Irish History and Historical Biography

Michael O'Sullivan / Mary Robinson (Hardback)

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Gemma Hussey / Ireland Today (Hardback)

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Mary Robinson / Everybody Matters: A Memoir (Hardback)

Shortlisted for the Political Book Awards 2013 Political Book of the Year One of the most inspiring women of our age, Mary Robinson has spent her life in pursuit of a fairer world. Now, for the first time, she reveals what lies behind the vision,...

Frank Dunlop / Yes, Taoiseach: Irish Politics from Behind Closed Doors (Hardback)

For nearly two decades Dunlop had a bird's eye view of the good that politicians do, and the bad. Sitting at the shoulder of the legendary Jack Lynch during his fall from power; working with the most intriguing, charismatic and beleagured politician...

Terence de Vere White - Kevin O'Higgins - Anvil Press - 1st PB Ed 1966 - Irish Free State

On 10 July 1927, Kevin O'Higgins was shot dead in Booterstown, County Dublin. He fell under a rain of bullets and died forgiving his enemies. He was thirty-five years of age. Born in Stradbally, he came to Dublin to study law, and, caught up in the...

Brian Lenihan - For the Record - Blackwater Press - Politics Ireland - 1991 - Fianna Fáil - Presidency Elections

A first edition copy of Brian Lenihan ( Snr) 's 1991 autobiography, For The Record, published by Blackwater Press 1991. Primarily a response by Lenihan to his failed Presidential bid in 1990, where he lost to Mary Robinson in a three horse race that also...

Martin McGartland / Fifty Dead Men Walking

Brought up a strong Catholic in Belfast, Martin McGartland decided to help put a stop to the cruelty of the IRA. He worked as a British agent inside the IRA, and is reported to have saved the lives of over fifty people. This book tells his story.All of...

Frank Mitchell - Shell Guide to Reading the Irish Landscape - Hardcover 1986 - Revised Ed

A key popular work on Irish environmental history - The Shell Guide to reading the Irish Landscape, A synthesis of history, archaeology, geology, climate studies, geography and all the life sciences - to give a full picture of the forces and...

George B Collins, - Wildcats & Shamrocks - Oil Gas Exploration Cork - Kinsale Field

A hardcover first edition, Mennonite Press, 1976, on the history and background of the oil and gas discovery in the Kinsale Field off Cork, during the 1970's . This is an account by Collins on the mechanics and political machinations of getting a...

John Horgan / Noel Browne Passionate Outsider

Horgan identifies the many false trails and omissions in Borwne's autobiography, Against The Tide, and gives us the first rounded picture of a complex, tortured and gifted individual. * First paperback version of successful hardback * Based on...

Shane Ross / The Bankers: How the Banks Brought Ireland to Its Knees

As recently as 2007, the Irish economy was still booming and the state coffers overflowing; by the end of 2008, the state faces an unprecedented crisis. The story of the Irish banking collapse is a tawdry tale of collusion, back-scratching and denial...

Olivia O'Leary / Politicians and Other Animals

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Brian Keenan / An Evil Cradling (Blind Flight)

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Bill Cullen / It's A Long Way from Penny Apples

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