The true Irish insider's guide to the very best Ireland has to offer. This fully comprehensive and independent guide to Ireland gives you only the very best recommendations, whatever your budget. Brought to you by the McKennas, who have more than 30 years' experience writing and talking about Ireland's amazing food, drink and hospitality. Easy-to-use guide with over 2000 recommendations: Eat and drink at the best local pubs, cafes and regional restaurants Great advice on where to sleep, from wild camping to boutique hotels Discover stunning scenery, landscapes and historical highlights Find the best coastal walks, city strolls and sightseeing spots Explore the true culture of Ireland and discover local hidden gems New highlights for this edition: Pala Pizza & Trattoria, Foxrock Browne's Bar, Slane Castle Drumhierny Woodland Hideaway, Leitrim Village Castle Point, West Cork The Park Cafe, Dublin Local experts John and Sally McKenna are your personal guides to the very best of Ireland, from the streets of Belfast to the hills of Galway. They have visited, rated and remarked on every entry to help you get the most out of the Emerald Isle.

The ultimate guide to the wild atlantic way. A guide to the best places to enjoy the local Irish cuisine and where to rest for the night along the famous Wild Atlantic Way. Elemental, enchanting and inspiring, the Wild Atlantic Way is Ireland's first long distance touring route, stretching the length of the West Coast of the Emerald Isle. This unique guide makes sure that at every stage and stop of the way, you will find the most creative chefs, the best hotels, the cosiest pubs, the best local foods and the most acclaimed destinations. Researched and written by acclaimed food writers, John and Sally McKenna. Fully updated for 2020 and now includes guidelines to prices for meals and accommodation.

Explore 100 extraordinary locations in Ireland. Sally and John McKenna, travel and food writers and authors of IRELAND THE BEST, have selected 100 extraordinary places that epitomize what is truly great about Ireland. This personal and diverse compendium is illustrated with beautiful and evocative images. Magnificent places - among glorious scenery Reflective places - where to pause and reflect Human places - outstanding places made by us for us The updated directory tells you how to find the place (some are less obvious than others) and where to walk, eat and sleep nearby. This is the McKenna's ultimate collection: great to look at and great to go to.

Sally and John McKenna, travel and food writers and authors of IRELAND THE BEST, have selected 100 extraordinary places that epitomise what is truly great about Ireland. This personal and diverse compendium is illustrated with beautiful and evocative images. John and Sally McKenna have drawn on a lifetime of experiences to create this list of the 100 best places in Ireland: reflective, magnificent and human places. Some choices may be surprising but all are exceptional. This gorgeous book is John and Sally's ultimate collection selected from the hundreds of places that feature in the independent guide to Ireland, Ireland the Best. As well as expert commentary, all 100 places include highly selective recommendations of where to walk, eat and sleep nearby. Beautiful and evocative images capture the essence of each place. From wild glens to ancient buildings, remote islands to vibrant cities, this is John and Sally's list of the places in Ireland that you really should visit in your lifetime.

‘At 5 o’clock on the evening of November 21st, after the ice had drawn back like pall bearers at a funeral, Endurance slipped lower in the water, her stern pointing skywards. We stood in silence while she said her last farewell. A cacophony of cracking timber and rushing water signalled her end and then she was silent, slipping into the watery grave. The bravest ship, she had struggled to the bitter end and now she was gone. Endurance – well named.’

Haftling Scheunemann KZ Haftling - Concentration Camp Prisoner Michael Scheunemann was a naive young Jewish man living and working as a jeweller in the Kazimierz district of Krakow just before the fall of Poland in 1939. Unwilling to leave with his family when he had the chance, he ended up like so many others, in the Krakow Ghetto until 1941. With the help of the Polish underground he escapes, leaving behind his sweetheart, and spends over a year in hiding before being caught and transported to Auschwitz in 1943. His naivety, turned by necessity to guile and cunning, helps him survive the horrors of Auschwitz until, with the Russians fast approaching, he was sent on the Death March leading to Bergen-Belsen in 1945. This is a story of survival, and Michael finds out his sweetheart Sarah was also incarcerated in Auschwitz and Belsen while he was there.

Was there really a Thomas Shitbum in Addiewell, who made the village idiot look bright by comparison? Did 'Thumbs' McGushin, who lost both thumbs in pit accidents, really ever say that he was 'the only man in Stoneyburn who could hook his thumbs into his waistcoat pockets and comb his hair at the same time'? I am totally convinced there was a 'Tam the Bam' who could get a shilling at anybodies door - I've known his like - and, if there never was a 'Glascae Maggie' then there should have been. These were the tales related to me by my parents who, by their own admission, would never let the truth get in the way of a good story. My aunty Katie related to me the story of how she was exempt from school and sent into service, kicking and screaming, at the tender age of thirteen. This novel is about the lives of the miners, struggling to survive in the 1920's. My paternal grandfather, Michael McKenna, was evicted from his miner's cottage in 1926 for refusing to return to work after the General Strike. Blacklisted, he never worked again. My mother insisted that an incompetent doctor killed her father, Thomas Curran. She stated that it was his view he was killed because he was a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and MI5 had him bumped off. I'll believe anything. This is the theme running through the book, but the bulk of the story is about the families and friends of these two men.

"A lonesome, fearful, sixth-grade boy, Kyle is fascinated by the biography of a nineteenth century illusionist, Tritorenci, who wielded magical power through the telling of enchanted stories. After chancing upon a unique mask-making kit with transformative powers, Kyle confronts the forces which darken his life and connects himself intimately to the legacy of Tritorenci, The Story Wizard." But does he delve too deeply into a world where anything is possible and where madness may be induced?

A mysterious, vagabond musician, known only as Guzzi, lurks in the shadowy background of Kyle's life. Who is Guzzi? What does he want? What will he do to get it, and will that be more than Kyle can withstand?

When magic and imagination combine, the world is full of amazing, sometimes frightening, transformations in this supernatural thriller for young readers.