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Almost There: The Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman by Nuala O'Faolain Publisher Comments In 1996, a small Irish press approached Nuala O'Faolain, then a writer for The Irish Times, to publish a collection of her opinion columns. She offered to compose an introduction for the volume, and that undertaking blossomed into an "accidental memoir... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $1.74 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: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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For the Cause of Liberty: A Thousand Years of Ireland's Heroes by Terry Golway Publisher Comments For the Cause of Liberty is the story of Irish nationalism, from the legendary king Brian Boru, who united the chieftains of Ireland to drive out the Vikings, to the still-unresolved conflict in Northern Ireland. In a fast-paced narrative, Terry Golway... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $6.00 Used - Hardcover
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Day in Our Life by Sean Ocrohan Publisher Comments Perhaps the best-loved of those who wrote about life in this tiny, remote community was Tomas O'Crohan, whose book The Islandman is now revered as a classic. A Day in Our Life, by his son Sean, offers a sort of epilogue to the story of the Gaelic... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Secret History of the IRA by Ed Moloney Publisher Comments Filled with disclosures and based on the author's unprecedented access to the Irish Republican Army, this explosive book sparked controversy when it was first published in hardcover. Delving deeply into the inner workings, furtive plots, and deadly... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland (Oxford Illustrated Histories) by Roy Foster Publisher Comments Few countries in the world have such a compelling, individual, and stirring history as Ireland. This new volume, the latest in the widely acclaimed Oxford Illustrated Histories series, offers the most authoritative account of Irish history yet published... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Mâeinâi the Blasket nurse by Matson L Publisher Comments A biography of the life of a nurse on the Great Blasket Island.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Ireland's Women: Writings Past and Present by Katie Donovan Publisher Comments This is the first volume of its kind to present a collection of writings by and about Ireland's women. From Queen Maeve of Connaught to President Mary Robinson, this book presents Irish women as their compatriots-men and women both-have described and... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Remaking of Modern Ireland 1750 1950 by Raymond Gillespie Synopsis The publication of J.C. Beckett's The making of modern Ireland in 1966 was a milestone in the modern study of Irish history. A new generation of students has since built on Beckett's insights and has added new questions and problems to the historical... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Irish Voices: An Informal History 1916-1966 by Pe Somerville Large Publisher Comments In 1916, Eamon de Valera arrived on the Irish scene and as a result, so we are told, the fairies left. Such combining of fact and folklore is the essence of this fascinating history that describes the tragedies and poverty of those years, yet brims... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hungry for Home: Leaving the Blaskets: A Journey from the Edge of Ireland by Cole Moreton Synopsis Moreton delivers this beautiful, haunting, previously untold story of a vanished people from the edge of Ireland and the events that led to the abandonment of their way of life. This book is about home and what that means and a gripping account of the... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $6.00 Used - Hardcover
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Do Penance or Perish: Magdalen Asylums in Ireland by Frances Finnegan Publisher Comments Frances Finnegan traces the development of Ireland's Magdalen Asylums--homes that were founded in the mid-nineteenth century for the detention of prostitutes undergoing reform. The inmates of these asylums were discouraged-and many forcibly prevented... (read more) List Price $38.50 Your price: $16.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sinn Fein: A Hundred Turbulent Years (History of Ireland and the Irish Diaspora) by Brian Feeney Publisher Comments Sinn Fein ("ourselves alone") is one of the most controversial political movements in Ireland. Here, for the first time, is the complete story of the rise and fall--and rise again--of a party that repeatedly has reshaped its identity over the course of a... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - 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: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Killing Rage by Eamon Collins Synopsis Eamon Collins was murdered on Wednesday, January 27, 1999, while walking his dogs near his home in Northern Ireland, in what was called a revenge killing by the IRA. His legacy is Killing Rage, widely seen as the most uncomfortable and honest book ever... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Great Shame by Thomas Keneally Publisher Comments Detailed look at the three main reasons the Irish population halved in the nineteenth century; the famine, the diaspora, and the transportation of political activists to Australia. "An important book for anyone interested in the forces of idealism and... (read more) Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Letters of Norah on Her Tour Through Ireland by Margaret Mcdougall Publisher Comments He told me to look round me, which I did. "On one side here, were the dragoons; their horses were picketed here; on the other side was the infantry. It was awful weather. What them men and their horses stood of hardships and misery no tongue could tell... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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It's a Long Way from Penny Apples by Bill Cullen Publisher Comments Tis better to be born lucky than rich.... There are many ways to confront tragedy and hard times. Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt's tragic--and ultimately uplifting--tale of how one man overcame adversity and found happiness in the New World is a... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Eyewitness to Irish History by Peter Ellis Publisher Comments It is easy to see why Ireland has produced so many notable storytellers, poets, and historians. It has a rich oral and written history stretching back over three thousand years. More important, it has what may be the oldest vernacular literature of... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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