The New Cat

Wee Donkey travels Ireland trying to find the perfect souvenir for her Grandad.

With the help of some new friends, a baby humpback whale learns to sing his first song and is reunited with his family.

When Puffling finds a lost egg on Skellig Michael, she sets off to return the egg to its nest! She travels all over the island searching the owner of this stray egg, meeting lots of new friends along the way ... but who lost this mystery egg? And what kind of baby animal is going to hatch from it?

Chapter Outline 1. Childhood-up to six years of age-family background 2. Tombeagh, Co Carlow - Five younger siblings move there - Rathvilly N.S. 3. Dublin Schools - Three secondary schools-Meeting Frank Flood-Notable Past Pupils 4. University College Dublin-Scholarship-Student Life 5. Irish Volunteer Army - Manchester Martyrs Commemoration - Active Service 6. The War of Independence - Flying Columns-Black and Tans - ROI Act 7. Ambush and Arrest - "We were only after the rifles" - Three Soldiers Dead 8. Interrogation and Torture - KB Statement, 28th October 9. Trial-Prosecution for the Killing of Private Whitehead 10. Condemned Cell Mountjoy Prison - Terence MacSwiney - Final Visitors 11. "Another Martyr for Old Ireland" - Execution - First of Forgotten Ten 12. Aftermath - Moral turning point of War of Independence 13. Glasnevin Cemetery - Final resting place-Family connections there 14. In Memory Of - Rathvilly Monument - UCD window - GAA clubs 15. Ballads and Poems Quotes and excerpts from letters, newspapers and court proceedings will punctuate the text.