Irish Political History

Éamon De Valera had a reputation as a skilled negotiator, and was said to possess the shrewdest political mind in Ireland. Was he Ireland’s most able negotiator? What did his record in the U.S. demonstrate? 

A fearless, incisive biography of Charlie Haughey by one of Ireland's most formidable journalists, Vincent Browne. . .

The Forger, Spies, Conmen and Terrorists Who Conspired Against Irish Home Rule

The Forger, Spies, Conmen and Terrorists Who Conspired Against Irish Home Rule

A Rebel and a Traitor is the story of a rogue imperial consul who sought to forge a new nation in the middle of a war - and the mercurial spy chief who sought to destroy him by any means. The rogue consul was Sir Roger Casement, a decorated diplomat who turned his back on the British empire and instead joined the rising Irish cause at the turn of the 20th century. 

This book explores how the policies, opinions, and personal relationships between Anglesey and Wellington, O’Connell, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Grey, Edward Stanley, and others, impacted on the unfolding events during this time of crises and the long-term consequences that they had for both Britain and Ireland. 

Today, all Ireland faces the challenge of creating new frameworks for future development. False and bitter versions of how we got to where we are today need to be confronted and exposed. 

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

An enthralling exploration of secret societies, political manoeuvres and personal sacrifices, this book casts new light on a pivotal chapter in Ireland’s quest for independence. 

An insight into the young Eddie De Valera. Born in New York, he was raised as Eddie de Valera in rural Limerick–his mother absent, his father gone. A lonely child, he became ‘Éamon’ later. . .

Inside the rise of the political party, once subordinate to the IRA, that is on the brink of taking power in Ireland Sinn Féin, long widely-regarded as the political wing of the Provisional IRA, is the most popular political party in both Northern Ireland and the Republic. 

Boland’s story thus offers readers a personal insight into many of the major military and political events which helped shape modern Ireland over the duration of his lifetime (1885-1973).

This book, the first of its kind, uncovers the extent to which ‘forced disappearances’ were part of the violent political conflicts that blighted Ireland for 200 years.

Fenianism was the Irish separatist movement committed to winning Irish freedom through revolution. Defeated often, its tremendous resilience enabled it to rise time and again, phoenix-like, until it eventually inspired the 1916 Easter Rising, soon followed by an Irish War of Independence that finally established an Irish Free State. 

Since the Brexit referendum of 2016, extraordinary uncertainty has hung over the future of the Union between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, creating a crisis for the unionist community...

The gripping story of the tumultuous destruction of the Irish country house, spanning the revolutionary years of 1912 to 1923.

The astonishing story of the English heiress who devoted her life to the IRAShe grew up in a Chelsea townhouse and on a Devon estate. 

In January 1972, a peaceful civil rights march in Northern Ireland ended in bloodshed. Troops from Britain's 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment opened fire on marchers, leaving 13 dead and 15 wounded. Seven of those killed were teenage boys.

A thrilling tale of passion, courage and determination. Michael Collins became a hero: a soldier, a freedom-fighter, a ghost: Ireland's Rebel Son. In life, in death, a legend.