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When Santa learns Toyland is disappearing there is only one body who can help. Timmy Goodfellow - The Boy Who Saved Christmas. To make matters worse, Katie, Timmy's little sister, is kidnapped and used as hostage. Can Timmy save both Katie and Toyland?

Renowned for his flavors combinations and presentation. Paul Flynn has dedicated himself to the art of making food accessible to all palates. Now Paul opens his kitchen to us again. creating spectacular, yet deceptively easy dishes.

For over 20 years The Phoenix has been there to chart the troubles and affairs of Ireland. Thousands of Irish people have become loyal readers, often initially attracted by witty and irreverent covers that captured a moment in time, be it a social faux-pass or a political blunder. The Phoenix has been there through the struggles of the Catholic Church, the affairs of Larry Goodman, the collapse of the Iron Curtain, and two Gulf Wars. This sele...

You can't eat scenery' is an old saying about making a living in beautiful but remote places. West Cork is such a place, remarkable for the many ways people make it work for them. Alannah Hopkin discovers a vibrant community of diverse people with compelling stories to tell. A multi-faceted portrait of West Cork.

Catherine de Courcy, an Irish emigrant, spent 15 years of her life with John Johnson, an Australian army officer who was a Vietnam veteran devoured by post-traumatic stress. John's struggles eventually led him to take his own life. After his violent suicide Catherine was faced with an overwhelming grief, which she chose to confront head on. Unflinchingly and without self-pity, Catherine de Courcy looks at the hidden aspects of grief and how to...

Seeking solitude after personal crisis, Anita Fennelly spent a summer alone on the Great Blasket Island. This is her account, written by candlelight, of the gradual thawing of her personal isolation through the friendship of the characters of Blasket Island life today: fishermen, ferrymen, backpackers, islanders' descendants, a dolphin, a weaver, a trio of seals and even a former Taoiseach. Anita weaves a tapestry of tales: ghost stories told ...

This biography of Conor O'Brien, using his own drawings, writings, and letters, records the eventful life of a sailor and mountaineer, fiction and travel writer, designer of boats and buildings. Irish nationalist and defender of Britain. He made history by sailing around the world in a small yacht in 1925, climbed mountains with Mallory and Young, joined the Irish Volunteers and shipped guns with Erskine Childers, and wrote a best selling book.

This book is the first to chronicle the work of Limerick silversmiths and goldsmiths. Photographed are rare, precious ecclesiastical pieces, impressive civic, ceremonial and commemorative pieces, as well as a plethora of domestic and personal plate. Includes a detailed directory of the goldsmiths and allied trades of Limerick up to the present day.

Christy Ring from Cloyne, County Cork, is regarded as the greatest hurler of all time. Tim Horgan traces his playing career in a lively, affectionate account of Christy's lifelong commitment to hurling, embellished with memories of great players and personalities, and glorious games won and lost.

Do you know how the Temple Bar area got its name? Can you name 10 facts about Guinness? What do Irish county names mean? The addictive lists in this collection cover Ireland's past and present, buildings and streets, famous people, and lots more. It contains curious facts, unusual statistics and quotations: it chronicles achievements, failures, tragedies and scandals, it lists eccentrics, prison escapes and much more. Over 150 lists will amuse...

Kerry played in more football All-Irelands and won more than any other county, making it the most successful county in Gaelic football. It has a long and storied history and many fabled heroes. This collection of interview-based essays surveys Kerry footballers since 1903, their first All-Ireland success, with Tralee's John Mitchels. Featured are 100 proud wearers of the green and gold. Current stars interviewed include Colm 'Gooch' Cooper and...

Celebrates Corkman, Dan Donovan, whose life-story reflects the cultural history of Cork in the twentieth century. Vera Ryan's interviews bring readers into Dan's diverse world as teacher, actor, director, broadcaster, and major player in Cork's artistic life. Epic events like the burning of the Opera House in 1955 and the saving of the Palace Theatre in the 1980s are vividly recalled.

Rockaganda is a themed trawl through the past 30-odd years of active Irish rock'n'roll mouthing from the great, the good, the bad, the awful, the hopefuls, the contenders and the totally forgotten. Using his experience as a journalist, his scrapbook (which is now a hardcopy archive), and his contacts book, Tony Clayton-Lea gathers the best of the mutterings of U2. Sinead O'Connor, Ash. Boy-zone, Westlife, Van Morrison, The Pogues, Bob Geldof, ...

Stories are still told in West Cork about Jasper Wolfe. He led a remarkable and dangerous existence in the turbulent early years of the twentieth century. A highly successful lawyer in Skibbereen, he was a strong supporter of Home Rule and gave an acclaimed speech at the rally in London in 1912 that launched the Irish Protestant Home Rule movement. After Easter 1916 he was appointed Crown Solicitor for the City and West Riding of Cork, and put...

This description of twenty-five years of acute suicidal depression and ultimate recovery is moving and courageously honest. For many years Malachy Walsh managed his own successful business. No one guessed or knew of his condition. He had recourse to a range of treatments including strenuous exercise, religious devotion, and psychiatric sessions. After virtually sleepless nights, the daily struggle to leave his bed and cope with the day ahead n...

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An introduction to the birds that make their home on the Irish mudflats and shingle, in estuaries and lagoons, on beaches and bays. Description of how they adapted to this often harsh environment, and how they evolved ways of exploiting the food supply, is followed by an account of their amazing annual migrations between Ireland and places such as arctic Canada and Siberia. One chapter describes the special role of Iceland in the lives of many...

Eibhear's personal voyage takes us through his hometown, the buildings of his childhood city, his grandmother's abattoir, the Mental Hospital where his father works, and the Folly Church where he serves as an altar boy. It is the story of a city and the story of his journey from fear to pride but the most important character throughout is the entertaining, fashion-conscious, poker-playing Cissie, his lively and witty little grandmother who tau...

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