Bright Sword Of Ireland

Author : Juilene Osborne-McKnight
Publisher : Forge Books
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466823068

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Bright Sword of Ireland by Juilene Osborne-McKnight Pdf

Bright Sword of Ireland is the third in Juilene Osborne-McKnight's wonderful retelling of cherished Irish folktales. A dedicated researcher into the origins of Celtic myth and legend, Osborne-McKnight infuses her stories with passion, romance and magic. Her focus this time is the great warrior queen Medb of Connaught. Beautiful. Bold in battle . . . and in bed. A legend among her people, she lusts for the Brown Cow of Cuailnge for the power and the glory that it would bring to her. And she will use anyone, do anything, to reach her goal. Who should stand in her way? None other than the fabled hero Cuchulainn, thought to be not quite of this world and who is said to able to use the spirits of the forest and glen to conquer his enemies. Noble tales, ignoble deeds. But sometimes the biggest part of an epic tale comes not from the biggest players on the stage. What happens to those who have grown up in the shadow of greatness? And who pays when the game of power calls for sacrifice? Young Finnabair is the daughter of mighty queen Medb. Not a beauty. Not a warrior. And one who is seen as a pawn for her mother to use as she will. But Finnabair rebels when she sees that her part in her mother's schemes for power has caused pain and shame to her people. In doing so, Finnabair will embark on a journey that will change two kingdoms . . . and bring her love and loss so great as to break the hearts of the gods. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Christine Hancock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 191208340X

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Bright Sword by Christine Hancock Pdf

Author : Juilene Osborne-McKnight
Publisher : Forge Books
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006-05-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466823747

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Song of Ireland by Juilene Osborne-McKnight Pdf

The Sons of Mil long held the dream of the Island of Destiny close to their hearts. A dream perhaps, but to these restless, adventuring people it was a shining emerald prize to be won by those who were brave or foolhardy enough to sail to the very ends of the known world. For the Bard Amergin and his people that dream comes true. When they land safely on the shores of this enchanted isle, they know that they have won the favor of their gods. In joy, they begin to build their settlement. Soon it is clear that they are not alone in this green and pleasant land; their fellow inhabitants are the secretive Danu, a people who resonate power and mystery in abundance. As Amergin negotiates with the Danu so that both peoples may peacefully share the island's wealth, he sees their beauty, their wisdom, and their love for the land. And one more thing. Amergin's second sight shows him that the Danu are not human. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Juilene Osborne-McKnight
Publisher : Forge Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466823730

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I Am of Irelaunde by Juilene Osborne-McKnight Pdf

St. Patrick of Ireland has been enshrined in myth and history as a benign and beloved figure, a native Irish miracle worker who drove both the snakes and the Druids from his homeland and gently issued in the age of Christianity. Nothing could be further from the truth. Magonus Succatus Patricius ("Paidrig") was of Roman heritage; captured into slavery in Ireland at the age of sixteen, he escaped at the age of twenty-two. I Am of Irelaunde takes the forty-year-old Paidrig back to the site of his shame. He is full of anger, and is determined to bring Christianity to Ireland, even if he has to beat it into the "lazy, loathesome" Irish. But something happens to change Paidrig. Something shrouded in mystery and wonder. Long before Paidrig, Ireland had been guarded by a chivalric brotherhood of warriors known as the Fianna. Osian, a leading poet/warrior of the Fianna, has been dead for 200 years. He has come by magic to Paidrig to show him the wonder of Eire. And the stories that Paidrig hears open doors that will win Paidrig's heart and convert him into the champion of the people he once despised. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Juilene Osborne-McKnight
Publisher : Forge Books
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2003-03-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466823518

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Daughter of Ireland by Juilene Osborne-McKnight Pdf

