We Irish have enriched the English language with a slew of snazzy gems. Did you know we’re the ones behind quarks, electrons and vectors, Sudocrem and Wellington boots? No surprise that we invented begrudgery, but croquet and Wunderkind were us too! So if some yahoo is getting on your nerves,...
When you speak in Irish every word is a tiny poem. Take loinnir - a word that describes the sunlight sparkling on the waves. Loinnir is also used to capture that merriness you feel...
Is cuid den tsraith de leabhair ghearra ó Open Door iad le haghaidh léitheoirí atá ag forbairt a scileanna, agus anois tá siad aistrithe go Gaeilge den chéad uair le...
Cén saghas uibheacha iad? Cé a d’fhág ansin iad? Bhí an spórt ag Caoimhe agus a cairde ag iarraidh a shamhlú cén saghas báibíní a thiocfadh ar an saol.Clúdach crua.
The idea of place runs like a river through the life and works of the poet and playwright W.B. Yeats. This book focuses on his time in Dublin, London, Sligo...
Those whom the gods love grow young. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854–1900), one of Ireland's most beloved writers, was a playwright, poet, novelist and author of fairy stories and...
I have spread my dreams under your feet;Tread softly because you tread on my dreams … Some of the most famous lines in Irish poetry come from the pen of...
A beautiful and accessible collection of quotes and short extracts taken from the major works of James Joyce: Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, with additional...
Now with More Beasts! If leprechauns are all you can think of when it comes to Ireland's mythical creatures, think again!Irish mythology is bursting with fantastical creatures and Mark Joyce’s...
