14 Search Results for: "Gerard Murphy"

Why were both sides of the Civil War divide so evasive when it came to the death of Michael Collins? Why were they still trying to effect cover-ups as late...

Geordan Murphy does not come from the leafy suburbs of south Dublin or the rugby hotbeds of Limerick or Cork. As a teenager he played Gaelic football for Kildare minors....

This title presents a head on challenge to the prevailing view that Post-Second World War Ireland was in a state of chaos. In his book, "Preventing the Future", Tom Garvin...

This major new account of the politics of modern Ireland offers a rigorous analysis of the forces which shaped both how the Irish state governed itself from the period since...

Shortlisted for The Last Word Listeners' Choice Award, Irish Book Awards 2025'No matter if you're a die-hard hurling fanatic or you've never seen a match, Old Parish is well worth...

The fifth Earl Spencer was lord lieutenant of Ireland twice (1868-71, 1882-5). It was a problematic office, combing both symbolic, constitutional aspects with an administrative role that could embroil it...

'Murphy names the names ... his scope is comprehensive and covers reprisals and assassinations in both city and county ... Disappearances, executions, graves and departures are listed by Murphy in...

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...

Fitt was a member of the minority nationalist community in Northern Ireland, which was governed by the Unionist majority, and his early years are by no means untypical of his...