Hi Jean, I am interested in purchasing Duncan Crosbie's book about life on a famine ship. Where is it available? Amazon does not have it. John F. Glynn [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:10 AM Subject: [IRISH-AMER] Six Interesting-Sounding Books for 2006 > SNIPPET: Some interesting-sounding 2006 books for background to > research:: > > 1. "Life On A Famine Ship: A Journal of the Irish Famine 1845-1850," by > Duncan CROSBIE (Gill & Macmillan), h/b. Per review, "Mr. Crosbie was > assisted by a large team in the (charming) design, illustration and paper > engineering of this interesting book designed especially to explain the > Irish Famine and the subsequent migration out of Ireland, particularly to > America. Fact filled, but crafted specifically to hold the interest of a > child, this should be a popular present." > > 2. "Railway Encounters," by Peter McNIFF, 36 La Touche Park, Greystones, > Co. Wicklow), p/b. "A careful account of that magical stretch of railway > line connecting Dublin and Wicklow embracing the contributions of > world-renowned engineers VIGNOLES, BRUNEL and DARGAN and a variety of > local personalities. The author centres the account on the town of > Greystones and his photographs are reproduced so as to create a most > attractive sense of the past - just right for a railway!: > > 3. "Serving A City, The Story of Cork's English Market," by Donal and > Diarmuid O DRISCEOIL (Collins Press), h/b. Per review, "The authors > researched Cork Corporation's Minute books, newspapers, valuation and > insurance maps, trade directories and literary archives and they persuaded > people to trawl back through their personal and family memories to > assemble the material for this sumptuous book about a market which has > operated on the same site since 1788, the year the fleet established a > first settlement in Australia. The French Revolution, the Industrial > Revolution, the Act of Union between Britain and Ireland and the election > of U.S. President George Washington were all still to come -- but not too > far in the future. And it's still going strong, selling all you would > expect in a well-appointed European city market - as well as drisheen, > tripe, bodice (part of the ubiquitous pig), spiced beef, buttered eggs and > battleboard (a dried, salted, large type of cod or ling). A! > totally irresistible book." > > 4. "Conversations, Glimpses of Modern Irish Life," by Darragh MacINTYRE, > (Gill & Macmillan), h/b. "A Moore Street fishmonger, Miss Ireland, a jazz > musician, a wheelchair-bound serving garda, an estate agent, a divorce > adviser, a former addict, a publisher are amongst the fifty or so people > whose interviews are included in this book. Those contributing are drawn > from all over the country and between them, they shed an intriguing light > on Ireland in the present day...." > > 5. "Lady Gregory, An Irish Life," by Judith HILL (Sutton Publishing), > h/b. "Isabella Augusta, LADY GREGORY by marriage, was the little regarded > middle daughter of 13 PERSSEs. - and her father had three older children > by his first wife. She was indeed a product of her time and her social > circumstances, but she asserted herself against both these forces so as to > encourage, support and invent new developments in the artistic and > cultural life of her country. She is the only one of that large family to > achieve anything of note and her achievements were outstanding. She led > and supported the Abbey Theatre, supplied it with successful plays, > championed and sustained the poet W. B. YEATS, pioneered the collection of > local folklore and supported the idea of an Irish national gallery. A > good account of her life with interesting illustrations." > > 6.. "Killarney, History and Heritage," ed. Jim LARNER (Collins Press), > h/b. "This lavish, illustrated book traces the story of Killarney through > a series of specially commissioned esays dealing with its prehistoric and > early monastic settlements, Gaelic lords and treasured legends, the > BROWNE, HERBERT and BOURNE VINCENT families, the native poets and the wave > of visiting romantic poets, the painters and urban designers, the military > and police and the place of the town and surroundings in the history of > cinema and the graphic arts. And, of course, the long history of > Killarney as part of Irish and world tourism has an essay entirely to > itself. And then there are the personalities - the author of "The > Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen," one Rudolph RASPE is buried in > Killarney, Monsignor Hugh O'FLAHERTY, the hero of the film "The Scarlet > and the Black" is commemorated there by a grove of trees. Dr. Hans > LIEBHERR, whose enterprises reinforced Killarney's economic ! > life substantially, has a road named after him." > > > ====Irish American Mailing List===== > Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry > at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Suggested outlets for Irish books. (Please check for any address/phone changes before ordering.) Check Internet. In USA: Irish Books and Media, 1433 Franklin Ave East, Minneapolis, MN 55404-2135. www.irishbook.com Irish on Grand, 1124 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105. www.irishongrand.com The Irish Castle Shop, 537 Geary St. San Francisco, CA 94102 Tel (415) 474 7432 In UK: Waterstone's Mail Order Division 4 Milsom St, Bath BA1 1DA Tel. 01225-448595 In Ireland: Kennys www.kennysirishbookshop.ie. Eason & Son, 40 Lower O'Connell Street, Dublin 1 www.eason.ie Hodges Figgis & Co. Ltd., 57 Dawson St. Dublin 2 E-mail [email protected] Waterstones, 7 Dawson St.. Dublin 2 www.waterstones.co.uk The Mercier Bookshop, 18 Academy St., Cork www.mercier.ie In Australia: Angus & Robertson Bookshops 168 Pitt St., Sydney 2000 Tel (02) 9235 1188 and 107 Elizabeth St. Melbourne, Victoria 3000 www.angusrobertson.com.au In Germany: Celtic Buch und Reiseservice, Bulmannstrasse 26, 90459 Nurnberg Tel. (0911) 4398928 Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Glynn" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 5:44 PM Subject: Re: [IRISH-AMER] Six Interesting-Sounding Books for 2006 > Hi Jean, > I am interested in purchasing Duncan Crosbie's book about life on a famine > ship. Where is it available? Amazon does not have it. > > John F. Glynn > [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jean R." <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:10 AM > Subject: [IRISH-AMER] Six Interesting-Sounding Books for 2006 > > >> SNIPPET: Some interesting-sounding 2006 books for background to >> research:: >> >> 1. "Life On A Famine Ship: A Journal of the Irish Famine 1845-1850," by >> Duncan CROSBIE (Gill & Macmillan), h/b. Per review, "Mr. Crosbie was >> assisted by a large team in the (charming) design, illustration and paper >> engineering of this interesting book designed especially to explain the >> Irish Famine and the subsequent migration out of Ireland, particularly to >> America. Fact filled, but crafted specifically to hold the interest of a >> child, this should be a popular present." <snip>