World War One

A unique comparative study of parallel remembrance of the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme Considers how the Rising and the Somme have functioned as foundational myths for Republicanism and Unionism, as well as how their legacy has evolved over time.

Many enlisted to fight for Irish Home Rule or Ulster Unionism, to find adventure or escape from poverty. None imagined they would find themselves on the streets of Dublin, killing – and being killed by – fellow Irishmen. 

This is a fascinating study of a major shipping disaster with profound consequences.

Ireland’s Call is the poignant account of the Irish sporting heroes who perished on the battlefields of the Great War

On the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, Deluge is a powerful explanation of why the war's legacy continues to shape our world - from Adam Tooze, the Wolfson Prize-winning author of The Wages of DestructionIn the depths of the Great War, with millions of dead and no imaginable end to the conflict, societies around the world began to buckle.

For more than 2,000 years, Sun Tzu's The Art of War has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics, managing troops and terrain, and employing cunning and deception.

A comprehensive collection of photographs and memorabilia detailing Irish involvement in the First World War and what was going on at home at the time.

By turns poignant, enlightening, whimsical and darkly comic, this is history as it should be - free-wheeling and finely tuned to the rhythms of the human heart.

It contains new and startling insights into the bravery, stoicism and unbearable tragedy of the Irish in the Great War.