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IRA Jailbreaks 1918-1921 by Florence O'Donoghue 9781856356893
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €19.15IRA Jailbreaks 1918-1921 features the factual accounts of 25 daring rescues, rescue attempts and jailbreaks which raised the morale of nationalist Ireland and brought world-wide ridicule and... -
Essential Irish History: 100 Events that Shaped Ireland 9781804581971
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €9.20Discover the long and rich history of the island of Ireland, from the very earliest Mesolithic inhabitants to Vikings and Celts and the modern 21st-century nation of today. Encompassing stories of... -
With the IRA in the Fight for Freedom: 1919 to the Truce by The Kerryman 9781856356879
Booksplease Price: €22.87With the IRA in the Fight for Freedom offers eyewitness and first hand accounts of Ireland's struggle for independence in various parts of the country. It presents a representative picture of the... -
Neil Armstrong by Jay Barbree 9781250040725
Booksplease Price: €18.41Much has been written about Neil Armstrong, America's modern hero and history's most famous space traveler. Yet shy of fame and never one to steal the spotlight Armstrong was always reluctant to... -
She Who Dares: Ten Trailblazing Society Women by Lyndsy Spence 9780750988971
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €14.91History has seen many women make their mark by defying the limits set against them, stepping out of the boxes they had been put in and forging their own path.She Who Dares is a collection of pen... -
The Witch in the Well: A deliciously disturbing Gothic tale of a revenge reaching out across the years by Camilla Bruce
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €16.23Over a hundred years ago, the citizens of F- did something rather bad. And local school teacher Catherine Evans has made writing the definitive account of what happened when Ilsbeth Clark drowned in... -
Einstein's War: How Relativity Conquered Nationalism and Shook the World by Matthew Stanley
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €8.70'Deeply researched and profoundly absorbing . . . Matthew Stanley traces one of the greatest epics of scientific history . . . An amazing story' Michael Frayn, author of Tony Award-winning... -
The Witch in the Well: A deliciously disturbing Gothic tale of a revenge reaching out across the years by Camilla Bruce 9781804993163
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €9.51Once upon a time, the townspeople of F -. did something bad . . .Local schoolteacher Catherine Evans has made writing the definitive account of what happened when Ilsbeth Clark drowned in the well... -
A Brief History of Ireland Richard Killeen 9781849014397
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €11.02From 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... -
Apollo: To the Moon in 50 Objects by Teasel E. Muir-Harmony
Booksplease Price: €30.21Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo missions to the moon, this collection features 50 key artifacts from the Smithsonian archives from the groundbreaking space exploration program of the... -
A Pocket History of the Irish Revolution by 9780717179411
RRP: €8.32Booksplease Price: €6.76The perfect introduction to Ireland's dramatic fight for sovereignty Gaining independence from British rule has dominated Irish history since the plantation of Ulster. This book focuses on the... -
Four Tragedies and Octavia by Seneca
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €10.98Based on the legends used in Greek drama, Seneca's plays are notable for the exuberant ruthlessness with which disastrous events are foretold and then pursued to their tragic and often bloodthirsty... -
The Hales Brothers and the Irish Revolution by Liz Gillis 9781781173756
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €19.15The story of the Hales family from Bandon epitomises the whole revolutionary period in Ireland. They were involved from the establishment of the Irish Volunteers in West Cork and were closely... -
The Aran Islands by J. M. Synge 9780140184327
RRP: €14.28Booksplease Price: €10.98In 1907 J. M. Synge achieved both notoriety and lasting fame with The Playboy of the Western World. The Aran Islands, published in the same year, records his visits to the islands in 1898-1901, when... -
The Informer by Sean O'Callaghan
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €11.26In 1988 IRA terrorist Sean O'Callaghan walked into a Tunbridge Wells police station and gave himself up. Two years later, in a Belfast courtroom, he pleaded guilty to all charges of which he was... -
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The Informer by Sean O'Callaghan 9780552146074 [USED COPY]
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €2.37In 1988 IRA terrorist Sean O'Callaghan walked into a Tunbridge Wells police station and gave himself up. Two years later, in a Belfast courtroom, he pleaded guilty to all charges of which he was... -
The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present and Future of the United Nations by Paul Kennedy
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €10.98Paul Kennedy's The Parliament of Man: The United Nations and the Quest for World Government is the extraordinary story of the UN - its creation, the threats it has faced, and the possibilities it... -
Che Guevara by Jon Lee Anderson
RRP: €26.18Booksplease Price: €20.08With unprecedented access to the Cuban Government's archives and total co-operation from Che's widow, Aleida March, as well as access to hitherto unpublished documents, including several of Che's... -
46 Men Dead: The Royal Irish Constabulary in County Tipperary 1919-22 by John Reynolds
Booksplease Price: €19.75IN JANUARY 1919, AT SOLOHEADBEG IN TIPPERARY, two members of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) were killed by the IRA. In the four bloody years that followed, nearly 500 RIC men were killed and... -
The Great Irish History Book by Myles Dungan
RRP: €28.55Booksplease Price: €21.40Join historian Myles Dungan as he guides you through the history of our amazing island. Take an historical trip back in time to visit the ancient celts, sail away on a famine ship or join the 1916... -
