These six brilliantly enthralling stories will have you laughing and crying and desperate to know what happens next. They depict a nineteenth-century Ireland steeped in the supernatural in which both humans and fairies refuse to be defeated in their quest for the freedom to govern their own lives.
An attractive new edition containing ten stories that feature the mischievous figure known as the leprechaun.
Follow up to Killing at its Very Extreme, Dublin: October 1917 - November 1920, Someone Has to Die for This, Dublin: November 1920 - July 1921 wrenches the reader into the final frenetic months of Dublin's War of Independence, in uncompromising, unflinching, and unprecedented detail. RRP EURO19.99 GBP16.99
During 11-12 December 1920 British forces set fire to Cork city. Using eyewitness accounts and illustrated with contemporary images, Cork Burning tells the story of the horrific events.
Killing At its Very Extreme takes us to the heart of events between October 1917 and November 1920 describing the ramping up in the intelligence war and an upsurge in raids, gruesome assassinations and counter-measures. RRP EURO19.99 GBP18.99
Journey back to 1920 with the memories of a 105-year-old woman recounting the haunting incident of the 'Scariff Martyrs' - four young rebels brutally killed by British Forces. Their story of commitment, betrayal, torture, and unyielding loyalty resounds deeply, not just in the local memory of East Clare but across generations.
Nothing will stop Vonnie from trying to win the affections of her darling man - soon leaving Clooney's career, reputation and heart in tatters.
This tongue-in-cheek sweep across the two nations is aimed at Irish people, wherever they live, not to mention the 10 million English people who move over here after Brexit. With our neighbour losing its marbles, there has never been a better time to exact revenge for the two most despicable things that England has ever inflicted on the Irish
Gina has enough to deal with for one week: a disapproving daughter, her ex-psychotherapist living next door and a hopeless ex-husband she's still in love with. Without a diagnosis of cancer. RRP EURO16.99 GBP10.99
Terence MacSwineys' collection of political writings, provides a glimpse into the thinking of a man prepared to give his all for Irish freedom
A random collection of tales of human tragedy, eccentrics, crime and punishment, hanging and rioting on ‘The Green’. ‘The Green’ for several hundred years was effectively the killing fields of Dublin, where the city''s criminals were taken to be hanged. Within these pages you will find tales of high-profile executions and lesser-known ones such as the hanging of the brothel-keeper Darky Kelly and the barbaric execution of Mary Fairfield the last person to be hanged there [1784]. Also included are Dan ''The Liberator,'' who fought a battle with his love rival at Harcourt Fields, the champion archer Celia Betham, and Bridget Hitler, sister-in-law of Adolf. Tales of rioting on the Green, a race in the Iveagh Gardens between a man and a horse called Rover and a host of characters and incidents that you won''t find in any guidebook.
With access to unpublished documents and interviews with the key personalities on both sides, In Deep Water provides a blow-by-blow account of how it all went wrong. Compulsively readable and fast-paced, In Deep Water gives an inside view of the controversy that divided Ireland.
Fr Edward Ryans and his housekeeper abandon a baby girl on the doorstep of a house near the Black Church in Dublin in February 1923. Following the shooting of Dr Paddy Muldoon, Ryans is suspected of his killing and here the authors reveal how far senior figures in the Church, State and IRA were willing to go to cover up a scandal.
This book takes a 21st century look at the two places, asking who's got the better statues, food, airport, characters, pubs, views and more, answering Cork every time.
A quirky reflection of the Irish customs. Going to work, to sea, to weddings, wakes - at all of these there are fascinating customs to be observed.
Home-grown remedies for all kinds of ailments and injuries, especially those sustained while gardening.
Aimed at early readers and written to be read aloud to young children, this book contains a new retelling of three of the best-loved Irish legends: 'The Children of Lir', 'How Setanta Became Cuchulainn' and 'Oisin in Tir na nOg'.
The special magic of the Irish imagination shines forth in these fourteen authentic folktales.
One minute Chris had been having a smoke, talking to his wife, and the next minute he was dead, killed with one punch. He's stuck in this middle place with the ability to delve into the individual lives he cares about - to know what they are feeling and thinking.
Synge's masterpiece about a father, a son, a woman in love and a tragedy.
The most wide-ranging series of essays ever published on the Irish famine.
The RIC are often portrayed as the villains of the War of Independence, Irishmen who betrayed their country. Police Casualties in Ireland 1919 - 1922 records in detail the deaths of over 500 police casualties during the war including the RIC, Dublin Metropolitan Police, the Auxiliaries, Black and Tans and Ulster Special Constabulary.
On 14 August 1969, at the age of 14, Michael McCann and his family fled their home. Thousands of innocent people were driven out by the initial pogrom and then by the ongoing campaign of expulsion by loyalist violence and intimidation. The British army occupation and the continuing violence utterly devastated communities on a monumental scale.
A must-have guide to holistic cures from the hugely popular 'wellness' guru and holistic gardener Fiann O Nuallain
A dramatic life story of Eamonn Magee's sporting success combined with violence, tragedy and addiction.
The final installment of the acclaimed Nine Lives trilogy, sequel to 'The Book of Learning' and 'The Book of Shadows'.
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