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    From major Irish writers to lesser-known Irish authors, find the perfect book on Irish history to dive into the fascinating past of the Emerald Isle. From ancient Celtic tales to modern-day events, this collection captures the essence of Ireland’s heritage and culture. Whether you’re exploring historical figures, key battles, or social movements, these books provide in-depth insights and compelling narratives. Discover the best of Irish history at Chapters Bookstore today!

    Gene Kerrigan: The Scrap [2015] paperback

    €6.99

    In the last hours of the 1916 Easter Rising, 20-year old Charlie Saurin came face to face with his Commander-in-Chief, Patrick Pearse. In a final gamble, Pearse had a desperate...

    Gene Kerrigan: The Scrap [2015] paperback

    €10.99€16.90

    In the last hours of the 1916 Easter Rising, 20-year old Charlie Saurin came face to face with his Commander-in-Chief, Patrick Pearse. In a final gamble, Pearse had a desperate...

    Donal Mccraxken: Nicholson [2018] paperback

    €9.99

    BORN in Dublin in 1822, Lieutenant-General John Nicholson was raised and educated in Ireland. He joined the East India Company's Bengal Army as 16-year old boy-soldier and he saw action...

    Brian Barton: The Secret Court Martial Records of the Easter Rising [2010] paperback

    €8.99€9.99

    Until 1999 official British records of the fifteen trials that followed the Easter Rising of 1916 were kept a close secret. Further material released in 2001 included the trial of...

    Colin Cousins: Armagh and the Great War [2011] hardback

    €4.99

    In 1914, County Armagh represented a microcosm of Ireland, with an industrialised, urban north, and a largely rural, agricultural south. It was also the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland and the...

    Anne Holland: The Secret of Kit Cavenaugh: A Remarkable Irishwoman and Soldier [2013] hardback

    €9.99€19.99

    Christian - `Kit' - Cavenaugh, born in 1667 in Dublin, grew up on a Leixlip farm. A dragoon in the Marlborough Wars, Kit led an adventurous life, courting women, fighting...

    Liam Gaul: Wings Over Wexford [2017] paperback

    €6.99€7.99

    In 1918, during the final year of the First World War, the USN had a force of over 400 sailors and 22 officers and 4 Curtiss H16 seaplanes based in...

    Richard Aldous: We Declare [2008] hardback

    €5.99€7.99

    Great Irish Documents presents the most momentous and stirring documents in the history of Ireland. From St Patrick's confession, via the harrowing reports of the Famine Relief Commission, the dramatic...

    Brendan Walsh: Boy Republic [2013] paperback

    €9.99

    Patrick Pearse, teacher, poet, and one of the executed leaders of the 1916 Rising has long been a central figure in Irish history. The book provides a radically new interpretation...

    Albert Reynolds: ALBERT REYNOLDS AUTOBIOGRAPHY H/B [2009] hardback

    €3.99€20.00

    I was a businessman, a risk taker.' - Albert Reynolds. 'Albert was a trader and Albert was a dealer - he was a bottom-line man.' - John Major. Albert Reynolds...

    Richard Killeen: Ireland in Brick and Stone [2012] hardback

    €4.99€14.99

    Ireland in Brick and Stone takes 50 buildings and other man-made constructions from different parts of Ireland and uses them to illustrate the history of the island over 1,500 years....

    Mike Smylie: Ireland The Fishing Industry Through Time [2014] paperback

    €6.99

    The fishing industry has always played an important part in Ireland's history. From the deep-sea trawlers to the traditional vessels that sailed around the coast, the harbours of Ireland were...

    Mary Mcaleese: President Mary McAleese [2011] hardback

    €4.99€7.99

    From 1997 to 2011, Mary McAleese has served as President of Ireland, and become one of the most popular Presidents Ireland has ever has known.Representing Ireland on the world stage...

    Tim Pat Coogan: 1916: The Mornings After [2015] hardback

    €5.99€14.99

    The 1916 Easter Rising and its aftermath changed Ireland for ever. The British government's execution of 14 republican rebels transformed a group hitherto perceived as cranks and troublemakers into national...

