Home, Sweet Irish Home
Home, Sweet Irish Home

Author: Michele Brouder

Publisher: Michele Brouder

Published:

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13:

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Maggie might almost think Jake was perfect, except that he wants to tear down her home to build a golf course. Maggie Moran is an 8th generation Moran to live in the cottage by the sea. She arrived as a teenager from Dublin to live with her grandparents and since then, has carved out a perfect life for herself. The sentimental attachment to her home is strong and she vows that she will not sell. Easier said than done, when the pressure is put on by the handsome and charismatic businessman from the States. Jake Ballard is in Ireland for the summer to get his golf course and resort off the ground in the scenic County Clare cliffside town. He planned to stay only three months in the Emerald Isle, but his undeniable attraction to the feisty Maggie has him wondering if he truly wants to leave—or destroy everything she loves. All is fair in love and war, but can Jake and Maggie possibly figure out a way to mix business with pleasure and have what they both really want?

'Twas Only an Irishman's Dream
'Twas Only an Irishman's Dream

Author: W. H. A. Williams

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780252065514

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The image of the Irish in the United States changed drastically over time, from that of hard-drinking, rioting Paddies to genial, patriotic working-class citizens. In 'Twas Only an Irishman's Dream, William H. A. Williams traces the change in this image through more than 700 pieces of sheet music--popular songs from the stage and for the parlor--to show how Americans' opinions of Ireland and the Irish went practically from one extreme to the other. Because sheet music was a commercial item it had to be acceptable to the broadest possible song-buying public. "Negotiations" about their image involved Irish songwriters, performers, and pressured groups, on the one hand, and non-Irish writers, publishers, and audiences on the other. Williams ties the contents of song lyrics to the history of the Irish diaspora, suggesting how ethnic stereotypes are created and how they evolve within commercial popular culture.