20th Century History

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....

A collection of photographs depicting Ireland in the 1930s and 1940s which aims to evoke the times captured in Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes. The book also contains extracts from the...

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...

*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...

She was a vivid star in the constellation of remarkable men and women who created Ireland's political and literary renaissance in the early years of the twentieth century. Beautiful, admirable,...

' 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...

In this biography of W.B. Yeats (1865-1939) the author shows him through a life of tumultuous creativity through which he strove to bring new meaning to poetry, vision and politics....

For the first time, Richard S. Grayson tells the story of the Dubliners who served in the British military and in republican forces during the First World War and the...

' 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...

' 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...

'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;...

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...

An intimate and revelatory memoir from the iconic, acclaimed singer-songwriter Sinead O'Connor's voice and trademark shaved head made her famous by the age of twenty-one. Her landmark recording of Prince's...

'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...

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....

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...

Ireland is a strikingly different country now to the one it was in the mid-1990s. Dramatic economic, social and cultural changes, including the Celtic Tiger boom and increasingly secular debate...

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...

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...

This book reconstructs American consular activity in Ireland from 1790 to 1913 and elucidates the interconnectedness of America's foreign interests, Irish nationalism and British imperialism. Its originality lies in that...