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Saturday, August 18, 2007

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Read Ireland Book Reviews – Issue 387 ------------------------------------- Contents: 1. The Williamite Wars in Ireland, 1688-1691 by John Childs 2. People and Place: A Census Atlas of the Republic of Ireland edited by James A. Walsh 3. People, Politics and Power: From O’Connell to Ahern by Stephen Collins 4. The Orange Order: A Contemporary Northern Irish History by Eric Kaufmann 5. The Orange Order by Mervyn Jess 6. Ever Dark Hour: A History of Kilmainham Jail by Niamh O’Sullivan 7. A Journey into Ireland’s Literary Revival by Rodd Felton 8. The Making and Remaking of the Good Friday Agreement by Paul Bew 9. The Miracle of Fatima Mansions: An Escape from Drug Addiction by Shay Byrne 10. The Rector Who Wouldn’t Pray for Rain by Patrick Semple 11. Irish Travellers by Michael Hayes 12. Sea Angling in Ireland by John Rafferty 13. 101 Things You Didn’t Know About Irish History by Ryan Hackney ----------------------------- 1. The Williamite Wars in Ireland, 1688-1691 by John Childs (Hardback; 60 Euro / 90 USD / 45 UK; 440 pages) The comprehensive defeat of the Jacobite Irish in the Williamite conflict, a component within the pan-European Nine Years’ War, prevented the exiled James II from regaining his English throne, ended realistic prospects of a Stuart restoration and partially secured the new regime of King William III and Queen Mary created by the Glorious Revolution. The principal events – the Siege of Londonderry, the Battles of the Boyne and Aughrim, and the two Sieges and Treaty of Limerick – have subsequently become totems around which opposing constructions of Irish history have been erected. In this book the author argues that the struggle was typical of the late 17th century, principally decided by economic resources and attrition in which the ‘small war’ comprising patrols, raids, occupation of captured regions by small garrisons, police actions against irregulars and attacks on supply lines was more significant in determining the outcome than the set-piece battles and sieges. ---------------------------------- 2. People and Place: A Census Atlas of the Republic of Ireland edited by James A. Walsh (Large Format Hardback; 50 Euro / 70 USD / 35 UK; 340 pages, with full colour illustrations, photos, maps & charts throughout) Using data from the 2002 and previous Census of Population, this Census Atlas provides unique perspectives on the demographic and socio-economic profile of the Republic of Ireland at the dawn of the 21st century. Statistical data for over 3000 small area units have been used to produce over 200 maps that display in colour key trends and patterns in an extensive range of topics that include population change, age profiles, family types, immigration and inter-county migration, male and female labour force participation rates, employment patterns by occupation and industry, the social class structure, educational attainment levels, access to the internet, commuting distances and times, and cultural attributes such as frequency of speaking Irish, and religious affiliations. -------------------------------- 3. People, Politics and Power: From O’Connell to Ahern by Stephen Collins (Paperback; 12 Euro / 16 USD / 8 UK; 220 pages) Politics in Ireland is something of a national obsession. Despite a decline in voter turnout in recent general elections, politics still attracts huge interest and controversy. Powerful political figures like Charles Haughey, Eamon de Valera, Charles Stewart Parnell and Danlel O'Connell dominated Irish politics at different times over the past two centuries and defined their eras. The great election campaigns waged by these politicians, and the controversies in which they were involved, have left a deep imprint on all aspect of Irish life, from law to literature; from economics to family life. This book gives us a concise overview of Irish political life, from the Act of Union to the present day. ----------------------------------- 4. The Orange Order: A Contemporary Northern Irish History by Eric Kaufmann (Hardback; 45 Euro / 65 USD / 32 UK; 372 pages) Based on unprecedented access to the Order's internal documents, this book provides the first systematic social history of the Orange Order - the Protestant association dedicated to maintaining the British connection in Northern Ireland. Kaufmann charts the Order's path from the peak of its influence, in the early 1960s, to its present-day crisis. Along the way, he sketches a portrait of many of Orangeism's leading figures, from ex-Prime Minister John Andrews to Ulster Unionist Party politicians like Martin Smyth, James