Item category 1: Donegal Studies

Explore the wonders of Ireland's western counties with this comprehensive new guide. Discover secret beaches, dramatic cliffs and forgotten castles as you follow detailed route instructions and tips for wild swimming, hiking and camping adventures. Ideal for anyone looking to escape the tourist t...

Following the Irish coast in a clockwise direction, acclaimed ecologist Richard Nairn travels by boat, on foot and sometimes by air to visit the best remaining wild places, including islands, cliffs, beaches and dunes. The result is a unique mix of nature, history, science and a reflection on the...

Wild Things tells the story of twelve wild plants that live in our Irish hedgerows and localities, each revealing important lessons from nature and all the living beings with whom we share our incredible planet. From the cheery dandelion to the magical ribwort plantain, the descriptions tell of t...

Danny McFadden went from sleeping in parks, a hopeless drunk, to becoming an internationally respected lawyer working for the UN in New York and across borders in Beijing and beyond. Growing up in a tight-knit Irish community in post-war London, he learnt that drinking, a staple of working-class...

1861, Donegal, Ireland. Ten years ago Declan Conaghan's father died in the Great Famine, and since then, Declan has kept his promise to keep his family out of the workhouse. But all that is threatened with the arrival of new landlord, John Adair. Adair is quick to cause trouble and fear among his...

William Sharman Crawford was the leading agrarian and democratic radical active in Ulster politics between the early 1830s and the 1850s. This biography places his life and ideas in the context of the development of radical liberalism in Ulster province over a more extended period, from his fathe...

What does Ireland's nature poetry say about us as a people? How does it speak to us of our past, our inheritance, the values to which we aspire? What lies within its language that connects us to our deeper selves and our place within our communities and environments? As varied as our plants, anim...

Fr Michael is a priest of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians).In this new publication, Fr Michael reflects on his long years of experience as a spiritual director, which has given him a broad understanding of the struggles and pitfalls that can be part of any minister’s life.