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New York: Harper & Row, 1981. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good plus condition (in good plus dustjacket), cloth spine, edges foxed, some edge tears jacket (top edge reverse side foxed, front flap clipped). 215 pp. Father Andrew Greeley, University of Chicago, draws on his personal experience and extensive sociological research to demonstrate that most myths about an Irish… Read more about this item

Toronto / Belfast: P. D .Meany Company / The Institute of Irish Studies, 1993. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), tables, figures, maps, minor edgewear jacket (front flap creased), top of spine little creased, light foxing edges, tiny bump top edge front cover, written dedication (perhaps autograph). 319 pp. Donald Harman Akenson writes… Read more about this item

Wexford: County Wexford Heritage Committee, 1989. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white photos, maps, bottom corners last few pages & rear cover slightly creased, faint foxing top edge, tiny mark front cover, minor edgewear. 59 pp. Richard Roche tells the story of the Wexford migrants who braved shipwreck, pestilence, Indian attacks and war to form the colony… Read more about this item

Dublin: Economic & Social History Society of Ireland, 1989. Paperback trade, very good condition, few tables & figures, bottom corner tips on covers slightly scuffed. 74 pp. This pamphlet by Liam Kennedy is about the process of Industrialisation, including its social ramifications, and which is central to an understanding of historical change in modern Ireland. The pamphlet contains a… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Irish Literary and Historical Society, 1979. 2nd ed.. Hardback octavo, no jacket, very good condition, mid-green boards, gilt title cover & spine, gilt decorative logo front cover, black & white text- photos, pages lightly toned, light foxing edges & pastedowns, autograph (editor's written & dated dedication reverse side front flyleaf). 150 pp. These essays, edited by… Read more about this item

Dublin: Economic and Social History Society of Ireland, 1985. Reprint ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, figure, spine ends slightly rubbed, bottom corner rear cover creased. 48 pp. This booklet by W. E. Vaughan is about the relationship between Ireland's landlords and the country's 500,000 tenants. It surveys the striking changes that have taken place in the views… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 2012. Reprint ed.. Hardback large octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), roughcut fore-edge, frontispiece, top corner front flap jacket creased 385 pp. Frank Delaney writes an absorbing historical novel of lasting love, dangerous risk, and the healing power of redemption. This story is full of Irish history, daring intrigue, and the drama… Read more about this item

London: Harper / HarperCollins, 2001. Reprint ed.. Paperback small trade, very good condition, crease front cover, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. 290 pp. Malachy McCourt provides a raw, irreverent and charming account of leaving poverty in Limerick, Ireland, for a new life in New York.

Ulster: Ulster Historical Foundation, Mellon Centre for Migration Studies, 2019. 1st ed.. Paperback very thick octavo, very good condition, colour text-photos, black & white figures (some cartoons), minor edgewear. Very heavy (2.0 Kg), and not available for postage to destinations outside Australia. 846 pp. Brian Lambkin examines critically the nature and operation of law in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland… Read more about this item

City Not Stated: Ian McCallum, 2013. 1st ed.. Hardback large octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, minor edgewear jacket, faint foxing top edge. 304 pp. Examines the social history, political atmosphere and wartime experiences of the Roman Catholic Irish community that had settled in and around Glasgow over the course of the… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber, 2012. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, few tables, corner tips covers little creased, tiny bump base spine, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. 227 pp. In this provocative book, some of Ireland's leading scholars, writers and journalists - Fintan O'Toole, Elaine Byrne, Dearbhail McDonald, Fred Powell, Theo Dorgan, Tom Hickey, Iseult Honohan and Philip… Read more about this item

Dublin: O’Brien Press, 2002. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, corner tip creased front cover, minor edgewear. 463 pp. Sinn Fein is one of the oldest and most controversial parties in Irish politics. The fascinating story of a party which has repeatedly reshaped its identity over 100 years. From Arthur Griffith to Gerry Adams, Sinn… Read more about this item

Melbourne, Carlton South: Bridin Books, 2014. 2nd ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour photos, few black & white & sepia (brown-tinted) photos, minimal creasing & dents front cover, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear, autograph (author's written dedication title page). 250 pp. Regina Lane tells the story of a 150-year-old church at the top of a hill in south-west… Read more about this item

Cork: Mercier Press, 2013. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white photos, minor edgewear corners. 192 pp. This book charts the story of Dublin and its people during a decade of upheaval (1913 - 1923). The focus is on the ordinary men and women who were involved in these revolutionary events, sometimes at huge personal cost to themselves.… Read more about this item

London: Sheed & Ward, 1933. Cheap ed.. Hardback small, no jacket, very good condition, rebound green cloth cover (spine title label), new endpapers, pages lightly toned, corner tips few pages folded, foldout map at rear, minor edgewear. 343 pp. An anthology of 18 essays on important Irish Roman Catholics, from Saint Patrick (389 - 461) to Matt (Matthew) Talbot… Read more about this item

London: Little, Brown & Co., 1996. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket (light foxing reverse side, few small edges tears), edges faintly foxed, small dent top edge rear cover, pages faintly toned. 241 pp. First edition. Tony Gray examines Ireland in its new capacity as a sophisticated, highly technological, committed… Read more about this item

Canberra: National Museum of Australia, 2011. 1st ed.. Paperback small folio, very good condition, colour & black & white photos, few sepia (brown-tinted) photos, minor edgewear corners. 127 pp. This book compiled by Richard Read was published to go with the exhibition at the National Museum of Australia, from March to July, 2011. The book brings together a collection… Read more about this item

London: Verso, 1997. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket), minimal edgewear. 172 pp. This collection of essays by the Irish journalist (Irish Times) is drawn from his writings over two decades. Its portraits of people - talk-show hosts, priests, children, pop stars - and its reports of social and political upheaval, reveal a… Read more about this item

Dublin: Mercier Press, 1990. Reprint ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, minor foxing edges, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. 160 pp. A biography of the charismatic rebel who undermined British morale and inspired Irish people with real and imaginary exploits. He co-ordinated the sweeping Sinn Fein election victory of 1918, organised the IRA, set up the first modern intelligence… Read more about this item

East Linton, Scotland: Tuckwell Press / Scottish Working People's History Trust / European Ethnological Research Centre, 2002. 1st ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white photos, minor edgewear. 184 pp. Traces the history of the French Onion Johnnies (or Ingan Johnnies, as they were usually known north of the Border). They were a familiar group of seasonal… Read more about this item