{"product_id":"that-place-we-call-home","title":"That Place We Call Home","description":"\u003cp style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 10.5pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\"\u003eJohn Creedon has always been fascinated by place names, from when he was a young boy growing up in Cork City to travelling around Ireland making his popular television show. In this brilliant new book, he digs beneath the surface of familiar place names, peeling back the layers of meaning behind them to reveal stories about the nature of the land of Erin and the people who walked it before us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0cm 0cm 10.5pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\"\u003eTravel the highways, byways and boreens of Ireland with John and become absorbed in the place names such as 'The Land of Robins', 'Patrick’s Bed', 'The Eagles Nest', 'Hidden Treasure' and 'The Valley of the Crazy'. All hold clues to help uncover our past and make sense of that place we call home, feeding both mind and soul along the way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\"\u003eThat Place We Call Home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\"\u003e is an absorbing non-fiction debut from one of Ireland’s broadcasting national treasures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm; background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e‘Reading \u003cem\u003eThat Place We Call Home\u003c\/em\u003e will foster or feed a love of local lore – known as dindsenchas – and cultivate an appreciation for the historical remnants scattered in plain sight all over Ireland’s 63,000 townlands. Upon finishing it’s difficult to think of any place name without mentally sounding it out and attempting to locate its roots in history, folklore or the Irish language.’ \u003cstrong\u003eMia Colleran, \u003cem\u003eIrish Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e‘John Creedon writes on the rich Irish tapestry showing through the Hiberno-English overlay, a feature which intrigues the ebullient Corkonian, a keen interest which is infectious’ \u003cstrong\u003ePaddy Kehoe, RTÉ\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn absorbing non-fiction debut from one of Ireland’s broadcasting national treasures. John Creedon has always been fascinated by place names. Here he digs beneath the surface of familiar place names, peeling back the layers of meaning behind them to reveal stories about the nature of the land of Erin and the people who walked it before us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gill Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":55161245827459,"sku":"9780717189854","price":22.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/3664\/7811\/files\/374f62d92d85a0d26e59d88be8386919.jpg?v=1741936955","url":"https:\/\/shop.gill.ie\/products\/that-place-we-call-home","provider":"Gill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}