The Irish Warrior

The Irish Warrior
Author: Kris Kennedy
Publisher: Kensington Books
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2010
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1420106538

Escaping from despised English Lord Rardove, strangers Senna De Valery and Irish warrior Finian O'Melaghlin, with only each other to depend on for survival, must elude their enemies while trying to resist their fierce attraction to each other. Original.

Celtic Warrior

Celtic Warrior
Author: Will Sliney
Publisher: O'Brien Press
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2013-04-01
Genre: Cuchulain (Legendary character)
ISBN: 9781847173386

A curse has been cast over Emain Macha, the Boreal land of Ireland, laying all but one man into a deep sleep. Cu Chulainn stands as its lone protector, as an army of 10,000 men set off on a 40 day quest across Ireland in order to claim Eumain Macha for their own. Along the way the army comes across five separate markers, in the five most spectacular locations of Ireland. These markers, left by Cu Chulainn serve as warnings to the advancing army of his prowess each area: courage, strength, skill, love, and knowledge."

Liath Luachra: The Grey One

Liath Luachra: The Grey One
Author: Brian O'Sullivan
Publisher: Irish Imbas Books
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2015
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 099412581X

"Ireland 188 A.D: A land of tribal affiliations, secret alliances and treacherous rivalries. Youthful woman warrior Liath Luachra has survived two brutal years fighting with mercenary war party "The Friendly Ones" but now the winds are shifting. Dispatched on a murderous errand where nothing is as it seems, she must survive a group of treacherous comrades, the unwanted advances of her battle leader and a personal history that might be her own undoing. Clanless and friendless, she can count on nothing but her wits, her fighting skills and her natural ferocity to see her through. Woman warrior, survivor, killer and future guardian to Irish hero Fionn mac Cumhaill _ this is her story"--Back cover of print version.

Surrender To An Irish Warrior

Surrender To An Irish Warrior
Author: Michelle Willingham
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2013-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1488728577

Trahern MacEgan—his body is honed for fighting, his soul is black and tortured. Women want to tame him, but he has loved once, and now is lost. Morren Ó Reilly—she has known pain and shame, but holds her head high, even though she shrinks from a man's touch. Can Morren be the light to Trahern's darkness, and can she be made whole again by her surrender?

The Warrior Ethos

The Warrior Ethos
Author: Steven Pressfield
Publisher: Black Irish Entertainment LLC
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2011-03-02
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1936891018

WARS CHANGE, WARRIORS DON'T We are all warriors. Each of us struggles every day to define and defend our sense of purpose and integrity, to justify our existence on the planet and to understand, if only within our own hearts, who we are and what we believe in. Do we fight by a code? If so, what is it? What is the Warrior Ethos? Where did it come from? What form does it take today? How do we (and how can we) use it and be true to it in our internal and external lives? The Warrior Ethos is intended not only for men and women in uniform, but artists, entrepreneurs and other warriors in other walks of life. The book examines the evolution of the warrior code of honor and "mental toughness." It goes back to the ancient Spartans and Athenians, to Caesar's Romans, Alexander's Macedonians and the Persians of Cyrus the Great (not excluding the Garden of Eden and the primitive hunting band). Sources include Herodotus, Thucydides, Plutarch, Xenophon, Vegetius, Arrian and Curtius--and on down to Gen. George Patton, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, and Israeli Minister of Defense, Moshe Dayan.

Earthing the Myths

Earthing the Myths
Author: Daragh Smyth
Publisher: Merrion Press
Total Pages: 543
Release: 2020-07-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 1788551370

In Ireland, the link between place and myth is strong, and there is no more enlightening way to understand the rich tapestry of Irish mythology, and its relationship to our true history, than by reading the landscape. Earthing the Myths is an engaging and exhaustive county-by-county guide to the vast number of fascinating places in Ireland connected to myth, folklore and early history. Covering the period 800 BC to AD 650, this book spans the Late Bronze Age, the Iron Age and the early Christian period, and explores the ways in which the land evolved, and with it our catalogue of myths and legends. Smyth chronicles sites the length and breadth of the country, where druids, fairies, goddesses, warriors and kings all left their mark, in tales both real and imagined. With over one thousand locations recorded, from Rathlin Island to the Beara Peninsula, Earthing the Myths breathes life into places throughout Ireland that find their origins in our pre-Christian and pre-Gaelic past, and shows that they still possess unique wisdom and vibrant energy.

The World of the Galloglass

The World of the Galloglass
Author: Seán Duffy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN:

This volume contains the proceedings of a recent Edinburgh conference at which scholars discussed the intersection of Scottish and Irish politics and culture in the later Middle Ages. It was a world epitomized by the neglected figure of the galloglass and several of the papers explore the role of these West Highland dynasties and their rapid proliferation throughout Ireland from the late thirteenth century onwards, but the volume also examines the high politics of Scottish royal involvement in Ireland, and the common culture of Gaeldom, particularly as manifested in the corpus of surviving bardic verse. Contributors include: Steve Boardman, David Caldwell, Alison Cathcart, Seán Duffy, David Edwards, Wilson McLeod, Kenneth Nicholls, Alasdair Ross, Katharine Simms, and Alex Woolf.

The Irish Warrior

The Irish Warrior
Author: Ashley York
Publisher: Ashley York
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2015-09-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0990864073

Outcast and alone, Thomasina MacDonell is hell bent on finding her brother, the only person who can thwart their father's latest scheme to offer her as payment for his gambling debts. Disguised as a lad, she defiantly sets off on foot to locate him never expecting to find a handsome, Irish warrior riding her beloved horse. Her first duty? To get back her horse no matter the cost. The warrior's unexpected offer of help and unsolicited advice on how to be manlier sparks an intimate desire to reveal her more feminine side to the strong, unyielding man. Rejected by the love of his life, Sean O'Cisoghe wants simply to return home and heal his broken heart. When a young "lad" steals the horse out from under him, he discerns the spirited woman may be in way over her head against her ruthless father. Searching for her brother while keeping her would-be betrothed at bay, Sean must confront the fact that Thomasina sparks a deep need within him to protect her as one of his own because she has stolen his heart. Will Norman soldiers out for his blood and shifting clan alliances cut short their growing passion?

Pagan Celtic Ireland

Pagan Celtic Ireland
Author: Barry Raftery
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1997
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780500279830

The established impressions of early Celtic Ireland have come down to us through the great Irish sagas, but recent archaeological research has transformed our understanding of the period. Reflecting this new generation of scholarship, Barry Raftery presents the most convincing and up-to-date account yet published of Ireland in the millennium before the coming of Christianity. The transition from Bronze Age to Iron Age in Ireland brought many changes, including significant advances in travel and transport, and the construction of great royal centers such as Tara and Emain Macha. Professor Raftery also discusses the elusive lives of the common people; technology, arts, and crafts of the period; Ireland's contacts with the Roman world; and the complex religious beliefs of the Irish Celts. Generously illustrated throughout, Pagan Celtic Ireland will be read avidly by everyone interested in Ireland's mysterious past.