Ireland category: 1364 books

The deaths in and around Dunmanway in 1922 have always been shrouded in rumour and supposition. This book seeks to get to the bottom of them. One thing is certain: Captain Herbert Woods shot Commandant Michael O’Neill of the IRA on the stairs of Ballygroman House at 2.30a.m. on the 26th April and...

Former IRA Director of Operations Mick Ryan's memoir of growing up in Dublin's East Wall in the 1940s and 1950s and his subsequent involvement in the border campaign. My Life in the IRA is a story of suffering, hardship, frustration and constant disappointment that will leave readers wondering why...

The focus of this work is a reconstruction of the life and career of an Ulster-Scot fur trader, George Galphin (pronounced Golfin), who immigrated to South Carolina in the colonial period. The thesis of this work is that his life and career helped to shape the history of the backcountry of Georgia...

Sir John Fortescue holds a pre-eminent place amongst British military historians, his enduring fame and legacy resting mainly on his life’s work “The History of the British Army”, issued in 20 volumes, which took him some 30 years to complete. In scope and breadth it is such that no modern scholar...

This book comprises six lectures delivered under the auspices of the Lowell Institute by Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Ayrault Dodge in Boston in January, 1889. Each lecture focuses on a historically significant leader—namely Alexander, Hannibal, Cæsar, Gustavus Adolphus, Frederick,...

This is the fourth volume for County Antrim in our Gravestone Inscription Series and our thirty-first overall. This volume covers the following burial grounds: Dromain, Kilwaughter, Kilwaughter Old, Larne and Inver Old (St Cedma’s), Larne and Kilwaughter Non-Subscribing Presbyterian, Larne...

This book begins with the period leading up Christmas, with accounts of the preparations, before moving through Christmas Eve, with its fasting, feasting and a multitude of superstitions, Christmas Day with its focus on the home and family, and on to the accounts of the very communal celebration of...

Sometimes referred to as "the work of angels" because of their elaborate spirals, interlacings, and knotwork, Celtic designs have long been used to create fine art. Their distinctive patterns have appeared on stone- and metalwork, in jewelry, and on magnificent illuminated manuscripts. Now...

By drawing on social movement theories, this book explains how terrorist movements decline, using the case of Irish Republicanism. The continuity of terrorism and political violence from generation to generation demonstrates the need to go beyond a focus on groups or individuals in order to...

Dunnes Stores cashier Mary Manning knew little about apartheid when, at the age of twenty-one, she refused to register the sale of two Outspan South African grapefruits under a directive from her union. She was suspended and nine of her co-workers walked out in support. They all assumed they would...

A guide to some of the best walking routes in the region, with lucid descriptions and additional information to enhance the walkers' enjoyment and appreciation of the place. Each route, prefaced with a quick-reference summary, is illustrated with a clear sketch map.

West Cork is a magical place. The countryside has remained unspoiled and the people unaffected. A Place Near Heaven is the story of a calendar year in West Cork. Tranquil and beautifully written, it is a book in the finest tradition of writing on rural life and the natural world. In...

A guide to 20 of popular walking routes on the MacGillycuddy's Reeks contains full-colour maps specially commissioned from the Ordnance Survey, photographs and map references. This guide also encompasses the history of the area, its geology and natural history, its place names and people. It offers useful information on travel and accommodation.

This city-based series of outstanding erotic stories moves on to Dublin, the birthplace of Guinness, James Joyce and so much more. A glittering array of tales guaranteed to titillate, delight, shock and delight as readers journey across the Liffey and the streets of the Irish capital. Brand...