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Ireland - 20th Century -

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Related booklists: Irish History - 18th & 19th Centuries, Irish History, The Easter Rising, 1916, Ireland - 21st Century,

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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 9 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book The Border: The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politics by Diarmaid Ferriter
    The Border: The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politics - by Diarmaid Ferriter

    £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

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  • Cover image of book Big Jim: Jim Larkin and the 1913 Lockout by Rory McConville, illustrated by Paddy Lynch
    Big Jim: Jim Larkin and the 1913 Lockout - by Rory McConville, illustrated by Paddy Lynch

    £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

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  • Cover image of book Ship of Fools: How Stupidity & Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger by Fintan O
    Ship of Fools: How Stupidity & Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger - by Fintan O'Toole

    £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

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  • Cover image of book The Blueshirts by Maurice Manning
    The Blueshirts - by Maurice Manning

    £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

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  • Cover image of book Memoir by John McGahern
    Memoir - by John McGahern

    £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

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  • Cover image of book Angela
    Angela's Ashes - by Frank McCourt

    £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

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  • Cover image of book Ireland in the Twentieth Century by Tim Pat Coogan
    Ireland in the Twentieth Century - by Tim Pat Coogan

    £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

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  • Cover image of book Michael Collins and the Troubles: The Struggle for Irish Freedom 1912-1922 by Ulick O
    Michael Collins and the Troubles: The Struggle for Irish Freedom 1912-1922 - by Ulick O'Connor

    £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

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  • Cover image of book The Irish and the Spanish Civil War 1936–39 by Robert Stradling
    The Irish and the Spanish Civil War 1936–39 - by Robert Stradling

    £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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