Something to HideA fascinating portrait of a neglected poet and memoirist whose colourful and complicated life brought her into contact with some of the major literary figures of early twentieth century Ireland. Sheila Wingfield (1906 1992), Anglo Jewish heiress and poetess wife of the last Powerscourt to live on that estate, did not fit easily into any of the worlds she inhabited. In conflict with her ancestry and her responsibilities as Viscountess Powerscourt,

waterskiing

and had four children

Sunday Indpendent \n \n'An excellent biography

down the flutes of muscle on his back

enriched with personal and political observation

This might have been the end but for the campaign begun in 1974 for the canal’s restoration

The critical essays establish Toland’s central position in the theological and scientific debates of the early Enlightenment

These factual and fascinating biographical sketches make for ‘delightful reading’ (Frank Muir)

Irish Flour Milling will be of particular interest to social

this is a book about one man’s quest to capture the beauty of an Irish natural phenomenon

in a sympathetic study of alcoholism

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