Ireland category: 1364 books

On the morning of 21 November 1920, Jane Boyle walked to Sunday Mass in the church where she would be married five days later. That afternoon she went with her fiancé to watch Tipperary and Dublin play a Gaelic football match at Croke Park. Across the city fourteen men lay dead in their beds after...

The Joseph Heffernan Story. Last Man to be Hanged in Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin. Early 20th Century British Injustice in Ireland. A century old Irish murder mystery is re-opened. Joseph Heffernan paid the ultimate price for the murder of Mary Walker in Mullingar, Ireland in 1909. Mary Walker was the...

The close ties between the people and the land in Ulster has only within the last two generations, been replaced by a more urban ‘modern’ lifestyle. This study of the farms and farming families, on two thousand acres of hilly terrain in two adjacent townlands, Edymore and Cavanalee, south-east...

The Great Irish Famine remains one of the most lethal famines in modern world history and a watershed moment in the development of modern Ireland – socially, politically, demographically and culturally. In the space of only four years, Ireland lost twenty-five per cent of its population as a consequence...

The story of John O’Connor Power is the story of Ireland’s struggle for nationhood itself. Born into poverty in Ballinasloe in 1846, O’Connor Power spent much of his childhood in the workhouse. From here he rose rapidly through the ranks of the Fenian Movement to become a leading member of the...

*Includes historic illustrations depicting Grace O'Malley and important people and places.*Discusses common legends and folk tales about Grace O'Malley.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.“When analyzed within the historical context of the traumatic epoch in which...

More than 20 million Americans claim some sort of Irish heritage. But how much do you really know about this amazing country? Forget about shamrocks, leprechauns, and all that blarney--this book is a concise and authoritative guide that dispels the myths and tells the true stories of the Irish. Highlights...

The Beara and Sheep’s Head Peninsulas, in the southwest of Ireland, are both unspoilt and hold some of Ireland’s most beautiful scenery. These routes range from short hikes to longer treks, coastal and inland, something to suit everyone’s interest. Stroll the woodland and mountain trails of...

The last century has seen radical social changes in Ireland, which have impacted all aspects of local life but none more so than traditional Irish music, an increasingly important identity marker both in Ireland and abroad. The author focuses on a small village in County Clare, which became a kind...

Following the murder of Thomas á Becket, King Henry II came to Ireland. He decreed that an abbey be founded in his memory, and the monks that founded it were to be free from city taxes and rates. This "Liberty" expanded and took in the part of Dublin which today is known as the Liberties,...

This collection of essays addresses the role of literature in radical politics. Topics covered include the legacy of Robert Burns, broadside literature in Munster and radical literature in Wales.

This is a compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange, and entertaining facts about County Wexford, the last Irish county to be created, and one of the most beautiful—known as the Garden of Ireland. Here you will find out about Wicklow's myth and legend, its proud sporting heritage, its castles...

This is a Litebite Book, about the equal of forty or so pages of a Paperback or Pocket Book. 'The Daniel O'Connell story ‒ Book One: Youth'is the first in a series telling the story of Daniel O'Connell, called in his own day the Uncrowned King of Ireland. This first Book takes us from his birth...

This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION II. THE RULE OF THE O'NEILLS III. SHANE O'NEILL, SOVEREIGN OF ULSTER IV. EXTERMINATING WARS V. AN IRISH CRUSADE VI. THE LAST OF THE IRISH PRINCES VII. GOVERNMENT APPEALS TO THE PEOPLE VIII. THE CASE OF THE...