Irish Biography

This travelogue moves along by Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way, by the Burren, a land of strange beauty that inspired Tolkien, by the ruins of remotely-placed monastic shrines and chanting monks.

Previously titled 'Blood in the Gutter' this is a thrilling chase through a media minefield – from strife-torn Belfast to Paris and on to Singapore and New York. David O’Donoghue’s memoir provides a rare glimpse into a lost world of clattering typewriters and spewing teleprinters in a frenetic RTE newsroom where nervous reporters kept one step ahead of their creditors.

Aideen O'Connor and Ria Mooney have different backgrounds, ambitions and creative visions. They come of age in an Ireland desperate to control and restrict women: their sexuality; their careers; their independent lives. They are united by one thing: a devotion to theatre and to Ireland's National Theatre in particular.

An autobiography of the greatest rugby player of our time, Brian O'Driscoll. It is about his family, friends, hard work, courage and imagination.

In 2010 Rugby World magazine named author's its world player of the decade - and since then the legend has only grown. Now, at the end of his amazing career - which culminated in fairy-tale fashion with Ireland's victory in the 2014 Six Nations championship. This book tells his own story.

The gripping real story of a bored, frustrated New York trucking manager who became one of Britain's most valued spies, bringing down the entire IRA structure and making $10 million dollars in the process.

How a bored, frustrated New York trucking manager becomes one of Britain's most valued spies, brings down the entire IRA structure and makes $10 million dollars in the process. Along the way he finds himself in the most extraordinary and terrifying situations - he is involved in major terrorist operations, sets up an Iraqi sting operation and organises US arms shipments with a man being trained to kill the then British prime minister, Tony Blair.

Every Irish mountaintop can be reached by a reasonably fit walker, doing nothing more technical than putting one foot in front of the other. This means the Irish highlands have been accessible to humans since the dawn of history. Small wonder then, that these mountains did not become distant objects of reverence and fear, as they did with the huge and difficult to access summits in other countries. Instead, they became a unifying feature of the landscape and have been purposefully woven into the myths and legends used to bind communities. No matter where you go, the Irish uplands have been loaded with history and legend while being lauded in song and story for through the ages they have been intertwined with the course of Irish history.

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