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Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1999. c1997
Language
English
Description
Sister Fidelma, an advocate of the Brehon law courts in 666 A.D., is sent to the small Irish village of Araglin to investigate the murder of the local chieftain, but a series of troubling incidents lead her to believe that the obvious suspect, a local deaf-mute who was found holding the murder weapon, may not be guilty.
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Follows the young narrator's childhood in Northern Ireland during the 1950s as he learns about the pain and ambiguity that come with maturity and as he becomes aware of the corruption of power in his own family and society.
Author
Publisher
Center Street
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eileen O'Neill struggles to reunite her family after they are torn apart by death, religious intolerance, and the war for Irish independence, and as her actions and choices change the lives of those around her, Eileen gains a greater understanding of herself and the meaning of faith, love, and loyalty.
Author
Publisher
Steerforth Press
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Fergus immigrates to America in the hopes of escaping the Great Famine plaguing Ireland in 1847, and encounters a diverse cast of characters that introduce him to violence, sexual longing, and the glories and dangers of the industrial revolution.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
On his way from Ireland to America to escape the potato famine, young Fergus carves a shillelagh from his favorite blackthorn tree, and each St. Patrick's Day for generations, his story is retold by one of his descendants.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Ben MacCarthy, haunted by his wife's disappearance, searches for meaning by collecting stories for the Irish Folklore Commission in the 1940s, and encounters Kate Begley, the Matchmaker of Kenmare, who is determined to help Ben work through his grief.
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