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Forthright, humorous but sometimes harrowing, the award-winning journalist Alf McCreary provides a highly personal account of his life. From family ties in Bessbrook, South Armagh, through his long, distinguished and sometimes turbulent career in the Northern Ireland media, he reflects on his own life experience and how it has shaped him.
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Ireland has long been regarded as a 'land of saints and scholars'. Yet the Irish experience of Christianity has never been simple or uncomplicated. The Rise and Fall of Christian Ireland describes the emergence, long dominance, sudden division, and recent decline of Ireland's most important religion, as a way of telling the history of the island and its peoples. Throughout its long history, Christianity in Ireland has lurched from crisis to crisis. Surviving the hostility of earlier religious cultures and the depredations of Vikings, evolving in the face of Gregorian reformation in the 11th and 12th centuries and more radical protestant renewal from the 16th century, Christianity has shaped ...
Roy Johnston and Declan Plummer provide a refreshing portrait of Belfast in the nineteenth century. Before his death Roy Johnston, had written a full draft, based on an impressive array of contemporary sources, with deep and detailed attention especially to contemporary newspapers. With the deft and sensitive contribution of Declan Plummer the finished book offers a telling view of Belfast‘s thriving musical life. Largely without the participation and example of local aristocracy, nobility and gentry, Belfast‘s musical society was formed largely by the townspeople themselves in the eighteenth century and by several instrumental and choral societies in the nineteenth century. As the town ...
Chicken Soup for the Golfer's Soul is a perfect gift for any golfing enthusiast, whether their drives land in the sand or on the green. This inspiring collection of stories from professionals, caddies and amateur golfers shares the memorable moments of the game.
Gordon Wilson was thrust into the limelight on Remembrance Sunday in 1987 when his daughter was killed by an IRA bomb. He inspired people to work towards peace. He was a popular Methodist preacher and when he was made a Senator of the Irish parliament, he was enthusiastic in his responsibilities.
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Monthly current affairs magazine from a Christian perspective with a focus on politics, society, economics and culture.