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  • Feis na nGleann: A Century of Gaelic Culture in the Antrim Glens

    by Eamon Phoenix, Pádraic Ó Cléireacháin, Eileen McAuley ...
    The Glens of Antrim formed one of the last Irish-speaking areas of Ulster until the early 1900s. Until the opening of the Antrim coast road in the 1850s Irish was universally spoken in the Glens and on Rathlin.The turn of the nineteenth century saw the Gaelic Revival which in the north of Ireland involved both Unionists and Nationalists in an effort to preserve Irish as a spoken language. It was ... Read more

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    The Wars of the Roses

    by Alison Weir ...
    The war between the houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England was characterised by treachery, deceit and - at St Albans, Blore Hill and Towton, - some of the bloodiest and most dramatic battles on England's soil. Between 1455 and 1487 the royal coffers were bankrupted and the conflict resulted in the downfall of the houses of Lancaster and York and the emergence of the illustrious ... Read more

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  • Tom Gilmartin

    The Man Who Brought Down a Taoiseach and Exposed the Greed and Corruption at the Heart of Irish Politics

    by Frank Connolly ...
    A successful property developer in England, the Sligo-born Tom Gilmartin had ambitious plans for major retail developments in Dublin in the late 1980s. Little did he know that in order to do business in the city, senior politicians and public officials would want a slice of the action … in the form of large amounts of cash. Gilmartin blew the whistle on corruption at the heart of government and ... Read more

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  • Robert Whyte's Famine Ship Diary 1847

    Edited by James Mangan ...
    The voyage of the 'coffin ship' Ajax, from Dublin to Grosse Île, the Canadian quarantine station as described in the contemporary diary of one of the passengers, Robert Whyte. Whyte was a Protestant gentleman of education and position, as well as being a professional writer who intended to publish his diary. The diary appeared in 1848. It is signed in the author's own handwriting and features ... Read more

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  • The Bloodied Field

    Croke Park. Sunday 21 November 1920

    by Michael Foley ...
    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 a synchronised IRA attack designed to cripple British intelligence services in Ireland. Trucks of ... Read more

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  • Tattie Howkers and Paddy Lowpers

    by Harold Slight ...
    A book detailing the lives and occupations of itinerant Irish immigramts in the north of England during the last two centuries.It tells the story of how the Irish helped to build the North of England and of the many characters who left theirmark. It is written with the conviction of personal experience, enhanced by memories which go back much further through the generations, giving the readera ... Read more

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  • The Hard Road To Klondike

    by Micheal MacGowan ...
    Micheal MacGowan was born in 1865 in the parish of Cloghaneely in the Donegal gaeltacht. He was the eldest of twelve children in a poverty-stricken family, living in a thatched cottage and speaking no English. He ended his days in a large slate-roofed house in the same place. First published in Irish as Rotha Mór an tSaol, this is his account of the fate dealt to him by 'the Wheel of Life'. From ... Read more

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  • The Irish Rebellion of 1641

    by Lord Ernest Hamilton ...
    The Irish Rebellion of 1641 was a conflict between Irish Catholics and English and Scottish Protestants. The organized Irish Catholics created a de facto government called the Catholic Confederation and the ensuing war between Ireland and Protestants would be known as the Irish Confederate Wars. The war continued until Oliver Cromwell conquered Ireland in 1650. Hamiltons chronology of the Irish ... Read more

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  • The Missing Postman

    by Fachtna Ó Drisceoil ...
    Postman Larry Griffin vanishes during his rounds in Stradbally on Christmas Day 1929. The only clue to what happened was an abandoned bicycle on a deserted country road. The story of the Missing Postman as it became known, made the headlines nationally and overseas, when ten prominent local people were arrested and charged with his murder. The defendants included such pillars of the community as ... Read more

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  • Bitter Freedom

    Ireland In A Revolutionary World 1918–1923

    by Maurice Walsh ...
    The Irish Revolution - the war between the British authorities and the newly-formed IRA - was the first successful revolt anywhere against the British Empire. This is a vividly-written, compelling narrative placing events in Ireland in the wider context of a world in turmoil after the ending of a global war: one that saw the collapse of empires and the rise of fascist Italy and communist Russia. ... Read more

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  • A Letter to Veronica

    by Michael Sheridan ...
    In September '95 Michael Sheridan began to collaborate with Veronica Guerin on a screenplay: the story of a woman journalist who takes on the crime bosses of the Dublin underworld.Here, with that story now a major film, starring Patrick Bergin and twice-Oscar nominated Joan Allen, he recounts the unique story of his relationship with Veronica.'A Letter to Veronica' powerfully expresses his ... Read more

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  • Danny Boy

    The Legend Of The Beloved Irish Ballad

    by Malachy McCourt ...
    Bestselling Irish-American author Malachy McCourt takes a fascinating historical look at the traditional folk song, Danny Boy, discovering its origin, lyricist, and the moving heritage that has grown around it.Everyone can hum this haunting Irish ballad that inevitably brings a tear to the eye. The most requested Irish song, it has been recorded by a variety of performers ranging from Elvis ... Read more

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