A Terrible Beauty by Mairad Fitzgerald

A Terrible Beauty by Mairad Fitzgerald

A collection of poems of revolution and dreams and visions of freedom and nationhood for Ireland - focusing on before, during and after the 1916 Rising.

beautifully presented

-- Lucan, CLondalkin, Tallaght and Ballyfermot Echos

from the moment you pick up this book, you know it’s a sacred object 

-- Tintean

there is no shortage of books with information and background on the events and personalities involved in the Rising of 1916As Ireland prepares to celebrate the centenary, there will be no doubt be more books, some praising those involved, some with a more critical view of the event. But for an emotional response, for something that may persuade us what happened was the outcome of good intentions and high nobility, we need to turn to the poets and how they perceived it … a beautifully produced little book that makes the point more powerfully than a dozen treatises

-- Irish Echo

it falls within a range of titles released this month by the publisher inspired by 1916, which include Inside the GPO 1916 – A First-Hand Account and a collection entitled The 16 Lives Series, which offers a set of biographies of the 16 men executed in Easter Rising

-- irishpost.co.uk

Mairéad Ashe FitzGerald grew up in County Clare. She was a graduate of NUI Galway and University College Dublin where she studied Archaeology. Mairéad taught Irish and History before working in publishing for many years. Being invited by OBP to write books allowed her to indulge her passion for research into Ireland's history, archaeology and literature. Mairead died in March 2022. Emma Byrne is a graphic designer and artist. She is a graduate of Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design. She has won numerous awards for her design including The IDI (Irish Design Institute) Graduate Designer of the Year, the IDI Promotional Literature Award for her work on Brown Morning, and a Children’s Books Ireland Bisto Merit Award for her work on Something Beginning With P: New Poems from Irish Poets. She has illustrated many books, including Best-Loved Oscar Wilde, Best-Loved Yeats, The Most Beautiful Letter in the World by Karl O’Neill, a special edition of Ulysses by James Joyce, and A Terrible Beauty by Mairéad Ashe Fitzgerald. Her other books are Irish Thatch and, with Eoin O’Brien, Best-Loved Irish Ballads.

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ISBN 13	9781847173591
ISBN 10	1847173594
Title	A Terrible Beauty
Author	Mairad Fitzgerald
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	O'Brien Press Ltd
Year published	2015-04-06
Number of pages	160
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.