Poetry Month!
 
 

Special Offers see all

Enter to WIN!

Weekly drawing for $100 credit. Subscribe to our Specials newsletter for a chance to win.
Privacy Policy

More at Powell's


Ireland


Sale Aisles


spacer

Ireland
Sale Books

There are 17 books in this aisle.
Browse the aisle by Title | by Author | by Price
See recently arrived used books in this aisle.

Featured Titles in Ireland - Sale Books
Page 1 of 1

The Burning of Bridget Cleary: A True Story
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

add to wish list


Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage
Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage
by Tim Robinson
Publisher Comments
'\'\\\'\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'The NYRB Classics series is designedly and determinedly exploratory and eclectic, a mix of fiction and non-fiction from different eras and times and of various sorts. The series includes nineteenth century novels and... (read more)

List Price $18.95
Your price: $13.50
Sale - Trade Paper

add to wish list


The Great Shame: And the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World
The Great Shame: And the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World
by Thomas Keneally
Publisher Comments
In The Great Shame, Thomas Keneally--the bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of Schindler's List--combines the authority of a brilliant historian and the narrative grace of a great novelist to present a gripping account of the Irish diaspora. <BR&... (read more)

List Price $19.95
Your price: $8.98
Sale - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Fifty Dead Men Walking
Fifty Dead Men Walking
by Martin Mcgartland
Publisher Comments
For more than four years, Martin McGartland lived the astonishing double life of a secret agent. To the IRA, he was a trusted Intelligence Office and an integral member of an active service unit. To the British Government however, he was known only as... (read more)

List Price $14.95
Your price: $7.98
Sale - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Vanishing Kingdoms: Irish Chiefs and Their Families
Vanishing Kingdoms: Irish Chiefs and Their Families
by Walter Curley
Publisher Comments
This book is a meditiation on aristocracy and its history in Ireland, and a brief account of twenty recognized Chiefs of the Name. Three, The O'Brien, The O'Conor Don and The O'Neill, have legitimate claims to Ireland's High Kingship. The stories of... (read more)

List Price $36.95
Your price: $5.97
Sale - Trade Paper

add to wish list


That Neutral Island: A Cultural History of Ireland During the Second World War
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: $17.15
Sale - Hardcover

add to wish list


Doorways of Ireland
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 $29.95
Your price: $10.98
Sale - Hardcover

add to wish list


Prostitution and Irish Society, 1800-1940
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 $38.25
Your price: $13.97
Sale - Trade Paper

add to wish list


A Tragedy of Errors: The Government and Misgovernment of Northern Ireland
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: $22.05
Sale - Hardcover

add to wish list


Fighting for Dublin: The British Battle for Dublin, 1919-1921
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: $11.17
Sale - Trade Paper

add to wish list


In Search of the Promised Land: The Politics of Post-War Ireland
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

add to wish list


Ireland: Social, Political, and Religious
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: $9.77
Sale - Trade Paper

add to wish list


An Irish Eye
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: $11.17
Sale - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Irish Politics and Social Conflict in the Age of the American Revolution
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: $12.95
Sale - Trade Paper

add to wish list


The Oxford Companion to Irish History (Oxford Paperback Reference)
The Oxford Companion to Irish History (Oxford Paperback Reference)
by S J Connolly
Publisher Comments
"A companion to be cherished," "judicious and authoritative," "informative and entertaining," "an invaluable work of reference"--these are just some of the phrases used by reviewers to describe the Oxford Companion to Irish History. With over 1,800... (read more)

Your price: $8.98
Sale - Trade Paper

add to wish list


Ireland: Social, Political, and Religious
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 $35.00
Your price: $17.15
Sale - Hardcover

add to wish list


In Search of Ireland's Heroes: The Story of the Irish from the English Invasion to the Present Day
In Search of Ireland's Heroes: The Story of the Irish from the English Invasion to the Present Day
by Carmel Mccaffrey
Publisher Comments
A history of Ireland from the twelfth century to the present, following on the author's highly successful In Search of Ancient Ireland. In addition to plumbing the historical record, Ms. McCaffrey discusses the leading Irish families and their social... (read more)

List Price $24.75
Your price: $12.95
Sale - Hardcover

add to wish list


Browse the entire aisle:
by Title | by Author | by Price
See recently arrived used books in this aisle.
There are 17 books in this aisle.

This way to more aisles in Ireland
spacer
spacer
  • back to top
Follow us on...




Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.