I am the wind which breathes on the water. I am the swell of the sea. I am the light of the sun. I am the point of the battle spear. I am the God who gives fires to the mind. Who announces the ages of the moon? Who speaks to the setting of the sun? I, only I. Aislinn ni Sorar, druid priestess of ancient Ireland, is a visionary. Raised according to the ancient ways and seeking to use her gifts to keep the old magic strong, she has the power to part the mists of time and see events that might shape a nation. But Aislinn's own past is shrouded in mystery, and her quest to discover that past will bring her pain, as well as true love, and will set in motion a chain of events that will alter both her own future and that of her beloved Ireland. For there is a new spirit upon the land whose presence heralds a rendering--and a remaking--of this world. His way had been foretold long ago and threatens to change everything. And Aislinn is at the heart of that change. Will she give up everything that she loves to help her people find the true God, or will she turn to the dark forces that threaten to keep the old ways at any cost? Daughter of Ireland continues Juilene Osborne-McKnight's exploration of Irish history, combining fine historical research with skillful storytelling. Her focus this time is none other than Cormac mac Art, ancient and venerated King of Ireland, and the path the Irish people follow to find the one true God. Osborne-McKnight has crafted an engaging young heroine who chronicles both Celtic mythology and early pagan/Christian theology through her travels, and re-creates a world whose conflicts over power, religion, and law are as immediate and far-reaching as those same conflicts in our own time. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Bob Jackson
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781848895898

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A Doctor's Sword by Bob Jackson Pdf

'There followed a blue flash accompanied by a ver y bright magnesium-type flare ... Then came a frighteningly loud but rather flat explosion, which was followed by a blast of hot air ... All this was followed by eerie silence.' This was Cork doctor Aidan MacCarthy's description of the atomic bomb explosion above Nagasaki in August 1945, just over a mile from where he was trembling in a makeshift bomb shelter in the Mitsubishi POW camp. At the end of the war, a Japanese officer did the unthinkable: he surrendered his samurai sword to MacCarthy, his enemy and former prisoner. This is the astonishing story of the wartime adventures of Dr Aidan MacCarthy, who survived the evacuation at Dunkirk, burning planes, sinking ships, jungle warfare and appalling privation as a Japanese prisoner of war. It is a story of survival, forgiveness and humanity at its most admirable.

Author : Jane Yeang Chui Wong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000011968

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Dissent and Authority in Early Modern Ireland by Jane Yeang Chui Wong Pdf

Dissent and Authority in Early Modern Ireland: The English Problem from Bale to Shakespeare examines the problems that beset the Tudor administration of Ireland through a range of selected 16th century English narratives. This book is primarily concerned with the period between 1541 and 1603. This bracket provides a framework that charts early modern Irish history from the constitutional change of the island from lordship to kingdom to the end of the conquest in 1603. The mounting impetus to bring Ireland to a "complete" conquest during these years has, quite naturally, led critics to associate England’s reform strategies with Irish Otherness. The preoccupation with this discourse of difference is also perceived as the "Irish Problem," a blanket term broadly used to describe just about every aspect of Irishness incompatible with the English imperialist ideologies. The term stresses everything that is "wrong" with the Irish nation—Ireland was a problem to be resolved. This book takes a different approach towards the "Irish Problem." Instead of rehashing the English government’s complaints of the recalcitrant Irish and the long struggle to impose royal authority in Ireland, I posit that the "Irish Problem" was very much shaped and developed by a larger "English Problem," namely English dissent within the English government. The discussions in this book focuse on the ways in which English writers articulated their knowledge and anxieties of the "English Problem" in sixteenth-century literary and historical narratives. This book reappraises the limitations of the "Irish Problem," and argues that the crown’s failure to control dissent within its own ranks was as detrimental to the conquest as the "Irish Problem," if not more so, and finally, it attempts to demonstrate how dissent translate into governance and conquest in early modern Ireland.

