Irish History

Part of the Maynooth Studies in Local History series.

The fascinating history of an ancient place utterly transformed by progress and modernity, a place unrecognisable even to those who lived there in the 1950s. This accessible, entertaining and occasionally humorous book is written for the general reader, bringing the stories of Tallaght's past to life for a new generation.

Oliver Nugent, Ireland’s longest-serving divisional commander of the Great War, led the Ulster Division on the western front from 1915 to 1918.

The most wide-ranging series of essays ever published on the Irish famine.

This book explains what happened before and during the Famine, with an account of the consequences of this epic tragedy.

This book explains what happened in the years before and after the Rising, as well as providing an exciting day-by-day account of the events themselves, and biographies of the leading figures

The Pocket Encyclopedia of Ireland is a comprehensive, illustrated A-Z encyclopedia, specifically devoted to subjects of Irish interest.