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The Burning of Bridget Cleary: A True Story by Angela Bourke Publisher Comments In 1895, Bridget Cleary, a strong-minded and independent young woman, disappeared from her house in rural Tipperary. At first her family claimed she had been taken by fairies-but then her badly burned body was found in a shallow grave. Bridget's husband,... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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Letters From Ireland by Glen Hooper Synopsis Written as a series of letters or reports for the Daily News in the autumn of 1852, the text works effectively as a single volume, bringing together diverse issues in a composed and coherent manner. In essence a travelogue, Letters from Ireland conveys a... (read more) List Price $58.95 Your price: $17.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Understand Irish History: A Teach Yourself Guide (Teach Yourself: Reference) by Finbar J M Madden About the Author Author Profile Finbar Madden is an experienced teacher and CCEA examiner and is currently Head of Government and Politics at St Columb's College, Derry. He lives in County Derry, Ireland.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Doorways of Ireland by Michael Fewer Synopsis Throughout the ages, doorways have attracted the art of the designer and the skill of the craftsman perhaps more than any other architectural element. In this book, Michael Fewer explores how Irelands builders and designers have dealt with the doorway in... (read more) List Price $27.25 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Prostitution and Irish Society, 1800-1940 by Maria Luddy Publisher Comments This is the first book to tackle the controversial history of prostitution in Ireland in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Maria Luddy uncovers the extent of prostitution in the country, how Irish women came to work as prostitutes, their... (read more) List Price $37.25 Your price: $19.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Reconstruction of the Church of Ireland: Bishop Bramhall and the Laudian Reforms, 1633?1641 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History) by John Mccafferty Publisher Comments The first book-length study of the attempted reconstruction of the Church of Ireland in the 1630s.... (read more) List Price $142.75 Your price: $12.97 Sale - Hardcover
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Belfast Diary: War as a Way of Life by John Conroy Publisher Comments Resolution of intractable problems around the world requires understanding ordinary people as well as leaders. This street-level view of Northern Ireland provides the best explanation of the twenty-five-year conflict.... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Everything Irish History & Heritage Book (Everything) by Amy Hackn Blackwell Publisher Comments Packed with historical information and cultural insights, The Everything Irish History & Heritage Book is a must-read for anyone interested in the magic and mystery of the Emerald Isle.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A New Anatomy of Ireland: The Irish Protestants, 1649-1770 by T C Barnard Publisher Comments What was life like for Irish Protestants between the mid-seventeenth and the late-eighteenth centuries? How did experiences differ for peers, squires, and gentlemen, for soldiers and shopkeepers, for women and servants? Toby Barnard scrutinizes social... (read more) List Price $48.00 Your price: $17.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Blarney Castle: Its History, Development and Purpose by Mark Samuel Publisher Comments * A social history of one of Ireland's most famous sites* Richly illustrated with color photos and maps throughout* Demonstrates why the site is far more than just the Blarney Stone Blarney Castle in County Cork is one of Ireland's oldest and most... (read more) List Price $39.00 Your price: $25.95 Sale - Hardcover
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A Tragedy of Errors: The Government and Misgovernment of Northern Ireland by Kenneth Bloomfield Publisher Comments The decommissioning of the Provisional IRA in 2005 suggests that Northern Ireland may finally be ready to turn from the deadly paramilitary clashes of the twentieth century to the thorny problems of a normalized political process. As both former head of... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $31.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Fighting for Dublin: The British Battle for Dublin, 1919-1921 by William Sheehan Synopsis This new book details the official British history of the Irish War of Independence on the streets of Dublin. Biographies of the main British officers responsible for fighting the campaign are provided and new information about the British officers... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $15.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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In Search of the Promised Land: The Politics of Post-War Ireland by Gary Murphy Synopsis Murphy argues against the thesis of Tom Garvin and his work, Preventing the Future. In that book, Garvin argues that old culture, old ideas and the repression of the Church held Ireland's development in check through the 1940s and 1950s. Gary Murphy... (read more) List Price $48.95 Your price: $34.00 Sale - Hardcover
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An Irish Eye by Gerry Adams Publisher Comments The recent years covered by this unique book have seen momentous events in Irish republicanism and in the politics of Ireland as a whole. From the IRA decision in 2005 to formally end its armed campaign and to put its arms beyond use, to the Sinn Fein... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $15.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Ireland: Social, Political, and Religious by Gustave De Beaumont Publisher Comments Paralleling his friend Alexis de Tocqueville's visit to America, Gustave de Beaumont traveled through Ireland in the mid-1830s to observe its people and society. In Ireland, he chronicles the history of the Irish and offers up a national portrait on the... (read more) List Price $24.75 Your price: $13.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Irish Politics and Social Conflict in the Age of the American Revolution by Maurice Oconnell Publisher Comments The most concise introductory narrative of the Irish response to the American Revolution.--Andrew O'Shaughnessy, author of An Empire Divided: The American Revolution and the British Caribbean In the midst of great expansion and economic growth in the... (read more) List Price $32.75 Your price: $18.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Ireland: Contested Ideas of Nationalism and History by Hugh Kearney Publisher Comments While the contemporary political history of Bosnia has been played out on television for international audiences, the complicated cultural basis for recent historical events remains largely unknown. Why did Bosnians who spoke the same language fracture... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price: $26.95 Sale - Hardcover
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Remembering the Year of the French: Irish Folk History and Social Memory (History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora) by Guy Beiner Publisher Comments Remembering the Year of the French is a model of historical achievement, moving deftly between the study of historical events—the failed French invasion of the West of Ireland in 1798—and folkloric representationsof... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $19.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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That Neutral Island: A Cultural History of Ireland During the Second World War by Clair Wills Publisher Comments When the world descended into war in 1939, few European countries remained neutral; but of those that did, none provoked more controversy than Ireland. Despite Winston Churchill's best efforts to the contrary, the Irish premier Eamon de Valera stuck... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $24.50 Sale - Hardcover
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The Story of the Irish Pub: An Intoxicating History of the Licensed Trade in I by Cian Molloy Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-296) and index.... (read more) Your price: $26.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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