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Humanity Dick Martin
The Lilliput Press 1989; US$ 18.94This finely detailed and amply illustrated biography recreates the life and times of one of Ireland's earliest environmentalists, founder of the world movement for the protection of animals. A loveable Galwayman, Volunteer colonel, landlord-eccentric, lawyer-duellist, parliamentarian and champion of Catholic emancipation, his colourful, humorous personality... more...
Looking Under Stones
The O'Brien Press 2003; US$ 18.94'This is not a story of me, but of me and mine, of my place and theirs, of places north, south, east and west in Ireland, but particularly of home life in Dingle and holidays in Galway, and of the times and traditions that left an indelible mark on a growing boy.' Set against the backdrop of major events in Irish history and the smaller local happenings... more...
Cross-Border Cooperation in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
Palgrave Macmillan 1998; US$ 148.00Tannam examines the cross-border relationship between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, through analysis of politicians, civil servants and business communities and highlighting the impact of European Union membership and Anglo-Irish policy on this subject. more...
Across the margins
Manchester University Press 2002; US$ 95.00Contributors to this text discuss what it is to be British or Irish, and how people come to describe themselves as such. The study offers a comparative, theoretically informed analysis of the cultural formation of the Atlantic Archipelago, working across the disciplines of history, geography, literature and cultural studies. It also includes specific... more...
Social change and everyday life in Ireland, 1850-1922
Manchester University Press 2007; US$ 95.00Men and women who were born, grew up and died in Ireland between 1850 and 1922 made decisions - to train, to emigrate, to stay at home, to marry, to stay single, to stay at school - based on the knowledge and resources they had at the time. This, the first comprehensive social history of Ireland for the period 1850-1922 to appear since 1981, tries... more...
Insubordinate Irish
Manchester University Press 2011; US$ 95.00This book traces a number of common themes relating to the representation of Irish Travellers in Irish popular tradition and how these themes have impacted on Irelands collective imagination. A particular focus of the book is on the exploration of the Traveller as Other, an "Other" who is perceived as both inside and outside... more...
The Rising: Easter 1916
OUP Oxford 2010; US$ 18.99The Easter Rising of 1916 not only destroyed much of the centre of Dublin - it changed the course of Irish history. But how did it achieve this? What role did people from ordinary backgrounds play in the making of the Irish revolution and what motivated them to take part in it? What did the rebels think they could achieve? And what kind of a republic... more...
Ulster Loyalism after the Good Friday Agreement
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 95.00A timely assessment of loyalist history, identity and community in Northern Ireland today which provides a comprehensive picture of how loyalism has reacted to changes since the Good Friday Agreement. Challenging simplistic stereotypes of loyalism this book provides a complex multi-faceted explanation of the loyalist imagination. more...
Ireland in Conflict 1922-1998
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 26.95Ireland in Conflict, 1922-1998 sets out the main political, economic and social developments in Ireland, north and south of the border, since the 1922 treaty. This book explains the troubles in their context and examines the underlying tensions which led to prolonged violence after a period of relative civil peace and rising prosperity. Ireland... more...
Memory, Politics and Identity
Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 92.00The question of how to move beyond contentious pasts exercises societies across the globe. Focusing on Northern Ireland, this book examines how historical injustices continue to haunt contemporary lives, and how institutional and juridical approaches to 'dealing' with the past often give way to a silencing consensus or re-marginalising victims. more...









