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I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis at the age of 30. At the same time I was looking to start a new life in Australia and had just met Des (my fiancé) while working at an Irish bar. Des stood by me through this illness and supported me in ways I could have never imagined with his love. After having to cancel our wedding in 2018 and give up work, we finally found our happy place in 2020.The love that Des showed me during this time and the illness inspired me to write a book so that I could help others who are also going through a difficult time.

A short biography of Victoria Maria Josephine Spicer and her family. Victoria, more familiarly known as Josephine, became a member of Cumann na mBan and was based at Jameson’s Distillery, Marrowbone Lane during Easter Week 1916, even though her father and older brothers served in the British Army. Josephine is buried in an unmarked grave in Mount Jerome Cemetery.

Alexander Robert Forbes (1849-1924), born on Skye, off Scotland's west coast, studied law in Edinburgh University and became Deputy Keeper of the Minute Book of the Court of Sessions in Edinburgh. A noted Celtic scholar, he was an authority on place-names. He published his most famous work - The Gaelic Names of Beasts (mammalia), Birds, Fish, Insects and Reptiles — in 1905, based on a variety of Gaelic sources in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. The book includes information for individual animals from folk-lore and early manuscript sources.

Irish Unionism by James Winder Good (1877-1930). Originally published in 1920, the book explores the role of the Anglo-Irish Protestant landowning elite and unionism in the economic, political and social life of Ireland in the nineteenth century and early twentieth century against the backdrop of the Home Rule and the independence movements.

First published - July 2020

First published in July 2020