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    • [•] Sinn Féin and the Politics of Left Republicanism

    • [•] The Fenian Problem

    • [•] Birth of the Fenian Movement: James Stephens' American diary

    • [•] Propaganda as Anti-history

    • [•] Thomas Kettle (Life and Times)

    • [•] The Poems of Geoffrey O'Donoghue

    • [•] Fergus O'Connor: a political life

    • [•] Coolacrease

    • [•] The Wit of Oscar Wilde

    • [•] The T&G Story 1922-2007

    • [•] Dominican Education in Ireland 1820-1930

    • [•] The Irish Famine

    • [•] Reviews in Brief

    • [•] Troubled History

    • [•] Lest we forget: the Fighting Irish and the Great War

    • [•] Light, Freedom and Song

    • [•] West Kerry and The Last Rightboy

    • [•] God's Executioner

    • [•] The People's Gallery

    • [•] In Search of Ireland's Heroes

    • [•] 1916: The Long Revolution

    • [•] The Bombs and the Bullets: a history of deadly ingenuity

    • [•] After The Wake

    • [•] Special Criminal Court 1922 - 2006

    • [•] The Evolution of the Troubles

    • [•] Framing the West

    • [•] High Noon on High Street

    • [•] Redmond: the Parnellite

    • [•] Wars of Words: the politics of language in Ireland 1537-2004

    • [•] Female Education in Ireland, 1700-1900

    • [•] Letters of Bernard Shaw to the Times

    • [•] The Quest For Modern Ireland

    • [•] Ireland Since 1939

    • [•] The Irish-American in Popular Culture 1945-2000

    • [•] Sean Treacy And The Tan War

    • [•] The Life And Times Of Edward Martyn

    • [•] Rising Out: Sean Connolly of Longford

    • [•] The Blame Game

    • [•] The Impact Of The 1916 Rising

    • [•] Northern Ireland's '68

    • [•] Blood On The Streets

    • [•] Roddy Connolly And The Struggle For Socialism

    • [•] Intervening In Northern Ireland

    • [•] Great Hatred, Little Room

    • [•] Left To The Wolves: Irish victims of Stalinist terror

    • [•] Gerry Fitt: political chameleon

    • [•] Queen's Rebels: Ulster loyalism in historical perspective

    • [•] The Origin Of The Troubles

    • [•] Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson

    • [•] Ireland And The Cold War

    • [•] Irish Republicanism In Scotland 1858-1916

    • [•] The Irish Conservative Party

    • [•] A Provisional Dictator: James Stevens

    • [•] Enemies Of Empire

    • [•] The Northern IRA

    • [•] The Meaning Of Life

    • [•] Reviews in Brief

    • [•] Essay on Irish Bulls

    • [•] Intelligence, Statecraft and International Power

    • [•] Ireland's Great Famine

    • [•] Irish Women Religious

    • [•] Seán O’Hegarty biography

    • [•] Hunger Strike, reflections

    • [•] Equality, The Unfinished Agenda

    • [•] The IRA and Armed Struggle

    • [•] Women of the Dáil:

    • [•] The Open Secret of Ireland

    • [•] Galway and the Great War

    • [•] Irish Flames

    • [•] The Ivy Leaf: the Parnells remembered

    • [•] Souvenirs of Irish Footprints Over Europe

    • [•] Fron-Goch and the birth of the IRA

    • [•] Dublin Then and Now

    • [•] Who Stole Our Game: the fall and fall of Irish soccer

    • [•] Civilizing Ireland: Ordnannce Survey 1824-1842

    • [•] Irish Studies Review (Vol.15, number 1)

    • [•] Censorship in the two Irelands

    • [•] Eddie's Own Aquarius

    • [•] Irish Freedom

    • [•] Mac Curtain Family Memoir

    • [•] Irish Times Book of the 1916 Rising

    • [•] The Philosophy of Irish Ireland

    • [•] The Burning of Cork

    • [•] Ireland and India

    • [•] Handloom Weavers in Ulster’s Linen Industry

    • [•] Landlords, Tenants, Famine

    • [•] Edmund Burke's Irish Identities

    • [•] The Sage of Science

    • [•] Kathleen Lynn: Irishwomen, patriot, doctor

    • [•] Spies, Informers and the 'Anti-Sinn Fein Society'

