discussed in business literature today: Should you really be a leader in the first place? Why do some talented, capable leaders feel like imposters always on the verge of being unmasked? How can we lead up? This book's practical answers and real-life wisdom will inspire you. Are you ready to be the best leader you can be?
Download or read book The Fabled Coast written by Sophia Kingshill and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pirates and smugglers, ghost ships and sea-serpents, fishermen’s prayers and sailors’ rituals – the coastline of the British Isles plays host to an astonishingly rich variety of local legends, customs, and superstitions. In The Fabled Coast, renowned folklorists Sophia Kingshill and Jennifer Westwood gather together the most enthralling tales and traditions, tracing their origins and examining the facts behind the legends. Was there ever such a beast as the monstrous Kraken? Did a Welsh prince discover America, centuries before Columbus? What happened to the missing crew of the Mary Celeste? Along the way, they recount the stories that are an integral part of our coastal heritage, such as the tale of Drake’s Drum, said to be heard when England was in peril, and the mythical island of Hy Brazil, which for centuries appeared on sea charts and maps to the west of Ireland. The result is an endlessly fascinating, often surprising journey through our island history.
Download or read book A Course Called Ireland written by Tom Coyne and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-02-02 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hysterical story bestseller about one man's epic Celtic sojourn in search of ancestors, nostalgia, and the world's greatest round of golf By turns hilarious and poetic, A Course Called Ireland is a magnificent tour of a vibrant land and paean to the world's greatest game in the tradition of Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods. In his thirties, married, and staring down impending fatherhood, Tom Coyne was familiar with the last refuge of the adult male: the golfing trip. Intent on designing a golf trip to end all others, Coyne looked to Ireland, the place where his father has taught him to love the game years before. As he studied a map of the island and plotted his itinerary, it dawn on Coyne that Ireland was ringed with golf holes. The country began to look like one giant round of golf, so Coyne packed up his clubs and set off to play all of it-on foot. A Course Called Ireland is the story of a walking-averse golfer who treks his way around an entire country, spending sixteen weeks playing every seaside hole in Ireland. Along the way, he searches out his family's roots, discovers that a once-poor country has been transformed by an economic boom, and finds that the only thing tougher to escape than Irish sand traps are Irish pubs.
Download or read book Only Golf Spoken Here written by Ivan Morris and published by Gale Cengage. This book was released on 2001 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ivan Morris is a "golf nut". He eats it, sleeps it and drinks it. As a low handicap golfer for almost forty years, he played in over 100 Irish, British, European and American championships and won more than a few. Along the way -- to his great delight -- Ivan met or became friends with some of golf's best players and most unusual characters. The list includes Tiger Woods, Sam Snead, Gary Player, Christy O'Connor Sr., an Irish teammate known as "Tail Gunner" Carew, and an Irish caddie known as "The Rooney".In Only Golf Spoken Here, Morris presents an amusing account of his memories and feelings about a game that continues to tantalize and frustrate him after a lifetime of playing it. His opinions and insights -- from a distinctive Irish viewpoint -- will no doubt make enjoyable reading for anyone with an interest in golf, Ireland or both.
Download or read book Lotus Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Time of the Tans written by Tomás Mac Conmara and published by Mercier Press Ltd. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Black and Tans [raises voice] raided my aunt's house where my mother was in bed at three o'clock in the morning ... I was due to be born three days later ... she got a stroke of paralysis and lost the power of all her left side. So I never saw my mother walk ... she could get around with the aid of a chair.'Stories of the Black and Tans have been told across Ireland since the force was first released into the country in March 1920. Casting a dark and lingering shadow, they remain an evocative and emotive category of memory. For people who lived through it and those who inherited associated stories, the Black and Tans were the embodiment of British repression, violence and malevolence. The Irish War of Independence is a landmark in the chronology of Irish history and profoundly affected all areas of life. Much of that experience was never recorded.Based on Tomás Mac Conmara's almost two decades of oral history recordings, selected from over 400 interviews, as well as access to multiple private family collections, The Time of the Tans illuminates the stories of a period that has dominated the historical consciousness of Ireland. From direct testimony of 105-year-old Margaret Hoey, to the inherited tradition of Flan O'Brien, who was born in 1927, the stories pulsate with an intensity of emotion. The majority of interviewees who were recorded for this research have sadly since passed away. Now, their memories which have been preserved for posterity, breathe new life into an enduringly important period in modern Irish history.
