"Within the walls of the ancient house, thirty novices try hard to conform to the religious life. Frawley, boisterous and unconventional; Barragry, the cynical journalist who has left behind a full life and a good woman; MacKenna, sensitive and literary, guarding a frightening secret which he dreads revealing to the Fathers-each must answer that overwhelming question: "Why the hell am I here?"Once banned for being "indecent and obscene," ..."
"This anthology of Irish songs, ballads and poetry reaches across three centuries and is drawn from the lanes and highways of 32 counties. to evoke a literary landscape, recollected through the author's friendship and acquaintance with Douglas Hyde, Francis MacManus, Brinsley MacNamara, Donagh MacDonagh, Paddy Tunney, Maurice Craig, Louis MacNeice, Thomas MacGreevey, Bertie Rodgers, W.B. Yeats, and other celebrants of their culture. The ..."
"The Classic One-Volume Introduction To Ireland'S Rich Folklore: William Butler Yeats'S Magical Selection Of Traditional Irish Fairy And Folk Tales Fairy and Folk Tales of Ireland combines two books of Irish folklore collected and edited by William Butler Yeats -- Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry, first published in 1888, and Irish Fairy Tales, published in 1892. In this delightful gathering of legend and song, the familiar c ..."
Dogs Enjoy the Morning(Updated) by BenedictKiely Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1998 by Wolfhound Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-86327-528-9, ISBN: 0-86327-528-1
"A comic novel set in Cosmona, a fictitious village somewhere in Ireland, peopled by curious characters like:The doctor and his plump dusky-skinned wife, secretly being watched by Gabriel Rock, the peeping Tom with one good eye... The shell-shocked chaplain who stalks through the village with three hounds close at heel like the legendary Fionn MacCool... Cathy Hanafin, who can only drink red wine, and her husband Whispering Christy..."
of "Poor Scholar(2nd Edition) Study of the Works and Days of William Carleton" by BenedictKiely Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 1997 by Merlin Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-86327-606-4, ISBN: 0-86327-606-7
"A Journey to the Seven Streams and Other Stories by Benedict Kiely. 1977 mass market paperback published by Poolbeg Press, Dublin."
Drink to the Bird(Updated) An Omagh Boyhood Recalled by BenedictKiely Paperback, 85 Pages, Published 1992 by Minerva ISBN-13: 978-0-7493-9959-7, ISBN: 0-7493-9959-7
"Benedict Kiely's account of his youth, full of reminiscence about people and places, is about the upbringing which shaped the novelist and short-story writer he was to become. His own history and that of his family and friends mingle with the history of the town of Omagh and of Ireland itself."
God's Own Country Selected Short Stories, 1963-1993 by Benedictt Kiely Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 1993 by Minerva ISBN-13: 978-0-7493-9708-1, ISBN: 0-7493-9708-X
"This classic novel from renowned novelist, short-story writer and broadcaster Benedict Kiely follows the trials of a doctor who becomes a gambler and loses everything."
A Letter to Peachtree And Nine Other Stories by BenedictKiely Paperback, Published 1992 by David R. Godine Publisher ISBN-13: 978-0-87923-937-4, ISBN: 0-87923-937-9