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Having spent thirty-five years committed to Irish politics, Ruairi Quinn has now written about his own journey - a journey that has taken him to the heights of power as...

Almost 30 years after the young graduate in a mini-skirt broke the mould and was elected to the Irish Senate, Mary Robinson is still considered by many an Irish role...

1929... On Wall Street, during the worst financial crisis the world had ever seen, the word "Banksters" was coined to describe those ruthless individuals who had gambled away the country's...

In 1979, when Charlie Haughey was voted leader of Fianna Fail and Taoiseach he gave a press conference. At it, he was asked where his money came from. He said...

For nearly two decades Dunlop had a bird's eye view of the good that politicians do, and the bad. Sitting at the shoulder of the legendary Jack Lynch during his...

As the BOTOX ECONOMY was laid bare and the financial filler of other people's money became evident, the JAGGERS, JUGGLERS and BONO BOOMERS struggled to maintain their slice of a...

Shortlisted for the Political Book Awards 2013 Political Book of the YearThe first woman President of Ireland, who became UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson has spent her...

Featuring new essays along with Higgins' best speeches, Renewing the Republic explores six themes: citizenship and the republic; culture, identity and reputation; human rights; language; globalization, emigration and exile; and...

From the salubrious offices of John O'Donoghue, the former Ceann Comhairle, to Senator Ivor Callely's long commute to work, award-winning journalist Ken Foxe provides an irresistible read.This is an eye-opening...

From the uncertain first dawn of human presence on the island, to the death of the old order at Kinsale in 1602, Hector McDonnell delves into Ireland's cultural past. Although...

The Year of Disapperances uncovers a web of suspicion and paranoia that led to scores of men and boys being abducted from their homes before being executed as 'enemies of...

Discussing the relationship between the past and the present in Irish society, this 2001 title outlines the ways in which Irish identities have been shaped by oral tradition, icons and...

Engagingly written and packed with illustrations, Early Ireland offers an authoritative introduction to the riches of Irish prehistory - a span of eight thousand years from the end of the...

A timely work of major historical importance, examining the whole spectrum of events from the 1916 Easter Rising to the current and ongoing peace process, fully updated with a new...

For eight months following the Easter Rising over 1,800 Irish rebels were imprisoned in Frongoch, a former whiskey distillery in North Wales. It soon became a University of Revolution and...

Ignatiev traces the tattered history of Irish and African-American relations, revealing how the Irish used labor unions, the Catholic Church and the Democratic party to succeed in American. He uncovers...

Number 12 in the Irish Historic Towns Atlas series, Belfast, part I, to 1840 includes historical details of over 2,700 sites and a range of large-format maps, reconstructions and views....

Number 17 in the Irish Historic Towns Atlas series, Belfast, part II, 1840 to 1900 contains maps of Belfast in 1848, 1851, 1860, 1884 and 1900; a large colour reconstruction...

This book charts, with lyricism and moving honesty, the remarkable triumph over tragedy of one ordinary man, and his young family during the Northern Ireland Troubles.

You may know all about the Easter Rising and the Good Friday Agreement, but did you know that the hypodermic needle was invented in Tallaght? Or that Dublin was the...

Banbridge gets its name from the bridge built across the River Bann in 1712. It's a thriving modern town, rife with history and culture, surrounded by beautiful scenery that provided...

In size and tone, Denis Barry's funeral cortege in the midst of a bloody civil war was similar to those that marked the burials of Tomas MacCurtain and Terence McSwiney...

Wexford is a town of great character and individuality. It has been in existence for one thousand years, and this new publication, researched and written by County Librarian Jarlath Glynn...

The objectives of this book are to bring together what has been learnt in the course of this research about the extent, nature and causes of poverty and about framing...

This is the second edition of an established text for Irish law students and employment law practitioners. The author combines a rigorous analysis of the relevant case law and statutes...

'Nealon's Guide' has been the most authoritative political work of reference in Ireland for over twenty years. The guide to the 27th Dail and Seanad follows on the general election...