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While on a quest for knowledge, Brida, a young Irish girl, encounters two individuals who teach her about magic; a forest hermit, who helps her to realize the goodness in the world, and a woman who teaches her how to dance and pray to the moon; but while this knowledge soaks in Brida struggles to balance her priorities.

A poor tenant farmer and the strong-willed daughter of a landlord run away from Ireland together to America.

Presents the text to Rudyard Kipling's classic novel "Kim," and contains selections from Kipling's autobiography, letters, short stories, and poems, thirteen critical essays on his work,contemporary reviews, and chronology.

Uses dramatic re-creations, readings, songs, and interviews to offer insights into how Irish immigrants and their descendents overcame hardship and prejudice to become an important part of American society and politics.

Offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of nineteenth-century Paraguay, a largely untouched wilderness where Europeans and North Americans intermingle with both the old Spanish aristocracy and native Guarani Islands.

Republication of a 1936 novel by Irish author Kate O'Brien, telling the story of Mary Lavelle, a young Irish woman who journeys to Spain to work as a governess with the Areavaga family, and becomes enthralled with the fiery politics and passions of their grown son, Juanito.

The irrepressible Jacky Faber, recently arrived in Boston, finds herself at odds with the Women's Temperance Union and local residents angry at the arrival of hundreds of Irish immigrants on a ship owned by Faber Shipping Worldwide.

A pregnant young woman leaves her small Irish town to search for her boyfriend in the English Midlands.

Fictional account of the life of Harriet Smithson, the great Shakesperian actress of the early 19th century.