Found 32 product(s) for HISTORY (1-32 of 32)

HISTORY
		Atlas of Irish History A series of beautiful, computer-generated maps, together with over 100 colour illustrations, accompany a series of survey chapters covering Irish history from earliest times to the present day.	Price $22.95
		Brendan The Navigator This ancient adventure story unravels the mysteries and wonders of Brendan’s travels and explains why and how the voyage was undertaken.	Price $10.95
		Celtic Way of Life An invaluable guide to the life of the Celts in Ireland -- concise but informative.	Price $9.95
		Compact History of Ireland This book provides in succinct, accessible form, a thematic rather than strictly chronological account of Irish history. It begins with a comprehensive historical portrait which presents the whole fabric of three thousand years of Irish life.	Price $10.95
		Endurance: Heroic Journeys in Ireland From the mythic legends of prehistory to the dawn of modern Ireland, these stories of heroic and historic travels deal with kidnap, jailbreak, power, faith, murder, betrayal, scholarship, survival and above all, sheer endurance. color photos, notes, index, recommended reading.	Price $27.95
		Exploring Newgrange The creation, building and discovery of Newgrange, the megalithic tomb in Ireland, older than the pyramids, Stonehenge and the tombs of Mycenae.	Price $14.95
		Exploring The Book of Kells A beautiful and simple introduction to the Book of Kells - now in paperback.	Price $15.95
		Exploring The Spanish Armada The story of the Spanish Armada is a story of court intrigue, political turbulence, power-hungry monarchies and religious crusading	Price $11.95
		Exploring The World of Colmcille also known as Columba A beautifully simple and accessible account of the world of Colmcille/Columba whose 1400th anniversary was celebrated in 1997. It deals with the life of the times of Colmcille and the saint's involvement in politics and religious affairs.	Price $11.95
		Ireland Before The Famine This new edition of the established classic is the only book to deal with this precise period in Irish history.	Price $19.95
		Irish Times Book of 1916 Rising Shane Hegarty and Fintan O'Toole focus on the events of the Easter Rising itself, rather than the background and the consequences in this beautifully displayed gift hardback.	Price $37.95
		Kicking & Screaming After a century of wars, civil wars, internal division, political upheaval and the growing separation of Church and State, Irish society has emerged as a twenty-first-century hybrid, where the secular, liberal outlook is now, for the first time, the most common view. Ivana Bacik examines the shape and nature of this new Ireland.	Price $19.95
		Magic of Celtic Spirituality The magical sites of Celtic Ireland celebrate a vibrant blend of early Christian and pagan belief dating back to a time when worship in the oak groves went hand-in-hand with worship in the churches.	Price $12.95
		Magic of Pagan Ireland What makes a place magical? All over Ireland ancient sites offer special moments to be cherished, recalling a mysterious past.	Price $12.95
		Michael Collins and the Women Who Spied for Ireland Women played a crucial role in both the personal and the working life of Michael Collins, particularly in the perilous years from 1916 to 1922 when they smuggled messages, spied on the British government, and protected him from arrest.	Price $19.95
		Michael Collins: The Lost Leader In print continuously for more than thirty years, this book is long established as a reliable and affectionate portrait.	Price $19.95
		Michael Collins: The Man Who Won The War This is the story of a charismatic rebel who undermined British morale and inspired Irish people to seek independence from British rule	Price $24.95
		Pocket History of Gaelic Culture What exactly is and was Gaelic culture? How was it affected by the turmoil of Irish history, successive invasions and colonization? How much of the native culture actually survived? This is an entertaining and concise view of the story of Gaelic culture and its relationship with the Irish language in history, politics, music, dance and games.	Price $10.95
		Pocket History of Irish Rebels: O'Brien From the daring pirate queen Grace O'Malley to the fiery Protestant lawyer Theobald Wolfe Tone, the stories behind 18 of Ireland's greatest rebels have been collected in this book.	Price $10.95
		Pocket History of Irish Saints: O'Brien Lore, legend, and tradition about Ireland’s best known saints including Brigid, Patrick and Oliver Plunkett.	Price $10.95
		Pocket History of The IRA: O'Brien An accessible, clearly-written account of the IRA from its beginnings to today. It covers the origins and history of the organisation, its aims, the political and military thinking which has driven its activities, and the major personalities who have shaped the direction of the movement down through the years.	Price $12.95
		Pocket History of the Troubles: O'Brien From the first symptoms of serious unrest - the Divis Street riots of 1964 - to the tortuous political maneuvering culminating in the 2003 Assembly elections, this book traces the reality of life in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.	Price $12.95
		Preventing The Future: Why was Ireland so poor for so long? A best-seller in hardback, this thought-provoking book looks at Ireland's public policy from 1920 to 1970, which, argues Tom Garvin, left large numbers of young people without preparation for life in the modern world.	Price $21.00
		Robert Whyte’s Famine Ship Diary 1847: The Journey of an Irish Coffin Ship This 1948 diary of Robert Whyte, one of the passengers of the "coffin ship" Ajax, describes the voyage from Dublin to Grosse Île, the Canadian quarantine station.	Price $14.95
		Short History of Ireland This accessible and well-illustrated introduction to Irish history (over 150 full-color photos, paintings and drawings) gives an excellent overview of the key event in Irish history.	Price $10.95
		Supreme Sacrifice: The Story of Éamonn Ceannt Éamonn Ceannt was one of 15 men executed for their roles in the 1916 Easter Rising, but until now his story has never been told. This biography charts the life of Éamonn Ceannt from his school days in County Galway to his execution in Dublin on May 7, 1916, for his role as a leader of the rising and a signatory of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic.	Price $25.95
		The Celts: Prehistory To Present Day	Price $19.95
		The Concise History of Modern Ireland This is complicated history made simple, but not dumbed down.	Price $39.95
		The Pirate Queen In the sixteenth century, Granuaile, the Pirate Queen, warrior and leader, was the terror of the North Atlantic and the most feared woman in Ireland. Heading a large army and a fleet of ships, she lived by trading and raiding and demanding tribute from all who sailed through her territory.	Price $11.95
		The Squad: The Intelligence Operations of Michael Collins Based on recently-released interviews, this book throws a considerable amount of new light on the intelligence operations of Michael Collins with first-hand, never before published accounts and candid descriptions in which men speak of their involvement in close range assassinations.	Price $19.95
		Timeline of Irish History A Timeline of Irish History gives students and readers a quick, authoritative and user-friendly guide to the principal events of the Irish past from earliest times to the present day.	Price $19.95
		What If? Alternative Views of Twentieth Century Ireland We all know that there is nothing inevitable about history. Things did not have to work out the way they actually did. Ferriter looks at 40 events in 20th Century Irish life and wonders how they might have been different: What if Joyce and Beckett had stayed in Ireland? What if Britain had blocked Irish immigration in the 1950s? What if there had been no Late Late Show?	Price $22.95