Book Review – Kilmainham Gaol

Book Review – Kilmainham Gaol

I was very excited on Tuesday when my teacher handed me “Kilmainham Gaol” by Andrew O’ Connor, to read and review. I love history and really enjoyed studying the stories of the famine and the 1916 rising which had strong links to the Gaol. This book...
Book Review: Seeds of Liberty

Book Review: Seeds of Liberty

In this book the author aims to give the reader insights into three revolutions in three different countries through three different characters. In my opinion she executes this in a manner King Louis 16th of France would be proud of! In Boston in the 1780s there is...
Poolbeg Press Competition 03

Poolbeg Press Competition 03

We’ve teamed up again with Poolbeg Press to bring you another great competition. Poolbeg has published three great historical children’s novels set around a significant period in Irish history: The Easter Rising, The War of Independence and the Civil War. The...
Poolbeg Press Competition 02

Poolbeg Press Competition 02

To mark the revamp of the Seomra Ranga website, and to mark the Return-To-School week, we’ve teamed up again with Poolbeg Press to bring you another great competition. Poolbeg has developed a great set of ten fact book readers based around Irish historical figures....