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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.

    Tarquin Blake: Haunted Ireland [2014] hardback

    €14.99€28.56

    This latest book from Tarquin Blake delves into the world of Irish ghosts, vampires, witches, werewolves and other spectral tales. Through detailed research of stories of unexplained phenomena, Blake found...

    Vincent McDonnell: Ireland [2011] paperback

    €4.99€9.99

    Master storyteller Vincent McDonnell relates the exciting story of Ireland from the earliest times, as Stone Age settlers arrived 9,000 years ago, through to the present day. From the building...

    Mike Cronin: Doesn't Time Fly [2011] hardback

    €14.99€32.84

    It is 75 years since Aer Lingus, Ireland's national airline, took to the sky. This book not only charts the history of the airline, but also focuses on those who...

    Tim Fanning: The Fethard-on-Sea Boycott [2010] paperback

    €6.99€18.56

    In 1957, Sheila Cloney, Protestant wife of a Catholic farmer, fled from her home near the Wexford village of Fethard-on-Sea with her young daughters after refusing to bow to the...

    Micheal Martin: Freedom to Choose [2009] hardback

    €5.70€9.99

    In Ireland the period of 1918-1932 was one of upheaval and realignment as people suffered the hardship of war and came to terms with their new national and political identities....

    David Blake Knox: Hitler's Irish Slaves [2017] paperback

    €8.99€19.99

    Hitler's Irish Slaves tells the shocking story of 32 merchant seamen from Ireland who were held in conditions of great hardship in an SS slave labour camp from 1943 to...

    John Waters: Was It For This? [2012] paperback

    €8.99€21.41

    Ireland today stands at a defining moment. The prosperity of the Celtic Tiger years has given way to the sudden crash, the turbulence of the euro crisis, and the loss...

    Michael Foley: The Bloodied Field [2015] paperback

    €7.99€19.99

    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...

    Michael Foley: The Bloodied Field [2014] paperback

    €12.99€19.99

    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...

    Colin Murphy: The Most Famous Irish People You've Never Heard Of [2009] paperback

    €8.99€17.13

    STORIES OF ADVENTURE & ACHIEVEMENTINVENTORS, GOLD-DIGGERS, MILITARY LEADERS, SPIES, RABBLE-ROUSERS, SOLDIERS, COURTESANS, ACE PILOTS DETECTIVES, ATHLETES, HEROESIrish people have left their mark on virtually every corner of the globe. This...

    Neil Richardson: A Coward if I Return, A Hero if I Fall [2010] paperback

    €8.99€25.70

    IRELAND'S FORGOTTEN LEGACY In 1914-1918, two hundred thousand Irishmen from all religions and backgrounds went to war. At least thirty-five thousand never came home. Those that did were scarred for...

    Sean Boyne: Gunrunners [2006] paperback

    €6.99€24.27

    Sean Boyne, an expert on defence and arms trafficking gives us a facinating but disturbing insight into the shadowy world of arms dealers, spies and moles.With interviews with the dealers,...

    Diarmaid Ferriter: Ambiguous Republic [2012] hardback

    €24.99€42.86

    'Hard-nosed scholarship and moral passion underpin Diarmaid Ferriter's work.' Now he turns to the key years of the 70s, when after half a century of independence, questions were being asked...

    Ryan Tubridy: JFK in Ireland [2011] paperback

    €8.99€18.56

    In his first book, award-winning radio and TV presenter Ryan Tubridy tells the fascinating story of the iconic president John F Kennedy's visit to Ireland. The idolized, handsome and glamorous...

    Garret FitzGerald: The Times Great Irish Lives [2009] paperback

    €6.99€18.56

    For the first time, The Times brings together a unique collection of obituaries of Ireland's most distinguished individuals from the last two centuries. The Irish have richly contributed to the...

    Anthony Adolph: Collins Tracing Your Irish Family History [2007] hardback

    €12.99€25.70

    FOREWORD BY RYAN TUBRIDY The authoritative and comprehensive guide to tracing your Irish ancestry There's never been a better time to trace your Irish family history. Vast internet resources and...

    Diarmaid Ferriter: Judging Dev: A Reassessment of the Life and Legacy of Eamon De Valera [2007] hardback

    €19.99

    Eamon de Valera is the most controversial figure in modern Irish history and as this book argues, the most misunderstood. 'Dev' has been characterised as a stern, un-bending, devious and...

    Christopher Winn: I Never Knew That About Ireland [2006] hardback

    €8.99

    Bestselling author Christopher Winn takes us on a fascinating journey around Ireland, to discover the tales buried deep in Irish history. Packed full of myths and legends, firsts, birthplaces, inventions...

    Ryan Tubridy: JFK in Ireland [2010] hardback

    €4.99€28.57

    In his first book, award-winning radio and TV presenter Ryan Tubridy tells the fascinating story of the iconic president John F Kennedy's visit to Ireland. The idolized, handsome and glamorous...

    The Arms Crisis of 1970: The Plot that Never Was [2020] paperback

    €8.99€9.99

    The number one Irish Times bestsellerIn 1970, Taoiseach Jack Lynch accused two cabinet ministers, Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney, of smuggling arms to the IRA in Northern Ireland. The criminal...

    Mr Isadore Ryan: No Way Out: [2017] paperback

    €9.99

    The experiences of the Irish in France during the war were overshadowed by the threat of internment or destitution. Up to 2,000 Irish people were stuck in occupied France after...

    Angus Mitchell: The Amazon Journal of Roger Casement [1997] hardback

    €39.99

    This text, derived from the manuscript in the National Library of Ireland, describes Roger Casement's journey into the South American rainforests to investigate atrocities against tribal people of the north-west...

    Morgan Llywelyn: YOUNG REBELS [2006] paperback

    €4.99€7.99

    St Enda's is no ordinary school, and Padraic Pearse is no ordinary headmaster.His pupils are inspired by his vision of freedom and an Irish Republic, and John Joe and his...

    John Bowman: Ireland: The Autobiography [2016] hardback

    €8.99€19.99

    Ireland in its own words: a dazzling compendiumOver the past hundred years, Ireland has undergone profound political, social and cultural changes. But one thing that has not changed is the...

    Clair Wills: Missing Persons, Or My Grandmother's Secrets [2024] hardback

    €22.99

    'This is a history shaken by intimacy - a brave and rigorously humane book' Sean HewittHow far would you go for the missing?When Clair Wills was in her twenties, she...

    Robert Stedall: Roots Of Irelands Troubles The [2022]

    €7.99

    If the objective of colonisation should be the establishment of economic benefit, in Ireland it was to enforce order. Settlers were required to usurp the traditional lands of its indigenous...

    Elaine Farrell: Bad Bridget [2024] paperback

    €7.99€12.99

    The Number 1 Bestseller'A captivating account of lives previously ignored' Sunday Independent'An important, impeccably researched though eminently readable book that charts new territory' Irish Examiner* * *Ireland in the nineteenth...

    Diarmaid Ferriter: The Border: The Legacy of a Century of Anglo-Irish Politics [2019] paperback

    €11.70

    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...

    Gene Kerrigan: The Scrap [2015] paperback

    €10.99€22.84

    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...

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