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St. Patrick's Day

304.8 RAU

Raum, Elizabeth. Irish immigrants in America: an interactive history adventure.

Summary:  Describes the experiences of Irish immigrants upon arriving in America during the time of the Irish potato famine, revealing historical details about where they settled, the jobs they found, and the difficulties they faced.

394.2 BAR

Barth, Edna. Shamrocks, harps, and shillelaghs: the story of the St. Patrick's Day symbols.

Summary:  Explores the origin and meaning of the symbols and legends associated with St. Patrick's Day.

398.2 ARD Ardagh, Philip. Celtic myths & legends.

Summary:  Retells traditional tales from Celtic regions, examining the cultures, geography, and religions from which they came.

398.2 HEA

Heaney, Marie. The names upon the harp: Irish myth and legend.

Summary:  Nine Irish myths and legends are retold in this richly illustrated collection, in which the Mythological, Ulster, and Fenian cycles of early Irish literature are all represented.

398.2 PHI

Philip, Neil. Celtic fairy tales.

Summary:  An illustrated collection of twenty stories from many Celtic regions, including "The Battle of the Birds, "Finn MacCool and the Scotch Giant," and "The Ship that Went to America."

398.2 YEA

Yeats, W. B. Fairy tales of Ireland.

Summary:  A collection of Irish fairy tales, with a concentration on the fairies themselves, including "The Stolen Child," "The Witches' Excursion," and "The Horned Women."

941.5 Lac

Lace, William W. Ireland.

Summary:  This book examines the land, people, and history of Ireland and discusses its current state of affairs and place in the world today.

941.7 DEA

Deady, Kathleen W. Ireland.

Summary:  This book discusses the landscape, culture, food, animals, sports, and holidays of Ireland.

941.7 ONE

O'Neill, Mary. Pick your brains about Ireland.

Summary:  This travel guide for children has informative tidbits about the Irish culture including emergency phrases.

FIC BAN

Reid Banks, Lynne. Maura's angel.

Summary:  Just when her home life and the circumstances in violence-plagued Belfast seem more than she can bear, eleven-year-old Maura encounters an unusual person whose name, Angela, gives a clue to her real identity.

FIC BAR

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. The journal of Finn Reardon: A Newsie.

Summary:  Finn Reardon, a thirteen-year-old Irish-American newspaper carrier who hopes to be a journalist someday, keeps a journal of his experiences living in New York City in 1899. Includes historical notes.

FIC BUN

Bunting, Eve. The Banshee.

Summary:  When Terry wakes up in the middle of the night to horrible screeching, he thinks the Banshee has come to pay his family a visit.

FIC COW

Cowley, Joy. The wishing of Biddy Malone.

Summary:  In Ireland, a young girl who cannot sing, dance, or control her temper stumbles across a faerie village, where a beautiful boy asks her to name her three wishes--but does not promise to grant them for her.

FIC DEN

Den Denenberg, Barry. So far from home: the diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish mill girl.

Summary:  In the diary account of her journey from Ireland in 1847 and of her work in a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, fourteen-year-old Mary reveals a great longing for her family.

FIC GIF

Giff, Patricia Reilly. Nory Ryan's song.

Summary:  When a terrible blight attacks Ireland's potato crop in 1845, twelve-year-old Nory Ryan's courage and ingenuity helps her family and neighbors survive.

FIC MUR

Murphy, Jim. Fergus and the Night-Demon: an Irish ghost story.

Summary:  On his way to town to have some fun, a lazy but clever young man faces a terrible demon, who declares that his time has come.

FIC OSB

Osborne, Mary Pope. Leprechaun in late winter.

Summary:  Jack and Annie travel back to nineteenth-century Ireland to inspire a young Augusta Gregory to share her love of Irish legends and folktales with the world.

FIC PAS

Pastore, Clare. Fiona McGilray's story: a voyage from Ireland in 1849.

Summary:  Patrick and Fiona leave their family in Ireland behind to travel to America in search of their cousins and the promise of a new life.

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