1916: One Hundred Years of Irish Independence: From the Easter Rising to the Present

1916: One Hundred Years of Irish Independence: From the Easter Rising to the PresentBy Tim Pat Coogan "Theres before 1916 and then theres after. Between them lies the Easter Rising, when Irish republicans took up arms against British rule and changed the course of their countrys history forever. For though the resistance failed, it failed gloriously; the rebels were no longer a group of cranks and troublemakers in the public eye, but martyrs and national heroes, their example set the way for others and their mission lived on through

the ultimate guide to the universe of saints—and what each one means

Sinéad O'Connor

meeting characters such as tea addicts

Some are surprising

When Emer Davey saves her neighbor Jack Madigan from drowning

Health to the Company

A delightful and highly versatile little jug in the Sheep pattern

This is an original design carved by Adam Grabski

to respect roots left behind

wild Donegal with Brien Friel

he travels the countryside dispensing traditional cures while soaking up stories and legends of bygone times–and witnessing the painful

the well-heeled family with whom he experienced the strange suddenness of both love and death for the first time