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One of the most famous revolutionaries in Irish history, Frank Ryan fought in the War of Independence and Irish Civil War, before becoming a leader of the inter-war Irish …
This short biography outlines the scope of Davitt's great interests and achievements.
Thomas Fennell provides an account, previously unpublished, of life in the Royal Irish Constabulary during the turbulent 30-year period, 1875-1905. His early accounts begin during …
Davitt drafts on many topics while a prisoner in solitary confinement in Portland Convict Prison, 1881-3.
Leading historians explore the multiple dimensions of the Irish lord lieutenancy as an institution - political, social and cultural.
William Martin Murphy (1845-1919) was one of the most successful of Irish entrepreneurs and businessmen. As well as being a good employer, Murphy was an international financier, …
From an adolescent farmer to a local Sinn Fein activist and provincial guerrilla leader, and eventually to chief-of-staff of the IRA, Frank Aiken has an early, hidden history. As …
Much has been written about 'Big Jim' Larkin but, remarkably, this is the first full-length biography. Through the research of leading Labour historian Emmet O'Connor, Larkin - …
Examines why Young Ireland attached such importance to the writing of history, how it went about writing that history, and what impact their historical writings had.
Moore spares neither landlords nor tenants, priests or nationalists in his narrative.