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Ten men dead :the story of the 1981 Irish hunger strike by David Beresford Publisher Comments An excellent history of the 1981 hunger strike in Ireland that details the broad cast of characters with insight and care. -- from the New York Times Book Review's best Books of 1989 In 1981 ten men starved themselves to death inside the walls of Long... (read more) Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market 
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How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to Rise of Medieval Europe (Hinges of History) by Thomas Cahill Publisher Comments A delightful and illuminating look into a crucial but little known "hinge" of history in which the author shows that the Irish were not only conservators of civilization, but became shapers of the medieval mind, putting their unique stamp on Western... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Almost There by Nuala Ofaolain Publisher Comments Nuala O'Faolain burst upon the literary scene in 1998 with Are You Somebody?, a fiercely candid account of her youth and adulthood that became a surprise bestseller around the world. Almost There begins at that moment when O'Faolain's life began to... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Great Hunger: Ireland: 1845-1849 by Cecil Woodham Smith Synopsis An account of one of the worst disasters of all time - the Irish potato famine of the 1840`s, during which time more than a million people died. This book traces the suffering, courage, blundering stupidity and tragedy, whose effects on Ireland, the... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Twenty Years a Growing by Maurice Osullivan Publisher Comments This is the story of a boy's growing up on the Great Blasket, a sparsely inhabited, Gaelic-speaking island off the coast of Ireland. It tells of the simple life of a society that no longer exists, with a humor and poetry refreshingly remote from the... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Western Island or the Great Basket by Robin Flower Publisher Comments The Western Island tells the history of the Great Blasket, of the frugality and adversities of life on the island, its folktales (including stories of ghosts and fairies), and also recounts the dramatic day in the Great Blasket's history when the flying... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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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A Radiant Life: The Selected Journalism of Nuala O'Faolain by Nuala O'Faolain Publisher Comments A Radiant Life presents the unequivocal voice of Nuala O'Faolain tackling a vast range of subjects from Catholicism to feminism, from Sinatra to Africa, and from Irish American culture to Islam and the West. Curious and funny, tender and scathing, O... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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On an Irish Island by Robert Kanigel Publisher Comments On an Irish Island is a love letter to a vanished way of life, in which Robert Kanigel, the highly praised author of The Man Who Knew Infinity and The One Best Way, tells the story of the Great Blasket, a wildly beautiful island off the west coast of... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Voices of Ireland: Classic Writings of a Rich and Rare Land by Malachy Mccourt About the Author County Limerick native Malachy McCourt is the authority to tell the history of Ireland. He has written several books, including the best-selling A Monk Swimming, Singing My Him Song, Danny Boy, Voices of Ireland, and The Claddagh Ring. Complementing his... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $3.98 Used - 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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How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe by Thomas Cahill Publisher Comments The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Islandman by Thomas Ocrohan Publisher Comments Tomas O'Crohan's sole purpose in writing The Islandman was, he wrote, "to set down the character of the people about me so that some record of us might live after us, for the like of us will never be seen again." This is an absorbing narrative of a now... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Twenty Years a Growing by Maurice Osullivan Publisher Comments In tellng the story of his youth, Maurice O'Sullivan uses a style derived from the folk tales he learned from his grandfather, and sharpened by his own lively imagination. Though he wrote simply for his own pleasure and for the entertainment of his... (read more) Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bold Fenian Men :Green Flag Volume 2 by Robert Kee About the Author Robert Kee is the author of twelve books, including The Laurel and the Ivy. He is also a freelance journalist and broadcaster, and has worked for many years in both radio and television.... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Are You Somebody?: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman by Nuala Ofaolain Publisher Comments "You dont want the book to end; it glows with compassion and you want more, more because you know this is a fine wine of a life, richer as it ages."Frank McCourt, author of Angelas Ashes One of nine children born into a penniless North Dublin family... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Rebels: The Irish Rising of 1916 by Peter De Rosa Publisher Comments "A WORK OF GREAT DRAMATIC POWER climaxing in the final hundred pages where he writes a full, searing narrative of the patriot leaders' last days . . . It's powerful stuff." --The Sunday Press (Ireland) On Easter Monday of 1916, a thousand Irish... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Story of Ireland: A History of the Irish People by Neil Hegarty Publisher Comments In this groundbreaking history of Ireland, Neil Hegarty presents a fresh perspective on Irelands past. Comprehensive and engaging, The Story of Ireland is an eye-opening account of a nation that has long been shaped by forces beyond its coasts. ... (read more) Your price: $27.99 New - Hardcover
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Irish Dreams by Steven Rothfeld Publisher Comments They are merry and mournful, comic and poignant, dwelling on the everyday and the primordial. . . So writes Edna O'Brien of the beautiful photographs in Irish Dreams. In this romantic voyage, Steven Rothfeld pairs his dreamy Polaroid transfer prints with... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Hope and History: Making Peace in Ireland by Gerry Adams Publisher Comments The unique inside story of one of the most controversial public figures, Gerry Adams. Here he reveals the truth behind the headlines of how the peace process was begun and how it was brought to fruition. Perhaps the single most important book yet to be... (read more) Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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