Collins Gem Babies Names is number one in the best-selling stakes. Meet its Irish cousin! This detailed guide to over 2000 of the most popular Irish first names is the ideal gift for anyone wishing to choose an Irish name for their child, or is interested in finding out a bit more about their own name. This Collins Gem is being reissued in paperback. The stylish new cover style & new text design will enliven this & other best-selling Gems. Irish names are spreading across the world. As well as being more common in Irel&, they now feature in most English-speaking countries of the world. The reason for this spread is not hard to find. Massive emigration, especially during the 19th century famines, left many people of Irish descent in Britain, the USA, Canada & Australia. These emigrants often had to give up the Irish language in favour of English, but they took their names with them, gave them to their children & spread them in the new countries. Indeed some, such as Brian, are now so well-established that they are no longer considered Irish. Others have developed strong associations with their new countries, so that Oscar is sometimes thought of as Scandinavian, Barry & Sheila are associated with Australia, & for most people Darren is American. What then is an Irish name? In this book a very broad view is taken, with special attention paid to what has happened to names after they left Irel&. The names come from Gaelic (and are given in Gaelic & in an anglicised form), from translations from Irish forms of non-Irish names & from Irish surnames & words. Over 2000 names included. Features names derived from the Irish language, anglicized versions of Irish names, & Irish names used in the USA & Australia. Meaning, origin & pronunciation guide given for each name. This edition has been redesigned in the new Gem style both internally & with a new cover design ...

One aspect of Irish railway history which has received scant attention over the years is that of the carriages which ran on the country's broad gauge tracks. Desmond Coakham was one of the few who, in the 1950s & 1960s, photographed what the locomotive was pulling. Drawing on his own extensive collection & on the work of others, he has produced a superb pictorial introduction to the subject. Starting with survivors from as early as the 1840s & 1850s, he describes & illustrates a wide range of carriages, vehicles representing virtually every Irish railway company, up to the present day. The book will fascinate all those interested in the development of the railway carriage over the decades. It will also be a wonderful reference source for railway modellers as well as opening a window on a neglected but intriguing aspect of the railway history of these islands. ...

The guidebook describes walking the 370-mile waymarked route through Ireland from Dublin in the east to Bray Head in the southwest on the Atlantic coast. Created by linking the Wicklow Way, South Leinster Way, Munster Way, Avondhy Way & the Kerry Way. An opportunity to discover the heart of the Emerald Isle. ...

The Irish Defence Forces were born of the bloody aftermath of the 1921 treaty establishing the Irish Free State, & the Irish National Army's first engagement was to fight other Irishmen, some of them former Volunteer colleagues, in a bitter civil war. After this, the Forces were reorganised & developed into a regular, peacetime army. ...

in John D.T White's fascinating account of the Irish love affair with Manchester United, we learn about the nineteenth-century origins of this link, the many players who have crossed the Irish Sea in search of success with the Reds, & how stars such as Johnny Carey, George Best & Roy Keane have helped cement this relationship through the ages. We hear from current & former players about their experiences at united, &, above all, the fans get to tell their side of the story. For if there is one colour that draws the whole of Ireland together, it is Red. ...

A collection of 150 authentic step-by-step dishes that captures the heart & soul of Irish cooking. It is divided into chapters ...

Over 100 authentic Irish dishes will provide culinary inspiration for all, with recipes ranging from Dressed Crab & Steamed ...

Between 1917 & 1981, twenty-two Irishmen died on hunger strike. Now, for the first time, the stories of the hunger strikers are chronicled in one book, bringing to light previously hidden histories. From the deaths on hunger strike of Thomas Ashe in 1917 & Terence Mac Swiney in 1920, while imprisoned by the British government, to the death in 1981 of Michael Devine, the last republican prisoner to die on hunger strike, Pawns in the Game teases out the tangled mesh of the politics & psychology of those who adopted this radical protest of last resort & those who allowed them to die. It is a story of fanaticism, pride & injustice, & the indifference of former comrades when power in the Dail beckoned. ...

Comedy starring Eddie Griffin. Upon discovering that their village is up for sale, crafty Irish villagers scheme to raise the money to prevent the buy-out. They hold a poetry contest with a tempting grand prize
- the deed to their local pub. But what coul
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Bejaysus & begorrah! The next best thing for anyone not blessed with the gift of the gab
- a grand tour through the language,
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