Molyneaux, and David McNarry, and also includes the highly revealing correspondence with adversaries such as Ian Paisley and David Trimble. Packed with analyses of mass-membership trends and attitudes, the book also takes care to tell the story of the Order from 'below' as well as from above. In the process, it argues that the traditional Unionism of West Ulster is giving way to the more militant Unionism of Antrim and Belfast which is winning the hearts of the younger generation in cities and towns throughout the province. -------------------------------------- 5. The Orange Order by Mervyn Jess (Paperback; 12 Euro / 16 USD / 8 UK; 280 pages) Born out of bloodshed, sustained by sectarianism and shrouded in secrecy, the Orange Order is one of the most abiding and controversial religion-based organisations in Europe, if not the world. A Catholic cannot join: its doors are open only to those who profess Protestantism. BBC journalist Mervyn Jess, who has written extensively on Orange issues, strips away the mystery and myths of the Order and traces its origins and defining moments spanning three turbulent centuries. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in finding out what "the Orange" is all about. ------------------------------- 6. Every Dark Hour: A History of Kilmainham Jail by Niamh O’Sullivan (Paperback; 15 Euro / 20 USD / 10 UK; 245 pages, with an 8-page black-and-white photo insert) Kilmainham Jail is perhaps the most important building in modern Irish history. A place of incarceration since its construction in the late eighteenth century, it housed a succession of petty criminals, including sheep rustlers and, during the Famine, people who committed crimes with the sole aim of being imprisoned there: even the meager rations offered at the jail were better than what was available in other parts of the country. It was a powerful symbol of British rule on the island of Ireland; its residents over the years included the bold Robert Emmet and, of course, it was also the place where the 1916 rebels were taken and executed. Every Dark Hour is a colourful and entertaining telling of the history of the jail, in which O'Sullivan brings her comprehensive knowledge of all the sources relating to the building, from the official records to the graffiti on the walls, to bear. Perhaps most strikingly, she presents her personal impressions of the jail and its colourful cast of residents over the years - as well as vivid accounts of the heroic men and women who gave freely of their time and energies to restore the jail to its former grandeur when it was on the verge of being reclaimed by the elements. ------------------------------------- 7. A Journey into Ireland’s Literary Revival by Rodd Felton (Trade Paperback; 20 Euro / 28 USD / 14 UK; 160 pages, with full colour illustrations throughout) A great tide of literary invention swept through Ireland between the 1890s and the 1920s. This engrossing, illuminating, and beautifully illustrated guidebook explores the personal and professional histories of writers such as W B Yeats, Lady Gregory, John Millington Synge, and Sean O'Casey and examines their relationships with the people, culture, and landscapes of Ireland. From Galway and the Aran Islands, to County Mayo and County Sligo, and from Dublin to Wicklow, this guide to the places that inspired Irish Literary Revival showcases the locations where many of Ireland's finest writers shaped an enduring vision of the country. --------------------------------- 8. The Making and Remaking of the Good Friday Agreement by Paul Bew (Trade Paperback; 18 Euro / 24 USD / 12 UK; 140 pages) From 1994 to 2007, Paul Bew has been an avid and perceptive chronicler of the Northern Ireland peace process. He has interviewed all the leading figures involved in the Good Friday Agreement and provided incisive first-hand commentary on the negotiations for the major broadsheets on both islands. In this volume, which collects some of his most topical and prescient essays, he discusses the many crises which have afflicted the implementation of the Agreement since 1988 and which have paralysed the power-sharing institutions since 2002. He also deals in detail with the recent attempts to revive these institutions under the hegemony of the DUP and Sinn Fein. The book concludes with an insightful discussion of the future of Northern Ireland in the context of the elections of March 2007 and the historic agreement for power-sharing between these two long-standing political adversaries. ------------------------------ 9. The Miracle of Fatima Mansions: An Escape from Drug Addiction by Shay Byrne (Paperback; 11 Euro / 16 USD / 8 UK; 250 pages) The Miracle of Fatima Mansions traces