    • [•] Michael Collins and the Treaty

    • [•] Dan Breen and the IRA

    • [•] Killing Finucane

    • [•] Irish Studies Review (14/2&3)

    • [•] Acting Irish in Hollywood

    • [•] The Young Rebels

    • [•] The Politics of Northern Ireland

    • [•] Ireland and the Global Question

    • [•] Founded on Fear

    • [•] Cork Through European Eyes

    • [•] The Lady Next Door

    • [•] Con Cremin: Ireland's wartime diplomat

    • [•] MacBride: 'Irish Statesman and Revolutionary'

    • [•] Michael Collins and the Women Who Spied for Ireland

    • [•] The Phoenix Park Murders

    • [•] Emergency Law in Independent Ireland

    • [•] Nothing But An Unfinished Song

    • [•] A Biographical Dictionary of Cork

    • [•] Century of Endeavour

    • [•] Women and Unionism in Northern Ireland

    • [•] Bob Doyle: Brigadista

    • [•] Directory of Historic Locations

    • [•] Róisín Bán

    • [•] Staging the Easter Rising

    • [•] British propaganda in Ireland 1920

    • [•] Rebel Ireland

    • [•] Maria Edgeworth: women, enlightenment and nation

    • [•] The O'Donoghues' War of Independence

    • [•] Sinn Fein and the SDLP: from alienation to participation

    • [•] The GPO and the Easter Rising

    • [•] Supreme Sacrifice: the story of Eamonn Ceannt 1881-1916

    • [•] Grattan's Failure

    • [•] 40 Years of Controversy

    • [•] James Connolly: a full life

    • [•] Easter 1916

    • [•] James Connolly Re-assessed

    • [•] That Day's Struggle: a memoir

    • [•] Eoin O’Duffy: a self-made hero

    • [•] Local History since 1945

    • [•] The Origins of the Troubles

    • [•] The Beginning of the End

    • [•] My Struggle For Life

    • [•] The Great Deception

    • [•] Radical Politics in Modern Ireland

    • [•] 1916 Easter Rising in print

    • [•] Through American and Irish Wars

    • [•] Irishmen in War 1800-2000

    • [•] The Last Conquest of Ireland (Perhaps)

    • [•] A Noontide Blazing

    • [•] What Lies Beneath

    • [•] A Dictionary of Hiberno-English (revised & expanded edition)

    • [•] The Republic: issue 4

    • [•] Problems and Perspectives in Irish History

    • [•] In Green and Red: the lives of Frank Ryan

    • [•] Women and Public Policy in Ireland

    • [•] Renovation or Revolution

    • [•] Baptised in Blood

    • [•] Famine in Cork

    • [•] Preventing the Future

    • [•] Ireland and the European Union

    • [•] Foreign Affectations: essays on Edmund Burke

    • [•] The Galtee Boy

    • [•] Your Fondest Annie

    • [•] Our Own Devices: national symbols and political conflict

    • [•] The Squad and the Intelligence Operations of Michael Collins

    • [•] Press Delete

    • [•] Documenting Irish Feminisms

    • [•] Ireland and the Palestinian Question

    • [•] Reminiscences of Daniel O'Connell

    • [•] Differently Irish: 25 years of Vietnamese-Irish identity

    • [•] Rebuilding the Celtic Languages

    • [•] Sinking of the Kenbane Head

    • [•] 'The Irish Zorro'

