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Turlough

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Author : Brian Keenan
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-06-30

Turlough written by Brian Keenan and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-30 with Fiction categories.

While held hostage by fundamentalist Shi'ite militiamen in the suburbs of Beirut, Brian Keenan was visited and sustained by the presence of Turlough O'Carolan - the legendary blind Irish harper of the seventeenth century. This novel is thus a re-creation of an extraordinary historical story and a personal debt repaid. It is also, obliquely, a parallel life - another life imprisoned, shaped by the dark.Narrated largely by O'Carolan from his death-bed, and through the recollections of those closest to him, Turlough powerfully brings to life a lost Ireland of famine and disease, eviction and oppression. Stalking through the broken and dispossessed comes Turlough O'Carolan, the musical prodigy, blinded by smallpox and now an itinerant harper, lauded by the aristocracy and a hero to his people. His Rabelaisian desire for drink and women is counterpointed by his artistic struggle towards the great music and some kind of inner peace. Driven by demons and dreams, riven by contradictions, Turlough emerges as a great man, full of frailty: a blind man afraid of the dark.A panoramic picaresque, rich with the textures and smells of rural Ireland and peopled by a host of angels and devils, Turlough is a remarkable historical journey, and a huge imaginative feat

Turlough S Tale

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Author : Christy Nicholas
language : en
Publisher: Green Dragon Publishing
Release Date : 2023-05-19

Turlough S Tale written by Christy Nicholas and has been published by Green Dragon Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-19 with Fiction categories.

When his wife dies in childbirth, Turlough's grief tore his heart apart. Ireland, 1736. Turlough Doherty loved his wife with all his heart. When she died in childbirth, he couldn't face the child who took her life. He grabbed his beloved harp and went to wander the countryside with his son, Ruari. When he falls asleep on under a fairy stone, they wake to a mysterious, alluring tune. Turlough chases the music into the land of Fairy. Can they escape the dangers of the Otherworld before it consumes their soul? Turlough's Tale is a short story set ten years before Legacy of Luck, the enchanting third book in the Druid's Brooch Series. If you like dangerous Fae, mysterious music, and family drama, then you'll love Christy Nicholas's legendary tale. Buy Turlough's Tale to follow the magic today!

Turlough Signed

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Author : Brian Keenan
language : en
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Release Date : 2000-09-28

Turlough Signed written by Brian Keenan and has been published by Jonathan Cape this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-09-28 with categories.

Annala Rioghachta Eirean Introductory Remarks Annals To A D 902

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Author : John O'Donovan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1856

Annala Rioghachta Eirean Introductory Remarks Annals To A D 902 written by John O'Donovan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1856 with Ireland categories.

Irish Texts Society

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1899

Irish Texts Society written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1899 with Ireland categories.

Annals Of The Kingdom Of Ireland By The Four Masters From The Earliest Period To The Year 1616

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Author : John O'Donovan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1848

Annals Of The Kingdom Of Ireland By The Four Masters From The Earliest Period To The Year 1616 written by John O'Donovan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1848 with categories.

Caithreim Thoirdhealbhaigh

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Author : Sean Mac Ruaidhrí Mac Craith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988

Caithreim Thoirdhealbhaigh written by Sean Mac Ruaidhrí Mac Craith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with categories.

Galloglas

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Author : John Marsden
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Release Date : 2016-07-05

Galloglas written by John Marsden and has been published by Birlinn Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-05 with History categories.

Galloglas were mercenary warriors from the Hebrides and West Highlands who settled in Ireland in the later 13th century and achieved an extraordinary prominence on Irish battlefields throughout the three hundred years following. Fighting as heavy infantry - highly-disciplined, mail-armoured and wielding their characteristic weapon of the long-staved war-axe - they were the decisive military component in the Gaelic Irish resurgence of the 14th century and represented the cutting-edge of resistance to Tudor reconquest two hundred years later. Found first in the service of native Irish lords in Ulster and Connacht, they were later brought into Munster and Leinster by the gaelicised Anglo-Irish earls. By the 15th century they were established as Ireland's first professional warrior class and, like other professional classes in the Gaelic world, they were organized on the basis of kin-group. The names of hereditary commanders of galloglas entered in the Irish annals identify these mercenary warrior kindreds as the MacCabes, MacDonnels, MacDowells, MacRorys, MacSheehys and MacSweeneys, all of them families descended from the Gaelic-Norse aristocracy of Argyll and the Isles - and yet their story has been called "a forgotten chapter of West Highland history". This account of the Galloglas is written from a decidedly Scottish perspective, tracing the origins of six kindreds and investigating the circumstances which brought about their relocation to Ireland. It goes on to examine the galloglas as warriors, pointing to their distinctly Norse character and proposing their battle-fury as "the last unmistakable echo of the Scandinavian impact on the Celtic west".

Irish History For Dummies

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Author : Mike Cronin
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2011-07-12

Irish History For Dummies written by Mike Cronin and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-12 with History categories.

From Norman invaders, religious wars—and the struggle for independence—the fascinating, turbulent history of a tortured nation and its gifted people When Shakespeare referred to England as a "jewel set in a silver sea," he could just as well have been speaking of Ireland. Not only has its luminous green landscape been the backdrop for bloody Catholic/Protestant conflict and a devastating famine, Ireland's great voices—like Joyce and Yeats—are now indelibly part of world literature. In Irish History For Dummies, readers will not only get a bird's-eye view of key historical events (Ten Turning Points) but, also, a detailed, chapter-by-chapter timeline of Irish history beginning with the first Stone Age farmers to the recent rise and fall of the Celtic tiger economy. In the informal, friendly For Dummies style, the book details historic highs like building an Irish Free State in the 1920s—and devastating lows (including the Troubles in the '60s and '70s), as well as key figures (like MP Charles Parnell and President Eamon de Valera) central to the cause of Irish nationalism. The book also details historic artifacts, offbeat places, and little-known facts key to the life of Ireland past and present. Includes Ten Major Documents—including the Confession of St. Patrick, The Book of Kells, the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, and Ulysses Lists Ten Things the Irish Have Given the World—including Irish coffee, U.S. Presidents, the submarine, shorthand writing, and the hypodermic syringe Details Ten Great Irish Places to Visit—including Cobh, Irish National Stud and Museum, Giants Causeway, and Derry Includes an online cheat sheet that gives readers a robust and expanded quick reference guide to relevant dates and historical figures Includes a Who's Who in Irish History section on dummies.com With a light-hearted touch, this informative guide sheds light on how this ancient land has survived wars, invasions, uprisings, and emigration to forge a unique nation, renowned the world over for its superb literature, music, and indomitable spirit.

The O Conors Of Connaught

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Author : Charles Owen O'Conor O'Conor Don
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891

The O Conors Of Connaught written by Charles Owen O'Conor O'Conor Don and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with Connacht (Ireland) categories.