A Very Irish Christmas

A Very Irish Christmas
Author: James Joyce
Publisher: New Vessel Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2021-09-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1939931975

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!

An Irish Christmas

An Irish Christmas
Author: Melody Carlson
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2007-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1441201432

For Colleen, life is spinning out of control. She just lost her husband, and her relationship with her young adult son Jamie is crumbling. Should she confess to him the secret that has been haunting her for twenty years? Jamie has a few secrets of his own. When he announces his plans to join the military, Colleen decides it's time for the two of them to take a trip together--to Ireland. The truth they discover there could fulfill both their dreams in a way neither ever thought possible. An Irish Christmas is a captivating story of love, deception, and secret passions, from popular and prolific author Melody Carlson.

The Irish Christmas Book

The Irish Christmas Book
Author: John Killen
Publisher: Dufour Editions
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1994-12
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780802313065

A splendid anthology of Irish writing - stories, poems, songs, letters, folklore, extracts from novels, histories and biographies - about Christmas gathered here together from the works of writers as diverse as Yeats, Behan, Longley, Kavanagh, McAughtry, Joyce, Heaney, Carleton, Binchy, MacNeice, Kiely and MacLaverty.

Murder at an Irish Christmas

Murder at an Irish Christmas
Author: Carlene O'Connor
Publisher: Canelo
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2021-09-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1800326963

Murder rearranges the Yuletide carols into unexpected eulogies... The O’Sullivans are spending Christmas in West Cork with brother James’s fiancée Elise’s family, including her grandfather, the famous orchestral conductor Enda Elliot. When they learn everyone will choose a name from a hat to buy a music-related Christmas gift for someone else at the gathering, it seems like their greatest concern–until the cantankerous conductor is discovered crushed under a ninety-pound harp in a local concert hall. With the extended family–including Enda’s much-younger new wife Leah, a virtuoso violinist–suspected in his murder, it’s up to Siobhán to ensure the guilty party faces the music. But as a snowstorm strands both families in a lavish farmhouse on a cliff, Siobhán had better pick up the tempo–before the killer orchestrates another untimely demise... A charming Christmas cosy mystery, perfect for fans of Margaret Mayhew and Dee Macdonald.

An Irish Country Christmas

An Irish Country Christmas
Author: Patrick Taylor
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 576
Release: 2009-10-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 076532072X

A heartwarming tale of yuletide merriment by the New York Times bestselling author of An Irish Country Doctor

An Irish Night Before Christmas

An Irish Night Before Christmas
Author: Blazek, Sarah Kirwan
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Total Pages: 38
Release: 1995
Genre: Children's poetry, American
ISBN: 9781455606429

An adaptation of the famous poem about a Christmas Eve visitor, set in Ireland.

It's Earlier 'Tis Getting: The Christmas Book of Irish Mammies

It's Earlier 'Tis Getting: The Christmas Book of Irish Mammies
Author: Colm O'Regan
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2014-10-23
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1473509858

Christmas – a time for peace, joy and Mammies. While others are focusing on Santa/Santy, the school nativity play, the office party and its wild cousin the Twelve Pubs, panicked present shopping and the delicate diplomacy of in-law visiting, the Irish Mammy is mobilized in her war-room – ready for the campaign. Electric blankets have been set to maximum power; cards have been despatched; the turkey has been ordered; the decorations have been retrieved from the Place Where The Decorations Go and the fifth Big Shop (to get breadcrumbs) has been completed. There are homecomings from near and far, new arrivals, drama, bustle, tears and laughter, and Mammy at the heart of it all, directing operations. There’s bound to be something she’s forgotten – but luckily, just like a certain someone, she’s made a list.

An Irish Christmas

An Irish Christmas
Author: Stephen Newman
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2016-10-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0750981482

This book is a compendium of material, in English and Irish, on the festival of Christmas from the manuscripts of the National Folklore Collection recalling how Christmas was celebrated in the nineteenth and early twentieth century in all its regional diversity. The book begins with accounts of the Christmas preparations, before moving through Christmas Eve, with its fasting, feasting and a multitude of superstitions, Christmas Day, with its focus on the home and family, and on to the accounts of the communal celebration of St Stephen's Day with Wren Boys, games and hunting. Moving towards New Year's Day, the book recalls the optimism and fear associated with a transitional time when omens for the coming year were keenly observed, and finally concludes with accounts of the Little Christmas, also known as the Women's Christmas, celebrated on 6 January, and at which point the twelve-day festival comes to a close.

An Irish Christmas

An Irish Christmas
Author: Michele Brouder
Publisher: Michele Brouder
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2021-09-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Johanna Jo Mueller quits her awful job to accompany her grandmother to Ireland to visit her lifelong friend. Although money is tight, her grandmother’s friend comes up with a solution: work as a paid companion for her grandson, Ian while she’s in Ireland. Jo’s remit: get Ian out of his house and more importantly, out of his rut, without letting Ian know of the scheme. Surly on the best of days, Ian proves to be a challenge, and at first it seems like mission impossible. But somewhere along the way, Jo gradually begins to fall in love with Ian. Ian A freak accident resulting in a serious injury has curtailed Ian Twomey’s professional rugby career. He’s bitter and struggling to adjust. And he’s definitely not interested in showing the Irish sights to his grandmother’s American guest, Johanna. But it’s hard to say no to his grandmother and it’s even harder to resist Jo Mueller’s infectious smile. It doesn’t take him long to realize that life can and will go on, and he knows he has Jo to thank for that. And just as he realizes he does have future and he wants Jo in it, a secret is revealed, threatening his growing feelings for her.