Irish Military History

That was a headline in the Belfast Telegraph in 1951 which reflected the reporter’s frustration at being unable to penetrate the veil of secrecy surrounding the discrete red brick buildings which nestled behind a security fence in the Castlereagh Hills.

Charlie One is filled with roller coaster emotions and explosive revelations of British Intelligence covert capabilities and operations. 

When Rudyard Kipling, whose only son died fighting with the Irish Guards on the Western Front in 1915, penned the words "For where there are Irish there's bound to be fighting," he wasn't exaggerating Ireland's contribution to the Great War.

Soldiers of the Short Grass: A History of the Curragh Camp is the first complete history of this national landmark from 1855 to the present day, taking into account every facet of its development.

Seventeenth-century Europe was a theatre of almost endless rivalry and destruction, where wars of religion and dynastic succession wreaked havoc across the continent. Kingdom Overthrown: The Battle for Ireland, 1688-1691 tells the story of the Williamite War – in which Ireland became the unexpected stage for a truly European struggle.

A major history of Irish republican prisoners held in English maximum security jails between 1978-1985; the second volume of a three-part history, covering the entire ‘Troubles’ period.