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International Organizations: An Early History, Michael Davies, Richard Woodward Sep 2014

International Organizations: An Early History, Michael Davies, Richard Woodward

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This text provides a pioneering and comprehensive analysis of over one hundred international organizations. After introducing the broad historical and contextual settings, the book covers the full range of international organisations including those that are often overlooked or get minimal inclusion elsewhere. Each organization is analysed in a stand-alone section that consider its origins, basic mandates and evolution, the governance structure and the associated key players, current activities and future challenges. The descriptions also reflect each organization’s broader relationships with other international bodies.


'From Jammet's To Guilbauds': The Influence Of French Haute Cuisine On The Development Of Dublin Restaurants, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire May 2014

'From Jammet's To Guilbauds': The Influence Of French Haute Cuisine On The Development Of Dublin Restaurants, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire

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Foreword To 'Memoir' By Journalist And Writer Tomás Bairéad, Ian Kilroy Jan 2014

Foreword To 'Memoir' By Journalist And Writer Tomás Bairéad, Ian Kilroy

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Foreword to A Memoir of Ireland’s Nascent Years, by Irish language journalist and writer Tomás Bairéad (translated and edited by Mícheál Ó hAodha). Forthcoming from The Edwin Mellen Press, New York. Tomás Bairéad (1893-1973) is well known for a number of collections of short stories in Irish. He invented a version of short-hand for the Irish language. From Moycullen, Co Galway, he was involved in the Irish War of Independence and covered the Irish Civil War as a journalist. He edited the Irish language page in the Irish Independent for a number of years.


Tickling The Palate: Gastronomy In Irish Literature And Culture, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, Eamon Maher Jan 2014

Tickling The Palate: Gastronomy In Irish Literature And Culture, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, Eamon Maher

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This volume of essays, which originated in the inaugural Dublin Gastronomy Symposium held in the Technological University Dublin in June 2012, offers fascinating insights into the significant role played by gastronomy in Irish literature and culture.