Includes for example the following sections: The Roadside Tavern / Iron and Magnesia Wells / Site of the Protestant Church / The Twin Wells / The Spectacle Bridge / The Forge / The Spa Wells / Maiville House / The Pavilion (Town Hall) / Corpus Christi R.C. Church / Site of Listdoonvarna Castle / Kilmoon Church and Cursing Stones / Toovaghera R.C. Church / Places of Historic Interest in the Locality/ The Town Trail.

Keywords: Irish History, Irish Interest, Irish Local History, Irish Map, Lisdoonvarna, Tourism, Travel Guide

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Includes for Example: The Small Farmers/ Small Farm Economy/ Family Labor/ The Relations of Kindred/ The Kinship System/ Demography and Familism/ Family Transition at Marriage/ Dispersal and Emigration/ The Problem of the Aged/ The Old in the Community/ Familism and Sex/ Occupation and Status/ Markets and Community/ The Framework of Relationship/ The Town: Setting and People/ Shopkeepers and Shop Assistants/ Induction and Transformation/ Marriage and Family/ Mobility and Continuity/ Reciprocals of Family and Credit etc.

The authors gathered their material during the early 1930s, when they lived for two years among the people of County Clare, and managed to establish relations of mutual friendliness and confidence with their various hosts. Their study focuses on the distinctive culture of the small farmers of Eire. After a brief statistical review to establish the small farmer class and characterize the nature and scope of its economic activities, the treatment centers on the family groups dwelling on the land and following the rhythmic cycles of an ancient mode of life. The rural familial economy with its division of labor between the sexes and between age groupings, traditional patterns that govern the status and control the relations between family members, the system of kinship, the interplay of demographic and familial factors, the institution of match-making as it affects family continuity and the dispersal of members, the sex mores, the position and problems of the aged, and the social and economic bonds that weld families into the community: all are described and discerningly analyzed.

The present edition includes six new chapters on the behavior of Irish townsmen and the distinctions between rural and urban life, even as the two remain intimately linked. Once more, the clear, sympathetic presentation of material makes this volume decidedly important, not only to the social scientist and anthropologist, but also to the general reader who is interested in Ireland, in things Irish, or simply the nature of human relationships.

Keywords: Irish History

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Includes for example the following essays: The Armistice at the Front / Demobilization / Returning to Work / Commemoration and Reflection etc.

Keywords: Military History, World War I, World War One

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Includes the following chapters: The Illustrations / Preface / Acknowledgements / Introduction / Monasteries in the landscape / The earliest monasteries / Anglo-Saxon monasteries before the Vikings / Saxon and Norman monasteries / The new orders / Monastic precincts / Monastic estates, lands and buildings / The later Middle Ages and the Dissolution / From the Dissolution to the present day.

″In the Middle Ages monasteries were among the greatest owners of land in Britain; today their influence on the landscape can be seen not only in the magnificent monastic ruins, but also in earthworks, patterns of landholding and even industrial remains. Mick Aston examines the place of monasteries in the landscape – how they affected and were affected by the countryside in which they were built. He explains how monasticism arrived in Britain – growing from austere beginnings to rich and powerful estates. He looks at why abbeys and priories were sited where they were and at all aspects of their activities – estate management, farming policy, industrial and commercial operations in the countryside and in towns. The story does not end with the Dissolution: the book also discusses how many of their estates and buildings were bought by private owners and adapted for secular use. Whether you are an amateur archaeologist/historian or student, this magnificently illustrated book will direct you to the signs in the landscape that reveal the past glory of Britain’s monasteries.” (Publisher)

Keywords: Geography, Irish Religion, Irish Religion & Church History, Irish Religious History, landscape, Medieval, Medieval Architecture, Monasticism, Skellig Michael

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Includes for example the following essays: Le Cateau and the Retreat / Gallipoli: The Landing – The Advance on Achi Baba / Salonica, 1915 – 1916 / Mesopotamia, 1916 / Arras / Palestine, 1918 etc.

Keywords: Military History, World War I, World War One

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