Irish History and Historical Biography

D.D Rocca - Memories of the Way We Were - SIGNED - 2022

Signed with a dediaction from the author to the title page.  The author, Donal Rocca, also known as Don Rocca was born on 5th August 1941 in Dublin, Ireland to an Irish mother and Italian father. After a formal education by nuns, lay teachers and...

A.A. Kelly / Wandering Women: Two Centuries of Travel Out of Ireland (Large Paperback)

Presents travel writings from the 1790s to the 1990s in the form of accounts by 37 intrepid travellers, among Melasina Trench who kept a journal of her visit to Germany in 1799-1800, and Rosita Boland's story of hitchhiking by herself around Ireland's...

Journal of the County Kildare Archaeological Society 2016-2017 - PB ( VOLUME XX1 - PART 1)

Issued every two years , this is the 2016-2017 issue.  Contents -  John Wynn Baker et alii by Myro Kavanagh 7‘Weird and Wonderful Wart-Stones': Some Observations about the Bullaun Stones of County Kildare by Lorcan Harney and Stephen...

Helen M. Roe - Monasterboice and its Monuments - PB

Published 2003 by the County Louth Archaeological & History Society, 78 pages, slim ' copybook' format, illustrated throughout.  This is the third edition, 2003, first published in 1981. 

Marguerite Marie Dubois - Saint Columban : A Pioneer of Western Civilization - PB - 1961

Published by Gill Books, paperback with flaps, 1961.  Translated from the original French by James O'Carroll.  ( Variously known as Columbanus, Columban or Columba )  In excellent condition.  Cover shows the statue of the saint at...

Fintan Vallely -The Companion to Irish Traditional Music ( 3rd Edition) - HB - BRAND NEW 2024

Third Revised and expanded edition, May 2024. Cork University Press.  This extraordinary encyclopedia covers all aspects of traditional music song and dance in Ireland. Six-hundred thousand words in fourteen-hundred main topics explore people,...

ÉIRE-IRELAND - Irish Studies Quarterly - Winter 2000-2001 - History Culture & Literature

The Winter 2000-2001 issue of the noted Irish American published literary and historical journal - Éire-Ireland, published  by the Irish-American Cultural Institute Morristown NJ.   An interdisciplinary scholarly journal of...

Hélène O’Keeffe, John Crowley, Donal Ó Drisceoil, John Borgonovo and Mike Murphy - Atlas of the Irish Civil War - HB - BRAND NEW

PRICE INCLUDES TRACKED DELIUVERY WITHIN IRELAND This new volume in the award-winning Atlas Series presents fresh perspectives on, and a nuanced understanding of, the history of the Irish Civil War (1922–3). The centenary of the Civil War has...

Jude Collins / Laying it on the Line (Large Paperback)

A collection of interviews with diverse stakeholders, Laying it on the Line: Opinions on the Border gives voice to a wide range of views on the line across Ireland that everyone forgot. Established over a century ago, it has re-emerged as central to...

Clodagh Finn & John Morgan - The Irish in the Resistance - PB - BRAND NEW

  In June 1940, the fall of France prompted General Charles de Gaulle to make an impassioned rallying call to his fellow citizens to fight back against the Germans. His famous radio speech, broadcast from the BBC in London, was later credited...

Rupert Matthews / The Illustrated History of the Twentieth Century (Coffee Table Book)

More than any other this has been a century of change. Empires which took generations to build have been swept away, monolithic super states founded on ideology have been created and destroyed, technology we now take for granted was not even dreamed of...

Pádraig McCarthy (Editor & Tranlator) - My Name is Patrick - Saint Patrick's Confessio - PB - BRAND NEW

Patrick is the first identifiable person in Irish history to have his life story recorded. Published in association with the launch of the St Patrick’s Confessio Hypertext Stack, this booklet presents the Saint’s own account of his capture,...

Ian Hannigan - Timeless Colours - Waterford - BRAND NEW ( September 2024)

Timeless Colours: Waterford celebrates the rich history of the Déise and its people through the meticulous colourisation of over 100 stunning images. From architectural gems like the Dromana Gate to the tranquil beauty of the River Suir, each...

