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Ulster-New Zealand migration and cultural transfers

Ulster-New Zealand migration and cultural transfers

Brad Patterson

This collection throws new light on migration patterns, and identifies who the Ulster settlers were, probing the contributions they made to New Zealand society.…
Dante and the Church

Dante and the Church

Paolo Acquaviva & Jennifer Petrie, editors

The topic of Dante's attitude to the Church has exercised scholars since the 14th century, with the Reformation adding fuel to the question. The essays containe…
'Is it about a bicycle'?

'Is it about a bicycle'?

Flann O'Brien in the twenty-first century

Jennika Baines editor

This collection of essays examines the work of Flann O’Brien, a subversive, confounding and hilarious Irish novelist. It also considers the work of Myles na Gop…
Understanding the Gospels

Understanding the Gospels

Vicente Balaguer editor

The last two hundred years shows the emergence of an enormous growth industry in the field of Biblical analysis, particularly on the evidence presented in the G…
Mary, Mother of the Redeemer

Mary, Mother of the Redeemer

Juan Luís Bastero

Mary's connection with the mystery of Christ has led the Church to explain in an ever more articulate way her role in the redemptive work of her Son and of the …
The Irish novel in the nineteenth century

The Irish novel in the nineteenth century

Facts and fictions

Jacqueline Belanger, editor

Featuring twelve original essays by leading scholars in the fields of Irish literary and cultural studies, this book investigates how the 19th-century Irish nov…
The kingship and landscape of Tara

The kingship and landscape of Tara

Edel Bhreathnach

This volume is the culmination of an inter-disciplinary project undertaken as part of the Discovery Programme involving archaeologists, historians, linguists an…
Committed relationships and the Law

Committed relationships and the Law

William Binchy & Oran Doyle

The questioning of traditional family forms is not a new phenomenon. However, it has recently developed a new dimension in the gay rights movement’s claim for l…
Clár Amhrán Mhaigh Cuilinn

Clár Amhrán Mhaigh Cuilinn

Ciarán Ó Con Cheanainn

The rich repository of song in Irish in the National Folklore Collection is represented in this publication of song from the barony of Maigh Cuilinn, Co. Galway…
All in! All in!: a selection of Dublin children's traditional street-games with rhymes and music

All in! All in!: a selection of Dublin children's traditional street-games with rhymes and music

Scríbhinní Béaloidis / Folklore Studies 2

Eilís Brady

Children’s traditional street-games play an important part in the folk-life of a country. This book will help parents and educators to realize how happy childre…