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The special magic of the Irish imagination shines forth in these fourteen authentic folktales.

One minute Chris had been having a smoke, talking to his wife, and the next minute he was dead, killed with one punch. He's stuck in this middle place with the ability to delve into the individual lives he cares about - to know what they are feeling and thinking.

Angie and Joe meet in the wake of the single worst atrocity of the Troubles. Brought together by the effect of the bombings on their lives, these two young people set out on a quest to discover who is responsible, facing confrontation with dark forces in Irish and British society.

There are more shades to John B. Keane's humour than there are colours in the rainbow. Compassion, shrewdness and a glorious sense of fun and roguery are evident in this collection, which brings together all John B's short stories. Included are gems such as "A Hanging" and "Guaranteed Pure".

In this volume are hundreds of short pieces which represent the distillation of the experience of a funny, witty, wise and passionate observer of the bright tapestry of Irish life. All human life is here, and Keane tells its story in an astonishing procession of remarkable characters and in rare humorous glimpses of his own career.

Synge's masterpiece about a father, a son, a woman in love and a tragedy.

The most wide-ranging series of essays ever published on the Irish famine.

The RIC are often portrayed as the villains of the War of Independence, Irishmen who betrayed their country. Police Casualties in Ireland 1919 - 1922 records in detail the deaths of over 500 police casualties during the war including the RIC, Dublin Metropolitan Police, the Auxiliaries, Black and Tans and Ulster Special Constabulary.

On 14 August 1969, at the age of 14, Michael McCann and his family fled their home. Thousands of innocent people were driven out by the initial pogrom and then by the ongoing campaign of expulsion by loyalist violence and intimidation. The British army occupation and the continuing violence utterly devastated communities on a monumental scale.

What was a mark? Livery of seisin? Letters patent? This remarkable Dictionary of Irish Local History will be able to tell you. Entries are fully cross-referenced and come replete with full biographical paraphernalia to enable readers to engage in further reading. Primarily intended for local historians, but the interconnectedness of the local and wider worlds is recognised by the inclusion of a range of entries relating to national institutions, religion, archaeology, education, land issues, lay associations and political movements. It is an indispensable work, which will enable local historians to make better sense of the evidence for the past.

A must-have guide to holistic cures from the hugely popular 'wellness' guru and holistic gardener Fiann O Nuallain

A dramatic life story of Eamonn Magee's sporting success combined with violence, tragedy and addiction.

Brilliant satire on the Gaeltacht and lugubrious Gaeltacht memories.

A no-holds-barred insider account of the IRA's border campaign.

The final installment of the acclaimed Nine Lives trilogy, sequel to 'The Book of Learning' and 'The Book of Shadows'.

Personal accounts by people of all political colours from these islands and the wider world who met and interacted with Martin McGuinness at different points in his life: some over a lifetime, others more briefly.

Story of the assassination of the Number One administrator of the British government in Ireland and his Number Two. 06 May, 1882, the Number One administrator of the British government in Ireland and his Number Two are assassinated by men wielding deadly surgical knives while the pair are walking in the Phoenix Park. The killings are witnessed from the Viceregal Lodge, now Aras an Uachtarain, the official residence of her majesty's representative in Ireland. One of the dead men is Lord Frederick Cavendish - who is married to the niece of the prime minister, William Ewart Gladstone. The other man is Thomas Henry Burke, the head of the Irish Civil Service, a man denounced by Nationalists as the leading 'Castle Rat' in the British 'occupation'. The British government must solve this crime. But there are no clues. The witness descriptions are inconclusive and the local police do not know where to begin...

The IRA in their own, unedited words

The captivating story of Charles Stewart Parnell's sister, one of Ireland's unsung heroines, feared by both the British government and Irish Republicans as she was considered too militant. Anna became a threat to the Republican movement itself and there was only one man who could silence her: Her brother, Charles Stewart Parnell. And he did.

A rare collection of Coroner's Reports from post-Famine Ireland, 1856-1876, which re-veal for the first time a glimpse into life at that time, through the eyes of death.

Moll is a hilarious and highly successful comedy about life in an Irish country presbytery.

The definitive autobiography of Ireland's Master Storyteller.

An evaluation of the contribution made by Michael Collins to the making of the Irish state. A series of specially commissioned essays, written by some of Ireland's leading historians (academic and popular), on the contribution made by Michael Collins to the making of the Irish state. This is a professional evaluation of Michael Collins which brings to light his multi-faceted and complex character. The contributors examine Collins as Minister for Finance, his role in intelligence, his policy towards the north, his career as Commander-in-Chief, the origins of the Civil War, his relationship with de Valera and how academics view his place in Irish history. The volume is illustrated with an eight page plate section of photographs from private family archives, from Military Archives and from the Examiner in order to give the book added scholarly and popular appeal.

More tales of myth and magic from the master of children's storytelling.

This book provides a fresh look at a neglected decade.

The first and only biography of one of the most misjudged and damned, but dominant figures in Irish history.