Where Mountainy Men Have Sown: War and Peace in Rebel Cork in the turbulent years 1916–21 by Micheál Ó Suilleabháin 9781781171486
RRP: €23.79Booksplease Price: €21.19Where Mountainy Men have Sown gives a first-hand account of the fight for freedom in West Cork from 1916-21. It chronicles the social and military aspects of the War of Independence and describes the... -
The Book of Bok: One Moon Rock's Journey Through Time and Space Neil Armstrong 9781526362278
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €11.02First man on the Moon Neil Armstrong reveals the adventure of the first Moon landing, and how the Earth and the Moon came to be, in this unique non-fiction picture book.A young boy sits up in bed... -
Neil Jordan by Maria T. Pramaggiore
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €17.74Best known for his enormously successful independent film The Crying Game, Irish director Neil Jordan has made sixteen feature films since 1982. Even after achieving commercial success and critical... -
The Book of Bok: One Moon Rock's Journey Through Time and Space Neil Armstrong 9781526362285
RRP: €8.32Booksplease Price: €6.59First man on the Moon Neil Armstrong reveals the adventure of the first Moon landing, and how the Earth and the Moon came to be, in this unique non-fiction picture book.A young boy sits up in bed... -
A Short History of the Irish Revolution: 1912 -1927 by Richard Killeen
RRP: €15.46Booksplease Price: €11.64The Irish revolution began with the Ulster crisis of 1912 followed by the Irish Nationalist Party securing the passage of the Home Rule Act in 1914. By then, however, the Great War had broken out:... -
Understanding Etheridge Knight: With a New Preface by Michael S. Collins 9781643364391
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €17.74Understanding Etheridge Knight introduces readers to a major-but understudied-American poet. Etheridge Knight (1931-1991) survived a shrapnel wound suffered during military service in Korea, as well... -
New Gill History of Ireland: Nineteenth-Century Ireland: The Search for Stability by D. George Boyce 9780717132997
Booksplease Price: €33.28The search for stability proved elusive. Nationalist Ireland mobilised a mass democratic movement under O'Connell to secure Catholic Emancipation before seeing its world transformed by the social... -
Hazel: A Life of Lady Lavery 1880-1935 by 9781843516439
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €16.66Lady Lavery has been remembered for the numerous portraits by her husband, the painter Sir John Lavery, celebrated in 'The Municipal Gallery Re-visited' by W.B. Yeats. This first biography of Hazel,... -
The Twelve Apostles by Tim Pat Coogan
RRP: €11.89Booksplease Price: €9.20Ireland, 1919: When Sinn Fein proclaims Dail Eireann the parliament of the independent Irish republic, London declares the new assembly to be illegal, and a vicious guerilla war breaks out between... -
De Valera: Rule (1932-1975) by David McCullagh
RRP: €40.45Booksplease Price: €27.45The concluding volume of David McCullagh's new life of Eamon De Valera. In this, the concluding volume of David McCullagh's monumental new biography of the revolutionary and statesman, we join de... -
Biddy Early: the Wise Woman of Clare by Meda Ryan 9781856353168
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €16.07Biddy Early: The Wise Woman of Clare is an intriguing book that transports readers to a quaint two-roomed thatched cottage nestled between the Clare hills, overlooking Kilbarron Lake in Ireland. This... -
Guardians of the Peace by Conor Brady
RRP: €21.41Booksplease Price: €17.33Guardians of the Peace is a political history of the Irish police force, An Garda Siochana, from its foundation at the birth of the Irish State, through the Irish Civil War, the threat of the fascist... -
The Sunken Road by Ciaran McMenamin
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €15.66'Ciaran McMenamin confirms his exceptional talent with this admirably powerful and authentic novel about the First World War and the struggle for Irish independence. Tremendous' William... -
De Valera: Rise 1882–1932 by David McCullagh 9780717155866
RRP: €40.45Booksplease Price: €36.79From the host of RTE's Primetime and author of The Reluctant Taoiseach, the widely acclaimed biography of John A. Costello, Rise 1882-1932 is the first volume of a major two-part reassessment of the... -
Lincoln and the Irish: The Untold Story of How the Irish Helped Abraham Lincoln Save the Union by Niall O'Dowd
RRP: €17.84Booksplease Price: €11.97From the founder of IrishCentral, a fascinating piece of Civil War history: Lincoln's relationship with the immigrants arriving in America to escape the Irish famine. "If you're a Lincoln fan like... -
Johne's Disease, An Issue of Veterinary Clinics: Food Animal Practice by Michael T. Collins 9781455710416
RRP: €86.86Booksplease Price: €78.99This issue covers a comprehensive review of Johne's Disease (Paratuberculosis) guest edited by Dr. Michael Collins! Topics will include: epidemiology and economics, pathogenesis, treatment and... -
The Treaty by Colin Murphy 9781350299870
Booksplease Price: €16.05In October 1921, a delegation of the Dail left by boat and train for London, where they were to negotiate with the British government for peace, unity and a republic. They came back with just one of... -
Training Educators of Adults: The Theory and Practice of Graduate Adult Education Stephen Brookfield 9781138319653
RRP: €41.64Booksplease Price: €38.13Originally published in 1988, this book provides perspective on conceptualisations of adult education in the late 20th century, the range of providing agencies and the varying orientations towards... -
James Joyce: Portrait of a Dubliner A Graphic Biography by Alfonso Zapico 9781628726558
Booksplease Price: €25.39A dazzling, prize-winning graphic biography of one of the world's most revered writers. Winner of Spain's National Comic Prize and published to acclaim in Ireland, here is an extraordinary... -
The Disabled Detective: Sleuthing Disability in Contemporary Crime Fiction by Susannah B. Mintz 9781350215436
Booksplease Price: €41.46The first book of its kind, The Disabled Detective explores representations of disability in crime fiction, from the earliest days of the genre to contemporary television drama. Susannah B. Mintz...