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The Irish War

The Irish War

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From the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 to the Downing Street Declaration of 1993, Britain and Ireland have been in mortal conflict over the sovereignty of the Emerald Isle....
My Left Foot

My Left Foot

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My Left Foot is Christy Brown's inspirational story of his early life, his battle against the restraints of cerebral palsy and his determination to learn to read, write, and paint,...
Brexit and Ireland: The Dangers, the Opportunities, and the Inside

Brexit and Ireland: The Dangers, the Opportunities, and the Inside

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The essential Irish guide to Brexit Brexit represents potentially the single greatest economic and foreign-policy challenge to the Irish state since the Second World War. There is hardly any area...
De Valera: Long Fellow, Long Shadow

De Valera: Long Fellow, Long Shadow

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To mark the cetenary of the Easter Rising, and with extra material, this is the biography of Eamon De Valera by Tim Pat Coogan - the sharpest contemporary observer of...
The Revelation of Ireland: 1995-2020

The Revelation of Ireland: 1995-2020

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THE NUMBER 1 IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 An Irish Times Book of the Year 2024 Ireland is a strikingly...
Ireland: The Emerald Isle

Ireland: The Emerald Isle

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This beautifully illustrated book portrays Ireland at the beginning of the twentieth century. The pictures are the work of artist, Francis S Walker. Walkers captures the indomitable Irish spirit in...
Brian Friel: Essays, Diaries, Interviews: 1964-1999: Essays and

Brian Friel: Essays, Diaries, Interviews: 1964-1999: Essays and

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Since the success of "Philadelphia, Here I Come!" in 1964, Brian Friel has written over twenty plays, successively confirming his reputation as a major dramatist of the twentieth century. But...
Mrs Hart's Marriage Bureau

Mrs Hart's Marriage Bureau

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'This is a gem. Kate Atkinson fans will love it' Irish Independent In a world of lonely hearts, are there enough happy endings to go around? Marriage matchmaker seeks assistant;...
Precarious Childhood in Post-Independence Ireland

Precarious Childhood in Post-Independence Ireland

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This fascinating study reveals the desperate plight of the poor, illegitimate and abused children in an Irish society that claimed to "cherish" and hold them sacred, but in fact marginalised...
Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger

Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger

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The death of the Celtic tiger is not an extinction event to trouble naturalists. There was, in fact nothing natural about this tiger, if it ever really existed. The"Irish Economic...
The Walking People: The powerful and moving story from the New York

The Walking People: The powerful and moving story from the New York

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A beautifully evocative novel spanning 1950s Ireland to modern day America, from the author of bestselling Ask Again, Yes Greta Cahill never believed she would leave her village in west...
Robert Barton: A Remarkable Revolutionary

Robert Barton: A Remarkable Revolutionary

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The first biography of the enigmatic Robert Barton, a central figure in the Irish Revolution. The enigmatic Robert Barton was a central figure in Irish Revolution. From an Anglo-Irish ascendancy...
Sean O'Casey: A Life

Sean O'Casey: A Life

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Sean O' Casey's Irish plays, among them "Juno and the Paycock", arguably place him amongst the great playwrights of the 20th century. This book explores the myth of O'Casey's slum...
Civil War in Ulster: its Objects and Probable Consequences: its

Civil War in Ulster: its Objects and Probable Consequences: its

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Joseph Johnston was an Ulster Protestant Liberal, in favour of Home Rule by Britain. He published this book in 1913 to persuade the majority of Ulstermen that the dangers they...
An Intelligent Person's Guide to Modern Ireland

An Intelligent Person's Guide to Modern Ireland

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The Republic of Ireland, described variously as "The Emerald Tiger", "The Celtic Tiger" and "The Tiger Economy of Europe", is apparently one of the great success stories of 20th-century Europe....
Mrs Hart's Marriage Bureau

Mrs Hart's Marriage Bureau

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They'll find you love even if they can't find it for themselves. April McVey hasn't a romantic bone in her body. So how has she found herself at the door...
The Counting Game

The Counting Game

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*A SUNDAY INDEPENDENT HOT DEBUT AUTHOR OF 2025* Into the woods. Count to ten. Only one of us comes home again. 1995, Ireland. Panic grips the village of Drumsuin when...
The Dark Hours

The Dark Hours

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' Subverted my expectations at almost every turn... Jordan shows how the aftermath of violence affects all those who witness it.' New York Times 'Immersive, atmospheric, heart-stopping - I tore...
The Dark Hours

The Dark Hours

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' Subverted my expectations at almost every turn... Jordan shows how the aftermath of violence affects all those who witness it.' New York Times 'Immersive, atmospheric, heart-stopping - I tore...
Where They Lie: The thrillingly atmospheric debut from an exciting new voice in crime fiction

Where They Lie: The thrillingly atmospheric debut from an exciting new voice in crime fiction

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 'A superb novel, evoking a bygone era when women could not afford to put a foot wrong' SUNDAY TIMES...
Confessions

Confessions

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'I was at a time in my life where I got to thinking more about people's choices - how everything would be different if just the slightest decision changed...' It...
The Green Road

The Green Road

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A book about family, selfishness and compassion on Ireland's Atlantic coast, from the Booker Prize-winner. A book about family, selfishness and compassion on Ireland's Atlantic coast, from the Booker Prize-winner....
The Paper Man

The Paper Man

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An unforgettable and sweeping interwar love story, from the Costa-shortlisted and bestselling Irish author of Life Sentences **A BOOK OF 2023 IN IRISH TIMES, RT GUIDE AND SUNDAY INDEPENDENT** An...
Century of Change 1900 - 2000

Century of Change 1900 - 2000

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These outstanding books bring to life the people, places and events of the past in these islands, from the earliest settlers to the present day. They explore the everyday lives...