Books Editor  The view from the priest’s window In recent years we have seen the publication of many memoirs by Irish missionary priests. Dealing as they do with exotic lands, and often troubled people, these books are always of interest. There is always something in them for us stay-at-homes to learn.  But perhaps what we…

In the Shelter: Finding Welcome in the Here and Now by Pádraig Ó Tuama (Hachette Books Ireland, €16.99)

Michael Collins Himself by Chrissy Osborne (Mercier Press, €14.99)

Arimathea by Frank McGuinness (Brandon, €11.99)

Walk with Me into the Light: Some Comfort on the Journey through Grief by Margaret T. Naughton (Sacred Heart Messenger Publications, €3.99)   This brief brochure is intended to provide immediate comfort to the grieving in a difficult time of transition. The loss of a loved one can be a very traumatic experience, one of the…

The Chain that Binds the Earth by Seán O’Conaill (Author House, £15.95; ISBN: 9781504942287)

Treasures of Irish Christianity III ed. Salvador Ryan (Veritas, €19.99)

Books Editor The other week our reviewer discussed how Mártin Ó Cadhain, in writing his celebrated novel Cré na Cille, resorted to creating new words in Irish to express his meaning. In this he had many precedents, such as William Shakespeare. But words are odd things.  Recently it was reported that the rapper Eminem has the…

Studies An Irish Quarterly Review  (Messenger Publications, €10.00; €45.00 for a year; visit www.studiesirishreview.ie for more information)  This summer edition of one of the country’s most thoughtful journals focuses on the Great War, in an issue subtitled “The Pity of War 1914-1818”. These authors cover a range of issues from the philosophical considerations of Heather…

The Murder of William of Norwich: The Original Blood Libel in Medieval Europe by E. M. Rose (Oxford University Press, £16.99)