Our 'Gospel truths' are largely sourced and redacted from the Hebrew Bible. This book demonstrates how the Passion Narratives have little to do with 'Gospel truth' and how these stories, with their anti-Jewish polemic, hosted the unintended seedbed for the racial anti-Semitism of the nineteenth century, which in turn led to the Holocaust.
Alban the cat couldn't have known how his life would turn out as he lay abandoned in the snow that winter. But from the moment Sedu, a twelve-year-old foundling rescued him, it's been a whirlwind of magic and adventure! As members of the Tuath Dâe, the two are able to understand each other and venture from their monastery home near the Skelligs to discover the history of their ancestors. Thanks to the guidance of Brother Barnabus and their new mentor Cullan, the pair use a magical key to pass through a hidden doorway into the land of Tuath Dâe. There they are tasked with finding Four Treasures gifted to man centuries ago.
In this book you will find out how the ancients divided the year into four, and how a bardic poem could kill ten rats as well as influence Shakespeare.
At a time when the values of Catholic Ireland are so often viewed in a negative, even hostile, light, Mary Kenny's approach is a balanced and measured recollection of the Ireland of our times - and of times past, since the foundation of the Irish state a hundred years ago.
Mary McAleese seeks to uncover how we define a martyr. From Franciscan friars and bishops to diocesan priests and one sole laywoman - what made these 17 individuals stand apart from the others who died for their faith in Ireland during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
Come hear the story of Panpang as she attempts to save the Blue Buffaloes from the clutches of an evil giant and bring them back home to her village.
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