Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh is best known as the voice of the GAA. But his interests and enthusiasms – sporting and non-sporting – go far beyond the fields of Gaelic games. In his new book, the follow-up to his bestselling memoir From Dún Síon to Croke Park, Micheál brings us along on his travels around the world, and to the villages, townlands and sporting fields of the four provinces of Ireland. He recalls great days at the races and in sporting stadiums big and small, and great nights in the dance halls. Above all, he tells the stories of these places and the people he has encountered there – stories told as only Micheál can tell them.
Memoir by well known Irish radio sports commentator. Author works for RTE and is a household name in Ireland. The book will cover his childhood growing up in Kerry, his years as a teacher and the past twenty odd years as a GAA (Gaelic Games) radio commentator.
Big Boys Don’t Cry records how Willie McCarney played the hand he was dealt. Experiencing the deep trauma of his mother’s death at an early age, he recounts how he also experienced freedom, success and responsibility as a child, learning how to deal with it all to become the master of his own destiny.
Tracks We Share: Contemporary Art of the Pilbara celebrates the Aboriginal artists and artwork of Western Australia's Pilbara region in a landmark exhibition opening 11 March 2022 at The Art Gallery of Western Australia.A collaboration between FORM; The Art Gallery of Western Australia; Aboriginal art centres Cheeditha Art Group, Juluwarlu Art Group, Martumili Artists, Spinifex Hill Studio, and Yinjaa-Barni Art; and independent artists Katie West, Curtis Taylor, and Jill Churnside; Tracks We Share brings together more than 70 artists and over 200 artworks.This extraordinary body of work features the most exciting contemporary art coming out of the region while paying homage to the legacy that has informed it, offering a rare and broad-reaching insight into the region's artistic output over the years. The exhibition is one of the final stages in a multi-year project that maps the breadth of the region's diverse creative practice and honours the unique space the Pilbara's Aboriginal artists have carved out amongst contemporary Australian art.The title of the show was devised by a group of the exhibiting artists and references the many language groups and diverse Country of the Pilbara, while acknowledging the physical, cultural and artistic tracks that connect them all.Tracks We Share: Contemporary Art of the Pilbara will be accompanied by a publication, a public program of events and an education kit, details of which will be released in the coming months. Sign up for updates at www.tracksweshare.com.au.
The Menapii were oldest traceable Celtic tribe in Europe. They were seafarers and traders who lived in the forests of the Rhine estuary on the North Sea, where they were part of the Belgae federation of Gaullish tribes. They established trading colonies and settlements along the coasts of the British Isles perhaps as early as 500 B.C. By 216 B.C. they were a major population group in Ireland, known historically as the Fir Bolgs.
""Of Other Days"" is an account of a rural childhood spent in post World War II Ireland during the 1940's and 1950's. Portrayed against the backdrop of Tara, Navan, and The Boyne Valley, the author relates his recollections of growing up in County Meath, Ireland during an age of relative innocence and simplicity. Comprised of 85 tales of varying lengths, the many different aspects of life in the Irish countryside during these years are explored in detail, reflecting an Ireland which now, just over half a century later in the new millennium, has well and truly vanished. Originally available locally and launched in County Meath in a limited signed numbered edition of 200 copies, ""Of Other Days"" is now also available in this second edition. Written by Anthony Holten, edited and designed by John A. Holten.
New and extensively revised edition of this book which has become a bible for those who bet on the horses and an especially useful handbook for those wanting a straighforward guide to the world of horse-racing and the language of the bookmaker's world. The Punter's Friend explains how to read form and examines every kind of popular bet. There is useful background to all leading trainers and jockeys o n the flat and over the jumps, details of past winners of the big races and the special characteristics of the leading in betting tax and covers the expansion of online betting as well as updating every other aspect of the book. 'Jack Watermans' The Punters Friend continues to reigh unchallenged as the best beginner's guide to sport' The Racing Post (October 2000)
