Irish Book Recommendations
From time to time Seanchai Books will highlight notable recent secondhand acquisitions or new books that we feel strongly about. Check back often to see the good new stuff!
New Irish Books
Seanchai Books is proud to now carry for sale handmade books by Malachi McCormick's
The Stone Street Press. Please contact us here
seanchai@cstone.net if you are interested in any of these featured titles:
 The Irish Harp - A celebration of The Irish Harp: a long poem about a harp (1385) & two
about a famous harpist from the early 1600's (with facing page illustrations), four legends &
3-part historical essay reveal the harp, from earliest times, as inseparable from Ireland's
poetry. "Caid cach ceol co cruit" went the proverb ("All music is sweet until you hear the
harp.") [3x16vo books in elegant slipcase with draw ribbon. Title labels calligraphed in
gold; 3 initial caps in colored inks. $28.00]
 Herself Long Ago - What was life like for women in Ireland 1000 years ago? Thanks to the
poems of some powerful women (8th-10th C.) we get intriguing insights. (Liadan, Gormflaith,
Creide, Grainne, Eba) Facing page translations. [3x16vo books in elegant slipcase, with
draw ribbon. Title labels calligraphed in gold; 3 initial caps in colored inks. $28.00]
 Colum Cille - The life and times of St. Columba (521-597), Celtic Christianity's central
figure. Founds derry, Iona in Ireland's Golden Age. Calligrapher, poet defends Ireland's
poets v. the Kings. Maon of God and liberal humanist, & Ireland's greatest artist. Genius
behind our greatest sacred books. [Japn. 4Hole Binding 80pp 8vo. With "Iona" collage
label. $24.00]
 Lament for Art O'Leary - One of the great poems in the Irish language. Art was gunned
down by the sherrif's guard near Macroom, Co. Cork, in 1773. Wife extemporized this fierce
& tender lament. McCormick uses the full 390-line version and also recounts the rich history
of Eileen's family, the O'Connell's of Derrynane, & the buildup of Art's feud. [Japn.
4Hole Binding 60pp 8vo. $24.00]
 Dark Secret of an Irish Kitchen: Cooking with Stout and Porter; The Holy Trinity:
Beamish, Guinness & Murphys - [32 pp 8vo. $10.00]
 Seanchai Books is proud to offer Strings
of Life: Conversations with Old-Time Musicians from Virginia and North Carolina - This volume is a history of fiddle and banjo music in Southwestern Virginia and Northern North Carolina, as told by the musicians responsible
for the music. Strings of Life represents more than fifteen years of research and visits with old-time musicians and their
families. The opening chapter of String of Life draws parallels between two sorts of traditional music, Irish and American,
and discusses the diasporas from Ireland, Scotland, and Africa. The Bibliography includes some thirty Irish and Scots-Irish references.
Special features include a complete and detailed discography, a comprehensive index of the names of musicians and titles of their
songs, and also musical notations and sheet music for some of the songs. [Pocahontas Press, 2004, $30.00]
If you wish to order this book, email us
at seanchai@cstone.net, or call us at (434) 295-8478.
Used & Rare Irish Books at Seanchai Books
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