Irish Academic Press: 41 books
A Failed Political Entity'
Charles Haughey and the Northern Ireland Question, 1945-1992
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2016
Charles Haughey maintained one of the most controversial and brilliant careers in the history of Irish politics, but for every stage in his mounting success there was one issue that complicated, and almost devastated, his ambitions to lead Irish politics: Northern Ireland. In ‘A Failed Political...
Kilkenny
In Times of Revolution, 1900–1923
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2018
Veteran IRA leader Ernie O’Malley criticised County Kilkenny as being ‘slack’ during the War of Independence, but this fascinating new study of the period, by historian Eoin Swithin Walsh, challenges that view and reveals that Kilkenny was truly at the forefront of the struggle for Irish freedom....
Belfast Days
A 1972 Teenage Diary
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014
Belfast 1972. It s the bloodiest year of the Northern Irish Troubles and sixteen-year-old Eimear O'Callaghan, a Catholic schoolgirl in West Belfast, bears witness to it all in her diary. What follows is a window into the daily life of an ordinary teenager coming of age in extraordinary times. The...
Power Play
The Rise of Modern Sinn Féin
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
This is the first comprehensive analysis of how Sinn Féin has transformed itself from ‘political wing’ of the Republican movement to a mainstream force in Irish politics. In this book by one of Ireland’s leading political journalists, Deaglán de Bréadún provides an incisive account of how...
Ireland Says Yes
The Inside Story of How the Vote for Marriage Equality Was Won
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
At 7.20pm on 23rd May 2015, in the courtyard of Dublin Castle, Ireland truly became a nation of equals. Ireland Says Yes is the fast-paced narrative account of all the drama, excitement and highs and lows of the last 100 days of the extraordinary campaign for a Yes vote in the 2015 Marriage Equality...
Out of the Ashes
An Oral History of the Provisional Irish Republican Movement
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
Out of the Ashes is the definitive history of the Provisional Irish Republican movement, from its formation at the outset of the modern Troubles up to and after its official disarmament in 2005. Robert White, a prolific observer of IRA and Sinn Féin activities, has amassed an incomparable body of...
by Lucy Costigan
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2012
Arthur Kingsley Porter, (1883 1933) renowned American, Harvard professor and owner of Glenveagh Castle, vanished without trace from Inishbofin Island, Co. Donegal, in 1933. No trace of the professor was ever found. Over the decades stories of Porter's disappearance turned into legend. A strong swimmer...
UVF
Behind the Mask
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
UVF: Behind the Mask is the gripping new history of the Ulster Volunteer Force from its post-1965 incarnation to the present day. Aaron Edwards blends rigorous research with unprecedented access to leading members of the UVF to unearth the startling inner-workings of one of the world’s oldest and...
One Bold Deed of Open Treason
The Berlin Diary of Roger Casement 1914-1916
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
One Bold Deed of Open Treason describes the astonishing journey by Roger Casement to Germany in 1914, via New York and Norway. Arriving into Berlin under a false identity, Casement entered a space of conspiracy and subterfuge. Through his vivid and gripping diary entries, a picture emerges of a man...
Crossing the Line
My Life on the Edge
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
In Crossing the Line, former BBC journalist and best-selling author Martin Dillon recalls his courageous journalistic career spent ‘on the edge’ during the worst years of the modern Troubles. Following his childhood on Belfast’s Falls Road and his wandering teenage years, Dillon’s move into...
Crossing the Threshold
The Story of the Marriage Equality Movement
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
Crossing the Threshold is the official history of the role played by the Marriage Equality organisation in leading the way for the successful passage of same-sex marriage in Ireland. Featuring contributions from lead campaigners, their personal perspectives will inspire anyone with an interest in...
Inside the Room
The Untold Story of Ireland’s Crisis Government
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
March 2011: Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore have just formed a coalition government between Fine Gael and Labour. Ireland’s banks are broken, unemployment is heading for half a million, the public finances are in deficit, international lenders rate Ireland as ‘junk’ and the country is in an IMF...
In the Name of the Son
The Gerry Conlon Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
London, 19 October 1989. An electrified young man, with eyes wild and a clenched fist, bursts out of the Old Bailey and declares his innocence to the world. Gerry Conlon has just won his appeal for the 1974 Guildford pub bombing. After fifteen years in prison, freedom beckons. Or does it? Following...