Ireland category: 1364 books
Irish Heart, English Blood
The Making of Youghal
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
Youghal town, in County Cork, has a long history which predates most others in Ireland. The area was settled by Vikings, and later the town was fortified with walls built by the Normans in the 1100s. For centuries after, the town was a hub of trading activity and a vital port during the early stages...
Spike Island
Saints, Felons and Famine
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
After 14 centuries of military and ecclesiastical heritage, 2005 saw the then-Justice Minister Michael McDowell put in place proposals to turn Spike Island into Ireland’s Alcatraz through the construction of a €70 million super-prison. Spike Island, situated proudly in Cobh Harbour, has a long...
by Tim Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
In the aftermath of the Great Famine of 1845-52, the Martin Estate in the West of Ireland, 200,000-acres of bog and mountain, was put up for sale. Its mortgagees, the London Law Life Insurance Society, evicted many of the tenants, and in February 1853 sent Thomas Colville Scott to conduct a survey...
From Farquhar to Field Day
Three Centuries of Music and Theatre in Derry~Londonderry
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Derry (or Londonderry) has a distinctive cultural history which reflects its unique position in the history of Ireland. This ground-breaking book examines three centuries of music and theater in the city, highlighting the key figures and turning points in its cultural life. It documents the rich diversity...
by Henry McDonald
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
The Irish National Liberation Army was one of the most ruthless terrorist organisations during the troubles in Northern Ireland. Formed in 1974 as a splinter group of the Official IRA, the INLA's campaign of murder throughout the 1970s and 1980s included such notorious acts as the bombing of the Droppin'...
An Unconsidered People
The Irish in London
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
Before the ‘Ryanair Generation’, leaving home was for good. Half a million Irish men and women left these shores in the nineteen-fifties, forced by decades of economic stagnation to make their lives elsewhere. For many of these emigrants, mostly young and unskilled, Britain was their only hope...
by Thomas Macaulay, Hugh Trevor-Roper
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2006
One of the greatest figures of his age, Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-59) was widely admired throughout his life for his prose, poetry, political acumen and oratorical skills. Among the most successful and enthralling histories ever written, his History of England won instantaneous success following...
The Catalpa Rescue
The gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison break in Australian history
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2019
The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in Australian history.
New York, 1874. Members of the Clan-na-Gael - agitators for Irish freedom from the English yoke - hatch a daring plan to free six Irish political prisoners from the most remote...
Frank Aiken
Nationalist and Internationalist
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
Revolutionary; statesman; polymath: Frank Aiken cuts a colossal figure in twentieth century Irish history. However, he remains a controversial figure regarded as a war criminal by some and a principled proponent of National liberation by others.
In this engaging biographical collection, contributors...
Every Earthly Blessing
Rediscovering the Celtic Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1999
Uncover the history and meaning of Celtic traditions, poetry, songs, and spirituality, in a captivating and comprehensive journey through Ireland.
The beauty of the Emerald Isle has always enchanted the world: the ancient ruins, the rolling green hills, the intricately carved crosses in historic...
by Robin Flower
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
First published in 1947, these celebrated lectures and introductions to the medieval and modern Gaelic-speaking culture, which was drawing to a close when Flower first came to Ireland in 1910, form a primary source for generations of scholars and readers, Celticists and medievalists. This edition...
Irish Brigades Abroad
From the Wild Geese to the Napoleonic Wars
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
A history including the the Revolutionary War, the French Revolution, and the Flight of the Wild GeeseCovering the period from King James II's reign of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland in 1685, until the disbandment of the Irish Brigades in France and Spain, this book looks at...
by Thomas Duddy
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
The first complete introduction to the subject ever published, A History of Irish Thought presents an inclusive survey of Irish thought and the history of Irish ideas against the backdrop of current political and social change in Ireland.
Clearly written and engaging, the survey introduces an array...
A City in Civil War – Dublin 1921–1924
The Irish Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
The long-awaited concluding volume of Pádraig Yeates’ ‘Dublin at War’ trilogy
In A City in Civil War: Dublin 1921–1924, acclaimed historian Pádraig Yeates turns his attention to Ireland’s bloody and hard-fought Civil War and its impact on the capital city and its inhabitants.
The...