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An Unconsidered People: The Irish in London - Updated Edition by Catherine Dunne
RRP: £12.99£9.09New updated edition of the seminal work by Catherine Dunne, which charted the multifarious lives of the London Irish, in all their variety and colour, now with a brand new foreword by Diarmaid Ferriter. Before the 'Ryanair Generation', leaving home... -
A Short History of Ireland, 1500-2000 by John Gibney
RRP: £12.99£11.46A brisk, concise, and readable overview of Irish history from the Protestant Reformation to the dawn of the twenty-first century Five centuries of Irish history are explored in this informative and accessible volume. John Gibney proceeds from the... -
Ireland's Forgotten Past: A History of the Overlooked and Disremembered by Turtle Bunbury 9780500296363 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£4.56Why did the Romans never try to conquer Ireland? Why did the King of Spain give his name to an Irish county? And how did brandy change the course of Irish history? Turtle Bunbury explores unexpected corners of the past to offer an informative and... -
Ireland's Forgotten Past: A History of the Overlooked and Disremembered by Turtle Bunbury 9780500296363
RRP: £9.99£6.44Why did the Romans never try to conquer Ireland? Why did the King of Spain give his name to an Irish county? And how did brandy change the course of Irish history? Turtle Bunbury explores unexpected corners of the past to offer an informative and... -
North by Seamus Heaney
RRP: £12.99£8.56In North Seamus Heaney found a myth which allowed him to articulate a vision of Ireland - its people, history and landscape. Here the Irish experience is refracted through images drawn from different parts of the Northern European experience, and the... -
The GAA and the War of Independence by Tim Pat Coogan
RRP: £9.99£7.11Founded in 1884 to promote Irish identity and revive the traditional sports of hurling, football and handball, the GAA enjoyed an intimate relationship with the nationalist movement from the turn of the twentieth century onwards. In 1914, the Irish... -
Scotland: The Story of a Nation by Magnus Magnusson
RRP: £18.99£12.71A timely and vivid look at Scotland's long and difficult road to nationhood, re-exploring some cherished myths and unearthing a wealth of fascinating new detail. Magnus Magnusson's starting point is Sir Walter Scott's classic version of... -
Buried Lives: The Protestants of Southern Ireland by Robin Bury 9781845888800
RRP: £20.00£15.04The early twentieth century saw the transformation of the southern Irish Protestants from a once strong people into an isolated, pacified community. Their influence, status and numbers had all but disappeared by the end of the civil war in 1923 and they... -
Rugby in Munster: A Social and Cultural History: 2019 by Liam O'Callaghan 9781782053644
RRP: £17.95£14.85Covering the period from the game's origins in Ireland in the 1870s through to the onset of professional rugby in the twenty-first century, this book seeks to examine Munster rugby within the context of broader social, cultural and political trends in... -
Donegal and the Civil War by Liam O'Duibhir 9781856357203 [USED COPY]
£19.44Donegal was one of the counties used to launch this offensive against the newly established government in the six counties. The bulk of the anti-Treaty IRA men who took part were from the southern counties including Cork and Kerry. Donegal became the... -
Donegal and the Civil War by Liam O'Duibhir 9781856357203
RRP: £18.99£17.57Donegal was one of the counties used to launch this offensive against the newly established government in the six counties. The bulk of the anti-Treaty IRA men who took part were from the southern counties including Cork and Kerry. Donegal became the... -
Diaries Volume Three: Power and Responsibility by Alastair Campbell
RRP: £16.99£12.28POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY is the third volume of Alastair Campbell's unique daily account of life at the centre of the Blair government. It begins amid conflict in Kosovo, and ends on September 11, 2001, a day which immediately wrote itself into the... -
A Force Like No Other: The Real Stories of the Ruc Men and Women Who Policed the Troubles by Colin Breen 9780856409721
RRP: £9.99£8.17In 1983, Interpol named Northern Ireland the most dangerous place in the world to be a police officer. In 1968, the RUC was catapulted into the Troubles. Bombs, death threats and murder became a regular part of the day job. Working right at the heart... -
