A discussion of the revolutionary years in Waterford from 1912 to 1923 requires at the outset an appreciation of the extraordinary influence of John Redmond (1856-1918) on the city and county. Redmond represented Waterford in the House of Commons from 1891 to 1918 and led the Irish Parliamentary Party from 1900 to 1918. By his…
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Echoes of a long lost way of life
Courtney McGrailThe Last Blasket King: Pádraig Ó Catháin, An Rí by Gerald Hayes, with Eliza Kane (The Collins Press, €12.99)
The Scriptures in the modern world
Peter CostelloHoly Bible: New International Version large print edition (Hodder & Stoughton, €28.99) God’s Smuggler: One Man’s Mission to Change the World by Brother Andrew with John and Elizabeth Sherrill (Hodder & Stoughton, £9.99)
Exported glory
A visit to the Wolfsonian Museum to see Harry Clarke’s ‘Geneva’ window
The garden of hope is blooming
Get Your Hopes Up! Expect Something Good to Happen Every Day by Joyce Meyer (Hodder & Stoughton, £13.99)
Fatima: What happened afterwards
A Pathway under the Gaze of Mary: Biography of Sister Maria Lucia of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart O.C.D. by the Carmel of Saint Teresa, Coimbra, Portugal (World Apostolate of Fatima, €25; available from publishers at www.bluearmy.com )
The inner truth of Stabat Mater
Stabat Mater: The Mystery Hymn by Desmond Fisher (Gracewing, €9.99)
On the track of Irish monks in Europe
On the Pathways of the World / Sulle Strade del Mondo by Enzo Farrinella (Edizioni Casa Italia, €15.00; contact enzo.farinella@gmail.com)
Oscar Romero: The life and influence of a modern martyr
Oscar Romero, the Archbishop of San Salvador, in El Salvador, was shot to death by a sniper on the altar of the chapel of the Divine Providence hospital where he was celebrating evening Mass on March 24, 1980. This was done by agents of the state who were never brought to trial. In his life Oscar…
Wisdom from the Orient
Guest from the West: Lessons for the West from a Lifetime in the East by Hugh MacMahon (Original Writing, €15.00 pb; ISBN: 978-1-78237-849-5)