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Author: John B. Keane
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Published: 2011-10-10
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 1616084308
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of over fifty stories that captures the excitement, romance, and playful mischief associated with Christmastime in County Kerry, Ireland.
Author: John B. Keane
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781441698728
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of over fifty stories that captures the excitement, romance, and playful mischief associated with Christmastime in County Kerry, Ireland.
Author: James Joyce
Publisher: New Vessel Press
Published: 2021-09-14
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 1939931975
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The sixth volume in our popular Very Christmas series, this collection transports readers to the Emerald Isle with stories and poems sure to bring holiday cheer. This anthology is packed with beloved classics, forgotten treasures, and modern masterpieces. You’ll find wondrous works by James Joyce, W. B. Yeats, Elizabeth Bowen, Anne Enright, William Trevor, Colm Tóibín, Bernard MacLaverty and many more. See how Christmas is done in snowy Dublin and on the mean streets of Belfast, from west coast to east, and even across sea and ocean to Irish communities in London and New York City. Put a flickering candle in the window and a steaming dinner on the table, and celebrate the Irish way—Nollaig Shona Daoibh—and Merry Christmas!
Author: Salvador Ryan
Publisher:
Published: 2023-11-11
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781913934934
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Following the success of the three-volume series, Birth, Marriage and Death and the Irish (2016-2021), this collection examines the celebration of Christmas among the Irish, from the seventh century to the present day. In 75 articles, ranging from the serious to the light-hearted, writers from a range of academic disciplines and professions - Anthropology, Celtic Studies, Education, Folklore, Healthcare, History, Journalism, Literature, Media, and Broadcasting, Pastoral Ministry, Philosophy and Theology - reflect on what Christmas has meant to Irish people through the ages, whether living at home or abroad. Topics covered in this volume include: the theme of light in early Irish texts; festive feasting and fighting in the Middle Ages; the Kilmore carols of County Wexford; the history of Irish Christmas food through the centuries; crimes of Christmas past; Christmas on the Blasket Islands; the claim that 'Santa's Grave' is in County Kilkenny; why Irish missionaries in Zimbabwe regularly missed out on their Christmas dinner; the origins and early life of the Late Late Toy Show; a Christmas surprise among Irish peacekeepers in the Lebanon; Christmas customs among the Traveling Community; Christmas and the Irish Jewish community; the Wren Boys; 'Women's Christmas'; Irish links to popular Christmas carols; Christmas and James Joyce; the curious custom of reciting 4,000 Hail Marys in the lead up to Christmas, and why it became an established tradition for the Viceroy to send a woodcock to the British monarch every Christmas. This anthology will prove a fascinating read for all who are interested in the social, cultural, and religious history of Ireland, but, more importantly, will delight all who love Christmas itself.
Author: Marion McGarry
Publisher: Orpen Press
Published: 2021-01-28
Total Pages: 165
ISBN-13: 178605096X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Do you know what a Brideóg is? What could you cure if you licked a lizard nine times? Why is Whit Sunday the unluckiest day of the year? From the author of The Irish Cottage comes a new book, exploring old Irish customs and beliefs. Chapters focus on the quarter-day festivities that marked the commencement of each season: ‘Spring: Imbolc’; ‘Summer: Bealtaine’; ‘Autumn: Lughnasa’ and ‘Winter: Samhain’, and also major life events – ‘Births, Marriages and Death Customs’ – and general beliefs in ‘Spirituality and Well-Being’ and ‘The Supernatural’. Focusing on the period from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries, Irish Customs and Rituals discusses a time during which many of the practices and beliefs in question went into decline. Many of these customs were rooted in residual pre-Christian beliefs that ran parallel to, and in spite of, conventional religion practised in the country. Some customs were so deep-rooted that despite continued disapproval from the Roman Catholic Church they remain with us today. It is wonderful to see so many traditions still with us, as many are worthwhile remembering, commemorating, or even reviving today. Irish Customs and Rituals will appeal to all those with an interest in Irish history, folklore, culture and social history. Marion McGarry is the author of The Irish Cottage: History, Culture and Design (2017). She has a PhD in Architectural History and an MA in History of Art and Design and is currently a lecturer at Galway–Mayo Institute of Technology. She frequently writes articles about Irish social history and customs.