    James Quinn: Ulster Political Lives, 1886-1921 [2016] hardback

    €8.99€9.99

    Ulster Political Lives, 1886-1921 examines the lives of 50 of Ulster's most significant political figures in the turbulent period from the first Home Rule Bill of 1886 to the foundation...

    Brendan Kelly: Custody, Care & Criminality [2014] paperback

    €5.99€6.99

    In this fundamentally important work, Professor Brendan Kelly explores the background to Irish psychiatry in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, charting its progress and development. Using detailed case studies...

    Anne Chambers: The Great Leviathan [2017] hardback

    €8.99€9.99

    From Ireland, England, France, Austria, Greece, Turkey and Italy to America and the West Indies, overflowing with historic events, from the French Revolution to the Great Irish Famine, with a...

    James Durney: The War of Independence in Kildare [2013] paperback

    €3.99€4.99

    The Kildare IRA was heavily outnumbered by crown forces and had neither the manpower nor weaponry to seriously challenge them. With about 300 activists in County Kildare, and only about...

    Conor Reidy: MUTINY OR MURDER Z22 [2018] paperback

    €6.99

    On 15 March 1817 the convict ship the Chapman departed from Cork with 200 male prisoners on board. When it dropped anchor off Sydney Cove four months later, its prison...

    Colin Cousins: Armagh and the Great War [2014] paperback

    €6.99

    In 1914, County Armagh represented a microcosm of Ireland, with an industrialised, urban north, and a largely rural, agricultural south. It was also the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland and the...

    Gary Granville: Dublin 1913: Lockout & Legacy [2013] paperback

    €5.99€6.99

    The Dublin 1913 lockout is often viewed as the most severe and significant industrial dispute in Irish history, between approximately 20,000 workers and 300 employers. Central to the dispute was...

    Tim Newark: The Fighting Irish [2017] paperback

    €5.99€7.99

    For hundreds of years, Irish soldiers have sought their destiny abroad. Stepping aboard ships bound for England, America, or Europe, young Irishmen have been hungry for adventure, a self-made fortune...

    George B Clark: Irish Soldiers in Europe [2010] paperback

    €5.99€6.99

    Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was a dangerous place. Religious strife and unstable politics saw war stretch across the centre of the continent for long periods of time....

    Huw Bennett: Uncivil War [2023] hardback

    €32.50

    When Operation Banner was launched in 1969 civil war threatened to break out in Northern Ireland and spread over the Irish Sea. Uncivil War reveals the full story of how...

    Shane Coleman: Scandal Nation [2010] paperback

    €7.99€19.99

    We are where we are has become one of the great truisms of the current crisis facing the country. But how did we get here and can an inspection of...

    Peter Hart: Mick [2005] hardback

    €9.99€35.71

    Few people have had as profound an impact on their country's history in so short a time as Michael Collins had on twentieth-century Ireland. Dead at thirty-one, assassinated by a...

    Laura (University of Strathclyde) Kelly: Contraception and Modern Ireland [2023] paperback

    €17.99€32.00

    Contraception was the subject of intense controversy in twentieth-century Ireland. Banned in 1935 and stigmatised by the Catholic Church, it was the focus of some of the most polarised debates...

    Pat Liddy: History of Ireland in Maps [2023] hardback

    €29.99

    Explore Ireland's fascinating story with more than 100 maps. From the early history of the Emerald Isle to the modern day, Ireland has evolved rapidly - along with the ways...

    Sinead McCoole: Hazel [1996] hardback

    €19.99€35.71

    This biography tells the story of Hazel Lavery, one of London's most influential and beautiful women in the 1920s, a popular society hostess and fervent supporter of Ireland's independence. It...

    Sinead McCoole: Hazel [1996] paperback

    €15.00

    This biography tells the story of Hazel Lavery, one of London's most influential and beautiful women in the 1920s, a popular society hostess and fervent supporter of Ireland's independence. It...

    Andrew Hughes: Lives Less Ordinary [2023] paperback

    €19.95

    "So that's our setting. Sixty-nine houses, four corners of Georgian Dublin but just one address. Scope enough for some remarkable tales and extraordinary lives. Homes that ... provide a backdrop...

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