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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 12 books in this booklist
£8.99 paperback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781788161794 | ISBN 10: 1788161793
For the past two decades, you could cross the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic half a dozen times without noticing or, indeed, turning off the road you were travelling. It cuts through fields, winds back-and-forth across roads, and we ... more
View book details£10.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780141982472 | ISBN 10: 0141982470
Ireland's Easter Rising of 1916 transformed millions of lives and created its own powerful mythology. This remarkable book vividly recreates this extraordinary time when, as Irish insurgents rose up and occupied Dublin, as British artillery retaliat ... more
View book details£13.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781847173065 | ISBN 10: 1847173063
The story of Jim Larkin and the lockout of Dublin workers in 1913 led by William Martin Murphy, told in graphic novel form. On August 26th 1913, the trams of Dublin stopped. The Great Dublin Lockout had begun. Over the next four months, Jame ... more
View book details£10.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780571260751 | ISBN 10: 0571260756
For twenty years, Ireland's economic miracle was supposed to be the envy of the world. Low taxes, light regulation and an 'anything goes' attitude seemed to have created boundless prosperity. And then, as in Iceland, the glittering palaces vanished i ... more
View book details£13.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780717140091 | ISBN 10: 0717140091
The Blueshirts were a quasi-fascist organisation founded in 1932 following de Valera’s first election victory. They adopted the style and some of the substance of European fascist movements. Although relatively short-lived, they were one of the found ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781905379057 | ISBN 10: 1905379056
This is a story of tragedy and suffering on an epci scale. From the heart of an ancient continent comes a tale as old as time and a journey that is powerful and beautiful. This is a story of passion and love, disaster and corruption. It is the story ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780571228119 | ISBN 10: 0571228119
This is the story of John McGahern's childhood; of his mother's death, his father's anger and bafflement, and his own discovery of literature."Long before Frank McCourt made an entire industry out of twinkly eyed accounts of the povery and institutio ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780007220885 | ISBN 10: 000722088x
Barefoot in Mullyneeny is Bryan Gallagher's evocative tale of a childhood remembered through the people and landscape of County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. Whether relating tales of murderous bicycle chases through the darkened streets of Cav ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780007205233 | ISBN 10: 0007205236
Angela's Ashes was a true publishing phenomenon. The winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Royal Society of Literature Award (amongst others), this lyrical and poignant memoir topped bestseller charts the world ... more
View book details£20.00 paperback (2004) - ISBN 13: 9780099415220 | ISBN 10: 0099415224
In this compelling and authoritative study, Ireland's bestselling popular historian tells the extraordinary story of how contemporary Ireland came into existence. Covering both South and North and dealing with social & cultural history as well as po ... more
View book details£7.99 paperback (2001) - ISBN 13: 9781840184273 | ISBN 10: 1840184272
When Asquith introduced his bill for Home Rule for Ireland in 1912, he sparked a decade of turbulence and violence for Ireland and her people. Michael Collins played a crucial role in rekindling Ireland's aspirations for freedom. A leading figure in ... more
View book details£14.99 paperback (1999) - ISBN 13: 9781901341133 | ISBN 10: 1901341135
The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War threw Irish politics, north and south of the border, into turmoil. Tragic events in Spain aroused emotive responses across the spectrum of Irish society. In contrast to most other communities of the British Isles ... more
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