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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 15 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement by Roland Philipps
    Broken Archangel: The Tempestuous Lives of Roger Casement - by Roland Philipps

    £25.00   hardback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9781847927071 | ISBN 10: 1847927076

    Pioneering human rights campaigner, patriot, romantic, traitor, LGBTQ+ martyr: this is the story of Roger Casement, one of the 20th century’s most complex and compelling figures.  'A book of met­iculous sensitivity and research' TELEGRAPH& ... more

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  • Cover image of book Bad Bridget: Crime, Mayhem and the Lives of Irish Emigrant Women by Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick
    Bad Bridget: Crime, Mayhem and the Lives of Irish Emigrant Women - by Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick

    £10.99   paperback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780241994320 | ISBN 10: 0241994322

    'A captivating account of lives previously ignored' Sunday Independent   'An important, impeccably researched though eminently readable book that charts new territory' Irish Examiner   Ireland in the nineteenth and early twentieth cen ... more

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  • Cover image of book All Down Darkness Wide by Sean Hewitt
    All Down Darkness Wide - by Sean Hewitt

    £10.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529114478 | ISBN 10: 1529114470

    A luminous memoir from the prize-winning poet - a story of love, heartbreak and coming of age, and a tender exploration of queer identity.  'Beautiful' Colm Tóibín 'Rapturous' New York Times 'Extraordinary' Observer 'Stunning' Sunday T ... more

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  • Cover image of book Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty
    Diary of a Young Naturalist - by Dara McAnulty

    £10.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781529109603 | ISBN 10: 1529109604

    Diary of a Young Naturalist chronicles the turning of 15-year-old Dara McAnulty's world. From spring and through a year in his home patch in Northern Ireland, Dara spent the seasons writing. These vivid, evocative and moving diary entries about his c ... more

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  • Cover image of book Where Grieving Begins: Building Bridges After the Brighton Bomb: A Memoir by Patrick Magee
    Where Grieving Begins: Building Bridges After the Brighton Bomb: A Memoir - by Patrick Magee

    £16.99   hardback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780745341774 | ISBN 10: 0745341772

    An enduring peace is only possible through a genuine understanding of the past. To understand the Troubles is to set them in the context of the historical root causes of the conflict, in order to grapple with its pain and its horrors; to grieve and t ... more

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  • Cover image of book A James Connolly Reader by James Connolly
    A James Connolly Reader - by James Connolly

    £16.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781608466467 | ISBN 10: 1608466469

    A stirring collection of James Connolly's most important speeches and writing.  Considered by many Ireland's most important revolutionary, James Connolly devoted his life to struggles against exploitation, oppression, and imperialism. Active ... more

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  • Cover image of book Women of the Irish Revolution by Liz Gillis
    Women of the Irish Revolution - by Liz Gillis

    £16.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781781174654 | ISBN 10: 1781174652

    Women of the Irish Revolution tells the story of the role that women played both directly and indirectly in the Irish revolution.  These women were vital to the revolutionary movement. They were part of a generation who made a conscious decision t ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Trial of Roger Casement by Fionnuala Doran
    The Trial of Roger Casement - by Fionnuala Doran

    £12.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781910593202 | ISBN 10: 1910593206

    “The extraordinary life of Roger Casement: celebrated humanitarian and condemned Irish revolutionary”   In 1911, Roger Casement was knighted by King George V for his groundbreaking humanitarian work in Africa and South America. Five years late ... more

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  • Cover image of book One Bold Deed of Open Treason: The Berlin Diary of Roger Casement 1914-1916 by Angus Mitchell
    One Bold Deed of Open Treason: The Berlin Diary of Roger Casement 1914-1916 - by Angus Mitchell

    £16.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781785370564 | ISBN 10: 1785370561

    Roger Casement is an intriguing figure in Irish history who played a crucial role in the 1916 Rising. His Berlin Diary is an astonishingly candid insight into his mind and motives during his last acts before the Easter Rising and his execution.   ... more

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  • Cover image of book Michael Collins: A Biography by Tim Pat Coogan
    Michael Collins: A Biography - by Tim Pat Coogan

    £10.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781784753269 | ISBN 10: 1784753262

    When President of the Irish Republic Michael Collins signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921, he remarked to Lord Birkenhead, 'I may have signed my actual death warrant.' And in August 1922 during the Irish Civil War, that prophecy came true - ... more

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  • Cover image of book De Valera: Long Fellow, Long Shadow by Tim Pat Coogan
    De Valera: Long Fellow, Long Shadow - by Tim Pat Coogan

    £11.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781784753276 | ISBN 10: 1784753270

    The history of Ireland for much of the Twentieth century is the history of Eamon De Valera.   From the 1916 Rising, the troubled Treaty negotiations and the Civil War, right through to his retirement after longer in power than any other twent ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Place Apart: Northern Ireland in the 1970s by Dervla Murphy
    A Place Apart: Northern Ireland in the 1970s - by Dervla Murphy

    £13.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781780600116 | ISBN 10: 1780600119

    At the height of The Troubles, Dervla Murphy bicycled to Northern Ireland to try to understand the situation by speaking to people on either side of the divide. She also sought to interrogate her own opinions and emotions. As an Irishwoman and travel ... more

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  • Cover image of book 16 Lives: Roger Casement by Angus Mitchell
    16 Lives: Roger Casement - by Angus Mitchell

    £13.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781847172648 | ISBN 10: 1847172644

    A fascinating examination of the extraordinary life of Roger Casement, executed as part of the 1916 rising, fighting the empire that had previously knighted him.   Roger Casement was a British consul for two decades. However, his investigation ... more

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  • Cover image of book Patrick Pearse: The Making of a Revolutionary by Joost Augusteijn
    Patrick Pearse: The Making of a Revolutionary - by Joost Augusteijn

    £25.00   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780230277656 | ISBN 10: 0230277659

    Patrick Pearse was not only the leader of the 1916 Easter Rising but also one of the main ideologues of physical-force nationalism in Ireland. For a long time, his ideas have either been dismissed or portrayed as dubious because of his association wi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Bloody Mary: My Life and Times by Mary Coughlan
    Bloody Mary: My Life and Times - by Mary Coughlan

    £8.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780340993484 | ISBN 10: 0340993480

    Since she rose to international fame in 1985 with her seminal Irish jazz album Tired and Emotional, Mary Coughlan's battles with addiction, the problems in her personal life and career have been well documented. But until now she has never spoken of ... more

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