Irish - All Irish Books

The fissures that have split the United Kingdom in the last decades have run through Northern Ireland. Since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, the fragile peace has been threatened by...

One hundred years after the Anglo-Irish Treaty and partition, after 30 years of Troubles, the Good Friday Agreement and Brexit, the debate on Irish unity has intensified.But what could a...

Shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2019'Anyone who wishes to understand why Brexit is so intractable should read this book. I can think...

Sinn Fein is a growing force in Irish politics. Now the country's third largest party, Sinn Fein have been one of the central architects of the peace process and are...

With online access to records making it easy for most people of Irish origin to trace their family background, there has never been a better time to research your Irish...

The history of Ireland has traditionally focused on the localized struggles of religious conflict, territoriality and the fight for Home Rule. But from the early Catholic missions into Europe to...

This is an exploration of the hidden patterns of the past, rather than its surface details, this study reveals the potent, often unconscious forces which motivate both sides in the...

Cronin portrays seven men whom he knew and who were prominent literary figures in the artistic world of the fifties and sixties: among them Patrick Kavanagh, Brendan Behan, and Myles...

This is the story of the Black and Tans and Auxiliaries, the most notorious police forces in the history of the British Isles. During the Irish War of Independence (1920-1),...

An anthology of Scotland's worst and most infamous murders, Scottish Murders contains stories from Scotland's bloodstained past. Dating back to the fifteenth century, we have the story of the gruesome...

The Great Irish Famine of 1845-52 was the defining event in the history of modern Ireland. In proportional terms one of the most lethal famines in global history, the consequences...

The Irish Citizen Army was originally established as a defence corps during the 1913 Lockout, but under the leadership of James Connolly its aims became more Republican and the IRB,...

This is the compelling story of West Belfast's involvement fighting on the Western Front throughout the First World War. This is the story of men from either side of West...