Patrick Casey, Joe Duignan & Kevin Cullen - Irish Doctors in the Second World War - HB- BRAND NEW

DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE COST This highly anticipated sequel charts the contributions of Irish doctors in the Second World War, a conflict that demonstrated to the world that the pace of military warfare had changed forever...

Helena King et al ( Editors) - Knowth - PB - BRAND NEW

Knowth, Co. Meath, has been a place of ritual and settlement from the beginning of the Neolithic to the modern era. It is a national monument and part of a UNESCO World...

Éamonn MacThomáis - Me Jewel and Darlin' Dublin - O'Brien Press - Illustrated 50th Anniversary Edition - BRAND NEW

50th Anniversary Edition  A beautifully presented and attractively laid out commemorative edition, with new introductions by Ivan O’Brien, MD of The O’Brien Press and best-selling author Dónal Fallon. The very first book...

Robert Allen / No Global: The People of Ireland Versus the Multinationals (Large Paperback)

Ireland's economy has seen phenomenal growth since the 1990s, as a result of an earlier decision by the state to chase foreign investment, largely from US corporates. As a result, manufacturers of raw chemicals, pharmaceuticals and highly dangerous...

Brian Dinan - Clare and its People : A Concise History - PB - 1987 ( Mercier Press)

Published by Mercier Press 1987, larger format paperback, illustrated throughout ( with many period photographs also)  A chronological history of county Clare from earliest times to the 20th century, as wellas a glossary and biography at rear of...

David Burke - The Puppet Masters - PB - BRAND NEW

David Burke uncovers the clandestine activities of Patrick Crinnion, a Garda intelligence officer in the Republic of Ireland who secretly served the British Secret Service, MI6, during the initial years of the Troubles. At the same time, The Garda...

Acts of the Oireachtas 1957 - HB - Dáil Éireann - Bound

Bound in red cloth, titles to spine, the full legislation of the Houses of the Oireachtas for 1957 ' Consisting of The Public general Acts and A rivate Act, with Tables and index - DUAL LANGUAGE ( Gaeilge & English, facing pages) , published by the...

Edward Burke - Ghosts of a Family : Ireland’s Most Infamous Unsolved Murder and the Origins of the Troubles - PB - BRAND NEW

The gripping historical true crime story of Ireland’s most infamous unsolved murder, the sectarian massacre of six Catholic civilians in their north Belfast home in 1922.      At 1.20am on 24 March 1922, five men, four dressed in...

Joe Kearney / From the Candy Store to the Galtymore - Stories from Ireland's Showbands Era(Large Paperback)

Stories from the dance floor of the showband era in Ireland and England from the1950s to 1970s.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition...

Damien Kiberd / Media in Ireland: Issues in Broadcasting (Large Paperback)

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a...

James Durney - Jailbreak : Great Irish Republican Escapes, 1865–1983 -BRAND NEW

  ‘What has taken place here today was a carefully planned exercise to secure the release of a substantial number of POWs. The block is now under our control.’ The infamous 1983 H-Block breakout, which saw 38 IRA prisoners escape from...

Rachel Finnegan - The Memoirs and Diaries of Judith Isobel Chavasse : An Account of Life in West Cork and Waterford (1867-1935) - BRAND NEW SIGNED

Rachel Finnegan - The Memoirs and Diaries of Judith Isobel Chavasse : An Account of Life in West Cork and Waterford (1867-1935) - BRAND NEW ( JUNE 2024) DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE COST. signed  In this meticulously researched...

Tim Doyle / Get Up Them Steps (Large Paperback)

A memoir of the author's experiences serving with the Garda Síochána, the national police agency of the Republic of Ireland. His second book on the subject, the first being Peaks and Valleys (published 1997.) An honest, and often humorous,...

