Highways and Byways in Donegal and Antrim
Highways and Byways in Donegal and Antrim

Author: Stephen Gwynn

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-09-11

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 190990600X

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If you take this book with you as you travel around Donegal and the Glens of Antrim you will find that you journey not only over land, but also over time. More than just about anywhere else, the landscapes of Ireland evoke the past. Viewing Donegal and the Antrim Glens through the lens of history enhances and gives resonance to every valley, mountain and ancient building. Stephen Gwynn, who spent his childhood in Donegal and later became a prominent member of the Irish Parliamentary Party, travelled these counties on a bicycle, enabling him to take a close-up view of the townlands, rivers, lakes and historic sites he visited. His loving interest in the history of these places brings his accounts to life, revealing as they do, the hidden stories and associations behind the evocative exterior of the land.

Highways and Byways in Donegal and Antrim - Part One - Donegal
Highways and Byways in Donegal and Antrim - Part One - Donegal

Author: Stephen Gwynn

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 1909906018

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As a young man, Stephen Gwynn travelled through Counties Donegal and Antrim on a bicycle, enabling him to take a close-up view of the townlands, rivers, lakes and historic sites he visited. This is his account of his trip through Donegal. His loving interest in its history brings this accounts to life, revealing as it does, the hidden stories and associations behind the evocative exterior of the land. We get an account of ancient Gaelic Ireland: its holy places and its warriors - the O'Donnells and O'Neills. We hear of their tragic demise and the confiscation of the land they had to abandon. Though this book was written over a hundred years ago, the old Ireland he wrote of has left a lasting impression on the landscape, though it is fast fading. A reader who shares his passion for fishing and cycling will gain the additional pleasure of reliving these experiences as they were over one hundred years ago.

The Highways and Byways of Britain
The Highways and Byways of Britain

Author: David Milner

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Published: 2010-12-17

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 0330539450

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Between the end of the nineteenth century and the Second World War Macmillan published a much-loved and extremely successful series of books under the title of 'Highways and Byways'. In them, the authors took readers on a delightful guided tour of the country, county by county, pointing out places of interest, key historical events and local lore and legend. Now, Macmillan is reissuing - in one beautifully designed volume - a selection of those highways and byways, which affords contemporary readers both a charming period piece and a wonderful glimpse of the very best of Britain.

Nut Hollow, The Knife and Nefairious
Nut Hollow, The Knife and Nefairious

Author: Michael Sands

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 1909906298

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"'This is the day we thought would never see… Nefarious is back!' Words that spelt trouble and no mistake. For Katie and Dara this would indeed be a day like no other. They could not have known what lay in wait at the foot of the glen. Follow them on a magical journey to Nuh Hollow, an ancient land of myth and mystery, beauty and friendship. Now the Hollow faces its greatest danger as these two human girls will quickly discover. They must help but will it be enough? Welcome to the fairy world, welcome to adventure … welcome to Nut Hollow"--Back cover.

Irish Shores : A journey round the rim of Ireland
Irish Shores : A journey round the rim of Ireland

Author: Paul Clements

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 1909906328

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'Irish Shores: A Journey Round the Rim of Ireland' tells the story of a hitchhike around the West of Ireland's coastline. It conjures up a picture of a pre-Celtic Tiger Ireland, reminding us that that was not really very long ago. This can act as a companion publication to Paul Clement's recent travel book, 'Wandering Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way', as it covers virtually the same route but a quarter of a century later - so making a wonderful snap-shot of Ireland before and after the Tiger!