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MSRP: €14.00 Was: €14.00 Now: €6.00 Add to Cart Quick view Maynooth Studies in Local History Seán Byrne - Poverty in Pre-Famine Westmeath : The Findings of the Poor Commission of 1833 - PB - BRAND NEW The scale of the Great Famine has overshadowed the prevalence of extreme poverty in Ireland in the period 1815-1845. In 1833 the government established the Royal Commission for Inquiring into the Condition of the Poorer Classes in Ireland, holding public... MSRP: Now: €12.95 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Mercier Press John Hall - Fair Faces : Images From a Disappearing Ireland - HB - BRAND NEW Only in Ireland will you come across events where a goat can be crowned king, where “straw boys” roam the streets freely, where men sip whiskey on horseback or where Barak Obama was found hanging out with a busker in Co. Kerry. These are... 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It will be of interest to nature lovers and to tourists, containing a wealth of local knowledge of the area around Shannon, especially useful for ‘staycations’. In August 1939 the... MSRP: Now: €15.00 Add to Cart Quick view O'Brien Press Michael Smith & David Butler - Tom Crean : Irish AntarctIc Hero ( Graphic Novel) The unforgettable story of Ireland’s greatest unsung hero, Tom Crean, in graphic novel form. Tom Crean, the teenage son of a poor Kerry farmer, ran away from home in 1893 to seek adventure, and became a major figure in three pioneering expeditions... MSRP: €14.99 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart Quick view Mercier Press Seamus Murphy - STONE MAD ( 50th Anniversary Edition ) - Mercier PB ( BRAND NEW) ‘In the sharply formal conversations of the stonemen, the bittersweet flavour of provincial Ireland is presented with neither sentiment nor adornment.‘ —William Trevor, The Guardian ‘The men who have gone before us... 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MSRP: €14.99 Now: €13.00 Add to Cart Quick view Maynooth Studies in Local History Mairead Lynch - From Carrigdrumruske to Carrick-on-Shannon - The St George Estate, 1613-1864 Beginning on the eve of the Leitrim Plantation and concluding in the wake of the Great Famine, this is the story of the St George family and their Carrick-on-Shannon estate. It explores how military prowess and political acuity helped build their wealth,... MSRP: €12.95 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Mercier Press John O'Callaghan - The Battle For Kilmallock - PB ( Military History of the Irish Civil War ) The battle for Kilmallock took place between 25 July and 5 August 1922 in County Limerick. It was one of the largest engagements and a key turning point of the Irish Civil War. When the Free State army captured Limerick city in mid-July 1922, Republican... MSRP: €14.00 Was: €14.00 Now: €6.00 Add to Cart Quick view Maynooth Studies in Local History Seán Byrne - Poverty in Pre-Famine Westmeath : The Findings of the Poor Commission of 1833 - PB - BRAND NEW The scale of the Great Famine has overshadowed the prevalence of extreme poverty in Ireland in the period 1815-1845. In 1833 the government established the Royal Commission for Inquiring into the Condition of the Poorer Classes in Ireland, holding public... MSRP: Now: €12.95 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Mercier Press John Hall - Fair Faces : Images From a Disappearing Ireland - HB - BRAND NEW Only in Ireland will you come across events where a goat can be crowned king, where “straw boys” roam the streets freely, where men sip whiskey on horseback or where Barak Obama was found hanging out with a busker in Co. Kerry. These are... 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