This is the extraordinary life story of Ernie O’Malley (1897-1957), one of Ireland’s most complex and influential Republican figures, and later a hugely successful writer.
Readable biography and history of a key figure of the Irish Civil War, assassinated by the anti-Treaty side long after the conflict for his actions during it, when he was part of the new state’s first government, his story contains so much of the central issues of the Civil War that he’s hugely fascinating. The book is by comedian and Father Ted creator Arthur Mathews – new career as a historian!
A riveting political thriller from the journalist who covered the controversy for over two years, Burned is the inside story of the shocking scandal that brought down a government.
Beautifully illustrated with new and archival images, Cork Harbour examines all these interacting themes to outline not only the events that shaped the harbour's rich history, but the complex context in which those events occurred.
'Two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.' Faust / Goethe At turns shocking and heart-breaking, with razor-sharp language and a turbo-charged plot, Two Souls is a singular 'Troubles' novel like no other, tragically exposing human nature's futile efforts to make the right decisions and to choose a life worth living. Think Martin Amis meets Irving Welsh against a febrile and gritty sectarian backdrop.
Perhaps better known for his heroics on the football field, Mayoman Willie ‘Four-goals’ McGee spent decades as an officer in An Garda Síochána, rising through the ranks to become Head of the Fraud Squad.
Despite outliving him by 68 years, Mary Ann McCracken’s legacy is overshadowed by that of her more famous brother, executed United Irishman Henry Joy McCracken. She was, however, an abolitionist, a social reformer and an activist who fought for the rights of women and Belfast’s poor throughout a long life that encompassed the most turbulent years of Irish history.
Despite outliving him by 68 years, Mary Ann McCracken's legacy is overshadowed by that of her more famous brother, executed United Irishman Henry Joy McCracken. She was, however, an abolitionist, a social reformer and an activist who fought for the rights of women and Belfast's poor throughout a long life that encompassed the most turbulent years of Irish history.
Dermot Meleady skilfully edits Redmond's correspondence to offer new and first-hand perspectives on key moments in Ireland's history via the many-faceted postbag of one of its most able political figures.