Books Related to Ireland

A football story that proves anything is possible, and everything is there to be won.

Affecting and hopeful memoir about living with a congenital heart defect.

Revealed for the first time here is the correspondence that Percy French, one of Ireland's most influential songwriters, wrote to his fiancee and second wife-to-be, Ettie Sheldon, between May 1892 and January 1894.

Shadows Behind the Dance is Maddy Tongue's heartfelt portrait of the dancer and teacher Helen Lewis (1916 - 2009, ne Helena Katz), who survived Auschwitz to teach dance in Belfast.

An intimate, lyrical memoir exploring the ancient rite of the Irish wake, and the Irish way of overcoming our fear of death - BEING MORTAL meets THE LAST ACT OF LOVE

Rebel Hearts is a detailed and revealing account of the psychological underworld of Irish Republicanism. 'Stunning. It brings the dehumanizing horror of the Troubles into a painful, dazzling light.' Simon Hoggart, Sunday Tribune

This interdisciplinary collection, written by experts in their fields, addresses how models from ancient Greece and Rome have permeated Irish political discourse in the century since 1916. Topics covered include the reception and rejection of classical culture in Ireland; and the politics of Irish language engagement with Greek and Roman models.

In the 1870s and 1880s, in Irish eyes, misrule by British officials and absentee landlords mirrored imperial oppression across the globe. Paul Townend shows that a growing critique of British imperialism shaped a rapidly evolving Irish political consciousness and was a crucial factor giving momentum to the Home Rule and Land League campaigns.

Barra hears something no one wants him to hear: a missile is set to blowup a plane full of people.