Item category 2: Monograph

A synopsis of the book states: ‘The Irish Forestry Society was founded in 1902 by Dr Robert T Cooper, a successful Irish physician based in London, who was greatly concerned by the level of deforestation in Ireland during the late 19th and early 29th centuries. He was soon joined by others who sh...

The interconnection between town and country is the central theme in this volume. It is based on a seminar held in 2021 where contributors used and compared historic town atlases to understand how the urban landscape interacted with its suburban surroundings and rural hinterland through time. Fou...

Anna John Chiot was one of the Irish Folklore Commission's most important sources of tales, poetry and lore from its foundation in 1935. However, it was her great memory for the old songs in Irish which really marked her out. Her repertoire consists of 128 songs, and includes long and short songs...

This text of days is divided into the four seasons, reflecting the seasonal ebb and flow of the twelve essays. Each extract is complemented by an illustration inspired by the written content. The book will be accompanied by a podcast of the spoken word with original musical score by Eamon Travers...

What does Ireland's nature poetry say about us as a people? How does it speak to us of our past, our inheritance, the values to which we aspire? What lies within its language that connects us to our deeper selves and our place within our communities and environments? As varied as our plants, anim...