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A Tribute to Jim Kemmy

Seen by many as “an icon of the left”, Jim Kemmy was born into a family of stone masons in Garryowen, Limerick. In the course of time, whether publishing biting journalism, spearheading social change, influencing and controversially bringing down the government, or compiling The Limerick Anthology, Mr Kemmy became a well-known and much-loved public figure. Combining the attributes of compassion, courage, clarity of thought and enormous energy, he worked tirelessly for society’s underdogs.

This popular biography relates the major events and the private motivations of his extraordinary life. Previously unaired interviews with Mr Kemmy and extracts from his writings are included along with some of the man’s favourite music, poetry and fiction. It records the anecdotes and analysis of those who were closest to the man, and the changing social conditions in Limerick City from the 1900s to the 1990s.

 

 “…it’s great.” The late John Hunt

“This is a biography, but it’s also a magpie collection of fascinating snippets offered by friends and colleagues.” Arminta Wallace, The Irish Times

‘“A Tribute to Jim Kemmy” was hugely enjoyable and a fitting tribute to his life.’ A listener

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Sunny Street  audio book - The Educational Company of Ireland

Part of a series of Big Books, little books, and videos, this audio book was commissioned by The Educational Company of Ireland, ADD: Ireland’s leading educational publisher, as a teachers’ classroom resource.

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The Seafaring Irish -                                                    
A Life of John de Courcy Ireland

Shackleton … Bligh … Beaufort … Granuaile … St Brendan the Navigator …. Ireland’s sea-going traditions are magnificent as well as ancient, but were nearly lost before John de Courcy Ireland rescued them.
On this “fascinating” double-CD, Dr de Courcy Ireland tells his adventurous life story – his early years in India, running away to South America, reading history at Oxford, canvassing in Dublin with Jim Larkin, and researching the lives of Ireland’s mariners on the five continents.

The Seafaring Irish – A Life of John de Courcy Ireland includes an attractive six-page colour booklet. It also features extracts from Dr Ireland’s works read by Abbey actor Barry McGovern.

 

“Enthralling” Christian Hardyment, The Times

“A very valuable CD.” John Bowman, RTÉ Radio 1

“…an absolute joy to listen to.” Arminta Wallace, The Irish Times

“… a well researched series of insights into a man of enormous stature and importance.” Walter Love, BBC Radio Ulster

“Tá idir luach agus thábhacht ag baint le The Seafaring Irish” Alan Desmond, The Irish Times

 

Grant Aided/Sponsored by:
Heritage Council,
Marine Institute,
Murray Ó Laoire Architects,
Bord
Iascaigh Mhara, Seán Ó Laoire

 

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Seán Ó Riada (in preparation)

Traditionalist, modernist, and post-modernist, during his own relatively short lifetime, Seán Ó Riada came to be recognised by many earnest commentators for his prodigious talents; he is credited with forging the first serious ‘milestone’ in the rapprochement between Classical/European Art and Irish indigenous music; creating a ‘ground-breaking’ radio series; composing film scores that define an era; writing the country’s most popular vernacular mass; spearheading the revival of traditional music; and becoming doyen of Ireland’s intellectual and artistic circles. Greater than these achievements, however, at least in Irish Times music critic Charles Acton’s view, was that ‘his greatest creation was himself …’. This is the biography of a man who remains, ‘an enigma, a question mark’.

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