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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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: $17.15 Sale - Hardcover
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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 $29.95 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 $38.25 Your price: $13.97 Sale - Trade Paper
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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: $22.05 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: $11.17 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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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
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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: $11.17 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: $12.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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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
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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 $35.00 Your price: $17.15 Sale - Hardcover
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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
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