Ireland category: 1364 books
David McWilliams' The Pope's Children
David McWilliams Ireland 1
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2005
Meet The Pope’s Children, the beneficiaries of Wonderbra Economics.
This is the special generation, the Irish baby boom of the 1970s that peaked nine months to the day after the Pope’s visit. There are 620,000 of them, squeezed into the middle and lifted up by the Expectocracy. Ireland...
by Helen Fairbairn
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2014
In a country richly endowed with wild mountain ranges, secluded valleys and untamed coastlines, the best natural landscapes can only be explored on foot. Here are over sixty of the greatest one-day walking routes in Ireland, varying from short strolls to full-day treks. Every part of the Republic...
Tales of the Permanent Way
Stories from the Heart of Ireland’s Railways
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
From the opening of the first suburban railway in the world, the Dublin and Kingstown in 1834, Ireland was in the vanguard of early railway development. This important and engaging book sets out the history of the railway and includes the stories of the people at its heart, the permanent way. The book...
The End of Hidden Ireland
Rebellion, Famine, and Emigration
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 1995
Many thousands of Irish peasants fled from the country in the terrible famine winter of 1847-48, following the road to the ports and the Liverpool ferries to make the dangerous passage across the Atlantic. The human toll of "Black '47," the worst year of the famine, is notorious, but the...
by Tiki Travel
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
Northern Ireland Travel Guide - Tiki Travel
The Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to the section selected....
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
The practice of terror in revolutionary Ireland remains a highly controversial topic, which seldom receives either balanced or dispassionate treatment. This collection of essays is designed to illuminate the varied origins, forms and consequences of terror, whether practised by republicans or forces...
by Tommy Makem
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
There are few who could tell a tale or sing a tune with the joy and warmth of Tommy Makem. For more than half a century, Makem charmed audiences around the world with his tales of his homeland and his people.
Join him in Tommy Makem's Secret Ireland, as this beloved Irish folksinger takes you...
'Solitary and Wild'
Frederick MacNeice and the Salvation of Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
For lovers of the often dark and troubled poetry of Louis MacNeice, his father is a reassuring presence: solid, sober, pious yet tolerant, a Church of Ireland clergyman who was not afraid to reject the Ulster Covenant of 1912, denounce sectarianism, and even espouse Irish nationalism. This book originated...
by Helen Fairbairn
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2014
This revised guide presents top-class walking routes in Northern Ireland. From rugged mountain peaks to spectacular coastal scenery, from challenging hill walks to shorter woodland and waterside excursions, there is something for everyone. Every part of the region is covered, from the mountains of...
Travel eGuide: Dublin & its region
Discover a charming capital, full of history and mystery!
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
Do you want to visit a charming capital?
Welcome to Ireland, the territory of history and mysteries!
Dublin, the capital, has nothing more to hide because you are a true Leprechaun? Our Travel eGuide will definitely change your mind. Discover this capital and its region at your own...
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Dublin : (Ireland) Travel Guide
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Dublin : (Ireland) Travel Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
The Ultimate Handbook Guide to Dublin : (Ireland) is your second passport to everything interesting and relevant. It provides you with up-to-date advice on what to see and what hidden discoveries await you.
Goodly Barrow
A Voyage on an Irish River
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2001
Goodly Barrow is a long-unavailable classic that charts the history and character of Ireland's second-longest river, from the Slieve Bloom Mountains to the sea in Waterford. T.F. O'Sullivan's riverine narrative embraces legend and song, literature and anecdote, viewing Irish history through the prism...
Kingdom Overthrown
Ireland and the Battle for Europe 1688-1693
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2015
‘As the Williamite troops began to gain a foothold in the street beyond the breach, the Jacobite soldiers rushed out from cover and crashed into them. The most furious and cruel hand-to-hand fighting of the war began. For almost four hours men punched and clubbed and wrestled and stabbed each other,...
by Brian Igoe
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2013
This is the third in the series of LiteBite Books telling the story of Ireland. It takes us from what was a state of virtual slavery, the misery of the Penal Laws imposed on the Irish by the Government of England after the Williamite invasion of Ireland, to virtual freedom and prosperity with the...