Irish History and Historical Biography

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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