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Bad Bridget: Crime, Mayhem and the Lives of Irish Emigrant Women - by Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick

£10.99 paperback (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780241994320 | ISBN 10: 0241994322

'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 and early twentieth cen ... more
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All Down Darkness Wide - by Sean Hewitt

£10.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529114478 | ISBN 10: 1529114470

A luminous memoir from the prize-winning poet - a story of love, heartbreak and coming of age, and a tender exploration of queer identity. 'Beautiful' Colm Tóibín 'Rapturous' New York Times 'Extraordinary' Observer 'Stunning' Sunday T ... more
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Diary of a Young Naturalist - by Dara McAnulty

£10.99 paperback (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781529109603 | ISBN 10: 1529109604

Diary of a Young Naturalist chronicles the turning of 15-year-old Dara McAnulty's world. From spring and through a year in his home patch in Northern Ireland, Dara spent the seasons writing. These vivid, evocative and moving diary entries about his c ... more
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Where Grieving Begins: Building Bridges After the Brighton Bomb: A Memoir - by Patrick Magee

£16.99 hardback (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780745341774 | ISBN 10: 0745341772

An enduring peace is only possible through a genuine understanding of the past. To understand the Troubles is to set them in the context of the historical root causes of the conflict, in order to grapple with its pain and its horrors; to grieve and t ... more
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A James Connolly Reader - by James Connolly

£16.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781608466467 | ISBN 10: 1608466469

A stirring collection of James Connolly's most important speeches and writing. Considered by many Ireland's most important revolutionary, James Connolly devoted his life to struggles against exploitation, oppression, and imperialism. Active ... more
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Women of the Irish Revolution - by Liz Gillis

£16.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781781174654 | ISBN 10: 1781174652

Women of the Irish Revolution tells the story of the role that women played both directly and indirectly in the Irish revolution. These women were vital to the revolutionary movement. They were part of a generation who made a conscious decision t ... more
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The Trial of Roger Casement - by Fionnuala Doran

£12.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781910593202 | ISBN 10: 1910593206

“The extraordinary life of Roger Casement: celebrated humanitarian and condemned Irish revolutionary” In 1911, Roger Casement was knighted by King George V for his groundbreaking humanitarian work in Africa and South America. Five years late ... more
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One Bold Deed of Open Treason: The Berlin Diary of Roger Casement 1914-1916 - by Angus Mitchell

£16.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781785370564 | ISBN 10: 1785370561

Roger Casement is an intriguing figure in Irish history who played a crucial role in the 1916 Rising. His Berlin Diary is an astonishingly candid insight into his mind and motives during his last acts before the Easter Rising and his execution. ... more
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Michael Collins: A Biography - by Tim Pat Coogan

£10.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781784753269 | ISBN 10: 1784753262

When President of the Irish Republic Michael Collins signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921, he remarked to Lord Birkenhead, 'I may have signed my actual death warrant.' And in August 1922 during the Irish Civil War, that prophecy came true - ... more
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De Valera: Long Fellow, Long Shadow - by Tim Pat Coogan

£11.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781784753276 | ISBN 10: 1784753270

The history of Ireland for much of the Twentieth century is the history of Eamon De Valera. From the 1916 Rising, the troubled Treaty negotiations and the Civil War, right through to his retirement after longer in power than any other twent ... more
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A Place Apart: Northern Ireland in the 1970s - by Dervla Murphy

£13.99 paperback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781780600116 | ISBN 10: 1780600119

At the height of The Troubles, Dervla Murphy bicycled to Northern Ireland to try to understand the situation by speaking to people on either side of the divide. She also sought to interrogate her own opinions and emotions. As an Irishwoman and travel ... more
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16 Lives: Roger Casement - by Angus Mitchell

£13.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781847172648 | ISBN 10: 1847172644

A fascinating examination of the extraordinary life of Roger Casement, executed as part of the 1916 rising, fighting the empire that had previously knighted him. Roger Casement was a British consul for two decades. However, his investigation ... more
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Patrick Pearse: The Making of a Revolutionary - by Joost Augusteijn

£25.00 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780230277656 | ISBN 10: 0230277659

Patrick Pearse was not only the leader of the 1916 Easter Rising but also one of the main ideologues of physical-force nationalism in Ireland. For a long time, his ideas have either been dismissed or portrayed as dubious because of his association wi ... more
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Bloody Mary: My Life and Times - by Mary Coughlan

£8.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780340993484 | ISBN 10: 0340993480

Since she rose to international fame in 1985 with her seminal Irish jazz album Tired and Emotional, Mary Coughlan's battles with addiction, the problems in her personal life and career have been well documented. But until now she has never spoken of ... more
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