Author : Vanessa Chakour
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781984882103

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Awakening Artemis by Vanessa Chakour Pdf

A healing resource that blends practical plant-based knowledge with spiritual reconnection to show how respect for and communion with our natural world guides us toward healing. Combining Vanessa's story of her own healing journey with practical plant-based knowledge, Awakening Artemis is rooted in the belief that healing happens through reclaiming an intuitive connection to ourselves, to the natural world, and to our own "inner wild." Having experienced a series of physical traumas growing up--including chronic asthma, a car accident that fractured her back and neck, and sexual trauma--Vanessa pursued various approaches to therapeutic movement from martial arts to yogic practices and explored traditions honoring the mind-body connection while forging a path to recovery. Twenty years now into her journey to reconcile her daily routines with her yearning for greater purpose and connection, Vanessa shares the eclectic mix of elements that have brought her deeper self-awareness, a richer understanding of her place in the world, and the confidence and clear boundaries to truly connect with her loved ones. Organized into five sections that move from the present moment to the forest edge, and into the healing darkness, each chapter focuses on a single plant: on their power to connect us to our bodies and our environment. Using storytelling from her own life, Vanessa connects the plants' power and characteristics to issues we all grapple to heal from and even to understand--from the alienating consequences of cultural appropriation to the intersection between a forest's mycelial network and the neural pathways of our brains. For those seeking to recognize the power and omnipresence of the natural world--from the mugwort sprouting in the city sidewalk to the majesty of a three-thousand-year-old yew in rural Scotland--and harness that to push into new realms of self-discovery, Awakening Artemis is an intimate, unforgettable resource capturing one woman's journey to heal her traumas that opens up a world of potential growth and healing for us all.

Author : Tim Pat Coogan
Publisher : Random House
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781407097213

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Ireland In The 20th Century by Tim Pat Coogan Pdf

Ireland's bestselling popular historian tells the story of contemporary Ireland - controversial, authoritative and highly readable. Tim Pat Coogan's biographies of Michael Collins and DeValera and his studies of the IRA, the Troubles and the Irish Diaspora have transformed our understanding of contemporary Ireland, and all have been massive bestsellers. Now he has produced a major history of Ireland in the twentieth century. Covering both South and North and dealing with cultural and social history as well as political, this enthralling work will become the definitive single-volume account of the making of modern Ireland.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 3004 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-02
Category : Reference
ISBN : 083524749X

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Bowker's Guide to Characters in Fiction 2007 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1835
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10279397

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Parliamentary Debates by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael Wheatley
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2005-02-17
Category : History
ISBN : 0191556831

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Nationalism and the Irish Party by Michael Wheatley Pdf

John Redmond's constitutional, parliamentary, Irish Party went from dominating Irish politics to oblivion in just four years from 1914-1918. The goal of limited Home Rule, peacefully achieved, appeared to die with it. Given the speed of the party's collapse, its death has been seen as inevitable. Though such views have been challenged, there has been no detailed study of the Irish Party in the last years of union with Britain, before the world war and the Easter Rising transformed Irish politics. Through a study of five counties in provincial Ireland - Leitrim, Longford, Roscommon, Sligo, and Westmeath - that history has now been written. Far from being 'rotten', the Irish Party was representative of nationalist opinion and still capable of self-renewal and change. However, the Irish nationalism at this time was also suffused with a fierce anglophobia and sense of grievance, defined by its enemies, which rapidly came to the fore, first in the Home Rule crisis and then in the war. Redmond's project, the peaceful attainment of Home Rule, simply could not be realised.

Author : Justin Huntly McCarthy
Publisher : London : Chatto & Windus
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Ireland
ISBN : UCBK:B000930763

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Ireland Since the Union by Justin Huntly McCarthy Pdf

Author : John O'Kane Murray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Authors, Irish
ISBN : HARVARD:HNZTPK

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The Prose and Poetry of Ireland by John O'Kane Murray Pdf

Author : Mortimer O'Sullivan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1840
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433068299548

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Romanism as it Rules in Ireland by Mortimer O'Sullivan Pdf