Books

The first book in the famine trilogyUnder the Hawthorn Tree is Ireland's top selling children's book and a classic for young readers worldwide. Set during the Irish famine, it follows three children as they travel across the co...

Our Wild World by Éanna Ní Lamhna: Ireland’s favourite force of nature, Éanna Ní Lamhna, is on a mission to open our hearts and minds to our wonderful, wild world – to help us find the balance between our needs and the future o...

Within my booklet, I wrote about all of the makers that worked with us in January 2022, a walk within County Kerry, and included some poems and some lovely pictures to bring it all together.  Email me if you'd like the carrot c...

Alice is a firm favorite writer of ours, and we have sent a couple of her books to members over the years. She has written circa thirty books and her comforting writing brings us in to her world in the village of Innishannon, C...

I loved writing this booklet and taking you along with me for tea-time at the Irish Farmhouse. We meet the makers and bring you right in to the life and times of the traditional farmhouse in the Irish countryside including b...

Alice Taylor takes a journey back to the 1940s and 1950s in rural Ireland through the well-used schoolbooks that she has kept from that time. Poetry, legends, stories and history evoke a way of life, and pace of life, that's lo...

Katharine’s booklet: Within each booklet that I write (they are normally over 20pages long!) I really bring everyone that reads it to Ireland! In this instance, we took a trip to the beautiful Brandon Creek and as we walked do...

Within my booklet, we meet the wonderful makers, learn about St.Brigid and how to make a St.Brigid's Cross, and also about St.Valentine, the patron Saint of Love. We continue our drive on the Dingle Peninsula, discover natur...

Within my booklet, I wrote about all of the makers that worked with us in March 2022 as well as 5 fun facts about our local St. Patrick's Day Parade. Learn the history of St. Patrick's Cathedral, the life of St.Patrick, natu...

Ireland is brimming with stories and traditions, and through this booklet, I aim to transport you here. Whether it's introducing you to talented makers, sharing the beauty of nature in each season, or delving into our rich anci...

This is the booklet that I wrote for June members, bringing them all around Galway with folklore stories from locals, trips to islands and quaint villages and to Galway city and so much more. You will really enjoy it! x Katharine 

I loved writing this booklet and if you feel like being transported to wonderful and quaint country towns, stopping off to admire sheep, meet locals and learn all about life in Ireland in September, then you will love it! Seamu...