Harman Murtagh - Irish Midland Studies : Essays in Commemoration of N.W English - HB 1980

Published by the Old Athlone Society, 1980, hardcover internally in excellent condition but in a somewhat edgeworn dustjacket ( which is now in a clear plastic removable cover)  Essays ( on a diverse array of subjects, and also covering counties...

Brendan Ogle / From Bended Knee to a New Republic: How the Fight for Water is Changing Ireland (Large Paperback)

An exploration of the Irish water issue that has raged through the country in recent years. Water in Ireland had always been provided by local government and paid for through taxes. In 2015 a new water utility was created by the national government with...

J.F Quinn - History of Mayo , Volume 1 - HB 1st Edition 1993

Edited by Brendan Quinn , the son of the original author and Western People journalist , Joe .F Quinn, who first published the material for this book in a long series of weekly articles in the 1930's and 1940's.  Initally intended as a history of...

Dúchas /Niah - Survey of the Architectural Heritage of County MEATH

Published 2002,  paperback, with 2 x (Windows based) cdROM ( with map content) also. (THIS ELEMENT IS UNUSED, BUT IS PROBABLY INACCESSIBLE UNLESS YOU HAVE AN OLD PC )  in external plastic slipcase, opens out gatefold style.  Part of the...

Seán Ó Cuirreáin - The Queen v Patrick O'Donnell : The Man Who Shot the Informer James Carey - PB - BRAND NEW

Patrick O’Donnell achieved the status of a national hero when he killed Ireland’s most infamous informer James Carey on board a steamship off the coast of South Africa in 1883. Why did the quiet-spoken labourer from the Donegal Gaeltacht...

Peter Crawford / The Living Isles : A Natural History of Britain and Ireland (Coffee Table Book)

 The story of the natural history of the British isles, this companion book to the BBC TV series has been produced to coincide with its repeat showing as part of the national project "Safari UK". The book tells the story of our changing landscape...

Richard Chambers / A State of Emergency (Signed by the Author) (Large Paperback).

This book has been signed by the author to view the signature click on the pictureTo view the book just click on the pictures. These are pictures of the actual book for sale. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If...

Peter Sheridan / 44 - A Dublin Memoir (Signed by the Author) (Large Paperback)

This book has been signed by the author to view the signature click on the pictureTo view the book just click on the pictures. These are pictures of the actual book for sale. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If...

James Connor Patterson ( Editor) New Frontier : Reflections From the Irish Border - PB - BRAND NEW

The New Frontier is a landmark publication of writing from the Irish Border, composed of non-fiction, fiction and poetry – it is a chorus of voices from some of the island’s greatest writers, that conveys in its multiplicity the true...

Alannah Hopkin / A Very Strange Man : A Memoir of Aidan Higgins - PB - BRAND NEW

This is a love story, set in the Irish literary world between 1986 and 2015. When they were first introduced by the poet Derek Mahon, Alannah Hopkin was an arts journalist turned full-time writer and Aidan Higgins, twenty-three years her senior, was a...

Derek Molyneaux & Darren Kelly - Someone Has to Die for This - PB - BRAND NEW

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Derek Molyneaux & Darren Kelly - Tomorrow With Bayonets - PB - BRAND NEW 2024

The raw intensity of the Irish Civil War is brought to life in this gripping, fast-paced journey through a year of change and conflict. Dublin’s descent into violent unrest surpasses the turmoil of the Easter Rising. Former allies in the IRA find...

Páraic Kerrigan - Reeling in the Queers - PB - BRAND NEW ( June 2024)

The modern story of LGBTQ liberation in Ireland is often framed as one of success, with the triumph of the vote on the Marriage Equality referendum in 2015, the passing of the Gender Recognition Act that same year, and later the ascendancy of...

Warren Farrell - So Once Was I : Tales From Glasnevin Cemetery - PB - BRAND NEW ( With author Signed adhesive bookplate)

‘Remember now as you go by, as you are now so once was I, and as I am now so you shall be, so prepare for death and follow me.’ Every grave has a story to tell. Glasnevin Cemetery is the final resting place of over one million souls, with...

