Books Related to Ireland

A unique political manifesto at a crucial moment from the leading figure in Irish Republicanism. Adams outlines the challenge of transforming Irish society through a vision of self-determination and sovereignty, inclusiveness and equality.

Who funded the Irish Revolution? In Shadow of a Taxman, R. J. C. Adams investigates how the unrecognised Irish Republic's money was solicited, collected, transmitted, and safeguarded, as well as who the financial backers were and what influenced their decision to contribute from as far afield as New York, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, and Melbourne.

This book offers a unique account of life in nineteenth-century Dublin, told through human-animal relationships. It argues that the exploitation of animals formed a key component of urban change, from municipal reform to class formation to the expansion of public health and policing. -- .

Sraith aistí atá san imleabhar seo a chuimsíonn réimsí ilghnéitheacha de Léann na Gaeilge ó ré na Nua-Ghaeilge Moiche anuas go dtí an lá atá inniu ann.

Collection of essays by Hubert Butler, edited by Chris Agee and Jacob Agee, published by The Irish Pages Press

The story is similar to that of the RMS Leinster, torpedoed by the Germans in WW1 and focuses on all aspects of the tragedy. The ship, the sinking, the people who were lost and survived. The authors traced a member of every family descended and also held a centenary. A packed book and the profits go to the RNLI.

Bertie Ahern, three times Irish Taoiseach, is often described as an enigma. When Bertie Ahern left the Department of Finance in late 1994, for the first time in almost 30 years, Ireland had a budget surplus. Bertie Ahern succeeded Albert Reynolds as leader of Fianna Fail in November 1994.

Re-print. A tumbling trip through the dozens and dozens of street characters that have walked Dublin and its suburbs’ streets.

A storybook with tales from the Bible for children. A collection of children's stories, based on bible stories. They will be of great benefit to young people and can also be used by teachers in the classroom. Cnuasach scéalta do phaistí, iad bunaithe ar scéalta ón mbíobla. Baindidh daoine óga an-tairbhe astu agus féadfaidh múinteoirí iad a úsáid sa seomra ranga Freisin

Spiritual Wounds challenges the widespread belief that the contentious events of the Irish Civil War (1922–23) were covered in a total blanket of silence. The book uncovers a new archive of published testimonies by pro- and anti-treaty men and women, written in both English and Irish. Most of the testimonies discussed were produced in the 1920s and 1930s and nearly all have been overlooked in historical study to date. This is despite the fact that many of these writings were bestsellers in their own time.