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Does the modern festival of Halloween, with its traditions of flying witches, games of chance and haunted by ghosts, have its roots in the Stone Age?
Researcher Padraig Meehan explores the possibility that the turning points marking seasonal change were intentionally marked in the central monument at the Carrowmore passage tomb complex in County Sligo.
Set against the dramatic landscape of Ireland’s Wild Atlantic coast Joe Mc Gowan’s stories in The Hidden People examine and illuminate the complexities and passions of family life, communities and the human heart. Ranging from the intricacies of village life in Cold War in Killawaddy to the thrilling climax of the story of an Irish emigrant in Vietnam, these tales reveal a sometimes whimsical, sometimes tragic, and always unequalled, insight into village life and the Irish character.
Joe McGowan is already renowned for his brilliantly researched books on folk history in the West of Ireland. In this collection he brings another dimension to his historical writing with a powerful and engaging perspective on life in rural Ireland.
Belfast-born artist Neal Greig studied fine art to postgraduate level at Edinburgh College of Art. He has had one-man shows around Ireland and America. His work is in public and private collections and has drawn support from grant-awarding bodies including the Arts Council and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation.
Neal has two studios: one in a barn next to his farmhouse on the edge of the Castle Leslie estate in Glaslough, County Monaghan, and the Bath House Studio on Coney Island in County Sligo. He paints in the open air and offers painting workshops at both studios.
This book is a collection of stories of some of the men who worked in the Benbulbin mines from 1905 until all operations finally ceased in 1979. The stories were collected by the author, via audio recordings, podcasts, interviews, newspaper reports and personal documents belonging to some of the Barytes men. These stories are an important part of our heritage, in particular our industrial heritage and are worthy of recording for the education of future generations.
Yeats 150 is a collection of essays commemorating the life and work of Irish poet and Nobel Laureate, William Butler Yeats (1865-1939).
The book, dedicated to Seamus Heaney, is divided into a number of sections: Academic Essays; Plays; the Yeats family; Scholarly Essays; Yeats Poetry Prizes and, appropriately, the topographical ‘Sligo’, by Sligo natives and visitors to the International Yeats Summer School.