Download or read book Oileain written by David Walsh and published by Pesda Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wealth of information on the wildlife, stories and history of the islands.For those wishing to visit in small boats or kayaks there are details of:? Landings? Camping? Drinking water? Tidal informationOileain is a detailed guide to almost every Irish offshore island. The guide is comprehensive, describing over 300 islands, big and small, far out to sea and close in by the shore, inhabited and uninhabited. Oileain tells it as it is, rock by rock, good and bad, pleasant and otherwise. It concentrates on landings and access generally, then adds information on camping, drinking water, tides, history, climbing, birds, whales, dolphins, legends or anything else of interest.Oileain will, I hope, appeal to all who go to sea in small boats, divers and yachtsmen as well as kayakers. The sheer level of detail contained in Oileain must surely throw new light on places they thought they knew well. It is not a book about kayaking. It so happens that a practical way of getting to islands is by kayak, and that is how the author gets about. Scuba divers and RIBs get in close too. Yachtsmen get about better than most, and they too enjoy exploring intensively from a dinghy. With the increasing availability of ferries, boatless people will also enjoy Oileain. Offshore islands are the last wilderness in Ireland. Hillwaking is now so popular that there are few untrampled mainland hills. Ninety per cent of offshore islands are uninhabited outside of the first fortnight in August, and eighty per cent even then. You won't meet many other people, if any at all, out beyond an Irish surf line. It is a time of change though, and holiday homes are very much the coming thing in some offshore areas. Sea going will never stop being a great adventure. Therefore, offshore islands are still the preserve of the very few. Now is a golden era for exploration.
Download or read book The Ancient Forts of Ireland written by Thomas Johnson Westropp and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1902 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book As It Is in Heaven written by Niall Williams and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 1999-08-31 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time has already stopped for Stephen Griffin when he moves into the little house by the sea. Twenty-eight years old and haunted by death, the tall, awkward, shy schoolteacher is Content to care for his father in Dublin and let life pass him by. Then a miracle appears: a string ensemble from Venice and, with it, a violinist named Gabriella Castoldi. Even though the worldly, beautiful musician seems incapable of giving her heart, love seizes Stephen Griffin ... unbidden and shaking every particle of his spirit. Stephen's ailing father sees it and fears for his naive son. Nelly Grant, the green-grocer, predicted it and welcomes its sheer joy. Moses Mooney, the blind musician, has sensed its coming. None, however, can envision the depth and consequence of this union. For Gabriella will change not only Stephen's life but, in the deepest sense, the lives of everyone around them. "As It Is In Heaven" evokes the magical essence of romance and its miraculous ability to grace even the darkest lifewith light. Splendidly crafted and charged with poignancy, it firmly establishes Niall Williams as a master storyteller in the grand tradition of Irish literature.
Download or read book The Irish American Who s who written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Banshees Beasts and Brides from the Sea written by Bob Curran and published by Appletree Press (IE). This book was released on 1996 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These traditional stories and supernatural tales are associated with certain locations and have been used to explain local events. A completely new and original collection, it was drawn together by the author in his travels around Ireland.
Download or read book Atlas and Cyclopedia of Ireland written by Patrick Weston Joyce and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Historical Account of the Diocese of Down and Connor Ancient and Modern written by James O'Laverty and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland written by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Index of archaeological papers published in 1891, under the direction of the Congress of Archaeological Societies in union with the Society of Antiquaries.
Download or read book The Irish Catholic Directory and Almanac for with Complete Directory in English written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
