Product Description: In this book, author John Waddell contends that elements of pre-Christian Celtic myth preserved in medieval Irish literature shed light on older traditions and beliefs not just in Ireland but elsewhere in Europe as well. Waddell mainly focuses on aspects of the mythology associated with four well-known Irish archaeological landscapes: Newgrange and the Boyne Valley, the royal sites of Rathcroghan in County Roscommon, Navan in County Armagh, and Tara in County Meath...read more

Product Description: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience...read more

Product Description: If you're interested in the Law of Attraction and enjoy seeing how people make it work for them, you'll delight in this book.John and Jeanie Fly is the uplifting story of two people who are the first to experience an ability humanity has been dreaming of since the beginning of time...read more

Product Description: Paperback; 168pp; 294x210mm; published 2005. CONTENTS Committee members and fieldworkers iv Acknowledgements v Notes on contributors vi Introduction Conleth Manning 1 THE ABBEY, GRAVEYARD AND ASSOCIATED MONUMENTS History, survey and analysis of the building Conleth Manning 7 The Abbey and its associated archaeological remains Paul Gosling 29 The gravestone inscriptions of Clare Island up to 1901 Ian Cantwell and Paul Gosling 35 The " M·ille memorial plaque and its heraldic achievement Fergus Gillespie and Miche·l " Com·in 41 THE WALL PAINTINGS Introduction to the wall paintings Karena Morton and Christoph Oldenbourg 47 Conservation of the wall paintings Christoph Oldenbourg 49 Catalogue of the wall paintings Karena Morton 61 Icongraphy and dating of the wall paintings Karena Morton 97 The musical instruments depicted at Clare Island Ann Buckley 123 THE ABBEY AND ITS CONTEXT The Abbey in its later Gothic context Roger Stalley 135 Bibliography 151 Inde...read more

Product Description: These poems written in the beautiful, rich and descriptive Scots language are a real 'Clootie Dumplin' mixture of ingredients all held together with the 'cloot' of John Waddell's ability to paint the most wonderful word pictures, such as the wee robin eating his porridge, or the wee laddie picking up his football and going home when he wasn't winning, or the wonderful display of the Giacobinias, October, 1933, witnessed by the poet on his way home from his fiddle lesson...read more

Product Description: An entertaining local history.