Irish Society, Politics & Current Affairs Books

A gripping narrative of the most critical years in modern Ireland's history - from Charles Townshend, author of Easter 1916, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014 The protracted, terrible fight for independence pitted t…

Until alarmingly recently, the Catholic Church, acting in concert with the Irish state, operated a network of institutions for the concealment, punishment and exploitation of 'fallen women'. In the Magdalene laundries, girls and w…

This book tells of the pivotal role played by 'ordinary' Cork women in the War of Independence, 1916-1923. Most of these women did not feature in recorded history, and their importance to Ireland's struggle for independence is onl…

Three years in the troubled British Isles from the bestselling author of Heroic Failure. In 2011 Queen Elizabeth made her first ever state visit to the Irish Republic. It was a great, moving occasion.In settling once and for all i…

Vivid Faces surveys the lives and beliefs of the people who made the Irish Revolution: linked together by youth, radicalism, subversive activities, enthusiasm and love.Determined to reconstruct the world and defining themselves ag…