Old Ireland in Colour by John Breslin 9781785374319
RRP: £18.99£15.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Best Irish Published Book 2020 (Ireland).Book InformationISBN 9781785374319Author John BreslinFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion... -
Northern Protestants: An Unsettled People by Susan McKay
RRP: £24.95£14.50First published in 2000, 'Northern Protestants - An Unsettled People' was an instant success and is widely recognised as a ground-breaking book. Based on over sixty in-depth interviews with a wide range of northern Protestants, Susan McKay presents an... -
UVF: Behind the Mask by Aaron Edwards 9781785370878
RRP: £17.99£15.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785370878Author Aaron EdwardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 420Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
Historic Tales of Mayo by Eamonn Henry 9780750986922
RRP: £12.99£9.62These true stories drawn from historical sources and local reminiscences, have been brought together and retold by Eamonn Henry. This collection is a heady mix of tragic, funny, passionate and moving stories. Included here are tales of well-known events... -
The Irish Civil War in Colour by Michael B. Barry 9780717195862
RRP: £25.99£18.28Here is the story of Ireland's Civil War in colour - a defining moment in Irish history brought to life for the first time in hand-coloured photographs. The events of 1922-1923 are revealed using photographs painstakingly hand-coloured by John O'Byrne... -
Bad Blood: A Walk Along the Irish Border by Colm Toibin
RRP: £9.99£7.27In the summer after the Anglo-Irish Agreement, when tension was high in Northern Ireland, Colm Toibin walked along the border from Derry to Newry. Bad Blood is a stark and evocative account of this journey through fear and hatred, and a report on... -
Atlas of Irish History by Sean Duffy 9780717153992
RRP: £18.99£13.61'Out on the Western edge of Europe, a first glance at the map makes Ireland seem a small and isolated place. However, many peoples have by turns established themselves on this remote island, creating an historical dynamic whose dispersed voices are now... -
The Outside Boy by Jeanine Cummins 9781472272836
RRP: £10.99£7.40'A full-throated song of praise. I loved it' Sherman AlexieIreland, 1959. Young Christopher Hurley is a tinker, a Pavee gypsy, who roams with his father and extended family from town to town, carrying all their worldly possessions in their wagons. ... -
The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal 1966-1995 and the Search for Peace by Tim Pat Coogan
RRP: £16.99£12.28This history of Ireland, written by one of Ireland's most controversial journalists, studies the period from 1968 to the present day. Tim Coogan is also the author of The IRA and two biographies - Michael Collins and De Valera.About the AuthorTim Pat... -
Secrets of Station X by Michael Smith 9781849540957
RRP: £10.99£7.77When Captain Ridley's shooting partyA" arrived at Bletchley Park in 1939 no-one would have guessed that by 1945 the guests would number nearly 10,000 and that collectively they would have contributed decisively to the Allied war effort. Their role? To... -
On Bloody Sunday: A New History Of The Day And Its Aftermath – By The People Who Were There by Julieann Campbell 9781800960435 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£6.10SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE*****'There have been many books written about the events of Bloody Sunday, however, none has wrenched the reader as violently back to those CS gas-choked streets, dumping them right in the heart of the... -
On Bloody Sunday: A New History Of The Day And Its Aftermath – By The People Who Were There by Julieann Campbell
RRP: £12.99£8.60SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE*****'There have been many books written about the events of Bloody Sunday, however, none has wrenched the reader as violently back to those CS gas-choked streets, dumping them right in the heart of the... -
A Lethal Legacy: A History of Ireland in 18 Murders by Fin Dwyer 9780008555993
RRP: £16.99£11.47The Instant Top 5 Irish Times Bestseller From the creator of The Irish History Podcast comes a fascinating look at Irish history through the lens of murder. In A Lethal Legacy, Fin Dwyer charts 200 years of... -
The Broken Boy by Patrick Cockburn
