The Tailor and Ansty was banned soon after its first publication in 1942 and became the subject of much bitter controversy. It has become a modern Irish classic, promising to make immortal the Tailor and his irrepressible wife, Ansty
Colm thinks that spending a fortnight with his cousin - The Brute - is the worst thing that can happen to him this summer. He's about to find out he's wrong. While driving The Brute home, Colm and his parents stop for the night at a quiet, old hotel. The Brute falls in love for the first time, with the American granddaughter of their hotel owner.
This book explores the lives and deaths of over 300 men, women and children buried in Dublin's Glasnevin Cemetery who died due to the War of Independence and Civil War.
Mericer POD title, supply may take longer Tony Doherty, author of 'This Man's Wee Boy' continues his journey growing up in Derry in the midst of the 'Troubles'.
Upon returning to a war-torn Derry in 1985, freedom had a more liberating effect on Tony Doherty than he had anticipated. At his father's cross on Creggan Hill, he promised to make right out of the wrong. The epic struggle that followed changed the course of history.
Documents the Civil War in Kerry during the late summer on 1922, including the successful invasion from the sea by Free State forces under Emmet Dalton that caught the Republican forces by surprise. Brings the war up to the end of the August 1922, when Free State victory seemed assured, and before the Republican response to their predicament.