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Dungannon: Published by a Group of Lawyers and Priests for A Humanitarian Alternative, 1980 It was announced that as from 1 April 1980 there would be no entitlement to special category status for members of paramilitary organisations regardless of when the crimes had been committed. [A policy change announced in March 1976 had ended special category status to people sentenced after that date for scheduled offences. The decision to end special category privileges for paramilitary prisoners led to a protest campaign by Republicans in prisons across Northern Ireland. The protests began on 15 September 1976 when Kieran Nugent refused to wear prison issue clothes and covered himself with a blanket; hence the 'blanket protest'. The protest was to escalate and led eventually to two hunger strikes, one in 1980 and the most serious in 1981.] on 27th October 1980 Seven Republican prisoners began a hunger-strike to protest at the ending of special category status. Many prisoners volunteered to be part of the strike, but seven were selected to match the number of men who signed the Easter 1916 Proclamation of the Republic. The group consisted of IRA members Brendan Hughes, Tommy McKearney, Raymond McCartney, Tom McFeeley, Sean McKenna, Leo Green, and INLA member John Nixon. After a few weeks three prisoners in Armagh Women's Prison joined the strike, including Mairéad Farrell, followed by a short-lived hunger strike by several dozen more prisoners in HM Prison Maze. One of their key demands was that they should be allowed to wear their own clothes rather than prison uniforms. The Republican prisoners viewed themselves as 'prisoners of war' and were refusing to be treated, as they saw it, as ordinary criminals. [The tactic of the hunger strike has a special place in Republican history and it was to have a profound affect on Nationalists in Northern Ireland. This particular strike was to be called off on 18 December 1980. However, it also marked an escalation of the campaign which was to see a larger more serious hunger strike take place in 1981. The Republican hunger strike at the Maze Prison, and other prisons in Northern Ireland, was called off following the appeal by Tomás Ó Fiaich, then Catholic Primate of Ireland, on 17 December 1980. The strike had lasted for 53 days. [There had been suggestions towards the end of the strike that there would be a move towards conceding aspects of special status. Republicans claimed to have a document setting out proposals which would have met many of their demands.] This book let was produced at the beginning of the hunger strike and details the demands and biographies of those who took part Including Sean McKenna, Of the original seven hunger strikers, Sean McKenna's medical condition was the most serious. McKenna was moved to Musgrave Park Hospital in Belfast.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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Kendal: World Ship Society, 1982 From the library of Naval Historian and author James W. Goss.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1973 First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994 First Edition. Hardcover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London: An Pobal Eirithe, 1989 The Magazine of the Irish in Britain Representation Group on the struggle in Northern Ireland.. First Edition. Magazine. Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. (more information)

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Dublin: DFHQ, 1996 Booklet produced to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Irish Naval Service held at Cork and Cobh 1996. From the library of Naval Historian and author James W. Goss.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1999 Presenting political, historical, cultural and literary perspectives on the Irish border, this volume brings together approaches from different disciplines to assess the changing role and percepton of the border. Following a contextual and historical introduction, a broad political analysis by Paul Arthur places the North-South and British-Irish relationships in their international setting. Ged Martin provides a history of the Partition, and Ian S. Wood brings this history up to the early-1960s in a contribution on the IRA border campaign. In a longer historical view, Ullrich Kockel develops a revised reading of the peculiar Scots-Ulster link. Moving towards contemporary concerns, Etain Tannam explores the changing cross-border relationship in the light of European regional policies in the 1980s and 1990s, while Steve Bruce gives a pessimistic assessment of an enduring Unionist attitude towards the border. Three chapters devoted to culture and identity end the book. The first focuses on different language policies north and south of the border; the second on literature as a source for tracing the development of a border mentality in Ireland; and the third on the development of border politics as expressed in 20th-century literature.. First Edition. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London: Elliot Stock, 1913 This seminal work traces the history of superstitions, legends and myths in Ulster, especially the folk tales of fairies, dwarves and giants.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ex-Library. (more information)

