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  • The Evolution of the GAA: Ulaidh, Éire agus Eile

    by Donal McAnallen, David Hassan, Roddy Hegarty ...
    The Evolution of the GAA brings together leading writers and academics to examine the history of the GAA over 125 years and Gaelic games over previous centuries. This collection outlines the progress made by the organisation and its games in Ulster, Ireland and abroad.The first section comprises a number of personal reflections by prominent members of the GAA from the last seven decades: President ... Read more

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  • The Framing of Harry Gleeson

    by Kieran Fagan ...
    In November 1940 the body of Moll McCarthy, an unmarried mother, was found in a field in Tipperary. She had been shot. The man who reported the discovery was neighbour Harry Gleeson. Although Harry had an alibi, he was swiftly convicted and hanged. This travesty of justice suited the parish priest, the Gardaí, and respectable families whose sons, brothers and husbands had fathered Moll's seven ... Read more

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  • Belfast Boys

    How Unionists and Nationalists Fought and Died Together in the First World War

    by Professor Richard S. Grayson ...
    This is the story of men from either side of West Belfast's sectarian divide during the Great War. Richard S. Grayson follows the volunteers of the 36th and 16th divisions who fought on the Somme and side-by-side at Messines, recovering the forgotten West Belfast men throughout the armed forces, from the retreat at Mons to the defeat of Germany and life post-war. In so doing, he tells a new story ... Read more

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  • Connemara After the Famine

    Journal of a Survey of the Martin Estate by Thomas Colville Scott, 1853

    by Tim Robinson ...
    In the aftermath of the Great Famine of 1845-52, the Martin Estate in the West of Ireland, 200,000-acres of bog and mountain, was put up for sale. Its mortgagees, the London Law Life Insurance Society, evicted many of the tenants, and in February 1853 sent Thomas Colville Scott to conduct a survey of their property. This is his journal, recently discovered at an auction-house in England. Colville ... Read more

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  • Ireland Within the Union 1800-1921

    by Desmond Keenan ...
    This book represents a summary of my five previous books on Ireland within the Union with Great Britain. The traditional distortions of nationalist propaganda are weeded out; a complete re-examination was made of the original sources, and conclusions broadly in line with recent scholarship drawn from them. ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Little Book of Ireland

    by C.M. Boylan ...
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    The Little Book of Ireland is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of fascinating, frivolous and fantastic information which no one will want to be without. Full of details about the country, past and present, this volume covers such themes as wars and rebellions, food and drink, culture, transport, religion, law and of course its famous (and occasionally infamous) men and women ... Read more

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  • James Larkin: Lion of the Fold

    The Life and Works of the Irish Labour Leader

    by Donal Nevin ...
    This book is a detailed compilation of writings and lectures about the life of James Larkin. It reviews his influence in history and on various movements across the country and abroad. James Larkin: Lion of the Fold includes writing by James Larkin and is a timely reminder of the long road that the Irish people have travelled together. The book considers much of the history of the early Irish ... Read more

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  • Donnybrook

    A History

    by Beatrice M. Doran ...
    Donnybrook is one of the most iconic areas of South Dublin, a prosperous and peaceful suburb that is well-known as the being the heartland of Leinster Rugby. It derived its name, however, from the violence and carousing that were a regular feature of the area in the 1800s, and this book tells the story of the development and the journey from these inauspicious beginnings to its current form ... Read more

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  • A Long Weekend In Belfast

    by John Bryson ...
    A novella sized piece covering the Ulster troubles, called the Stormont Riots, the street battles and intrigues of Ulster Protestants and IRA."John Bryson has the skills of literary journalism, and abundant luck" a Penguin Books copywriter wrote for a back cover, and this was the case in 1986 in Belfast, where I was to launch a book, and stayed on to cover the sectarian war of that year, the worst ... Read more

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  • Undaunted

    The Irish in Australia

    by John Wright ...
    Undaunted is a collection of true stories about Irish men and women who travelled to Australia in search of a better life and battled against the odds in a remote and harsh world. From 1788 when the first convict ships landed to the mid-20th century, these true stories about settlers, convicts and their descendants highlight the best and worst of human behaviour in the kinds of dilemma that faced ... Read more

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  • Irish Miscellany

    Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Ireland

    by Dermot McEvoy ...
    With Irish Miscellany, author Dermot McEvoy lets you revel in the fun and fascinating explanations behind Irish traditions and folklore. He offers the answers to questions you’ve always had-or never knew you had-as he covers all aspects of Ireland. From Irish culture to ancient history to modern pastimes, this full-color book educates and entertains. Such facts include:The true history of ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Wearing of the Green

    A History of St Patrick's Day

    by Mike Cronin, Daryl Adair ...
    The full history of St. Patrick's day is captured here for the first time in The Wearing of the Green.Illustrated with photos, the book spans the medieval origins, steeped in folklore and myth, through its turbulent and troubled times when it acted as fuel for fierce political argument, and tells the fascinating story of how the celebration of 17th March was transformed from a stuffy dinner for ... Read more

    $58.99 USD