a young man's terrifying descent into a life of drugs, crime and prostitution, against the backdrop of the cultural and sexual revolution of the 60s and 70s. Drawn by the bright lights and emerging drug-scene of `Swinging London', Shay Byrne left his native Dublin to immerse himself in his new found-freedom. Drifting between the vibrant squats in Hampstead Heath, he soon sank into a life of drug addiction and petty-crime. Returning to Ireland, his life took a dramatic turn when he narrowly escaped death during a violent attack at the city's squalid Fatima Mansions estate. Fatima Mansions represented a leap into a brighter future for the city's working class. But the dream was short-lived, and by the late 60s it had become synonymous with extreme social depravation, drugs and urban decay. This would be the unlikely location of an epiphany that would transform Shay's life. Slowly rebuilding his life, the author had to deal with the physical and mental damage caused by long-term drug abuse. The Miracle of Fatima Mansions reveals the true legacy of the 1960s drug culture. -------------------------------- 10. The Rector Who Wouldn’t Pray for Rain by Patrick Semple (Trade Paperback; 15 Euro / 20 USD / 10 UK; 224 pages) What happens when a devout believer who answered his vocation in the Church of Ireland, questions and then loses his faith in the supernatural or miraculous aspects of the life of Jesus Christ? Patrick Semple writes about the backdrop against which he grew up and became aware of the world and his questions about God and religion. This gripping memoir is his story: the story of a Church of Ireland clergyman who no longer believes the basic doctrines of Christianity and has found new insights in the teachings of modern astrophysics. "The Rector Who Wouldn't Pray for Rain" is also a picture of religious life in Ireland over the last sixty years, from an outsider's view of the Catholic triumphalist days of the 1940s, to the problems and benefits of the liberal secular society of today, told by a man who understands, and has lived through, both sides of the story. -------------------------------- 11. Irish Travellers by Michael Hayes (Trade Paperback; 24 Euro / 30 USD / 15 UK; 320 pages) The "Traveller question" has been a major source of debate in Irish society for decades, centuries even, and appears no closer to being answered today. For as long as Travellers have roamed the roads of Ireland, they have been subjected to, at best, a sort of mythic, romanticised patronisation, and at worst, vilification and outright hostility - but always as the "other" of Irish ethnic identity. Micheal O hAodha closely examines how images of Travellers have been created and distorted over the centuries, from the nineteenth-century "gipsilorists" to late-twentieth-century anthropological studies. In particular, O hAodha focuses on the 1952 "Tinker Questionnaire", conducted by the Irish Folklore Commission, which remains the most comprehensive account to date of "settled" Irish people's attitudes to Travellers. The author concludes by reflecting on today's complex mixture of equality-driven calls for rights and respect with the largely media-driven stereotype that persists. Where, in all this, does the ever day reality of the Traveller community fit? ------------------------------------ 12. Sea Angling in Ireland by John Rafferty (Trade Paperback; 20 Euro / 28 USD / 14 UK; 210 pages, with full colour illustrations throughout) The introduction gives a basic analysis of how the oceans work and when and where it is best to catch fish. The book then moves on to cover safety at sea, the dos and don'ts and use of basic common sense while at sea. It describes what type of grounds fish well for different species and the best ways of fishing the different types of grounds. Individual species are described, often with an accompanying photograph, and a basic description of how they live in their habitat. All the top species associated with the Irish coast are covered in great detail including their maximum weight, current record, habitat, when to fish for them and what tactics and traces work best for catching them. It also discusses all the top baits for sea fishing, how and when to collect them yourself and what species each bait will catch. Rods, reels, line, hooks and the top traces are briefly examined and the author concludes with listing the best locations in Ireland that he has fished for different species and where he has found the best fishing. ------------------------------------ 13. 