Books Related to Ireland

Before Easter 1916 Dublin had been a city much like any other British city, comparable to Bristol or Liverpool and part of a complex, deep-rooted British world. The devastating events of that Easter changed everything. This book focuses on these events.

A narrative of the critical years in modern Ireland's history. This book presents the never loses sight of the ordinary forms of heroism performed by Irish men and women trapped in extraordinary times.

Ireland in the twentieth century has had a very different history from that of most other western European countries. This book covers the whole of Ireland, north and south, from the origins of Sinn Fein at the beginning of the century to the Stormont agreement at the end.

Una Trant, a retired Secondary teacher, was born and brought up in County Mayo. She now lives in Dublin. This is a collection of stories, stories of fact, fiction and autofiction.

The political events of the decade of revolution in Donegal examined in this book are set firmly in the context of the underlying social and economic background.

From gentle flights by balloon to high-speed, adrenaline-packed air races, the women in these two volumes did it all. They competed in flying competitions throughout Europe, Africa and America. They grabbed newspaper headlines when they completed long-distance solo endurance flights. They established world records in other aviation spheres.` They were honoured with titles. Their backgrounds ranged from poverty to aristocracy but they associated and mingled with royals, nobles and socialites in the aviation heyday of the 1920s and 1930s. Sadly, however, history has largely forgotten these women. These two volumes give them their rightful place among Irish achievers of the early twentieth century.

The two volumes contain the biographies of over a dozen Irish­women who were at the cutting edge of the aeronautical revolu­tion that swept these islands in the early twentieth century. Their stories are told against the backdrop of Irish economic, social and political life. Some enjoyed a lavish and aristocratic lifestyle, while others struggled to support themselves. They hailed from the four provinces of Ireland.