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  • Buried Lives

    The Protestants of Southern Ireland

    by Robin Bury ...
    The early twentieth century saw the transformation of the southern Irish Protestants from a once strong people into an isolated, pacified community. Their influence, status and numbers had all but disappeared by the end of the civil war in 1923 and they were to form a quiescent minority up to modern times. This book tells the tale of this transformation and their forced adaptation, exploring the ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Buried Lives

    The Protestants of Southern Ireland

    by Robin Bury ...
    The early twentieth century saw the transformation of the southern Irish Protestants from a once strong people into an isolated, pacified community. Their influence, status and numbers had all but disappeared by the end of the civil war in 1923 and they were to form a quiescent minority up to modern times. This book tells the tale of this transformation and their forced adaptation, exploring the ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • On the Margin

    A Memoir

    by Robin Bury ...
    Protestants have had a tradition of keeping their heads down since before Irish independence in 1922, and still have. Most of them have gone into Omertà. They had their own social networks, businesses, large manufacturing companies like Guinness and Jamieson Whiskey and schools and hospitals. But a few historians have taken the position that Southern Protestant citizenship has been indulged, ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • Something Sensational to Read in the Train

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  • A Life in Questions

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  • Just Mary: A Political Memoir From Mary O'Rourke

    by Mary O'Rourke ...
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  • Breaking the Code

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  • Patronising Bastards

    How the Elites Betrayed Britain

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