Ireland

Irish Home Rule considers the pre-eminent issue in British politics during the late nineteenth and early twentieth-centuries. It is the first account to explain the various self-government plans, to place these in context and examine the motives for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780900675829Author Diarmuid A. McManusFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Colin Smythe LtdPublisher Colin Smythe Ltd

The IRA is one of the oldest terrorist organizations in the world and conducted a ferociously violent campaign for almost thirty years. Now deeply enmeshed in the Northern Ireland peace process, Rogelio Alonso asks why one of the bloodiest terrorist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780700632275Author William H KauttFormat HardbackImprint University Press of KansasPublisher University Press of Kansas

In May 1915 Ernest Blythe was appointed as an organiser for the Irish Volunteers by Volunteer headquarters and was sent to Clare to train the Cloonagh and Kilfenora Volunteers. The authorities were well informed about Blythe's activities in Clare. He...

In May 1915 Ernest Blythe was appointed as an organiser for the Irish Volunteers by Volunteer headquarters and was sent to Clare to train the Cloonagh and Kilfenora Volunteers. The authorities were well informed about Blythe's activities in Clare. He...

This is the first full-length study of Irish Ribbonism. It traces the development of Ribbonism from its origins in the Defender movement of the 1790s until the latter part of the century when the remnants of the Ribbon tradition found solace in the...

Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2022 Honorable Mention, Theodore Saloutos Book Award, given by the Immigration and Ethnic History Society A vivid, new portrait of Irish migration through the letters and diaries of those who fled their homeland during...

Great Irish Speeches contains 50 of the most stirring and memorable speeches in Irish history. From the political oratories of Charles Stewart Parnell, Michael Collins and Eamon De Valera to emotive addresses by the nation's celebrated poets, writers and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846829987Author Sean FarrenFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Four Courts Press LtdPublisher Four Courts Press LtdWeight(grams) 700gDimensions(mm)...

What are the human consequences of conflict and what are the appropriate service responses? This book seeks to provide an answer to these important questions, drawing on over twenty-five years of work by the author in Northern Ireland and elsewhere. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910375280Author Derek a RowlinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Books UlsterPublisher Books UlsterWeight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm *...

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Mention Ringsend to any Dubliner and they will immediately talk about the iconic twin Poolbeg chimneys. They might even mention the Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium or the South Bull Wall. But they may need to be reminded about the former Pigeon House...

Did You Know?According to legend, St Kevin founded his monastery at Glendalough after being shown the spot by a goose. A murder in the sleepy village of Barndarrig in east Wicklow in 1890 led to the last hanging in Wexford gaol. The Little Book of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307389879Author Robert KanigelFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907694042Author John DorneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Green Lamp EditionsPublisher Green Lamp EditionsWeight(grams) 77gDimensions(mm) 198mm *...

The pub has been at the centre of Irish life for centuries. It has played many roles: funeral home, restaurant, grocery shop, music venue, job centre and meeting place for everyone from poets to revolutionaries. Often plain and unpretentious, it is a...

As a contribution to cultural policy studies, this book offers a uniquely detailed and comprehensive account of the historical evolution of cultural policies and their contestation within a single democratic polity, while treating these developments...

This condensed history examines why the Great Famine was so catastrophic, and explores its effect on Irish society and culture. It explains the circumstances surrounding the period and addresses issues and characteristics of the time. Aspects covered...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913934125Author Bryan MacMahonFormat PaperbackPage Count 358Imprint Eastwood BooksPublisher Wordwell

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781801510196Author Padraig O RiainFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Four Courts Press LtdPublisher Four Courts Press Ltd

In the follow-up to his bestselling JFK in Ireland, the Emerald Isle's favourite son delves into his country's past to celebrate the Irish people who through their skills and endeavours helped make the British Isles Great. Britain and Ireland...

Learning behind Bars is an oral history of former Irish republican prisoners in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland between 1971, the year internment was introduced, and 2000, when the high-security Long Kesh Detention Centre/HM Prison Maze...

Much has been written about the decline of the United Kingdom. The Two Unions looks instead at the lengthy survival of the Union, examining the institutions, structures, and individuals that have contributed to its longevity. In order to understand...

The mountains and spectacular coastline of County Waterford are rich in traditional stories. Even today, in the modern world of internet and supermarkets, old legends dating as far back as the days of the ancient Gaelic tribes and the carvers of the...

This is a groundbreaking examination of the attempts to regulate female sexuality in twentieth-century Northern Ireland, which opens up new and exciting areas of a previously neglected history. A wide-ranging study, it explores the sexual experiences of...

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William Ewart Gladstone was both the most charismatic and the most extraordinary of Victorians. His huge public career - in and out of office from 1834 to 1894 and four times prime minister - was consistently controversial and dramatic. His private life...

At the height of the Irish Famine, now considered the greatest social disaster to strike nineteenth-century Europe, Anglo-Irish landlord Major Denis Mahon was assassinated as he drove his carriage through his property in County Roscommon. Mahon had...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913934392Author Patrick O'Sullivan GreeneFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Eastwood BooksPublisher Wordwell

Tracing Your Northern Irish Ancestors is an expert introduction for the family historian to the wealth of material available to researchers in archives throughout Northern Ireland. Many records, like the early twentieth-century census returns and school...

Politics in the Republic of Ireland is now available in a fully revised sixth edition. Building on the success of the previous five editions, it continues to provide an authoritative introduction to all aspects of the government and politics in the...

12 classic English fairy tales and their history, from tales of dragons to Robin Hood. Folk tales and legends are an intrinsic part of English national culture. In his book, Rosalind Kerven has revived the best English fairy tales for a new generation...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913934309Author Anna-Maria HajbaFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint WordwellPublisher WordwellDimensions(mm) 234mm * 25mm * 156mm

A New History of Ireland is the largest scholarly project in modern Irish history. In 9 volumes, it provides a comprehensive new synthesis of modern scholarship on every aspect of Irish history and prehistory, from the earliest geological and...

Who are the Celts, and what does it mean to be Celtic? In this book, Caoimhin De Barra focuses on nationalists in Ireland and Wales between 1860 and 1925, a time period when people in these countries came to identify themselves as Celts. De Barra chooses...

Relative to its size Northern Ireland is possibly the most heavily researched area on earth; hundreds of books and thousands of articles have been published since the current troubles began in the mid 1960s. John Whyte had been studying Northern Ireland...

Did you Know? St Mary's Collegiate Church claims to be the single oldest church in Ireland to have been in constant use over the centuries. The original roof, dating to c.1200, is still in situ. It was Thomas Harriott of Youghal who first brought...

Do ghosts exist, do supernatural beings walk the land and do creatures linger in the shadows. Are legends of blood-sucking creatures based on some truth found on the edges of reality? Within these pages Tony Locke will take you on a journey through the...