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The Ireland That We Made: Arthur and Gerald Balfour's Contributions to the Origins of Modern Ireland (Series on International, Political, and Economic History) by David R C Hudson Publisher Comments The Ireland That We Made examines the origins, the ideas, and the development and collapse of the policies pursued by Unionist chief secretaries for Ireland between 1887 and 1905. These policies were generally referred to collectively as Construction... (read more) List Price $24.75 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover 
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The Shaws of Terenure: A Nineteenth-Century Merchant Family by Tony Mccarthy Synopsis This work traces the emergence of a Protestant middle class family in late 18th century Dublin. From relative obscurity, in just three generations, the Shaw family was to rise to the highest echelons of Dublin business, political, and social life. The... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Uncivil Wars: Ireland Today by Padraig Omalley Publisher Comments The Uncivil Wars, first published in 1983, continues to stand as the most thorough and balanced account of the troubles in Northern Ireland available. This new edition covers recent developments, including the prospects for peace.... (read more) List Price $53.75 Your price: $2.75 Used - Trade Paper
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The Easter Rising: Revolution and Irish Nationalism by Ward Publisher Comments In this innovative work, Alan Ward uses the pivotal event in twentieth-century Irish history as a prism through which to survey Irish history from the twelfth century to the present. By asking why the Easter Rising occurred, Ward is able to review the... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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People of the Sea by David Thomson Publisher Comments A haunting record of a journey in search of the man-seal legends of the Celt. The luminous quality of David Thomson's prose provides a window onto a vanished world.... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Big Little Book of Irish Wit & Wisdom by Morgan Llywelyn Publisher Comments A delightful treasury of Irish culture, including toasts, quips, and history. From prayers to proverbs, ancient customs to homespun advice, this charmingly illustrated compendium perfectly captures the spirit of the Emerald Isle. Included among the... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Drumcree: The Orange Order's Last Stand by Chris Ryder Publisher Comments A hard-hitting investigation into the history, politics and personalities behind the annual Drumcree stand-off, a conflict at the heart of the problems still facing Northern Ireland.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Biting at the Grave: The Irish Hunger Strikes and the Politics of Despair by Padraig Omalley Publisher Comments A haunting account of the hunger strikes of 1981 and their lingering effects on the troubled peoples of Northern Ireland.... (read more) List Price $29.50 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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An Intelligent Person's Guide to Modern Ireland by John Waters Publisher Comments In this unsentimental account of the recent history of his native country, John Waters defines the nature of the ideology which fuelled the drive to modernization, charts the progress of the policies which brought it to fruition, and reveals how Ireland... (read more) List Price $18.75 Your price: $8.50 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 "Thomas Keneally recounts history with the uncanny skill of a great novelist whose only interest is to lay bare the human heart in all its hope and pain. As he was able to do in Schindler's List, he shows us in The Great Shame a people despised and... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Hope Against History by Jack Holland Publisher Comments In Northern Ireland, the conflicting claims and aspirations of Catholic and Protestant, nationalist and unionist, republican and loyalist grate against each other, at each turn escalating the potential for renewed death and destruction. Hope for a... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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de Valera in America: The Rebel President and the Making of Irish Independence by Dave Hannigan Publisher Comments Eamon de Valera is one of the most famous characters in Irish history. He commanded troops during the famous 1916 Easter Rising, co-authored the present-day Irish constitution, and in 1926, he founded Fianna Fáil, which continues to be the... (read more) List Price $29.00 Your price: $14.50 Used - Hardcover
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Irish Blessings: A Photographic Celebration by Ashley Shannon Publisher Comments A treasury of warmth and exquisite charm, IRISH BLESSINGS provides beautiful full-color photographs of the Irish countryside and more than 60 traditional blessings, including such favorites as "The Traveler's Blessing," "A Blessing for You and Yours... (read more) List Price $19.98 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Eyewitness To Irish History (04 Edition) by Peter Berresford 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 $15.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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New Ireland by John Hume Publisher Comments Hume recounts the struggle for the nationalist community's rights and presents a blueprint for peace.... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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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Gypsum Mining and the Shirley Estate in South Monaghan, 1800-1936 by Michael Mcdermott Synopsis In the early 1800s, a fruitless pursuit of coal on the Shirley estate in south Monaghan led to the discovery and the intermittent exploitation of gypsum on the estate lands. In portraying the inter-related fortunes of the Shirley family, the mines, and... (read more) List Price $20.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Granuaile: Ireland's Pirate Queen C.1530-1603 by Anne Chambers Publisher Comments Over 400 years ago Granuaile became a legend. As both Pirate Queen and Chieftain of the O'Malley clan, Granuaile or Grace O'Malley, challenged the accepted ideas of sixteenth century Ireland. She manipulated the turbulent political environment, ignoring... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Dublin: A Cultural History by Siobhan Kilfeather Publisher Comments Europe's most westerly capital city was established by invaders and was for most of its history the locus of colonial administration, the engine room of foreign power, and a major site of indigenous resistance. From The Act of Union through nineteenth... (read more) List Price $32.25 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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44: Dublin Made Me by Peter Sheridan Publisher Comments Snow is falling over Dublin. It is almost midnight on New Year's Eve, 1959. On the rooftop of 44 Seville Place, ten-year-old Peter Sheridan clings to the steel rod of a television antenna. When his father urges him to turn the antenna toward England, the... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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