101 Things You Didn’t Know About Irish History by Ryan Hackney (Paperback; 11 Euro / 16 USD / 8 UK; 240 pages) Over 20 million Americans claim some sort of Irish heritage. But how much do readers really know about this amazing country? Forget about shamrocks, leprechauns, and all that blarney, "101 Things You Didn't Know About Irish History" is a concise and authoritative guide that dispels the myths and tells the true stories of the Irish. Its highlights include: lives of the ancient Celts until the British invasions; famous Irish including Michael Collins, Charles Parnell - and Bono; the potato famine and immigration (were there really gangs of New York?); Irish music and dance; and, folklore, faeries and leprechauns. Complete with a Irish language primer and pronunciation guide, "101 Things You Didn't Know About Irish History" is a informative pot of gold for everyone who loves the Irish! --------------------------------------- Previous Issue: --------------- Read Ireland Book Reviews – Issue 386 – Recent Reprints and New in Paperback --------------------------------------- Contents: 1. An Prionsa Beag (The Little Prince) by Antoine De Saint-Exupéry (translated into Irish by Breandán Ó Doibhlin 2. Connemara Listening to the Wind by Tim Robinson 3. Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy 4. Luke Kelly by Des Geraghty 5. Matters of Life and Death by Bernard MacLaverty 6. Mothers and Sons by Colm Toibin 7. This is Charlie Bird by Charlie Bird 8. Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks 9. The Vanishing Acts of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell 10. The Singer and the Song: Sixty Irish Songwriters and their Favourite Songs by Audrey Healy 11. Against the Tide by Noel Browne ---------------------------------- 1. An Prionsa Beag (The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated into Irish by Breandán Ó Doibhlin (Paperback; 10 Euro / 13 USD / 7 UK; 100 pages) Antoine de Saint-Exupéry first published The Little Prince in 1943, only a year before his Lockheed P-38 vanished over the Mediterranean during a reconnaissance mission. More than a half century later, this fable of love and loneliness has lost none of its power. The narrator is a downed pilot in the Sahara Desert, frantically trying to repair his wrecked plane. His efforts are interrupted one day by the apparition of a little, well, prince, who asks him to draw a sheep. "In the face of an overpowering mystery, you don't dare disobey," the narrator recalls. "Absurd as it seemed, a thousand miles from all inhabited regions and in danger of death, I took a scrap of paper and a pen out of my pocket." And so begins their dialogue, which stretches the narrator's imagination in all sorts of surprising, childlike directions. This book is now available in an Irish language edition, translated by Breandán Ó Doibhlin, of St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth University, Ireland. ------------------------------------ 2. Connemara Listening to the Wind by Tim Robinson (Paperback; 13 Euro / 20 USD / 10 UK; 440 pages) In its landscape, history and folklore, Connemara is a singular region: ill-defined geographically, and yet unmistakably a place apart from the rest of Ireland. Tim Robinson, who established himself as Ireland's most brilliant living non-fiction writer with the two-volume "Stones of Aran", moved from Aran to Connemara nearly twenty years ago. This book is the result of his extraordinary engagement with the mountains, bogs and shorelines of the region, and with its folklore and its often terrible history: a work as beautiful and surprising as the place it attempts to describe. --------------------------------- 3. Whitethorn Woods by Maeve Binchy (Paperback; 9 Euro / 14 USD / 7 UK; 450 pages) The town of Rossmore is a special place, full of character and charm. Nestled beside the Whitethorn Woods, the town has grown since the days when it was small and friendly and everyone knew everyone else; now it has chain stories and traffic problems and housing estates. But it still has the woods, with the well dedicated to St Ann, where generations have come to pray or make wishes or just to look back at the pretty little town. Which is why there is going to be such a fuss about the plans for the new road, cutting through Whitethorn Woods. The people of Rossmore are divided. No one is more concerned than the curate, Father Brian Flynn, who has no idea which faction to support. Surely Neddy Nolan's family should take the compensation being offered for their land? But wasn't Neddy's mother given a cure at the well many years ago? And what about the childless London woman who came to Whitethorn Woods begging the saint for help, with unexpected consequences? Full of Maeve Binchy's warmth, humour and compassion, WHITETHORN WOODS tells of the people of Rossmore, each with their own story, as they wait