Dan Lawton - Hunted : The Kevin Barry Artt Story - His Wrongful Conviction for Murder, Daring Escape from the Maze Prison and Long Fight for Justice - PB - BRAND NEW

On Sunday, 26 November 1978, two IRA gunmen kicked in the front door at 8 Evelyn Gardens in Belfast, the home of Maze prison official Albert Miles. They executed Miles in front of his family and vanished into the night. In 1983 twenty-four-year-old...

Arthur Mathews - Walled in by Hate - Kevin O'Higgins : His Friends and Enemies - BRAND NEW 2024

In July 1927, government minister Kevin O'Higgins was assassinated near his home in Booterstown, Dublin. Appointed Minister for Home Affairs in 1922 at the height of the Irish civil war, he had advocated draconian measures to combat anti treaty...

Denis Bradley - Peace Comes Dropping Slow : My Life in the Troubles - PB - BRAND NEW ( April 2024)

Denis Bradley was born and raised in Buncrana, just 12 miles from the border with Northern Ireland. On joining the priesthood he found himself assigned to the cathedral parish in Derry city, arriving in the summer of 1970 as the streets were descending...

Henry Boylan - A Dictionary of Irish Biography ( HB - 3rd Edition Revised- 1998 - SIGNED

A Dictionary of Irish Biography' is an essential reference book containing brief biographies of nearly 1,700 noteworthy and lesser-known Irish men and women. The only single volume A-Z to summarise the lives and achievements of Ireland's most...

Peadar Ó Riada - Ceoltóirí Chualann : The Band that changed the course of Irish Music - HB - BRAND NEW

A lively and engaging account of the legendary Irish folk music ensemble Ceoltóirí Chualann, and the first time that readers can see the groundbreaking concepts used by Seán Ó Riada and his band Ceoltóirí...

Aidan O'Hara - A Damn Yankee , Am I ? Thanks ! - Portraits of the Irish in the era of the American Civil War - PB - BRAND NEW

The era of the American Civil War is assessed as being from the start of abolitionism in the 1830s, through the war itself and its aftermath. This fascinating book deals in detail with the Ireland the thousands of emigrants left at this time, their...

T.W Moody & F.X Martin- The Course of Irish History - PB Illustrated - Vintage 1994 Revised & Enlarged Edition

The Course of Irish History is the classic general history of Ireland, covering the economic, social and political development of the island of Ireland from prehistoric times to the present day. It provides a comprehensive overview of the major events,...

Sarah Gearty & Michael Potterton - Town & Country : Perspectives from the Irish Historic Towns Atlas - PB - BRAND NEW - 2023

The interconnection between town and country is the central theme in this new volume. It is based on a seminar held in 2021 where contributors used and compared historic town atlases to understand how the urban landscape interacted with its suburban...

Ciarán Wallace - Meath : The Irish Revolution, 1912−1923 - BRAND NEW

This book looks at the people of Meath during the turmoil of the revolutionary era. As politics, war and revolution intruded on daily life, some embraced the chance for change, risking life and livelihood for their chosen cause; others resisted the tide...

Brian Hughes - Dublin : The Irish Revolution, 1912−1923 - BRAND NEW ( August 2024)

Dublin – capital of Ireland and, to some at least, the ‘second city of the Empire’ – was central to the Irish Revolution. But there were many different ‘Dublins’, including the city borough and its suburban townships,...

Catherine Swift, Brian Hodkinson & Tom Donovan, ( Editors) - Limestone and River : Essays on Limerick History in Honour of Liam Irwin - BRAND NEW

From Viking trading place to modern hi-tech city, Limerick’s long history as Ireland’s oldest Atlantic port has been played out against its natural backdrop of limestone and river. The stone circles of Lough Gur, the Norman strongholds of...

Donal Hall & Eoin Magennis - Armagh The Irish Revolution, 1912-23 - BRAND NEW

County Armagh was one of the most controversial theatres of political and military conflict during the 1912–23 period. The county’s long-standing antipathy between unionism and nationalism intensified during the third home rule crisis of...