Author: Patrick Taylor
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2008-10-28
Total Pages: 496
ISBN-13: 0765320703
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "An Irish Country Doctor" presentsthis heartwarming tale of yuletide merriment.
Author: Darina Allen
Publisher: Kyle Books
Published: 2018-11-05
Total Pages: 1089
ISBN-13: 085783696X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ireland's rich culinary heritage is brought to life in this new edition of Darina's bestselling Irish Traditional Cooking. With 300 traditional dishes, including 100 new recipes, this is the most comprehensive and entertaining tome on the subject. Each recipe is complemented by tips, tales, historical insights and common Irish customs, many of which have been passed down from one generation to the next. Darina's fascination with Ireland's culinary heritage is illustrated with chapters on Broths & Soups, Fish, Game, Vegetables and Cakes & Biscuits. She uses the finest of Ireland's natural produce to give us recipes such as Sea Spinach Soup, Potted Ballycotton Shrimps with Melba Toast and Rhubarb Fool.
Author: Colman Andrews
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2012-12-21
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 1452124051
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The acclaimed food and travel writer brings to life the people, countryside, and delicious food of Ireland in this James Beard Award–winning cookbook. Fast emerging as one of the world’s hottest culinary destinations, Ireland is a country of small farms, artisanal bakers, cheese makers, and butteries. Farm-to-table dining has been practiced here for centuries. Meticulously researched and reported by Saveur magazine founder Colman Andrews, this sumptuous cookbook includes 250 recipes and more than 100 photographs of the pubs, the people, and the emerald Irish countryside taken by award-winning photographer Christopher Hirsheimer. Rich with stories of the food and people who make Ireland a wonderful place to eat, and laced with charming snippets of song, folklore, and poetry, The Country Cooking of Ireland ushers in a new understanding of Irish food.
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Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9781455611935
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Laura Sommers
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-12-22
Total Pages: 50
ISBN-13: 9781981754083
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Irish Christmas Cookbook In Ireland, Christmas lasts from Christmas Eve to the feast of Epiphany on January 6th, which is called "Little Christmas."Some people in Ireland people put a tall, thick candle on the sill of the largest window after sunset on Christmas Eve. The candle is left to burn all night and represents a welcoming light for Mary and Joseph.In Irish (or Gaelic) Christmas is 'Nollaig', Santa Claus is known as "San Niocl�s" (Saint Nicholas) or "Daid� na Nollag" (Father Christmas) and Merry Christmas is "Nollaig Shona Dhuit."Santa visits Irish children on Christmas Eve and leave presents for them under the Christmas tree.The day after Christmas Day, St. Stephen's Day (known as Boxing Day), is also very important in Ireland.One very old tradition is the Wren Boys Procession that takes place on St. Stephen's Day.This goes back to ancient times when a wren was killed and carried around in a holly bush. Today, no wren is killed.Young men and women dress up in costumes and go from house to house carrying a long pole with a holly bush tied to its top and singing the following rhyme, accompanied of violins, accordions, harmonicas and horns:'The wren, the wren, the king of all birdsOn St. Stephen's day was caught in the furze.'People also ask for money 'for the starving wren'!The Feast of the Epiphany (January 6th) was also celebrated in some towns in Ireland as 'Nollaig na mBean' or Women's Christmas. Traditionally the women got the day off and the men do the housework and cooking!Traditional Christmas food in Ireland include a round cake, full of caraway seeds or a Christmas Cake as well as turkey or spiced beef and Christmas Pudding. Recipes Include: Irish Christmas Pudding Stuffed Leg of Lamb Irish Cream Irish Cream Chocolate Sauce Irish Cream Coffee Sauce Irish Soda Bread Irish Brown Bread Irish Christmas Plum Pudding Irish Christmas Roast Goose Irish Potato Stuffing Irish Christmas Cake Irish Farmhouse Baked Apples Irish Baked Apples with Mincemeat Irish Mincemeat Pies Baileys Chocolate Trifle Irish Christmas Cake Irish Brown Bread Apple, Mincemeat and Nut Strudel Irish Light Christmas Pudding Irish Hot Punch Sauce Brandy Butter Irish Spiced Beef Scones for Irish Little Christmas (January 6th) Irish Cranberry Orange Scones Black and Tan Bailey's Irish Cream Cheesecake Sauteed Brussels Sprouts with Bacon Bits Roast Potatoes with Garlic and Thyme Cider Glazed Root Vegetables
