Who Needs Irish?
Author | : Ciarán Mac Murchaidh |
Publisher | : Spotlight Poets |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Ciarán Mac Murchaidh |
Publisher | : Spotlight Poets |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Megan O'Hara |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780736807951 |
Discusses the reasons Irish people left their homeland to come to America, the experiences immigrants had in the new country, and the contributions this cultural group made to American society. Includes sidebars and activities.
Author | : Nollaig Mac Congáil |
Publisher | : Clo Iar-Chonnachta |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : |
"Nolaig Mac Congail's Irish Grammar Book is a reference manual for learners of Irish. It presents the rules of Irish grammar in a clear, concise and understandable manner. The grammatical rules are based on those contained in Niall O Donaill's Factoir Goeilge-Beana, the single largest corpus of authoritative Irish in existence."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Rashers Tierney |
Publisher | : Ulysses Press |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2015-03-31 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 1612434061 |
"Those interested in Ireland and its history and people will find interesting reading here, sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, always informative."—Foreword Reviews AN IN-YOUR-FACE COLLECTION OF TRIVIA THAT'S SURE TO INSPIRE CHEST-THUMPING PRIDE IN EVERYONE OF IRISH DESCENT From battling oppression and famine in Ireland to overcoming poverty and discrimination in America, we Irish gained our fightin’ moniker by standing up for our rights and earning the respect we deserve. Now, the amazing feats, astounding people and incredible facts in this fascinating book of Irish trivia will make you proudly say, “F*ck you, I’m Irish” because we’re... •SMART (from ancient monks to James Joyce) •TOUGH (from boxing champs to Liam Neeson) •SEXY (from redheaded lasses to Colin Farrell) •TALENTED (from step-dancing troupes to Bono) •INVENTIVE (from tech companies to the Model T) •FUN (from raucous wakes to St. Patrick’s Day) and sometimes. . . •BANJAXED (thanks to great whiskey and Guinness)
Author | : Gish Jen |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2012-08-29 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307826546 |
In this dazzling collection of short stories, the award-winning author of the acclaimed novels Thank You, Mr. Nixon and Mona in the Promised Land—presents a "sparkling ... gently satiric look at the American Dream and its fallout on those who pursue it" (The New York Times). The stories in Who's Irish? show us the children of immigrants looking wonderingly at their parents' efforts to assimilate, while the older generation asks how so much selfless hard work on their part can have yielded them offspring who'd sooner drop out of life than succeed at it. With dazzling wit and compassion, Gish Jen looks at ambition and compromise at century's end and finds that much of the action is as familiar—and as strange—as the things we know to be most deeply true about ourselves.
Author | : Audrey Nickel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 2017-05 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9780995099883 |
Learn how to honour the Celtic language of Ireland in your tattoo or craft design - and avoid embarrassing mistakes - with a glossary of over 400 authentic Irish-language words, phrases, and sayings. The book also includes illustrations of real-life tattoo mistakes, a history of the Irish language, and advice on spelling, fonts, symbols, and more.
Author | : Nicholas M. Wolf |
Publisher | : University of Wisconsin Pres |
Total Pages | : 465 |
Release | : 2014-11-25 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 0299302741 |
This groundbreaking book shatters historical stereotypes, demonstrating that, in the century before 1870, Ireland was not an anglicized kingdom and was capable of articulating modernity in the Irish language. It gives a dynamic account of the complexity of Ireland in the nineteenth century, developments in church and state, and the adaptive bilingualism found across all regions, social levels, and religious persuasions.
Author | : Tom Hayden |
Publisher | : Verso Books |
Total Pages | : 445 |
Release | : 2020-05-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1789608635 |
Tom Hayden first realized he was 'Irish on the inside' when he heard civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland singing 'We Shall Overcome' in 1969. Though his great-grandparents had been forced to emigrate to the US in the 1850s, Hayden's parents erased his Irish heritage in the quest for respectability. In this passionate book he explores the losses wrought by such conformism. Assimilation, he argues, has led to high rates of schizophrenia, depression, alcoholism and domestic violence within the Irish community. Today's Irish-Americans, Hayden contends, need to re-inhabit their history, to recognize that assimilation need not entail submission. By recognizing their links to others now experiencing the prejudice once directed at their ancestors, they can develop a sense of themselves that is both specific and inclusive: 'The survival of a distinct Irish soul is proof enough that Anglo culture will never fully satisfy our needs. We have a unique role in reshaping American society to empathize with the world's poor, for their story is the genuine story of the Irish.'
Author | : Manchán Magan |
Publisher | : Bonnier Books UK |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2024-02-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1804184047 |
Rediscover the lost words of an ancient land in this new and updated edition of an international bestseller. Most people associate Britain and Ireland with the English language, a vast, sprawling linguistic tree with roots in Latin, French, and German, and branches spanning the world, from Australia and India to North America. But the inhabitants of these islands originally spoke another tongue. Look closely enough and English contains traces of the Celtic soil from which it sprung, found in words like bog, loch, cairn and crag. Today, this heritage can be found nowhere more powerfully than in modern-day Gaelic. In Thirty-Two Words for Field Manchán Magan explores the enchantment, sublime beauty and sheer oddness of a 3000-year-old lexicon. Imbuing the natural world with meaning and magic, it evokes a time-honoured way of life, from its 32 separate words for a field, to terms like loisideach (a place with a lot of kneading troughs), bróis (whiskey for a horseman at a wedding), and iarmhaireacht (the loneliness you feel when you are the only person awake at cockcrow). Told through stories collected from Magan's own life and travels, Thirty-Two Words for Field is an enthralling celebration of Irish words, and a testament to the indelible relationship between landscape, culture and language.
Author | : Darina Allen |
Publisher | : Penguin USA |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Cooking |
ISBN | : 9780670865147 |
Providing an introduction to the art of Irish cookery, a collection of more than 250 traditional recipes includes dishes that range from Watercress Soup to Apple Amble Tart