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James Quinn

31st March 2015 · Paperback / softback

This book examines why Young Ireland attached such importance to the writing of history, how it went about writing that history, and...

Thomas J. Morrissey

26th September 2011 · Paperback / softback

William Martin Murphy (1845-1919) was one of the most successful of Irish entrepreneurs and businessmen. As well as being a good employer,...

Paul Murray

28th April 2011 · Paperback / softback

A history of the Irish Boundary Commission. It looks at British attempts from 1886 onwards to satisfy the Irish Nationalist demand for...

Peter Gray

20th November 2012 · Hardback

Explores the multiple dimensions of the Irish lord lieutenancy as an institution - political, social and cultural - between its gradual emergence...

Fearghal McGarry

14th September 2010 · Paperback / softback

One of the most famous revolutionaries in Irish history, Frank Ryan fought in the War of Independence and Irish Civil War, before...

Carla King

22nd July 2009 · Paperback / softback

Son of evicted Mayo tenants, Fenian treason-felony prisoner Michael Davitt (1846-1906) was to become the driving force behind the Irish National Land...

Paul Murray

28th April 2011 · Hardback

A history of the Irish Boundary Commission. It looks at British attempts from 1886 onwards to satisfy the Irish Nationalist demand for...

Miriam Nyhan Grey

11th November 2016 · Hardback

A unique study of America's role in Ireland's 1916 revolutionary period. Contributors are historians from both sides of the Atlantic, giving the...

Patrick Sarsfield O'Hegarty

27th October 2015 · Paperback / softback

The Centenary Classics series examines the change and evolution in the Ireland of 100 years ago during the 1916-23 revolutionary period. The...

Mossie Harnett

27th October 2015 · Paperback / softback

The Centenary Classics series examines the time of change and evolution in the Ireland of 100 years ago during the 1916-23 revolutionary...

Ernie O'Malley

27th October 2015 · Paperback / softback

The Centenary Classics series examines the change and evolution in the Ireland of 100 years ago during the 1916-23 revolutionary period. Rising...

Padraig De Burca

27th October 2015 · Paperback / softback

The Centenary Classics series examines the change and evolution in the Ireland of 100 years ago during the 1916-23 revolutionary period. Free...

Joseph Johnston

1st October 2015 · Paperback / softback

The Centenary Classics series examines the change and evolution in the Ireland of 100 years ago during the 1916-23 revolutionary period. Civil...

Carla King

15th November 2016 · Hardback

Michael Davitt after the Land League brings Davitt's later story back into the light by exploring his career in the 24 years...

Mary Louise O'Donnell

15th December 2014 · Paperback / softback

The image of the harp - symbolic of the political and cultural landscape of Ireland for centuries - evokes strong sentiments in...

Padraig Lenihan

1st September 2014 · Hardback

Left for dead at the sack of Drogheda, Richard Talbot later ingratiated himself with the future James II by plotting to assassinate...

Professor Harry White

30th September 2013 · Hardback

Intends to chart Irish musical life across recorded history. This book also documents Ireland's musical relations with the world at large, notably...

19th February 2014 · Hardback

For almost 800 years, from their arrival with the first wave of Anglo-Normans in 1169, the FitzGeralds - Earls of Kildare and,...