classics of irish history

James Fintan Lalor
13 Jul 2012 · Paperback

James Fintan Lalor (1807-1849) was one of the most original thinkers of the Young Ireland movement, and one of the...

J. F. X. O'Brien
14 Sep 2010 · Paperback

James Francis Xavier O'Brien is best known as a Fenian and member of the Irish Parliamentary Party. This title reveals...

John Sarsfield Casey
14 Sep 2010 · Paperback

Casey was one of a group of Fenians arrested in 1865 in Cork and transported to Western Australia with other...

Darrell Figgis
01 Feb 2010 · Paperback

A memoir that presents an account of the author's imprisonment in the aftermath of the 1916 Rising and subsequent internment...

John Joseph Horgan
22 Jul 2009 · Paperback

Offers an insight into the transitional period between the decline of nineteenth-century constitutional nationalism and the emergence of the modern...

Charles Stewart Parnell
22 Jul 2009 · Paperback

"Words of a Dead Chief" is an important text from a critical period in Irish nationalist politics. Published in 1892,...

James Stephens
18 Feb 2009 · Paperback

Features one of the most important documents of early Fenianism. This title uncovers the difficulties facing the movement's founders, and...

Patrick Pearse
18 Feb 2009 · Paperback

Offers a translation of Patrick Pearse's ten stories that provide a sympathetic portrayal of life in Connemara....

Sir John Pope Hennessy
02 Feb 2009 · Paperback

Raleigh's activities in Ireland, like the rest of his life, fascinate. How incredible and unethical were his initial military exploits?...

Wilfrid Ewart
21 Nov 2008 · Paperback

Presents memories of the author's journey of April and May 1921. This title offers an account that provides a portrait...

Richard Twiss
14 Feb 2008 · Paperback

Richard Twiss' "A Tour in Ireland in 1775", published in the following year, was a controversial book. It enraged the...

John Devoy
13 Feb 2008 · Paperback

Tells the story of a collaboration between two people of late nineteenth-century Irish nationalism: John Devoy and Michael Davitt, in...

Frank Frankfort Moore
01 Sep 2007 · Paperback

Comprises the author's recollections of Victorian Belfast and Bangor between his childhood in the 1860s and his departure for London...

David W. Miller
01 Sep 2007 · Paperback

An interpretive essay on the history of the Ulster Protestant community from the seventeenth-century plantations to the mid 1970s. This...

Ernie O'Malley
01 Sep 2007 · Paperback

Tells the story of Brigadier Sean Connolly, O/C of the Longford Brigade, who was fatally wounded in action on 11...

D.P. Moran
06 Dec 2006 · Paperback

Addresses the Catholic professional class educated in secondary schools run by religious orders. This book shows that the Gaelic Revival...

Maria Edgeworth
06 Dec 2006 · Paperback

First published in 1802, this work talks about the talent and wit of the Irish lower classes. It offers an...

Thomas Kettle
06 Dec 2006 · Paperback

Consists of articles primarily focused on Home Rule, offering both historical and contemporary analyses. This book presents a collection that...