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	Fodor's Exploring Ireland  •  Lindsay Hunt GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES With its many photographs, great introductory chapters and practical travel information, this book is an excellent overview of Ireland and its attractions for visitors. Its features include suggested places to visit, recommended walks, practical information, descriptions of restaurants and hotels, ratings of sights, and a chronology of historic events. (IRE28, $22.00)
	The Aran Islands  •  J.M. Synge  •  Tim Robinson CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1992 •  PAPER  • 208 PAGES A much-loved turn-of-the-century account of the islands, drenched in the Celtic soul of Ireland. Synge ("The Playboy of the Modern World"), who went there to write, contrasts the rich communal life of the islands with the culture on mainland Ireland. (IRE26, $14.00)
	The Pirate Queen, In Search of Grace O'Malley and Other Legendary Women of the Sea  •  Barbara Sjoholm HISTORY •  2004 •  PAPER  • 355 PAGES Tales of plucky female pirates and explorers in the North Atlantic. Long interested in women and seafaring, Sjoholm journeyed from Ireland out to the Shetland and Faroe islands, Iceland and Norway collecting folk-tales, stories and historical accounts of these remarkable seafaring heroines. (IRE135, $15.95)
	Connemara, Listening to the Wind  •  Tim Robinson TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2008 •  PAPER  • 448 PAGES A portrait, guide and tribute, these stunning essays convey the wild beauty, local legends and history of Western Ireland. The Yorkshire-born writer, mathematician and mapmaker has lived in Roundstone, Connemara for 20 years. (IRE37, $17.00)
	Ireland West Holiday Map  •   Ireland Ordnance Survey MAP A locally published, detailed map of the western part of Ireland, including Galway, County Clare, Burren and Connemara, at a scale of 1:250,000. One Side. 42x26 inches. (IRE52, $19.95)

	A Traveller's History of Ireland  •  Peter Neville   • HISTORY  •  From the Celts to the Norman invasions and modern-day Ireland, this short history is highly recommended for those who would like a brief overview of the Emerald Isle through the centuries. (GBR39, $14.95)
	How the Irish Saved Civilization  •  Thomas Cahill   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This best-selling history tells the generally unknown story of Ireland's preservation of classical learning in the Dark Ages. (IRE07, $15.00)
	In Search of Ancient Ireland, The Origins of the Irish from Neolithic Times to the Coming of the English  •  Carmel McCaffrey   • HISTORY  •  This spirited, illustrated history, the companion to a PBS documentary series, traces the foundation, archaeology and legends of ancient Ireland from 9000 B.C. to 1167 A.D with style and substance. (IRE222, $16.95)
	Ireland, A Concise History  •  Conor Cruise O'Brien   • HISTORY  •  With its lively, even-handed tone and hundreds of photographs, this grand history by scholar and statesman O'Brien conveys the essence of the Irish experience. (IRE20, $19.95)
	Magnum Ireland  •  John Banville   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This evocative collection of 250 photographs captures the people, landscapes and changing face of Ireland from the 1950s to the 21st century. (IRE170, $60.00)
	A Course Called Ireland  •  Tom Coyne   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • NEW  •  Not just a quest to play every seaside course in the Emerald Isle, Tom Coyne's entertaining portrait of Ireland, its people, pubs and quirks illuminates "Uncommon Acts of Irish Hospitality." (IRE251, $16.00)
	McCarthy's Bar, A Journey of Discovery in Ireland  •  Pete McCarthy   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A droll account of McCarthy's encounters on a bar-hopping jaunt from Cork along the west coast to Donegal. His motto, assiduously followed, was never to pass up a bar with his name on it! (IRE168, $15.95)
	Seafaring Women: Adventures of Pirate Queens, Female Stowaways, and Sailors' Wives  •  David Cordingly   • EXPLORATION  •  A fascinating survey of women who went to sea, as wives, crossdressing cabin boys or even lighthouse keepers, during the age of sail. (OCE94, $17.00)
	Seamanship, A Voyage along the Wild Coasts of the British Isles  •  Adam Nicolson   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Nicolson offers an engrossing account of a coastal voyage from Cornwall, along the western coast of Ireland, out to the Faeroes and to Orkney in this brief hymn to the sea. (GBR561, $13.95)
	Stones of Aran, Labyrinth  •  Tim Robinson   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  In the second volume of Robinson's journey through Ireland's Aran islands, the poetic mapmaker turns inward to follow the labyrinthine coast of the largest of the islands. (IRE249, $22.95)
	Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage  •  Tim Robinson  •  Seamus Heaney   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A richly layered hymn to Arainn, largest of the Aran Islands, Robinson's adopted home. (IRE227, $18.95)
	The People of the Sea  •  David Thomson  •  Seamus Heaney   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Fascinated by the Celtic seal tales of his youth, Thomson sets out for Shetland, Orkney, the Hebrides and Western Ireland. His search yields this marvelously unclassifiable collection of stories, observations and traditional tales. (SCT68, $16.95)
	For the Love of Ireland, A Literary Companion for Readers and Travelers  •  Susan Cahill   • ANTHOLOGY  •  A literary anthology featuring famous Irish writers such as James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, Frank McCourt and Samuel Beckett. (IRE77, $15.95)
	The Hill Bachelors  •  William Trevor   • ANTHOLOGY  •  No one writes better short fiction than William Trevor. This collection of 12 stories captures the life and people of rural Ireland. (IRE42, $15.00)
	Irish Fairy and Folk Tales  •  W.B. Yeats   • LITERATURE  •  Edited by the Nobel Prize-winning poet who spearheaded the Celtic Renaissance in the early 20th century, these enchanting stories introduce a cast of changelings, ghosts, mermaids, demons, saints, priests and fairies. (IRE04, $15.00)
	The Pirate Queen: The Story of Grace O'Malley, Irish Pirate  •  Alan Gold   • LITERATURE  •  Gold's rousing tale of grace O'Malley, starring the 16th-century Irish pirate, as bold as she is beautiful. Gold sets his seafaring tale in Ireland and England from 1544 to 1588, the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. (IRE215, $14.00)
	Wild Decembers  •  Edna O'Brien   • LITERATURE  •  A haunting novel of clan enmities and forbidden love in rural Ireland. Few writers have as sure a sense of place as Edna O'Brien, whose lyrical prose builds inevitably toward final tragedy. (IRE94, $13.95)
	The Secret of Roan Inish  •  John Sayles    •  John Sayles's beautiful, evocative film follows a young girl who is sent to live with her grandparents on the Irish coast and discovers the mythical truth of her family history and the mysterious island of Roan Inish. (IRE133, $24.95)

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