for the great road of progress... -------------------------------- 4. Luke Kelly by Des Geraghty (Paperback; 12 Euro / 16 USD / 8 UK; 156 pages) Luke Kelly (1940-1984) was an Irish singer and folk musician from Dublin most famous as a member of the band The Dubliners. Kelly was one of the best-known figures of the Irish folk music movement of the 1960s and 1970s. A Dubliner from the north inner city. He emigrated to Britain in 1958. There he first became involved in the growing international folk music scene in which Ewan MacColl was a central figure. In 1962 Luke Kelly returned to Dublin and quickly became a central figure in the city's burgeoning folk music community. He formed a folk group with Drew, McKenna, Ciaran Bourke and John Sheahan, which he named The Dubliners. In 1965, Kelly married the actress Deirdre O'Connell, one of the founders of the Focus Theatre. In the mid-1960s, Luke moved to England and on returning, he rejoined the Dubliners. Luke remained a politically engaged musician, and many of the songs he recorded dealt with social issues, the arms race and war, workers' rights and Irish nationalism. Luke Kelly was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 1980, and died in 1984. He remains a Dublin icon and his music is widely regarded as one of the city's cultural treasures. The Ballybough Bridge in the north inner city of Dublin has been renamed the The Luke Kelly Bridge. ------------------------------------ 5. Matters of Life and Death by Bernard MacLaverty (Paperback; 11 Euro / 15 USD / 7 UK; 240 pages) A new book of stories from Bernard MacLaverty is a cause for celebration, but "Matters of Life and Death" is more than that, as it is - without question - the finest collection yet from a contemporary master of the form. Beginning with the sudden, nauseating terror of a family caught up in an explosion of shocking sectarian violence and ending with the white-out of an Iowa blizzard and a different kind of fear, "Matters of Life and Death" is a book about bonds and connections, made and broken, secret and known. Vivid, beautifully controlled and written with effortless skill and empathy, these stories are object lessons in the art of short fiction. -------------------------------- 6. Mothers and Sons by Colm Toibin (Paperback; 11 Euro ; 15 USD / 7 UK; 310 pages) Colm Toibin's new and challenging collection of stories paint rich and textured portraits of individuals at different pivotal moments in their lives. In each case, Toibin shows how their relationship with either a mother or a son, or their relationship to their own role as mother or son, reveals something unique and important about them. The stories feature Ireland or Irish narrators, but they are also truly universal. In "Famous Blue Raincoat", unwelcome memories are stirred when a mother, once a singer in an Irish folk-rock band of some popular renown in the 60s, finds that her son has been listening to their old records - songs she hoped never to hear again. In "Water", a son buries his mother and goes out to a drug-fuelled rave on a remote beach outside Dublin. In the course of this one night, his grief and desire for raw feeling combine with exquisite and devastating intensity. At once beautifully playful, psychologically intricate, emotionally incisive, finely-wrought and fearless these stories tease out the delicate and difficult strands which are woven between mothers and sons. Sometimes shocking and always powerful, this masterful new collection confirms Toibin as great prose stylist of our time. Praise for "The Master" includes: 'An audacious, profound, and wonderfully intelligent book' - Hermione Lee, "Guardian". 'The Master is not short of a masterpiece.' - "Independent on Sunday". --------------------------------- 7. This is Charlie Bird by Charlie Bird (Paperback; 13 Euro / 18 USD / 9 UK; 295 pages) Charlie Bird has been at the heart of every big news event over the last twenty-five years, breaking exclusive stories and interviewing presidents and prime ministers. In his autobiography, he tells his own story and reveals how he has become one of Ireland's best-known journalists. Charlie Bird has made his name as a front-of-camera reporter covering the news as it happens, from wherever it happens. During his career as a news journalist, he reported on the upheavals of the Haughey/FitzGerald years through to the governments of Albert Reynolds, John Bruton and Bertie Ahern. Charlie Bird was RTE's contact with the IRA and now for the first time, he reveals the background to his meetings with leading republicans in the lead-up to the 1994 and 1997 ceasefire declarations. He also recalls the investigation which exposed wrong-doing at National Irish