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Honor, Symbols, and War
A lively and profound analysis of the role of symbols in international relations
SOS Titanic
This tale of an Irish teenager aboard the doomed ship, from a Caldecott Medal winner, is a “taut disaster story . . . nearly impossible to put down” (Publishers Weekly). Fifteen-year-old Barry O’Neill is journeying to New York to reunite with his parents on the maiden voyage of the great ship Titanic. He’s homesick, and worried about the Flynn boys traveling in steerage, who have threatened to throw him overboard. Little does Barry know that a struggle with the Flynns is the least of the dangers that await him. This “fast-paced” and suspenseful young adult adventure story is based on the true and terrible events that occurred as the Titanic sank, and “immerses readers in the many human tragedies” (Booklist).
Kevin Barry
On 1 November 1920, eighteen-year-old UCD medical student Kevin Barry was hanged in Dublin’s Mountjoy Jail for his role in a bungled IRA operation in which three British soldiers were killed. To this day, he remains a vibrant and celebrated icon of patriotic, idealistic death, his name synonymous with youthful republican sacrifice. His life was short, but Kevin was more than a hapless teen swept away in the revolutionary maelstrom of the time. Here, Professor Eunan O’Halpin, a grand-nephew of Barry, accesses exclusive family records and other archives to explore Kevin’s republicanism and the endurance of his memory, one hundred years on from his untimely death. Kevin’s humorous letters show a rounded, irreverent and humane schoolboy and young man, while British records confirm his laconic heroism as he bravely awaited his inevitable execution. From his unique vantage point, O’Halpin also considers Barry’s death in parallel with those other Irishmen who died for the republican cause within days of his own, how his background challenged assumptions about those who fought for Irish independence, and the lasting legacy of having ‘a martyr in the family’.
Bumhead Bill
An interesting story? A bum for a head? What a strange thing to happen when you wake up in bed!
Irish Folk Music
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The Legend of Liar Barry
"Liar Barry" would not stop playing jokes and tricks on his fellow villagers. To make Barry behave, a strange hermit woman cast a magic spell upon him. The magic spell not only changed Barry, but all of us as well.
A Harvest Saved
A highly illustrated study of Daniel Francis O Neill who was Chief of Police in Chicago at the beginning of the century.
Sos Titanic
Fifteen-year-old Barry O'Neill, traveling from Ireland to America on the maiden voyage of the "Titanic, " finds his life endangered when the ship hits an iceberg and begins to sink. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
