Ireland 17

The Island, as its people are in the way of styling it, while not going so far as to deny existence to the adjacent islands of Great Britain and Irelandーthe Wight, as it is sometimes called by old ……続きを見る

Bill Kelly survived a tough childhood in Dublin to become one of Ireland’s foremost journalists, perhaps best known for his Sunday Press soccer column as ‘Big Bill’ which was so popular it ran for t……続きを見る

Following his account of Irish origins as evidenced by archaeology, genetics and linguistics, J. P. Mallory returns to the subject to interrogate what he calls the 'Irish Dreamtime': the native Iris……続きを見る

A timely and vivid look at Scotland’s long and difficult road to nationhood, re-exploring some cherished myths and unearthing a wealth of fascinating new detail. This edition contains a limited numb……続きを見る

In 1892, Edward Blake, ex-Premier of Ontario and former leader of the Liberal party in the Canadian House of Common, was invited by the Irish parliamentary party to stand for election in the British……続きを見る

This vintage book contains a detailed account of the schools and scholars of ancient Ireland from the time of St. Patrick down to the Anglo-Norman Invasion. This volume is highly recommended for tho……続きを見る

This vintage book contains Samuel G. Bayne's 1902 account of a trip through Donegal and Connemara, Ireland. "On an Irish Jaunting-Car Through Donegal and Connemara" offers the reader a unique and fa……続きを見る

The Napoleon of Notting Hill novel written by G. K. Chesterton.This book wrote in 1904,set in a nearly unchanged London in 1984.The novel is philosophical, contemplating the value and meaning of man……続きを見る

The Coming of Cuculain by the Irish author,journalist,and historian,Standish O'Grady. 続きを見る

Camarades, je ne suis pas Irlandais, et cependant j’ai de la sympathie pour vous. J’espère qu’il ne se trouvera parmi vous personne pour lire cet appel avec prévention ou avec dédain, parce que son ……続きを見る

___________________ 'A splendid book' - Irish Times Between 1846 and 1851, the Great Famine claimed more than a million Irish lives. The Famine Ships tells the story of the courage and determination……続きを見る

It was an incredible destiny for a man who repeatedly announced that he was “without ambition.” Although he had left school aged fourteen, had no experience of foreign affairs and spoke no languages……続きを見る

Focusing on the British Isles, the author explores a period of huge societal change the Neolithic, or New Stone Age through the most iconic artifact of its time: the polished stone axe, using his ow……続きを見る

Few people rode the popular wave of the sixties quite like Tara Browne. One of Swinging London's most popular faces, he lived fast, died young and was immortalized for ever in the opening lines of '……続きを見る

The delineation and emergence of the Irish border radically reshaped political and social realities across the entire island of Ireland. For those who lived in close quarters with the border, partit……続きを見る

The story of Catholicism in Britain from the Reformation to the present day, from a master of popular history – 'A first-class storyteller' The Times Throughout the three hundred years that followed……続きを見る

Figures in a Famine Landscape is a ground-breaking study that follows a number of individuals involved in different public capacities in a particularly afflicted district of Ireland during the Great……続きを見る

Napper Tandy invaded Ireland with the French, was an ambassador for the United Irishmen in the States, was arrested in Hamburg by the English a stone’s throw ahead of Napoleon’s armies, and was sent……続きを見る

This is a collection of personal stories of people connecting with one of the most pivotal events in Irish history - the Easter Rising of 1916. Some of the people featured had relatives who fought i……続きを見る

Why did many Irish Americans, who did not have a direct connection to slavery, choose to fight for the Confederacy? This perplexing question is at the heart of David T. Gleeson’s sweeping analysis o……続きを見る

In the late sixteenth century, the English started expanding westward, establishing control over parts of neighboring Ireland as well as exploring and later colonizing distant North America. Audrey ……続きを見る

Though Ireland is a relatively small island on the northeastern fringe of the Atlantic, 70 million people worldwide ー including some 45 million in the United States ー claim it as their ancestral h……続きを見る

It was the 10th September, 1798. Napper Tandy was afloat, which he hated. She was a corvette. Her name was the Anacréon. What a name for a bloody ship-of-war, he thought. Whether she was named after……続きを見る

It was the 10th September, 1798. Napper Tandy was afloat, which he hated. She was a corvette. Her name was the Anacréon. What a name for a bloody ship-of-war, he thought. Whether she was named after……続きを見る

'If you're interested in Dublin, or if you're interested in the novelist John Banville, or if you're interested in radiantly superb sentences about whatever - I'm all three - then Time Pieces: A Dub……続きを見る

From the late nineteenth century through the early twentieth century, the story of the Israelites’ liberation from bondage in Egypt served as the archetypal narrative for the birth of the Irish nati……続きを見る

With the economic rise of the "Celtic Tiger" in the 1990s, Irish culture was deeply impacted by a concurrent rise in immigration. A nation tending to see itself as a land of emigrants suddenly saw w……続きを見る

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る

Breve storia dell'Irlanda dai tempi antichi al XXI secolo, questo e-book è per chiunque sia interessato ad avere un quadro d'insieme dell'argomento o di chi volesse colmare le proprie lacune. Concis……続きを見る

Football mad, twelve- year- old Dan is a trusted messenger for Ireland’s rebel leader, Michael Collins. He promises his cousin Molly to never fire a gun, but after the dramatic events of ‘Bloody Sun……続きを見る