RRP: £12.99£8.63In this expanded edition of a widely praised book, now available for the first time in North America, the renowned journalist Patrick Cockburn looks at his experience of contracting polio as a child in the context of a new pandemic, that of COVID-19. The... -
The Moment We Meet: Stories of love, hope and chance encounters by the No. 1 bestselling author by Sheila O'Flanagan
RRP: £8.99£6.20Who you meet can change your life for ever...A wonderful collection of short stories from Sheila O'Flanagan, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE MISSING WIFE and THE HIDEAWAY. The Moment We Meet was previously published as Destinations. Featuring an... -
A Brief History of Ireland by Richard Killeen 9781849014397 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£2.20From the dawn of history to the decline of the Celtic Tiger - how Ireland has been shaped over the centuries. Ireland has been shaped by many things over the centuries: geography, war, the fight for liberty. A Brief History of Ireland is the perfect... -
A Brief History of Ireland by Richard Killeen
RRP: £12.99£8.60From the dawn of history to the decline of the Celtic Tiger - how Ireland has been shaped over the centuries. Ireland has been shaped by many things over the centuries: geography, war, the fight for liberty. A Brief History of Ireland is the perfect... -
Britain's Wild Flowers: A Treasury of Traditions, Superstitions, Remedies and Literature by Rosamond Richardson 9781909881921
RRP: £12.99£8.88A fascinating look at the myths, folklore and botany behind over 70 British wildflowers. A fascinating look at the myths, folklore and botany behind over 70 British wildflowers. ... -
Saving the State: Fine Gael from Collins to Varadkar by Ciara Meehan
RRP: £26.99£19.34When Fine Gael entered a coalition government with Fianna Fail in 2020 the party did what would have been unthinkable for its forefathers who fought and won a bitter civil war to establish the institutions of an independent Irish state almost a century... -
Walk the Lines: The London Underground, Overground by Mark Mason
RRP: £10.99£7.77The only way to truly discover a city, they say, is on foot. Taking this to extremes, Mark Mason sets out to walk the entire length of the London Underground - overground - passing every station on the way.In a story packed with historical trivia,... -
Whispering Hope: The True Story of the Magdalene Women by Nancy Costello
RRP: £8.99£6.20"At the conclusion of my discussions with one group of the Magdalene Women one of those present sang 'Whispering Hope'. A line from that song stays in my mind - 'when the dark midnight is over, watch for the breaking of day'.Let me hope that this day and... -
Wild Atlantic Way: Where to Eat and Stay by John McKenna
RRP: £9.99£6.64The ultimate guide to the wild atlantic way. A guide to the best places to enjoy the local Irish cuisine and where to rest for the night along the famous Wild Atlantic Way. Elemental, enchanting and inspiring, the Wild Atlantic Way is... -
Brehon Laws: The Ancient Wisdom of Ireland by Jo Kerrigan 9781788491075
RRP: £17.99£13.80A fascinating look at the lifestyle and values of ancient Ireland Thousands of years ago, Celtic Ireland was a land of tribes and warriors; but a widely accepted, sophisticated and surprisingly enlightened legal system kept society running smoothly. ... -
Irish Rugby Top 50 Players: A Compilation of the Greatest Ever Irish Rugby Players by Liam McCann 9781782818441
RRP: £12.99£10.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781782818441Author Liam McCannFormat PaperbackImprint G2 Entertainment LtdPublisher G2 Entertainment Ltd -
Story of Ireland by Neil Hegarty
RRP: £14.99£11.95Neil Hegarty's bestselling history of Ireland is a story crowded with the drama of complex characters, shifting allegiances and changing identities. Revisiting the major turning points in the Irish story, Hegarty looks not only at the dynamics of what... -
The History of England by Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay
RRP: £12.99£9.09One of the greatest figures of his age, Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-59) was widely admired throughout his life for his prose, poetry, political acumen and oratorical skills. Among the most successful and enthralling histories ever written, his... -
The Dirty War by Martin Dillon
RRP: £10.99£7.77___________'This excellent book demands the attention of anyone concerned about civil liberties in the United Kingdom' Guardian1969 was a year of rising tension, violence and change for the people of Northern Ireland. Rioting in Derry's Bogside led to...