Irish History

Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society 1913-2013. A vibrant part of Dublin's musical landscape for 100 years.

2013 1st Edition Hardback

Profiles of 300 progressive Irish Presbyterians over four centuries

Places Along the Way presents substantial accounts of and reflections on eight of the most significant sites excavated on the M3 Clonee to North of Kells motorway scheme between Dunboyne and Navan in County Meath.

From the plethora of Spanish Armada ships in the 16th century to the tragedy of the Leinster mail ship and the sinking of the Lusitania. 

Waterford Crystal is the first ever fully illustrated history of Ireland’s most iconic cut-glass manufacturer, its name synonymous with high-end glassmaking throughout the world.

The Excavations Bulletin is a compilation of summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland. This edition edited by Isabel Bennett covers the year 2004.

All across Ireland, thousands of people are living in homes with serious fire safety and structural defects. Some of these have made the news, many more have not. . .

’A riveting portrait of a gifted poet - a contentious woman and the gilded worlds she moved in, yet never belonged to’ - Edna O’Brien

Richly illustrated, Ireland in the Newsreels is a vital new lens through which to look at contemporary Irish history and society. 

2012 1st Edition Hardback

Fairground Travellers, known as Showpeople or Carnival people, are part of the larger Irish Traveller community, and their distinctive language is known as Parley. . .

These couple of hundred simple family letters throw a candid but sympathetic light on life as it was lived in Ulster and on the Lake Erie shore nearly two centuries ago.

This volume will be of interest to historians, art historians and specialists in Irish silver. It opens up a whole new perspective on the cultural heritage of Ireland in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Every effort has been made to present Ó Ríordáin’s own interpretation of the site. Nevertheless, while respecting his scholarship, more recent research has advanced our understanding of the periods in question and evidence has been reassessed in that light.

Apart from the richness of its finds, it also casts a light on the understanding of the Early Christian period in Ireland.

Witty, off - beat and sometimes challenging, this is Oliva O''Leary at her best.

A cast of brilliant characters surround the young Crosbie, all vividly etched into hilarious life. Here is a born storyteller.

Dramatic and immersive, Redmond: A Life Undone , is a provocative reassessment of one of Ireland’s most brilliant political minds.

2015 1st Edition Hardback

A major new biography of a monumental figure in modern Irish history.

2015 1st Edition Hardback

First performed in Dublin on St. Patrick's Day 1640, Henry Burnell's Landgartha was the last play produced before political unrest forced the closure of Dublin's only theatre. 

2013 1st Edition Hardback.

The diaries of Emma Duffin, born in Belfast, educated at Cheltenham Ladies College, vividly describe her experiences as a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse caring for wounded soldiers brought directly from the battlefield. 

2014 1st Edition Hardback