At this time of the year the bookshops are filled with books of all kinds, a great many simply produced for immediate seasonal sale, with little hope that they will be of any lasting value to anyone in the months, let alone the years to come. However, among these daunting piles of printed paper for…
Peter Costello
What we really gain from life
It is As it Is: a True Story of Hope Loss and Friendship by Malina Stahre-Godycka (Veritas, €14.99)
A book that spans the ages
A True Symbol of the City of Dublin – The Ha’penny Bridge Dublin by Michael English and others (Dublin City Council, €24.95pb / €34.95hb)
In the heart of rural Cork
“Ancient Sweet Donoughmore”: Life in an Irish rural parish to 1900 by Gerard O’Rourke (Redmond Grove Publications, €35.00 including p+p)
The changing Christmas card and seasonal shifts
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Brief lives of our truly eminent
Great Irish Lives: Obituaries of Ireland’s Finest edited by Charles Lysaght (Times Books / HarperCollins, £12.99)
Croagh Patrick: A mountain at the heart of the world
Atlantic Tabor: The Pilgrims of Croagh Patrick, text by Patrick Claffey, photographs by Tomasz Bereska and Tomasz Szustek (Liffey Press, €19.95)
Heavenly heroes of the Faith
The Saints: A Short History by Simon Yarrow (Oxford University Press, £10.99)
The Wexford carols: the music of worship
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New lessons in purpose of education
Catholic Education in the Light of Vatican II and Laudato Si’ by Dermot A. Lane (Veritas, €7.99)