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16Lives eBook Series

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  • Sean Heuston

    16Lives

    by John Gibney, Lorcan Collins (Editor) ...
    Series series 16Lives
    Seán Heuston was an Irish rebel and member of Fianna Éireann who took part in the Easter Rising of 1916. With The Volunteers, he held the Mendicity Institute on the River Liffey for over two days. He was executed by firing squad on May 8 in Kilmainham Jail. This book, part of the '16 lives' series, is a fascinating and moving account of his life leading up to and during these events.It follows his ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • A Brief History of Ireland

    by Richard Killeen ...
    Series series Brief Histories
    From the dawn of history to the decline of the Celtic Tiger - how Ireland has been shaped over the centuries.Ireland has been shaped by many things over the centuries: geography, war, the fight for liberty. A Brief History of Ireland is the perfect introduction to this exceptional place, its people and its culture.Ireland has been home to successive groups of settlers - Celts, Vikings, Normans, ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Celts

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Barry Cunliffe ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Savage and bloodthirsty, or civilized and peaceable? The Celts have long been a subject of enormous fascination, speculation, and misunderstanding. From the ancient Romans to the present day, their real nature has been obscured by a tangled web of preconceived ideas and stereotypes. Barry Cunliffe seeks to reveal this fascinating people for the first time, using an impressive range of evidence, ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

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  • The Jewish War

    by Josephus, E. Mary Smallwood ...
    Translated by G. Williamson ...
    Josephus’ account of a war marked by treachery and atrocity is a superbly detailed and evocative record of the Jewish rebellion against Rome between AD 66 and 70. Originally a rebel leader, Josephus changed sides after he was captured to become a Rome-appointed negotiator, and so was uniquely placed to observe these turbulent events, from the siege of Jerusalem to the final heroic resistance and ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Druids

    Preachers of Immortality

    by Anne Ross ...
    Druidism was the religion of the Celts and the Druids themselves were all-powerful taking precedence over the Celtic kings. Over and above the evidence of classical texts and of archaeology the richest source of information about the Druids is the vernacular material from Ireland and Wales. It is the authors unparalleled familiarity with the Gaelic texts and her ability to see Druidism through ... Read more

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  • 1916

    100 Years of Irish Independence From the Easter Rising to the Present

    by Tim Pat Coogan ...
    There's before 1916 and then there's after. Between them lies the Easter Rising, when Irish republicans took up arms against British rule and changed the course of their country's history forever. For though the resistance failed, it failed gloriously; the rebels were no longer a group of cranks and troublemakers in the public eye, but martyrs and national heroes, their example set the way for ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • The Downfall of the Spanish Armada in Ireland

    The Grand Armada Lost on the Irish Coast in 1588

    by Ken Douglas ...
    The English navy inflicted a narrow defeat on the Armada, but it was the Irish coast that encompassed its downfall. 'Heed that coast!' The Duke of Medina Sidonia wanted only to guide La Felissima Armada home safely. In the North Sea he issued sailing instructions, which, if they had been followed, would have given the Armada a safety margin of at least 300 miles. He particularly ordered them to '. ... Read more

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  • Pursuit of the Heiress: Aristocratic Marriage in Ireland, 1740-1840

    by Anthony Malcomson ...
    The Pursuit of the Heiress is a new, greatly enlarged and more widely focused version of what the late Lawrence Stone described as ‘a brilliant long essay or short book on the subject of the role of heiresses among the Irish aristocracy’, which was published by the Ulster Historical Foundation under the same title in 1982 and has long been out of print.The new book comes to the same broad ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A City in Civil War – Dublin 1921–1924

    The Irish Civil War

    by Padraig Yeates ...
    The long-awaited concluding volume of Pádraig Yeates' 'Dublin at War' trilogyIn A City in Civil War: Dublin 1921–1924, acclaimed historian Pádraig Yeates turns his attention to Ireland's bloody and hard-fought Civil War and its impact on the capital city and its inhabitants.The fascinating A City in Civil War tells the story of Dublin's troubled passage to independence amidst the acrimony and ... Read more

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  • The Voyage of Saint Brendan: In a Modern English Version by Simon Webb

    by Simon Webb ...
    'After eight days they came within view of an island which was very rugged and rocky, and covered over with slag. There were no trees or other plants, but the island was full of blacksmiths’ forges. Brendan said to his brothers, ‘I have a bad feeling about this island. I have no wish to go ashore, or even approach it, but the wind is driving us directly towards it, as if we are supposed to go ... Read more

    $3.35 CAD

  • Dublin Burning: The Easter Rising From Behind the Barricades

    The Only Eye-Witness Account of the Easter Rising written by a senior participant

    by W.J. Brennan-Whitmore ...
    Dublin Burning is a vivid, clear-eyed account of the 1916 Rising and is the most complete account we have from a senior participant. No other senior Volunteer figure has left a similar memoir of Easter Week. Commandant W.J. Brennan-Whitmore was officer commanding the Volunteer position at the head of North Earl Street, an outworking of the GPO garrison. Its purpose was to delay and frustrate any ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • James Larkin: Lion of the Fold

    The Life and Works of the Irish Labour Leader

    by Donal Nevin ...
    This book is a detailed compilation of writings and lectures about the life of James Larkin. It reviews his influence in history and on various movements across the country and abroad. James Larkin: Lion of the Fold includes writing by James Larkin and is a timely reminder of the long road that the Irish people have travelled together. The book considers much of the history of the early Irish ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus