The Pirates of Clontarf

The Pirates of Clontarf

Author: Mary Ann Hart

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2013-09-10

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 148367035X

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Polly OBrien is a girl of twelve who is desperately trying to save her father from the clutches of alcoholism. While attending Catholic school in the 1950s, she aspires to write and figure out lifes mysteries without much guidance. Experiencing a frightening existence, she escapes by writing a book with the help of a ghost. Polly is visited by a spirit as she begins to pen a tale about the Irish Potato Famine. The apparition helps her to create by relating her own Famine story, and offers some advice. Dailearie ODonovan, the visitation, tells of her adventures during the Famine in Ireland. By pirating and taking grain to county Mayo where their relatives previously died, she and her brothers hope to be the hand of Gods bounty. This narrative describes coming of age before the era of information and the Internet, and the horrors of An Gorta Mr, The Great Hunger. It recounts the real difficulties that are often experienced by children and adults alike that have lived with someone suffering from alcoholism. Both the spirit and the very young author eventually find solutions to the devastating problems they both encounter


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Download or read book The Pirates of Clontarf written by Mary Ann Hart and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polly OBrien is a girl of twelve who is desperately trying to save her father from the clutches of alcoholism. While attending Catholic school in the 1950s, she aspires to write and figure out lifes mysteries without much guidance. Experiencing a frightening existence, she escapes by writing a book with the help of a ghost. Polly is visited by a spirit as she begins to pen a tale about the Irish Potato Famine. The apparition helps her to create by relating her own Famine story, and offers some advice. Dailearie ODonovan, the visitation, tells of her adventures during the Famine in Ireland. By pirating and taking grain to county Mayo where their relatives previously died, she and her brothers hope to be the hand of Gods bounty. This narrative describes coming of age before the era of information and the Internet, and the horrors of An Gorta Mr, The Great Hunger. It recounts the real difficulties that are often experienced by children and adults alike that have lived with someone suffering from alcoholism. Both the spirit and the very young author eventually find solutions to the devastating problems they both encounter


The Pirates of Clontarf

The Pirates of Clontarf

Author: Mary Ann Hart

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1483670333

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Polly O'Brien is a girl of twelve who is desperately trying to save her father from the clutches of alcoholism. While attending Catholic school in the 1950s, she aspires to write and figure out life's mysteries without much guidance. Experiencing a frightening existence, she escapes by writing a book with the help of a ghost. Polly is visited by a spirit as she begins to pen a tale about the Irish Potato Famine. The apparition helps her to create by relating her own Famine story, and offers some advice. Dailearie O'Donovan, the visitation, tells of her adventures during the Famine in Ireland. By pirating and taking grain to county Mayo where their relatives previously died, she and her brothers hope to be the hand of God's bounty. This narrative describes coming of age before the era of information and the Internet, and the horrors of An Gorta Mór, The Great Hunger. It recounts the real difficulties that are often experienced by children and adults alike that have lived with someone suffering from alcoholism. Both the spirit and the very young author eventually find solutions to the devastating problems they both encounter


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Download or read book The Pirates of Clontarf written by Mary Ann Hart and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Polly O'Brien is a girl of twelve who is desperately trying to save her father from the clutches of alcoholism. While attending Catholic school in the 1950s, she aspires to write and figure out life's mysteries without much guidance. Experiencing a frightening existence, she escapes by writing a book with the help of a ghost. Polly is visited by a spirit as she begins to pen a tale about the Irish Potato Famine. The apparition helps her to create by relating her own Famine story, and offers some advice. Dailearie O'Donovan, the visitation, tells of her adventures during the Famine in Ireland. By pirating and taking grain to county Mayo where their relatives previously died, she and her brothers hope to be the hand of God's bounty. This narrative describes coming of age before the era of information and the Internet, and the horrors of An Gorta Mór, The Great Hunger. It recounts the real difficulties that are often experienced by children and adults alike that have lived with someone suffering from alcoholism. Both the spirit and the very young author eventually find solutions to the devastating problems they both encounter


Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf

Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf

Author: Rebecca Helena Hime

Publisher:

Published: 1889

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13:

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Viking Pirates and Christian Princes

Viking Pirates and Christian Princes

Author: Benjamin T. Hudson

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9780195162370

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This book studies two Viking families who appear in the records of the Atlantic littoral as pagan raiders and reinvent themselves as established Christian rulers.


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Download or read book Viking Pirates and Christian Princes written by Benjamin T. Hudson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies two Viking families who appear in the records of the Atlantic littoral as pagan raiders and reinvent themselves as established Christian rulers.


Lives of the Irish saints

Lives of the Irish saints

Author: John O'Hanlon

Publisher:

Published: 1875

Total Pages: 706

ISBN-13:

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Poems from the Works of Aubrey De Vere

Poems from the Works of Aubrey De Vere

Author: Aubrey De Vere

Publisher:

Published: 1904

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book Poems from the Works of Aubrey De Vere written by Aubrey De Vere and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:


Rolls Series

Rolls Series

Author: Great Britain. Public Record Office

Publisher:

Published: 1867

Total Pages: 572

ISBN-13:

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The war of the Gaedhil with the Gaill, or the invasions of Ireland by the Danes and other Norsemen

The war of the Gaedhil with the Gaill, or the invasions of Ireland by the Danes and other Norsemen

Author: James Henthorn Todd

Publisher:

Published: 1867

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13:

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The first part of the work contains an account of the arrival of the Norsemen in Ireland, especially in the Munster district. The second part of the work is devoted to the history of the Dal Cais, or Munster chieftains, particularly of the hero Brian Boroimhe (Boru), King of Ireland, and his death in the Battle of Clontarf. The appendices contain a translation of the Book of Leinster, the chronology and genealogy of the kings of Munster and of Ireland during the Scandinavian invasions, a description of the battle of Clontarf, and genealogy of the Scandinavian chieftains named as leaders of the invasions of Ireland.--Cf. introd.


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Download or read book The war of the Gaedhil with the Gaill, or the invasions of Ireland by the Danes and other Norsemen written by James Henthorn Todd and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first part of the work contains an account of the arrival of the Norsemen in Ireland, especially in the Munster district. The second part of the work is devoted to the history of the Dal Cais, or Munster chieftains, particularly of the hero Brian Boroimhe (Boru), King of Ireland, and his death in the Battle of Clontarf. The appendices contain a translation of the Book of Leinster, the chronology and genealogy of the kings of Munster and of Ireland during the Scandinavian invasions, a description of the battle of Clontarf, and genealogy of the Scandinavian chieftains named as leaders of the invasions of Ireland.--Cf. introd.


Cogadh Gaedhel Ke Gallaibh

Cogadh Gaedhel Ke Gallaibh

Author: Todd

Publisher:

Published: 1867

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13:

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Download or read book Cogadh Gaedhel Ke Gallaibh written by Todd and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:


Cogadh Gaedhel Re Gallaibh

Cogadh Gaedhel Re Gallaibh

Author: James Henthorn Todd

Publisher:

Published: 1867

Total Pages: 592

ISBN-13:

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The first part of the work contains an account of the arrival of the Norsemen in Ireland, especially in the Munster district. The second part of the work is devoted to the history of the Dal Cais, or Munster chieftains, particularly of the hero Brian Boroimhe (Boru), King of Ireland, and his death in the Battle of Clontarf. The appendices contain a translation of the Book of Leinster, the chronology and genealogy of the kings of Munster and of Ireland during the Scandinavian invasions, a description of the battle of Clontarf, and genealogy of the Scandinavian chieftains named as leaders of the invasions of Ireland.--Cf. introd.


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Download or read book Cogadh Gaedhel Re Gallaibh written by James Henthorn Todd and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first part of the work contains an account of the arrival of the Norsemen in Ireland, especially in the Munster district. The second part of the work is devoted to the history of the Dal Cais, or Munster chieftains, particularly of the hero Brian Boroimhe (Boru), King of Ireland, and his death in the Battle of Clontarf. The appendices contain a translation of the Book of Leinster, the chronology and genealogy of the kings of Munster and of Ireland during the Scandinavian invasions, a description of the battle of Clontarf, and genealogy of the Scandinavian chieftains named as leaders of the invasions of Ireland.--Cf. introd.