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Castles, Follies and Four-Leaf Clovers
Allen & Unwin 2011; US$ 22.72The fascinating and funny story of one woman's delightful ramble along Ireland's St Declan's Way - an ancient pilgrims' path - battling the mist and the rain (often longing for a warm fire and stiff drink) with just an old photocopy of a map to guide her. more...
From Farquhar to Field Day
The History Press 2012; US$ 24.78Derry's cultural history is a deep one, and this new book looks at the dramatic and musical life of the county between 1678, the birth of George Farquhar, and 2001, the end of the Field Day Drama Company. Divided into ten chapters, each will focus on a particular venue where drama and music were performed. Portraits of key musicians, actors, playwrights,... more...
The Charlestown Chronicles
The History Press 2011; US$ 24.78Charlestown has long been a town of strategic importance to Mayo. It has provided many prominent and dedicated residents who have made their contribution not alone to their own area but to the county at large through involvement in public life, sport, community development and business. In The Charlestown Chronicles, Cathal Henry has immortalised... more...
Joe Cahill
The O'Brien Press 2002; US$ 16.03'I was born in a united Ireland,' says Joe Cahill, 'I want to die in a united Ireland.' Here Cahill gives his full and frank story -- of a life spent in prison, on hunger strike, on the run, in safe houses, in action, and latterly in the corridors of power of Washington as the Good Friday Agreement was being negotiated. He tells of narrowly avoiding... more...
Unionism in Modern Ireland
Palgrave Macmillan 1996; US$ 64.00This collection of essays brings together exciting, fresh work by young scholars working on vital aspects of modern Irish unionism. Its range is broad, taking in much material (literary, political, cultural, intellectual) which has previously been ignored. Using new and extensive sources, the contributors examine important features of modern unionism... more...
Truth recovery in Northern Ireland
Manchester University Press 2009; US$ 95.00Northern Ireland has entered what is arguably the key phase in its troubled political history truth recovery and dealing with the legacy of the past yet the void in knowledge and the lack of academic literature with regard to victims rights is particularly striking. This book analyses truth recovery as a fundamental aspect of the... more...
Watching the Door
Soft Skull Press 2009; US$ 15.95Kevin Myers was a young, wide-eyed, and naive outsider thrust into the thick of the conflict in Northern Ireland as it teetered on the brink of civil war. Quickly absorbed into the local community and privy to the secrets of both the Protestant and Catholic paramilitaries, Myers gained a unique perspective into both sides of the sectarian violence.... more...
Watching the Door
The Lilliput Press 2011; US$ 10.19As an Irish Catholic raised in Leicester, fresh from University College Dublin with a first in History, Kevin Myers is sent north to work for the Belfast bureau of RTE News. There he covers the increasingly vicious conflict erupting in the city as the IRA campaign begins. Reporting too for Dublin's Hibernia, the London Observer and NBC Radio for North... more...
The Bloodiest Year 1972
The History Press 2011; US$ 27.691972 was the bloodiest year of an already bloody conflict played out on the streets of Northern Ireland. Over twelve months the country was rocked by the atrocities of Bloody Friday and the Claudy bombing, civilian casualties mounted, and the soldiers of the British Army were caught between the factions. 169 servicemen died that year, their deaths... more...
Peacemaking Strategies in Northern Ireland
Palgrave Macmillan 1996; US$ 168.00How can scholars develop better co-operation between competing theoretical approaches to conflict management? This study analyses real peacemaking strategies in Northern Ireland from 1969 to the present, including case-studies of the Brooke Initiative political talks and the Community Relations Council. In the light of this wealth of practical evidence,... more...









