The Weather-Beaten Scarecrow

This beautifully designed gift book includes a selection of over seventy of Yeats's best loved poems. These are complemented by a wide range of paintings, prints and drawings, the majority by Irish or Irish-based artists and often artists who were contemporaries of the poet.

From Irish Hospice Foundation, who so compassionately provide end-of-life and bereavement care, this collection provides the gift of words at a time when words can be hard to find.Created in conjunction with Poetry Ireland, this is a collection of words to comfort in the most troubled times.

Here is the story of Ireland's Civil War in colour for the first time. The events of 1922-1923 are revealed using photographs painstakingly hand-coloured by John O'Byrne. Many of these photographs have never been published before. They carry informative captions by Michael B. Barry, based on extensive historical research.