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Towards the end of the 20th century, the decades of abuse and neglect perpetrated in Ireland's comprehensive carceral network began finally to be exposed. The mistreatment endured by children and ot……続きを見る

In August 1867, a routine commuter train running along the Irish Sea from Enniscorthy to Dublin approached the Ramscalp Bridge. The bridge, just south of Bray Head, had rails and sleepers replaced t……続きを見る

The hill of Uisneach lies almost exactly at the geographical center of Ireland. Remarkably, a fraction at least of the ancient Irish population was aware of that fact. There is no doubt that the pla……続きを見る

This, the original biography of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair Mayne, DSO (3 Bars), Legion d Honneur, Croix De Guerre and Colonel Paddy to his contemporaries, is a lively account of his life and wa……続きを見る

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“The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen of 1789” is the French Revolution’s best known utterance. By 1789, to be sure, England looked proudly back to the Magna Carta, the Petition of R……続きを見る

This edition features • two complete volumes • linked tables of contents • illustrations CONTENTS FIRST SERIES I.ーSea-Stories II.ーSeers and Healers Biddy Early Mrs. Sheridan Mr. Saggarton "A Great……続きを見る

This true story is one of survival, courage and the power of speaking out against corruption. In "Justice: A True Story of a Belfast Dock Worker", readers follow the journey of a man who lives with ……続きを見る

The classic true-crime chronicle of Jerry Rosenberg, America’s first jailhouse lawyer. Criminal. Convict. Lawyer. Legend. A breathtaking excursion into a shocking and violent world, Doing Life is th……続きを見る

17th century Ireland... the most dangerous of times for Irish harpers. Orla Connellan, a crofting woman, has her life changed forever when the brutal Oliver Cromwell and his English army land on the……続きを見る

Shortlisted for the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion 2023 Shortlisted for the Colvin Prize 2023 A place of incarceration and liberation, political debate and historical denial, the H Block cell units……続きを見る

Are you curious about Irish history? You'll find the answers in A Factbook of Irish History Did you know that Brian Boru's daughter was married to the Viking King of Dublin? Ever wonder what Red Hug……続きを見る

A provocative look at how grassroots GAA interacts with life in Ireland, from the wittiest Gaelic games pundit at work today The GAA is Ireland's largest civil society organisation, woven into the f……続きを見る

Shortlisted for the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize 2025 'Gub is unlike anything I have ever read. In a playful demotic that is exhilarating, hilarious and never forced, Scott McK……続きを見る

Michael Collins (16 October 1890 – 22 August 1922) was an Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the early-20th century struggle for Irish independence. During the W……続きを見る

This collection brings together academics and practitioners to consider the increasingly central role that memory and recalling the past plays in determining contemporary politics and the future dir……続きを見る

The Instant Top 5 Irish Times Bestseller From the creator of The Irish History Podcast comes a fascinating look at Irish history through the lens of murder. In A Lethal Legacy, Fin Dwyer charts 200 ……続きを見る

Did you know… William IV was wont to speak his mind and could sometimes lack tact, which is said to have inspired the nickname ‘Silly Billy’? Edward III banned all sports, including football, on Sun……続きを見る

'The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.' This inspiring collection gathers together Winston Churchill’s wisest and wittiest quotat……続きを見る

THE HISTORY OF BRITAIN AS YOU’VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE. Take a whistle-stop journey through time to discover the remarkable people, places, artefacts and events that make up the story of Britain thro……続きを見る

Magic, to a sailor, is harnessing the wind – getting something for nothing – the surprise of a gust, the boon of a side-wind and the trial of a headwind and best of all, the moment when a change in ……続きを見る

This book explores representations of the domestic in Irish women’s magazines. Published in 1960s Ireland, during a period of transformation, they served as modern manuals for navigating everyday li……続きを見る

A new analysis of the difficulties in normalising opposition in the Irish Free State, this book analyses the collision between nineteenth-century monolithic nationalist movements with the norms and ……続きを見る

Irish land in the 1880s was a site of ideological conflict, with resonances for liberal politics far beyond Ireland itself. The Irish Land War, internationalised partly through the influence of Henr……続きを見る

This collection of essays, written by authors of different nationalities, explores the experiences of thecountries that were not numbered among the Second World War’s major belligerents, including c……続きを見る

Ireland, slavery and the Caribbean is a complex and ground-breaking collection of essays. Grounded in history, it integrates perspectives from art historians, architectural and landscape historians,……続きを見る

The writings selected here are based mainly on talks and lectures delivered by Dr Norman Porter during the period 1994-1998. This period, stretching from paramilitary ceasefires through to the signi……続きを見る

This book provides an important intervention into social reproduction theory and the politics of water. Presenting an incorporated comparison, it analyses the conjuncture following the 2007 financia……続きを見る

A young Bridget Meade arrived-alone-in Boston on June 10, 1909, no doubt anxious and unsure about what awaited her in this distant and unfamiliar land. She was far from all that she had known, far f……続きを見る

Cornwall is quintessentially a maritime region. Almost an island, nowhere in it is further than 25 miles from the sea. Cornwall’s often distinctive history has been moulded by this omnipresent marit……続きを見る