Secondhand Irish History Books

Explore the rich history of Ireland through the fascinating lives that helped shape it. Discover fascinating lives of figures that have shaped Ireland from the early 19th c. to the...

With more than 5,000 original articles written by over 900 different contributors and in excess of 700 illustrations, mainly in colour, "The Encyclopaedia of Ireland" is unique. Unique in scope,...

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...

Can Ireland return to prosperity and full employment? How do we make the Irish political system more effective and less prone to the sort of catastrophic errors that led to...

In the early part of the seventeenth-century, along the southwest coast of Ireland, piracy was a way of life. Following the outlawing of privateering in 1603 by the new king...

St Patrick is one of the most famous saints of all time. Thousands of people with no direct Irish connection celebrate St Patrick's Day, parading along the streets of New...

'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...

When George Mitchell described his time helping broker peace in Northern Ireland, he said, 'We had 700 bad days - and then one good day, which changed the course of...

From one of Ireland's best known and most listened to radio programmes comes a wonderful selection of new writing. Originally broadcast by Sunday Miscellany on RTAe Radio 1, these essays,...

A true story of murder and vengeance, a shattered community and a miscarriage of justice that echoes down the decadesOctober 1971. Nineteen-year-old Una Lynskey vanishes near her home in Co....

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...

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 work concentrates on the rich architectural heritage of both early and late medieval Ireland, preceded by an introduction on the groundwork laid by the Celts. The legacy of this...

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...

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...

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.

Between the years of the mid thirties through to 1960, independent Ireland suffered from economic stagnation, and also went through a period of intense cultural and psychological repression. While external...

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...

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....

This text traces the origins of Irish republicanism in the American and French revolutions. It then deals with the development of the United Irish and Defender movements in the 1790s,...

David Gray has a divided legacy in Ireland. Born in Buffalo, New York, he was a journalist and playwright before he became a diplomat. He took up the post of...