Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Resurrection of Ireland The Resurrection of Ireland Michael Laffan Between 1916 and 1923 Ireland experienced a political as well as a military revolution. This book examines how, after the Easter Rising of 1916, radical revolutionaries formed a precarious coalition … OL125604W
Ireland and the land question 1800-1922 Ireland and the land question 1800-1922 Michael J. Winstanley This pamphlet makes use of the most recent revisionist literature to reassess the view, much propagated by nationalist sources, that Ireland was a land of impoverished peasants oppressed by English l… OL13504717W
Who really runs Ireland? Who really runs Ireland? Matt Cooper Having money and not having it; making it and losing it; using it and misusing it; giving it and taking it . . . this is the story of Ireland during the boom, described in jaw-dropping detail in Who … OL15090247W
Contemporary Ireland Contemporary Ireland Eoin O'Malley "Ireland has been transformed in the last quarter century from a poor, traditional society to one of the wealthiest and most globalized countries in the world. This broad-ranging text provides an acc… OL15946908W
Lost in transformation Lost in transformation Audra Mitchell "Peace interventions can promote violence, while conflict may be a crucial means for constraining and preventing it. This book explores these statements, re-thinking the relationships between peace, … OL16114226W
The Irish Question The Irish Question Donal O'Drisceoil 1 v. : OL17444682W
Wasters Wasters Shane Ross This title is a searing expose of profiteering and public waste during the boom years in Ireland. The authors show how wide and deep the rot runs, and they show that every scandal has one thing in co… OL18182696W
1916 1916 Tim Pat Coogan "The 1916 Easter Rising and its aftermath changed Ireland for ever. The British government's execution of 14 republican rebels transformed a group hitherto perceived as cranks and troublemakers into … OL20042597W
East German intelligence and Ireland, 1949-90 East German intelligence and Ireland, 1949-90 Jérôme aan De Wiel This book examines in depth Ireland's relations with a country behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War, the former East Germany. It is based on extensive research undertaken in Germany and Irelan… OL20052055W
Parnell to Pearse Parnell to Pearse John J. Horgan This title is a valuable insight into the fascinating and complex transitional period between the decline of 19th century constitutional nationalism and the emergence of the modern Irish state. OL22418236W
Ireland's czar Ireland's czar James H. Murphy This work continues the argument of the author's 2001 book, 'Abject Loyalty', that in 19th century Ireland, political affinity with Britain was damaged by the sacrifice for short-term political ends … OL23335439W
War and peace War and peace Christine Kinealy Over the past fifty years Ireland has been through a period of intense change, and has experienced both challenges and successes. In this work, the author, a historian explores the political triumphs… OL24307234W
Wolfe Tones Phenomenon Wolfe Tones Phenomenon Alex Fell 190 pages : 21 cm OL25712425W
From Bended Knee to a New Republic From Bended Knee to a New Republic Brendan Ogle xi, 273 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm OL27389059W
Fianna Fáil and Irish labour Fianna Fáil and Irish labour Kieran Allen x, 222 p. ; 22 cm OL3354101W
The Killing of Major Denis Mahon The Killing of Major Denis Mahon Peter Duffy At the height of the Irish Famine, now considered the greatest social disaster to strike nineteenth-century Europe, Anglo-Irish landlord Major Denis Mahon was assassinated as he drove his carriage th… OL4019075W
The life and times of Eamon de Valera The life and times of Eamon de Valera Constantine FitzGibbon 150 p. 29 cm OL5429439W