ireland

The soul of an ancient queen is imprisoned in a brooch.

It is the time of Richard the Lion Heart, the Crusades and the mysterious Knights Templar. Donal, an Irish chieftain, and Robert, his Norman lord, travel to the Holy Land as their fathers did before them. But before Donal leaves, he gives his wife Eilish a token - half of a penny broken by the tilecutter. Should she receive the other half, she will know he is dead.   As Donal and Robert become entwined in the dangerous intrigues of the Knights Templar in the Holy Land, Eilish must deal with intrigues at home. NMJ

Corban Loosestrife's returns to his home in Ireland only to find his family slain, but his twin sister,  Mav, is not among the dead--she has been taken as a slave. 

Tells the story of the coming of the Celts to Eire and discovering the Danu, or "little people," treated here as fact rather than myth. 

The Pirate Queen Grace O'Malley  journeys to London to meet Queen Elizabeth, who has her
hands full with the naughty and erratic Earl of Essex.  KIN

Begins in 430 A.D. with Ireland's pre-christian past and ends in the 1530s.  Also 
available as audio CD with one of the best narrators I have ever heard. NH

An odd little 90-page book about a strange island where pilgrims go missing.  I had to read a few scenes more than once to figure out what the heck was going on.  NH

A boy learns about many colorful episodes from Ireland's ancient past,
like why there are no snakes in Ireland, through a series of encounters
with an old storyteller.

A novel of Shane O'Neill who once courted Elizabeth I.  One of my favorite
books of all time.  NH

Read review at That's All She Read.

Brian Boru.

The sister of the High King solves mysteries in early medieval Ireland.