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New York: J. McLoughlin, 1844 In the winter of 432 Patrick landed near Saul and remained until spring, when he went to Tara and gained his first major converts. He defied the pagan priests of Tara by kindling the Easter fire on Slane, a nearby hill. This challenge to paganism created at first indignation, and subsequently respect, in the court of the high king. Tara became Patrick's headquarters, and with a band of followers he successively converted Meath, Leitrim, Cavan, and W Ireland. Further details of his missions are only generally known. In 444 or 445, with the approval of Pope St. Leo I, Patrick established his archiepiscopal see at Armagh. St. Patrick 's mission was successful; Ireland was almost entirely Christian by the time of his death. He understood and wisely preserved the social structure of the country, converting the people tribe by tribe. Out of his hierarchy, organized by tribal units, developed the Celtic abbot-bishop system. At Patrick's instance, the traditional laws of Ireland were codified. Patrick modified them to harmonize with Christian practice, and he mitigated the harsher ones, particularly those that dealt with slaves and taxation of the poor. He introduced the Roman alphabet. In 457 he retired to Saul, where he died. He was buried in Downpatrick, which was a great European shrine until its destruction by the English government in 1539. Also enshrined to him is Croaghpatrick. Patrick's connection with Saint Patrick's Purgatory in Lough Derg is undoubtedly only legendary. His personality is said to have been unusually winning, and many legends have become attached to his name. Some spotting and foxing and wear to spine top. Scarce.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket, as Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. (more information)

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Paris: Privately Printed, 1906 An account of Wilde's trial for homosexual acts with Lord Alfred Douglas. Originally published by Charles Carrington. This edition c.1920s.. First US Edition. Paperback in Wraps. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1898 A very pro-English view of Irish Nationalism. Couple of minor marks, some foxing to prelims. Rare.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889 Second Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. (more information)

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London: Home & Van Thal, 1946 First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1974 First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1980 First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London: Heinemann, 1987 First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. (more information)

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London: Mowbrays, 1974 Some minor damp stains.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Dublin: Raven Arts Press, 1991 First Edition. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London: Ian Allan, 1974 First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. (more information)

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Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1972 Some minor wear. An unread copy.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 1996 The rebellion of 1798 was one of the bloodiest and most dramatic events in Irish history. Brought about by a combination of French-inspired republicanism, government brutality and the sufferings of a brutalised peasantry, it ran its bloody course in one summer, ending in the utter defeat of those who had sought to overthrow the existing social and political order. The immediate results included wholesale murder, destruction and deportation. The chief political consequence was the abolition of the Irish parliament and an enforced union with Britain. That union, although achieved by thoroughly unsavoury methods, might have succeeded, had the British government kept its promise to grant emancipation to the country's Catholic majority. The commitment was not kept, and the twin legacy of a brutally suppressed rebellion and broken promises was to colour and influence Anglo-Irish relations into the twentieth century. The rebellion and its aftermath also had a profound effect on religious and political loyalties in Ireland itself. In this way it exerted a major influence on the course of modern Irish history.. First Edition. Paperback. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London: Hutchinson, 1954 First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 1973 A profoundly moving and poignant account of a community. This is the study of an isolated community on the West Coast of Ireland which, like hundreds of others, has endured an agonizing decline in virtually every aspect of life. Some fading to boards.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Cork: Cork Historical Guides Committee, 1968 At a strategic and deepwater position in the harbour, the island has long been a military base. The island was first fortified in 1602, and initially an important base for the British Army. Later, the British Army moved to nearby Spike Island, and the fortifications were handed over to the British Navy. The Navy established a large arsenal on the island, and a naval dockyard was built during the Napoleonic Wars. Unlike the other fortifications in Cork Harbour, which formed part of the treaty ports, the dockyard was handed over to the Irish Free State in 1923. Haulbowline Island now houses the headquarters of the Irish Navy. Irish Steel was previously based on the island; however, the plant closed in 2002. Much radioactive contamination remained in the soil after the steel making process was terminated. In July 2006, it was announced that the former site of Irish Steel would be developed with apartments, offices, a hotel and a marina planned for the site. A brief history with b/w illustrations and colour fold-out at back. From the library of Naval Historian and author James W. Goss.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1981 First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. (more information)

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London: Macmillan, 1973 Boards faded.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London: Lemma Publishing Corporation, 1973 Campbell's look at a series of legends current in the Highlands and Isles of Scotland in the 1880's esp. the Dragon Myth. Translated from the Gaelic with an introduction by George Henderson, Lecturer in Celtic Languages and Literature, University of Glasgow. The volume also includes The Geste of Fraoch and The Death of Fraoch, followed by The Three Ways and The Fisherman in the original Gaelic. Facsimile reprint of Campbell's 1911 edition. Texts in English and Gaelic.. First Thus. Cloth. New/No Jacket. Illus. by Rachel Duff. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Chicago: Nelson-Hall Inc., 1977 First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1975 An in-depth analysis of the politics of Irish neutrality during WWII, focussing on major figures such as de Valera, Churchill, Maffey, Gray, and the pressure from Britain and the U.S. on Ireland to enter the war.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ex-Library. (more information)

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