Irish History

This important reference volume - now in its third edition - introduces readers and researchers to the treasury of printed and manuscript resources available in Irish libraries, archives and genealogical centres. Although it is aimed principally at the Irish Diaspora - amounting to some 70 million people around the globe who can trace their ancestry back to Ireland - Irish and non-Irish researchers alike should find the book of inestimable value for their research anywhere in Ireland

A revised and expanded new edition. Exhaustive research by the author of newly available primary source material has unearthed new facts surrounding the battle. The new information allows this edition to more accurately document and analyse the Battle of Clonmult.

Taking the reader on a journey from north to south and from mountains to manor houses, this beautifully illustrated book celebrates the heritage sites cared for by OPW across Ireland. From Áras an Uachtaráin and the National Botanic Gardens through to Fota and the Great Blasket Islands, this work covers the best that Ireland has to offer from the OPW sites enjoyed by millions of visitors each year.

Although commemorated by Yeats's poem, Michael O'Rahilly is one of the forgotten leaders of the 1916 Rising - the first leader to die, the only one killed in action.

Facts, stories and history from medieval Drogheda

A reliable reference book and a quirky guide, The Little Book of Dalkey and Killiney can be dipped into time and time again to reveal something new about the people, the heritage and the secrets of this charming coastal area.

Dublin's Lost Treasures covers the many shops,cinemas,theatres and other institutions that have closed down in Dublin over the past 50 years.As the pace of development has quickened in recent decades,old places have closed Down at an increasing rate,so this book aims to be a record of many old shops and other establishments that have shut their doors for the last time,often before being demolished.Many of the reminiscences about these vanished places has been sent in by readers,including staff and owners.

A compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts about Dundrum, one of Dublin's most important suburbs.