    • [•] Pocket History of Irish Writers

    • [•] Dead Men Talking

    • [•] A New Dictionary of Irish History

    • [•] Ireland, Russia and the Communist Internationals

    • [•] Controversial Issues in Anglo-Irish Relations, 1910-21

    • [•] Rebel City

    • [•] Guide to the graves of Irish writers

    • [•] The Guardianship of Historical Records

    • [•] A University in Troubled Times

    • [•] Green Against Green

    • [•] The Connolly Column

    • [•] The Real Chief: Liam Lynch

    • [•] Himself Alone: David Trimble

    • [•] The Irish Ordnance Survey

    • [•] Irish women and nationalism

    • [•] Nell

    • [•] The Land for the People

    • [•] King in Exile: James II

    • [•] Kicking and Screaming

    • [•] Shadows: inside Northern Ireland's Special Branch

    • [•] From Political Violence to Negotiated Settlement

    • [•] Irish Volunteers for Spain

    • [•] Rebel Columns/Choosing the Green

    • [•] Book reviews in brief

    • [•] Thomas Edmondson and the Dublin Laundry

    • [•] Irish Women's History

    • [•] Irish writing: an anthology in English, 1789-1939

    • [•] St Enda's and the Cult of Boyhood

    • [•] Shadow of a Gunman/ Tricycle Theatre

    • [•] Festschrift in honour of ATQ Stewart

    • [•] Commemorating Ireland

    • [•] Essays in honour of Brian Farrell

    • [•] New account of the Dublin/Monaghan bombings

    • [•] The Irish Council of Churches and its response to 'The Troubles'

    • [•] Ulster and Scotland

    • [•] The serrated edge of Britain's dirty war

    • [•] The uncrowned king of economy-class travel

    • [•] Expanding our understanding of Irish landlordism

    • [•] De Valera and the 'Black Fifties'

    • [•] De Valera family memoir

    • [•] Passage through the annals of Irish civilisation

    • [•] Soft focus portrait of loyalist terror gang

    • [•] Flawed Gonne

    • [•] Feeling the force of a conservative backlash

    • [•] Warriors, wives and workers

    • [•] The fierce independence of 'Soda-bread' Sam

    • [•] Dublin's finest

    • [•] A big heart is not enough

    • [•] Britain's dirty colonial war in Ireland

    • [•] Primary sources point to longstanding plans for European superstate

    • [•] Book reviews in brief

    • [•] Reflections on motherhood in Ireland

    • [•] Radical and revolutionary women

    • [•] 'Foundation text' for Ulster unionism

    • [•] Vivid independence-war memoir

    • [•] Flourishing times for traditional Irish crafts

    • [•] Reclaiming Dublin

    • [•] In the service of the British crown

    • [•] Passionate socialist and a true friend of Ireland

    • [•] Studies of the transition to post-colonialism

    • [•] New parameters set for Home Rule campaign

    • [•] Songs in the key of history

    • [•] Rebel who kept up the fight

    • [•] Sordid tales of Mad dogs and Billy boys

    • [•] A biography fit for a national hero

    • [•] The long view

    • [•] The true nature of republicanism, democracy & culture

    • [•] Authoritative account of orangeism

    • [•] An Irish legacy of the Enlightenment

    • [•] A history of collusion, murder and deceit

    • [•] A timely, comprehensive overview of the United Irish revolution

    • [•] Republicanism's way forward, with one eye on the past

    • [•] Enlightened daughters of a revolutionary age

    • [•] Northern Ireland's writing on the wall

    • [•] Illustrated history of Robert Emmet

    • [•] Book reviews in brief

    • [•] Put on the khaki

    • [•] A secrt history of innaccuracy, hearsay

    • [•] Griffith's legacy offers little for the republican reader

    • [•] A handy guide to anti-imperialist activism today

    • [•] Surveying the political spectrum of Irish politics

    • [•] Balanced approach to the life of ‘Big Jim’

    • [•] History of Irish lace

    • [•] Hannibal’s quest

    • [•] Journey back from the brink

    • [•] Marxist who embraced the Republic

    • [•] Linguistic legacy of the colonial era

    • [•] Charismatic United Irish leader

    • [•] Schooled in the tradition

    • [•] Book revievs: in brief

    • [•] Leftward shift thwarted by reaction and division

    • [•] The Provisionals' long march from war to peace

    • [•] Racism study sends out a bleak warning

    • [•] Trouble and strife

    • [•] A friend of Ireland

    • [•] Frank Ryan: patriot or collaborator?

