This little book of spirituality is inspired by the writings of St John Cassian (circa 360 – 435 AD), the ascetic monk who introduced the concepts of Egyptian monasticism into the wider western Church, through his residence in Gaul. By her choice of title, the author alludes to that passage of the parable of tower…

Giving Life Away: Memories by James O’Halloran SDB (Little Book Company, 11 Hillbrook Crescent, Perystown, Dublin 12; ISBN 9781906077174 ; no price stated)

Domhnall Ua Buachalla: Rebellious Nationalist, Reluctant Governor by Adhamhnán Ó Súilleabháin (Merrion Press, €22.99 pb/€65 hb)

Wheels of Light by Fr Con Buckley (Author House, £19.99 pb; eBook edition, €5.89) Where We Now Stand: The Lourdes Sermons of John Charles McQuaid compiled by M. Ó Ciardubháin (EPrint Publishing, €20.00)

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Five Anti-Catholic Myths: Slavery, Crusades, Inquisition, Galileo, Holocaust by Gerard M. Verschuuren (Angelico Press, £11.50; ISBN-13: 978-1621381280)

The BBC’s ‘Irish Troubles’: Television, Conflict and Northern Ireland by Robert Savage (Manchester University Press, £70)

Conspirators: A Photographic History of Ireland’s Revolutionary Underground by Shane Kenna (Mercier Press, €14.99) A remarkable rogue’s gallery of revolutionaries, members of the IRB and Fenian movements, some of whom developed into democratic leaders. But it is as well to remember that not all the Fenians were heroes by any means. Money and murder left…

Epic by Desmond Egan (Goldsmith Press, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, €15.00pb)

Young Ireland and the Writing of Irish History by James Quinn (UCD Press, €30 pb)