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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 $16.00 Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Amy Hackn Blackwell Publisher Comments Packed with historical information and cultural insights, The Everything Irish History & Heritage Book is a must-read for anyone interested in the magic and mystery of the Emerald Isle.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Sean Duffy Publisher Comments Explore the story of Eire, Ireland, a nation and people of powerful independence, pride, and culture. Forty-five double-page spreads frame all major events in the island's history with authoritative but accessible text, period art and photos, and... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price $12.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Raymond Gillespie Book News Annotation Eight essays from the competition series instituted by Four Courts to celebrate the contribution of J.C. Beckett to the history of Ireland reveal changes in the history profession since his groundbreaking 1966 . Among the topics are the Irish Whigs... (read more) Your price $9.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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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 $18.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by R F Foster Publisher Comments Few countries have such a compelling and stirring history as Ireland. This sumptuously illustrated volume captures all the color of the Emerald Isle, from the earliest prehistoric communities, through centuries of turbulent change and creativity, to the... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price $15.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Douglass Mcferran Publisher Comments This is the compelling story of a former Jesuit who traveled to Ireland in order to better understand the IRA, its widespread support among Irish Catholics, and the country's continuing civil unrest. Author Douglass McFerran, an American, made many key... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Sonja Massie Publisher Comments There are approximately 40 million people of Irish descent in America today, and they are not the only ones who have made books such as How the Irish Saved Civilization and Angela's Ashes international best sellers. This Complete Idiot's Guide contains... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by T Ryle Dwyer Synopsis The story of the charismatic rebel who undermined British morale and inspired Irish people.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Fintan Otoole Synopsis O'Toole shows how this small country has created itself anew, put forth a new image, and become a "global" player. But at what price? O'Toole feels that there is indeed a sense that Ireland might be about to drown itself in a flood tide of blandness and... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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."<BR>--The Sunday Press (Ireland) <BR>On Easter Monday of 1916, a... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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 $7.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Ed Moloney Publisher Comments Illuminating the previously unknown role played by Gerry Adams and forever altering readers' understanding of the Irish peace process, "A Secret History of the IRA" is a classic work of investigative journalism that will be debated for years to come.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jennifer Faus Publisher Comments In this poignant account, we are introduced to the victims of the day that has come to be known as Bloody Sunday. On January 30th, 1972, the British Army deployed the 1st Parachute Regiment to conduct an arrest operation in Derry during a... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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 $15.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Tim Pat Coogan Publisher Comments Coogan has written an outstanding account...enhanced by well-chosen historic photographs, maps and documents."--Celtic Connection On April 14, 1916, it all began--and 6 short but bloody days later, true Irish independence emerged from the ruins. Coogan's... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by James Downey Publisher Comments Brian Lenihan was for many years a significant member of Ireland's Fianna Fail party, the party of Eamon de Valera which began back in the 1920s. He was also his party's candidate for President in the 1990 election, the election won by Mary Robinson. In... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $4.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Sean Mcmahon Publisher Comments This concise and even-handed account gives the history of Ireland since the earliest times. It shirks nothing, exaggerates nothing. The heroes and villains are there, the former perhaps not so heroic, the others less evil than tradition has painted them.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Lelia Ruckenstein Publisher Comments Here, in one complete volume, is the depth and breadth of the great island nation and its people represented in an easily browsed, friendly format. From the Abbey Theatre to the Dublin storyteller Zozimus; from the origin of the Troubles to the origin of... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Janet M Todd Publisher Comments They were known as the Ascendancy, the dashing aristocratic elite that controlled Irish politics and society at the end of the eighteenth century—and at their pinnacle stood Caroline and Robert King, Lord and Lady Kingsborough of Mitchelstown... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price $9.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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