When Ann Kenny was four years old her foster
mother hit her across the face with a fireplace
shovel. She was left lying unconscious on the cold
hard floor while her foster family went to mass.
In Ireland, the supernatural is usually never far
away. It lies sleeping beneath a seemingly peaceful
and beautiful landscape, just beyond our vision
but ready to emerge when we least expect it. This
book draws you into this mysterious oth...
"The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail, and to be seen to fail" - Conor Cruise O'Brien
Ian Paisley’s journey is extraordinary for the sheer
distance it has spanned, a journey unequalled in
Irish history. But why did Paisley
do it? Why did he put aside years of hostility to all
things Irish, Nationalist and Catholic to go int...