Irish Interest

This unique reference book is an excellent resource for learners of Irish, and, in addition, provides invaluable information essential for the traveller to Ireland, including: English phrases translated into Irish,...

This collection of Irish customs deals with such subjects as love and marriage; farming and fair days; food and drink; prayers and superstitions: the whole gamut of life as lived...

The Irish Dance genre is an essential part of the heritage and culture of Ireland. From its early roots in Celtic history, to the global growth inspired by shows such...

Despite being Ireland's national and first official language, Irish is marginalised and threatened as a community language. The dominant discourse has long dismissed the Irish language as irrelevant or even...

What did it mean to have an 'Irish' dwelling in the nineteenth century? How did Irish people write about, think about, visually represent or imagine what constituted home? Showcasing research...

This interdisciplinary collection focuses on the history of the future and in particular how Irish people in the nineteenth century thought about their future, in many different ways and contexts....

This fully illustrated and authorised history marks fifty years of one of Ireland's most ground-breaking and successful theatrical ensembles. Founded in 1975, Druid is a touring theatre company, anchored in...

Renowned as one of the most brilliant satirists ever, Jonathan Swift has long fascinated Hibernophiles beyond the shores of the Emerald Isle. Sean Moore's examination of Swift's writings and the...

This guidebook will provide detailed information on nearly 100 museums and galleries in Ireland, North and South. Each listing will include information on the museum's history and background, its most...

This is the most complete guide to Irish place-names published in modern times. It explains the origin and derivation of the names of over 3,000 cities, towns, villages and physical...

A brand new collection of photographs from one of Ireland's most renowned photographers. Based in Tralee, Co. Kerry, Michael Diggin has an international reputation as a photographer of the Irish...

Some of the most famous names in the history of literature written in English were born and lived in Dublin or had close connections with the city, from Jonathan Swift...

Dublin Made Me, the first of C.S. ('Todd') Andrews' two celebrated volumes of autobiography, describes in loving detail the pre-independence Dublin in which the author grew up and provides a...

Killarney National Park, with its lakes, woods and mountains, forms the backdrop for most visits to Kerry. Despite the popular image of a commercialised tourist destination, the National Park is...

Ireland - Our Island Home takes the reader o n a pictorial journey around the Emerald Isle, through aeria l photographs taken between 1992 and 1996 by Cork photograph er...

Proceedings of a conference held in the National University of lreland, Maynooth in 1995. The papers given consider in detail the impact of global environmental changes projected for the coming...

Ever dreamt of cutting dead some annoying fecker in the pub with a razor-sharp witticism? Ever imagined bringing your boss down to size with a turn of phrase that cuts...