Irish National History

This political biography of Wolfe Tone dispels the many myths—produced and reinforced by both nationalist and colonial accounts—surrounding his life and politics. . .

Discover the stories behind some of Ireland’s most iconic historic landmarks in this stunningly illustrated celebration of the nation’s heritage.

Through the eyes of one of convicted paedophile Bill Kenneally’s many victims, Ireland’s Protected Predator takes readers on a harrowing journey through his brutal reign of terror. 

In this timely and deeply informed book, former diplomat Noel Dorr reflects on the long history that shaped modern Ireland’s divisions and examines the challenges that may lie ahead if constitutional change is one day chosen by democratic consent.

Rising through patronage and privilege, Luttrell forged his career not through statesmanship, but through intimidation, force, and ruthless loyalty to imperial authority. . .

More than a collective biography, Enemies of the State is a study in the politics of memory. It explores how competing narratives—loyalist, nationalist, and clerical—have continually reshaped the meaning of 1798, revealing how historical reputations are constructed, contested, and inherited. 

Since 2012, Robert O’Byrne’s Irish Aesthete has shed fresh light on Ireland’s architectural inheritance. In this new volume, Buildings of Ireland: Known and Unknown, he turns his discerning eye to a remarkable selection of sites in the care of the Office of Public Works.

Lords of the Sea examines the archaeology and history of the sea lords and coastal communities who lived on the western seaboard of Ireland and Scotland throughout the later Middle Ages.

An Oral History from the Irish Midlands

Rooted in the rich soil of Ireland’s heartland, Farming in Ireland offers a vivid, multi-layered portrait of rural life across generations.

James Hawes’s The Shortest History of Ireland is based at every step on the latest scholarship, but it’s all brought together, for once, as a fluent story, as captivating as a novel, galloping from the Ice Age to the present, using language, graphics and images accessible to all. 

While knowledge of history can explain our contemporary situation, an awareness of the myths and misuses of our history can bring a broader and more conciliatory approach to current political and social challenges. 

Grounded in decades of personal contact and interviews with key policymakers across Britain and Europe, Stephens maps this complex relationship and asks how Ireland might deploy its history to inform its future rather than hold it in place. HARDBACK EDITION

Revelatory insights into the cover-up of systematic abuse of vulnerable boys in care of the state by journalist exclusive access to witnesses, secret documents and whistleblowers. Reveals how MI5 obstructed police investigations into the abuse at Kincora - and the sinister reasons why

In the wake of the twentieth anniversary of this bizarre robbery, Glenn Patterson builds on his popular BBC podcast to shed new light on the story of the infamous heist, the victims, the organizers and the abortive, at times comically inept, attempts to find the people who carried it out.

A century on from the failure of the Boundary Commission, historian Cormac Moore explores the factors that led to the abandonment of Northern nationalists close to the border

This is an essential book about an aspect of Irish history all too often swept under the carpet.

AN POST BOOK AWARDS. SHORTLISTED FOR HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025

Since its first publication this biography by Anne Haverty has been recognized as a landmark in Markievicz studies, giving a historically complete account of a woman often maligned and misunderstood. 

The third book from the team behind The Irish Civil War in Colour features Ireland in wartime.

Tax & Drugs & Rock'n'Roll is the story of how an influx of British pop stars in the early 1980s was a significant catalyst in the miraculous transformation of Ireland from poor, downtrodden and insular to rich, confident and outward looking.