    • [•] Shedding light on WWII aid episode

    • [•] The battle for Irish independence

    • [•] A Fenian escapade

    • [•] Coming to terms with historical memory

    • [•] Striving to become part of the solution

    • [•] A concise study of modern Ireland

    • [•] Unionist explores grounds for peace

    • [•] From IRA warrior to man of peace

    • [•] Still tangled up in red, white and blue

    • [•] Thoughtful study of Christianity in Ireland

    • [•] The tiger whimpers

    • [•] The sound of truth

    • [•] A tour of heraldic offices

    • [•] Reviews in brief

    • [•] Linda Kearns: rebel with a gauze

    • [•] Feminist pioneers in a very modern marriage

    • [•] Seamus Heaney: a talent in the round

    • [•] Photographs from a turbulent century

    • [•] Rescuing Standish O'Grady for Socialism

    • [•] Arthur O'Connor and the United Irish rebellion

    • [•] Marching to the neo-liberal tune

    • [•] Hindsight-assisted intelligence

    • [•] Beyond sympathy for the Stuarts

    • [•] Modern Irish history's Turin shroud

    • [•] Emigration study

    • [•] Steering clear of the C-word

    • [•] Women's lives touched by conflict in the north

    • [•] Land Ownership in Britain and Ireland

    • [•] The people’s voice in songs of revolt

    • [•] Field Day anthology of Irish women writers

    • [•] Irish dramatists inspired by Greek parallels

    • [•] Embracing the trappings of western democracy

    • [•] The development of a modern republican party

    • [•] Taking on the euro

    • [•] A proconsul with a style all of her own

    • [•] A working-class loyalist narrative

    • [•] Another hurrah for the Tipperary minstrel man

    • [•] Under the spell of the phoney MacCarthy Mór

    • [•] Biographical study lacking in focus

    • [•] Uneven assault on Irish first world war efforts

    • [•] They got their £3 -- and some

    • [•] Overseas relations

    • [•] Christianity and its role in sectarinism

    • [•] The Easter rising and its vengeful aftermath

    • [•] Exploring the question of racism in Ireland

    • [•] A baneful tale of intrigue, treachery and deceit

    • [•] A long, long way from Clare to here

    • [•] Insighful profile of players and process

    • [•] Liverpool's radical anti--slavery poet

    • [•] Falling Short of an encouraging title

    • [•] Orange Disorder

    • [•] Book reviews in brief (August/Septemebr 2002 edition)

    • [•] Sketching the development of racism in Ireland

    • [•] Every picture tells a Bloody Sunday story

    • [•] Oxford Companion to Irish History (revised edition)

    • [•] History Scotland (issue 1)

    • [•] Inclement outlook

    • [•] A semi-autographical tale of discovery

    • [•] Bread and circuses -- without the bread

    • [•] A revision of the unionist outlook

    • [•] Brits: the final installment

    • [•] Book reviews in brief (June/July 2002 edition)

    • [•] Lucid account of Celtic glory days

    • [•] True voices of the republican 'awkward squad'

    • [•] The Union under seige

    • [•] Rebellion's failure opens door to direct rule

    • [•] Two hundred years of Irish political activity

    • [•] Contorted view of the Irish conflict

    • [•] Democratic task for all socialists

    • [•] Pride of the nation

    • [•] Facing Both Ways

    • [•] The GUBU man

    • [•] Imprisoned at sea

    • [•] Book reviews in brief (April/May 2002 edition)

    • [•] Fitting tribute to a fine poet and Irish activist

    • [•] The biographer's craft as an instrument of war

    • [•] The novel appliance of war propaganda

    • [•] The Hungary link

    • [•] Potted biographies to whet an appetite

    • [•] Poet and prisoner

    • [•] A deadly business

    • [•] Insider insight into 1981 hunger strike

    • [•] A history beyond shovel,pick and pint

    • [•] Bloody Sunday

    • [•] A class perspective

    • [•] Their final words

    • [•] Colonial courtiers

    • [•] Orangeism hits crisis as domination crumbles

    • [•] A 'Terrible Beauty'

    • [•] The old brigade

    • [•] London in London

    • [•] Women speak out

    • [•] Sympathetic treatment of a 'complex' loyalist

    • [•] Contrasting images of Ireland north and south

    • [•] Great poet, reactionary nationalist

    • [•] Do big cats travel?

    • [•] Spain's dirty war

    • [•] Scotland in revolt

    • [•] Nottingham bound

    • [•] Dark days in Kerry

    • [•] Irish Republicanism and Buried Alive in Ireland

    • [•] Free guide shows way round London

    • [•] Peadar O'Donnell and Louie Bennett

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