Page 6 Echo News Continued from Page 5 the rear view mirror. A trea- directly at Jfinu- Brewery in Dublin, in 1913 but sure in a paperback cover. [email protected]. in the years after World War II dates to 1840, five years before From Dufour. Also via Dufour when some of the best treated the Great Hunger, a subject is another memoir from Ire- "Mac Ireland, Fight For workers in Ireland (Guinness that Christine Kinealy knows land's edges, this one being Irish Freedom," By Fr. was famous for its "cradle to well. The photos in this fasci- "The Lightkeeper." It's the story Sean McManus. grave" paternalism) still nating collection are all from of lighthouse keeper, one of the Well, there was the actress the 19th and early 20th cen- yearned for their own voice by last men to do the job before Jill Ireland, there is the model means of union membership. tury. Published by Thames & automation. His name is Ger- Kathy Ireland and the Premier Hudson in New York. Another IF will take a particular interest ald Butler and his assignments League soccer player, Stephen in Duffy's work because the photo book that catches the eye took him places such as Bull Ireland. So why not Mac Ire- is "Ireland, Timeless Images," granddad was working in the Rock, Mizen Head, the Old land, the hero of the debut brewery at the time covered in by Kinsale, Co. Cork-based Head of Kinsale and Fastnet work of fiction by Fr. Mc- his account. Jaysus, is that him Giles Norman. All the pictures Rock, the most southerly and Manus, known far and wide on the cover? From Dufour. are in black and white and loneliest outcrop of sovereign for his work in Washington, Norman tips the hat in this re- Irish territory. D.C. for peace and justice in "Irish Boston." By Michael gard to one of his photographic Ireland. This is book one so Quinlin. heroes, Ansel Adams. "The Origins of the Irish," there'smoreonthewayfrom www.irishecho.com / Irish Echo / DECEMBER 11 - 17, 2013 / J.P. Mallory. MikeQuinlinislongfamil- "From The Great Blasket So where did the Irish, in iar to Echo readers and he is on To America," Michael lision of two landmasses. Pub- DNA terms now a diaspora familiar ground here with a Carney with Gerald Hayes. lished in New York by Thames book that is subtitled "A lively numbering between 70 and 80 & Hudson. Subtitled "The Last Memoir million, come from? Mallory, look at Boston's colorful Irish of an Islander," this is the story who is based at Queen's Uni- past." No argument in that. The of Michael Carney who was "Tomorrow Mickey, versity Belfast, sets out to an- Tomorrow," By John past, of course, never really born on Great Blasket in 1920 swer the question in this goes away as the recent elec- and who immigrated to Finucane. detailed and deeply researched A Bronx tale as told by a tion of Marty Walsh as Springfield, Massachusetts in work. Mallory starts not with Boston's mayor duly confirms. 1948. Carney's is the kind of man who well knows the human DNA but rocks, geol- Bronx. John Finucane, in what Published by Globe Pequot story that historians are scram- ogy, and starts out by describ- Press and also available on bling to piece together as the is his third book, weaves a ro- ing how Ireland actually Amazon. twentieth century fades into mantic tale set in the tenements became an island after the col- of the South Bronx in the early 1950s. Available from Amazon "The Battle of Benburb but Finucane, well known to 1646," By Clive Hollick. Echo readers for his work in All Irish history is but sec- former years with the Ameri- onds ago so 1646 is no time at can Irish Political Education all. It was June 5 of that fateful Committee, can be contacted year and two armies were about to collide outside Ben- Mac Ireland, a hard man with burb, a village in County Ty- a learned mind. The author rone. The Irish focrces, under stirs the pot with this one and Owen Roe O'Neill would win the result is a series of unusual combination in the typical the day by defeating the com- Troubles/IRA thriller. Avail- bined Scottish/English force of able from Mac Ireland Publica- Robert Monro. The Irish win tions, PO Box 15128, threatened the very existence Washington, D.C. 20003 or at of the Ulster Plantation. But, of [email protected]. course, history, and for sure Also available from Amazon. the Irish version, has a habit of sharply turning from the ex- "The Trade Union Pint," By pected. From Dufour. Martin Duffy. Given that we are marking "The Irish Aboard Titanic," the centenary of the Great By Senan Molony. Lockout in Dublin here's a If 1646 still resonates so for story that will settle with the sure does 1912, the year that reader like a good pint of plain. the Titanic went to its watery It's the story of the Guinness grave. No need to go into the story of the doomed liner here but suffice it to say that the stories of the Irish aboard the ship will hold the reader to the very end of this fascinat- ing book which comes with quite a number of photos. Published in Ireland by Mercier Press and available from Dufour Editions. "Strong Boy," By Christopher Klein. This hardcover is subtitled "The Life and Times of John L. Sullivan, America's First Sports Hero”. He was a hero alright, unless you were at the receiving end of his ungloved Friday, February 28th, 6:30pm fist. Strong recommendations for this one on the back cover Manhattan Club at Rosie O’Grady’s and while the man at the cen- 800 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY ter of the story was a heavy- weight, the writing looks light enough to call this an easy read about a most interesting Nominations now open sporting icon. Published by Globe Pequot Press, www.irishecho.com www.globepequot.com..