John Mitchel, Ulster and the Great Irish Famine

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.

Do you know what a Brideóg is? Why are lone hawthorns unlucky? What does it mean to 'drown the shamrock'?

The aftermath of the 1916 Rising is often overlooked, usually covered as a footnote. But it saw the rebirth of the Volunteers and laid the foundations for the War of Independence. Picking up where the authors' acclaimed account of the Rising left off, we join the men and women of the Rising in the dark abyss of defeat.