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by Pe Somerville Large  Publisher Comments An evocative memoir set in pre-war Ireland. "Peter Somerville-Large's memories have an authentic and enchanting quality..." "Contemporary Review"... (read more)  Your price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Joan Hoff Publisher Comments On March 15, 1895, twenty-eight year old Bridget Cleary, a cooper's wife, disappeared from her cottage in rural County Tipperary. Immediately, strange and lurid rumors began circulating the neighborhood about what had happened. Some said she ran off with... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price $4.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Philip Freeman Publisher Comments Ireland's patron saint has long been shrouded in legend, but the true story of St. Patrick is far more inspiring than the myths. In "St. Patrick of Ireland," Philip Freeman brings the historic Patrick and his world vividly to life. Patrick speaks in his... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Tim Pat Coogan Publisher Comments Tim Pat Coogan covers the tortured history of Ireland from the beginning of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, through the long years of violence, up to the present attempts to find peace. His access to many of the principals gives this book a... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Rae Publisher Comments Inspirational and poignant, this is the extraordinary true story of one woman's fight to give a generation of Belfast girls a chance to survive in a world falling apart around them. Belfast, Ireland, was a terrifying place to be during the late '60s and... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by T W Moody Publisher Comments This is the all-time bestselling history of Ireland. Written for scholars and amateur historians alike.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Niall Williams Publisher Comments In their fourth book, Williams and Breen, the authors of O Come Ye Back to Ireland, When Summer's in the Meadow, and The Pipes Are Calling chronicle their life and adventure in this beautiful country, where fewer and fewer Irish men and women are lucky... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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 $18.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by George Thomson Publisher Comments The Blasket Islands off the west coast of Kerry produced some of the richest literature in 20th century Ireland -- books translated from the Irish such as The Islandman, Twenty Years a Grown', A Pity Youth Does not Last and Peig: An Old Woman's... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Henry Patterson Publisher Comments A compelling narrative of contemporary Ireland from one of its most highly respected historians The Ireland of today is a place poised between the divisiveness of deep-seated conflict and the modernizing pull of material prosperity. Though each state's... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Richard English 
Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-472) and index.... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $18.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Lindsay Hunt Publisher Comments Readers are taken on a gorgeous tour of Ireland through stunning color photographs, artwork, and vivid text. Over 250 color photos and four double-page gatefolds enhance this tribute to the people, history, and culture of Ireland.... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Paul Brewer Publisher Comments Here's the next best thing to a trip to Ireland. Rich with illustrations and beautiful color photographs, this 416page volume is a comprehensive survey of that country's history and culture, from the pre-Christian era through the creation of the United... (read more) List Price $24.98 Your price $16.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Neil Collins Publisher Comments This new edition has been revised and updated to include coverage of the 1997 general election, the creation of a new coalition of Fianna Fail, and the Progressive Democrats under Bertie Ahern. Reflecting on current developments in Irish politics, the... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Paul Dixon Publisher Comments Clearly and accessibly written and based on extensive research, Paul Dixon's book provides a lively new introduction to the nature and politics of the Northern Ireland conflict and to successive attempts to resolve it. Attempting to separate "propaganda... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price $24.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Kathleen J Ryan Synopsis "Sandwiched among Kathleen Jo Ryan's photographs of green countryside and luminous children, stately homes and horse shows, contributions by some of the country's best writers treat well-nigh every aspect of this inexhaustible land."--"Travel & Leisure."... (read more) List Price $19.98 Your price $8.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Brian J Kelly Publisher Comments Ireland has become known to most of the world as a magical land of enchantment, but far fewer know of its long and troubled past and its uncertain future. Ireland's history is much like her weather -- prolonged periods of gloomy dampness interspersed... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $12.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Fintan Otoole Publisher Comments Moving statues in a rural church, millionaires with global dreams, country-and-western fans slaughtering sheep at the Halal in Ballyhaurus: images of the real or the surreal? The blurred distinction between the two says much about the contemporary state... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price $13.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by R F Foster Publisher Comments Few countries can boast as compelling and stirring a history as Ireland. This volume captures all the varied legacies of the Emerald Isle, from the earliest prehistoric communities and the first Christian settlements, through the centuries of turbulent... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by T M Charles Edwards Publisher Comments A fully documented history of Ireland and the Irish from the fifth to the ninth centuries.... (read more) List Price $110.00 Your price $75.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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