Bank and the resulting stress of being involved in Ireland's longest libel case. He gives an insight into his foreign travels including the trial of Father Niall O'Brien in the Philippines, the release of Brian Keenan, meeting Nelson Mandela when he voted in the first post-apartheid elections in South Africa, and the Asian tsunami in 2004. Today Charlie is one of the best-known faces on Irish TV. In telling his story, he goes beyond the news agenda to tell his own personal story, his family background and Dublin childhood as well as the difficulties that have arisen when he became part of the media story himself. "It's well worth a read." - "Irish Times". "Real contemporary history, told from the man who articulated and therefore shaped the history as it happened" - "Irish Examiner" - "RTE Guide". ----------------------------------- 8. Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks (Paperback; 12 Euro / 16 USD / 8 UK; 264 pages) 'I hereby bet Tony Hawks the sum of One Hundred Pounds that he cannot hitchhike round the circumference of Ireland, with a fridge, within one calendar month.' A foolhardy attempt to win a drunken bet led to Tony Hawks having one of the most unforgettable experiences of his life. Joined by his trusty travelling-companion-cum-domestic-appliance, he found himself in the midst of a remarkable, inspirational and, at times, downright silly adventure. In their month of madness, Tony and his fridge surfed together; entered a bachelor festival; and one of them had sex without the other knowing. The fridge got christened and they even met the poorest king on Earth. An absurd story of an extraordinary adventure, "Round Ireland with a Fridge" follows the fearless pair as they battle towards Dublin and a breathtaking finale that is moving, uplifting, and a fitting conclusion to the whole ridiculous affair. ------------------------------------ 9. The Vanishing Acts of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’Farrell (Paperback; 11 Euro / 15 USD / 8 UK; 277 pages) A significant departure for Maggie O'Farrell in terms of maturity and style, the paperback publication of THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX will be an unmissable event. Set between the 1930s,and the present, Maggie O'Farrell's new novel is the story of Esme, a woman edited out of her family's history, and of the secrets that come to light when, sixty years later, she is released from care, and a young woman, Iris, discovers the great aunt she never knew she had. The mystery that unfolds is the heartbreaking tale of two sisters in colonial India and 1930s Edinburgh - of the loneliness that binds them together and the rivalries that drive them apart, and lead one of them to a shocking betrayal - but above all it is the story of Esme, a fiercely intelligent, unconventional young woman, and of the terrible price she is made to pay for her family's unhappiness. This is vintage Maggie O'Farrell: an impassioned, intense, haunting family drama - a stunning imagining of a life stolen, and reclaimed. ----------------------------------- 10. The Singer and the Song: Sixty Irish Songwriters and their Favourite Songs by Audrey Healy (Paperback; 10 Euro / 14 USD / 7 UK; 282 pages) Have you ever wondered what motivates an artist to write a song? What exactly was the inspiration behind classics such as "Rare Auld Times" or Christy Moore's "The Two Conneelys". Or why certain songs like "The Hucklebuck" captured the hearts and minds of Ireland at a certain period in time? Here, in this unusual and thought-provoking collection, fifty of Ireland's celebrated musicians take the lyrics of their favourite song, explains what that song means to them and invites readers to listen to the song in a whole new light. From folk to rock, traditional songs to showband classics, it includes contributions from artists such Luka Bloom, Mary Black, Leslie Dowall, Johnny Logan, Maria Butterly, Charlie McGettigan, The Stunning, Roesy, Mundy, Liam Lawton, Don Baker, John Spillane and many many more. This unique compilation brings together the very old and the very new of Irish talent, and is a must for music lovers. --------------------------------- 11. Against the Tide by Noel Browne (Paperback; 15 Euro / 20 USD / 10 UK; 282 pages) The widely acclaimed autobiography of an iconic figure of twentieth century politics, who was synonymous with controversty and reform but is remembered with affection and honour. ----------------------------------- What Remains of the Sale Books: ------------------------------ Special Offer: Order 1 book from the above newsletters, and get one of the sale books below for Half the Sale Price! 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