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Books
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Fatherland : A Memoir of War, Conscience and Family Secrets€12.99
What do we owe the past? How to make peace with a dark family history? Burkhard Bilger hardly knew his grandfather growing up. His parents immigrated to Oklahoma from Germany after World War II, and though his mother was an historian, she rarely talked about her father or what he did during the war.
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Thucydides: A Very Short Introduction€10.99
A Very Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring 432 BCE the powerful city-state of Sparta on the peninsula of the Peloponnesus in southwestern Greece declared war on Athens, head of a mighty naval coalition. The war would last until Sparta finally brough Athens to its knees in 404.
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Walled In By Hate : Kevin O’Higgins, His Friends and EnemiesSpecial Price €15.99 Regular Price €19.99
One of the most compelling characters to have emerged from the conflict, someone still the target of vitriol today, the tragic story of Kevin O’Higgins encapsulates the bitter divisions of a time in Irish history that continue to echo in today’s Ireland.
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The Long Game : Inside Sinn Fein (Paperback)€11.99
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.
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Immortal Torino : How the Superga Air Crash Robbed Italian Football of its Champions€22.99
It was just after five o'clock on 4 May 1949 as the Avio Linee Italiane Fiat G.212, carrying 18 players of AC Torino and 13 other passengers, was preparing to land at Turin's Aeritalia airport. Thick fog meant visibility was poor, and strong winds had blown the plane off course.
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Spike Island: The Rebels, Residents and Crafty Criminals of Ireland's Historic IslandSpecial Price €15.19 Regular Price €18.99
A compelling and accessible journey through Irish history, featuring interviews with former Spike Island residents, soldiers and convicts
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So Once Was I : Forgotten Tales from Glasnevin CemeterySpecial Price €15.99 Regular Price €19.99
Warren Farrell, having immersed himself in the cemetery’s history as a tour guide for the past seven years, set out to celebrate the lesser known figures and their contributions to the Irish state.
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Galway : City of HeritageSpecial Price €13.59 Regular Price €16.99
This highly illustrated work examines the heritage of Galway through the medieval, Victorian and Georgian periods. Pat Dargan celebrates the historic value of the city of Galway and brings to light the significance of the city’s heritage and local history.
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Bandit Country : The IRA and South Armagh€15.99Branded as ‘Bandit Country’ by the British government, South Armagh was the heartland of the Provisional IRA. It was the rebel Irish stronghold where Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy reigned supreme, bomb attacks on England were planned and the SAS tracked the IRA snipers who hunted British soldiers.
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Gerald Boland : A Life (Irish Historic Memoir)Special Price €15.99 Regular Price €19.99
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).
