Deirdre (48 page)

There was much to be said for both sides, which is why both concepts are prevalent throughout the world today. We have denominations that prefer to put their efforts and all moneys collected toward the needy and unsaved rather than in big cathedrals and rich garments and lifestyles, thinkin’ that the collection o’ souls is the kingdom Christ will return to. There are others who prepare His kingdom to receive Him royally and put much o’ the wealth o’ the church into the buildings and trappings themselves—all in God’s honor, mind ye—and still seek to help the needy and save the unsaved. I’m in no position to judge one way or the other, but I am befuddled that a king made a decision that affected ages to come based on the bloomin’ metaphor o’ St. Peter’s key to heaven.

Barber, Henry.
British Family Names—Their Origin and Meaning, with lists of Scandinavian, Frisian, Anglo-Saxon, and Norman Names.
Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company 1968.

Cahill, Thomas.
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland’s Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe.
New York: Doubleday 1995. An interestin’ peek at just what the world owes me children for preservin’ light and knowledge in a darkening world.

Carmichael, Alexander.
The Sun Dances. Prayers and Blessings from the Gaelic.
London: Christian Community Press, 1960. (Reprinted Edinburgh: Floris, 1977).

Coglan, Ronan, Grehan, Ida, and Joyce, P. W.
Book of Irish First Names
—
First
,
Family & Place Names.
New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 1989. Look for the old names that described both a character and/or description, for the roots are in me history itself.

Coward, T. A.
Cheshire.
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1932. A record o’ cyclin’ rambles, rich with historical and geographical detail of this western coastal shire.

Crossley-Holland, Kevin.
Green Blades Rising.
New York: Seabury Press, 1975. Wonderful look at the early Saxons and their way of life—war, daily living, and faith development.

Crossley-Holland, Kevin.
The Anglo-Saxon World.
Suffolk: Boydell Press, 1982. All encompassin’ look at life and history in the Anglo-Saxon world, from ancient to the conquest.

Cusack, Mary Frances.
An Illustrated History of Ireland from 400 to 1800.
London: Bracken Books, 1995. ’Tis hard to pick a favorite out o’ so many fine books, but this has to be among the best, written with an academic approach, but with true bardic flair. Like as not, me author will have to get a new copy for this one’s worn as an old swine’s tooth.

Dunlevy, Mairead.
Dress in Ireland: A History.
Cork: Collins Press, 1989. A keeper o’ the Art and Industrial Division in The National Museum of Ireland; the author packs these pages full o’ information on
fashion and textiles to boot, from me early days through the turn o’ the twentieth century.

Fairholt, F. W.
Costume in England, Vol. II.
Detroit: Singing Tree Press, 1968. Excellent reference of costume and textile from early England to the eighteenth century.

Haywood, John.
Dark Age of Naval Power—A Reassessment of Prankish and Anglo-Saxon Seafaring Activity.
London and New York: Routledge, 1991. Eye-openin’ look at ships, both for Germanic trade, war, and piracy on the North Sea from 12 B.C. to the ninth century.

Hodgkin, R. H.
A History of the Anglo-Saxons, Vol. I.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1932. From early times to the eighth century a mite tedious scholarly narrative, but informative, nonetheless.

Hughes, Thomas.
Vale Royal of England, or the County Palatine of Chester
Manchester: E. J. Morton, 1976. A detailed census and zoning type account of Chester, the shire and the city in old English.

Laing, Lloyd and Jennifer.
Celtic Britain and Ireland: The Myth of the Dark Ages.
New York: Barnes and Noble Books/St. Martin’s Press, 1997. Ye’ll never confuse
non-Roman
with
uncivilized
again.

MacManus, Seumas.
The Story of the Irish Race.
Greenwich, Conn.: The Devin Adair Co., 1971. Ach, what soul with Celtic blood flowin’ through their veins couldn’t fall in love with this rendition of me children’s story? ’Twill tickle the funny bone, move yer heart, and light yer fancy.

Mac Niocaill, Gearoíd.
Ireland Before the Vikings.
Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1972. We all need this kind of friend to keep us humble. ’Tis an ‘in yer face’ account of how things were in olden times, but I got the impression that, despite himself, this learned fella had to say some wonderful things about me and me children—all of what was true, o’course. No lore philosophizin’ for this one, but full of spell-bindin’ facts, some flatterin’ and some, left to me, best forgotten—lessin’ ye’re writin’ some academic paper or what not.

Mann, John.
Murder, Magic, and Medicine.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. Read as to how some of the medicine of the past—that what didn’t kill folks, that is—is being used again by our modem medicine. Magic? Use that modern-day brain o’ yours and
decide for yourself. Not only will ye be entertained but enlightened as well.

Nairn, Richard and Miriam Crowley
Wild Wicklow—Nature in the Garden of Ireland.
Dublin: Town House and Country House, 1998. This is the book for the armchair traveler who’d see the beauty and charm of me County Wicklow as it is today with some hint of what it used to be in Gleannmara’s day.

Ó Corráin, Donnchadh and Fidelma Maguire.
Irish Names.
Dublin: Lilliput Press, 1990. Now one can never have too many books on me children’s names, for sure their use and meanins’ are as varied as the shades o’ green in Erin.

Ó Cróinín, Dáibhí.
Early Medieval Ireland (400-1200).
New York: Longman Group Ltd., 1995. The man takes ye there and surrounds ye with all manner of information on what it was like to live in them times. ’Tis a veritable wealth of information and fascination.

Palgrave, Sir Francis.
History of the Anglo-Saxons.
London: Braken Books, 1989. An all-encompassin’ look at Anglo-Saxon England, full o’ legend and fact woven like a nonfiction tapestry o’ time and place.

Quennell, M. and C. Everyday Life
in Roman and Anglo-Saxon Times.
New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1957. Good portrayal o’ this time period spannin’ Roman occupation of Britain to the comin’ o’ the Normans.

Sadler, John.
Battle for Northumbria.
Northumberland: Bridge Studios, 1988. ’Twas a good history of struggle in this border kingdom from the sixth century through the eighteenth.

Saklatvala, Beram.
The Origins of the English People.
New York: Barnes and Noble, 1969. A concise history tracing the Anglo-Saxons from Germanic origins to the Norman Conquest with engaging narrative.

Scherman, Katherine.
The Flowering of Ireland: Saints, Scholars, and Kings.
New York: Barnes and Noble, 1996. Another favorite! ’Twas the most inspirational of all reads to this soul, for it’s the memory o’ how the Pentecostal Flame kindled in the hearts o’ saints, scholars, and kings. Praise be, I’ve not been the same since. Come to think o’ it, neither has the rest o’ the world.

Smith, Charles Hamilton.
Ancient Costumes of Great Britain and Ireland from the Druids to the Tudors.
London: Bracken Books, 1989.

Whitelock, Dorothy.
The Begnnings of English Society, Vol. II (The Anglo-Saxon Period).
Great Britain: Penguin Books Ltd., 1952. A comprehensive look at Saxon England, life and culture, from its heathen times to the Norman Conquest. Another favorite reference.

Faith, I’d love to list a host of other books full of riveting fact and legend that contributed to the tellin’ of Gleannmara’s story, but I’m runnin’ out of time and space. Since this work was started, the numbers of works on Ireland and its past have doubled and then some. Looks like the Golden Age of the Celts may not be over after all. Till we meet again, may the good Holy Spirit nourish ye, mind, body, heart, and soul.

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