702円 The United States has always opened its arms to the huddled masses of Irish men and women, who have left their native land for a better life, and most have repaid this hospitality many times over. Twenty-three of the 46 presidents of the United States claim Irish descent. The first man on the moo...

3,848円 What was happening in Ireland on the eve of World War I? In 1913, the ‘Irish Question’ was hotly discussed in European capitals because on the eve of the Great War, the stability in the British Empire’s ‘back yard’ was considered of the utmost strategic importance.The Berliner Tageblatt, the lead...

5,638円 The untold story of a group of Irish cities and their remarkable development before the age of industrialization A backward corner of Europe in 1600, Ireland was transformed during the following centuries. This was most evident in the rise of its cities, notably Dublin and Cork. David Dickson exp...

2,647円 Twenty years on from her critically acclaimed book, Northern Protestants: An Unsettled People, Susan McKay talks again to the people she ‘uneasily’ called ‘her own’, those from a Protestant background in Northern Ireland. Against the backdrop of social justice movements, Brexit, the centenary of ...

12,038円 This monograph examines the ways in which discourses on the public sector were articulated in the print media during the 2011 financial crisis in the Irish, UK and European news media. It finds that coverage of the public sector was ideological, portraying public sector workers as overpaid, ineff...

903円 Ireland in Song and in Story takes the reader on a journey to capture the essence of the development of what people associate with the term ‘Irish’. Its insularity, harmonious scenic beauty, climate, as well as its complex history, its language, culture and lifestyle all contribute to the mystiqu...

2,248円 “Few could quarrel with the publisher’s description of this as a classic.” ーBooks Ireland “So honest, so human and so readable.” ーIrish Times McCann’s account of what it is like to grow up a Catholic in a Northern Irish ghettoーfirst published in 1974ーquickly became a classic account of the fe...

1,326円 'Tread softly because you tread on my dreams' is one of the most well-known and repeated lines of poetry ever written. Less haunting, but still so relevant: 'Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.' W B Yeats was one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. Winner ...

15,786円 The period between c.1580 and c.1685 was one of momentous importance in terms of the establishment of different confessional identities in Ireland, as well as a time of significant migration and displacement of population. Confessionalism and Mobility in Early Modern Ireland provides an entirely ...

4,230円 Over the years Americanーespecially New Yorkーaudiences have evolved a consistent set of expectations for the "Irish play." Traditionally the term implied a specific subject matter, invariably rural and Catholic, and embodied a reductive notion of Irish drama and society. This view continues to i...

4,934円 Sectarian violence is one of the defining characteristics of the modern Ulster experience. Riots between Catholic and Protestant crowds occurred with depressing frequency throughout the nineteenth century, particularly within the constricted spaces of the province's burgeoning industrial capital,...

451円 The Insurrection in Dublin is an account of the Easter Rising by the poet and novelist James Stephens, a supporter of Irish independence. Stephens witnessed firsthand the events described in the book. The Rising was an attempt by militant Irish republicans to win independence from Britain by forc...