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Black Flag: Picture books and storytelling to read aloud
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Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth
Exploring the Majestic Passage Tombs of Ancient Ireland
Older than the Egyptian pyramids, older than Stonehenge, for 5,000 years the ancient megalithic tomb at Newgrange in County Meath has housed the remains of Stone Age ‘aristocracy’, sheltering the spirits of the long dead from the outside world.
- Pages:
- 120
- Paperback
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Red Flag: For readers aged 8+
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Das Book of Kells
Eine Entdeckungsreise
A beautiful and simple introduction to the Book of Kells.
Here George Otto Simms, a world-renowned authority on the Book of Kells, reveals the mysteries hidden in this magnificent manuscript.
German language edition- Pages:
- 72
- Paperback
- €11.99 Add to Basket
Green Flag: For readers aged 13+
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Brendan the Navigator
Exploring the Ancient World
Volcanoes, icebergs, sea-monsters, strange beings - all these play a part in this ancient adventure story. Simms unravels the mysteries and wonders of Brendan's travels and explains why and how the voyage was undertaken
- Pages:
- 96
- Paperback
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Exploring the Book of Kells
A beautiful and simple introduction to the Book of Kells.
George Otto Simms, a world-renowned authority on the Book of Kells, reveals the mysteries hidden in this magnificent manuscript, and the lives of the monks who made it.
Newly-expanded colour plate section.
- Pages:
- 80
- Paperback
- €9.99 Add to Basket
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Exploring the Book of Kells (Japanese)
A beautiful and simple introduction to the Book of Kells.
Here George Otto Simms, a world-renowned authority on the Book of Kells, reveals the mysteries hidden in this magnificent manuscript.
Japanese edition- Pages:
- 72
- Paperback
- €11.99 Add to Basket
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Exploring the World of Colmcille
also Known as Columba
A beautifully simple and accessible account of the world of Colmcille/Columba whose 1400th anniversary was celebrated in 1997. It deals with the life of the times of Colmcille and the saint's involvement in politics and religious affairs. Hardback.
- Pages:
- 112
- Paperback
- €7.61 Add to Basket
General books
School and class libraries can make good use of books aimed at a general audience.
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A Short History of Ireland's Famine
Featuring new material on the Irish Famine which has never been published before, this is a comprehensive and accessible overview of one of the most significant periods of Irish history.
- Pages:
- 144
- Paperback
- €9.99 Add to Basket
- Electronic Book (ePub)
- €5.99 Add to Basket
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A Short History of Ireland's Rebels
The stirring story of eighteen of Ireland's greatest rebels, from the sixteenth century to today. The personalities featured include Grace O'Malley, Theobald Wolfe Tone, Daniel O'Connell, Countess Markievicz, Patrick Pearse and Michael Collins.
- Pages:
- 128
- Paperback
- €9.99 Add to Basket
- Electronic Book (ePub)
- €5.99 Add to Basket
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Dublin 1913
Lockout & Legacy
An examination of the events of 1913, the biggest labour dispute in Ireland’s history.
- Pages:
- 176
- Paperback
- €9.99 Add to Basket
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O'Brien Pocket History of Gaelic Sport
A clear, concise and fascinating introduction to Gaelic sport, covering Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and handball.
- Pages:
- 120
- Paperback
- €8.99 Add to Basket
- Electronic Book (ePub)
- €5.99 Add to Basket
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Dublin
The Making of a Medieval City
The growth of Ireland's capital during a fascinating period of history told with passion and imagination by real experts. Through archaeological finds, documents, maps and photographs, discover the realities of life in medieval Dublin: trade, customers, guilds, crime, religion and much more.
- Pages:
- 128
- Paperback
- €12.99 Add to Basket
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Dublin and the Viking World
Dublin and the Viking World is a unique blend of the familiar and the unfamiliar, the broad generalisation and the rarefied detail, the well-known historical character and the ordinary Dubliner.
- Pages:
- 144
- Paperback
- €12.99 Add to Basket
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Dublin: City of Literature
An accessible, entertaining guide to literary Dublin and the writers associated with it, from Swift to the present day. Illustrated throughout with period photographs and new photography showing places, events and people related to literary Dublin today.
- Pages:
- 224
- Paperback
- €9.99 Add to Basket
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Irlande - Paysages Glorieux
Plus de 200 Belles Images
An atmospheric collection of over 200 wonderful photographs showing the beauty and diversity of Ireland’s landscape.
- Pages:
- 144
- Paperback
- €14.99 Add to Basket
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John Hunt
The Man, The Medievalist, The Connoisseur
A biography of the remarkable life of John Hunt, one of the world’s greatest medievalists, brings together a host of information about one of the most remarkable figures in the 20th century art scene.
- Pages:
- 336
- Hardback
- €19.99 Add to Basket
- Electronic Book (ePub)
- €11.99 Add to Basket
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A Short History of Irish Traditional Music
The history of Irish traditional music, song and dance from the mythological harp of the Dagda to Riverdance, Lord of the Dance and beyond. Featuring the tradition's finest musicians and international names.
- Pages:
- 208
- Paperback
- €9.99 Add to Basket
- Electronic Book (ePub)
- €5.99 Add to Basket