ireland

"The Irish tomb called Newgrange dates back 5,000 years. It's no ordinary tomb. The impressive mound is surrounded by 97 stones, is decorated with artwork, and seems to have passages built for a purpose. Readers are invited on a tour of this mysterious monument, on which they'll discover the latest theories about the builders of Newgrange, who was buried there, and what these ancient people believed about the afterlife. Archaeology and history lovers will find plenty to love in the dynamic images and insightful text"--From the publisher's web site.

An Irish storyteller matches wits with a shrewd leprechaun en route to his proverbial pot of gold.

In 1981, the height of Ireland's "Troubles," eighteen-year-old Fergus is distracted from his upcoming A-level exams by his imprisoned brother's hunger strike, the stress of being a courier for Sinn Fein, and dreams of a murdered girl whose body he discovered in a bog.

In the autumn of 1846 in Ireland, twelve-year-old Lorraine and her family struggle to survive during the Irish potato famine, but when Lorraine meets Miss Susannah, the daugher of the wealthy English landowner who owns Lorraine's family's farm, they form an unlikely friendship that they must keep secret due to the deep cultural divide between their two families.

Jack and Annie research leprechauns and Irish folklore, hoping to separate fact from fiction. Includes definitions, illustrations, facts, and more.

Selkie Bay is a place where the old legends seem very near, and eleven-year-old Cordelia believes that her secretive mother is a selkie who has returned to the sea--a belief that offers some hope as she struggles to care for her two younger sisters and help her scientist father make ends meet in their home by the sea.

A collection of fairy tales by Irish writers, including John Boyne, Maeve Friel, Darragh Martin, and Paula Leyden.

The laziest man in all of Ireland catches a leprechaun, who offers a potato seed instead of a pot of gold for his freedom.

Irish glassmaker Maggie Concannon finds redemption from her past when she meets and falls in love with gallery owner Rogan Sweeney.