Kinsale, Ireland: Christmas Eve, 1601 As thunder crashes and lightning rakes the sky, three very different commanders line up for a battle that will decide the fate of a nation....
This is the story of a Wicklow man born into a nineteenth century world of privilege who became one of the most influential politicians in Irish and British history. He...
Daniel O'Connell was a huge celebrity in his time. A brilliant barrister, he protested against every kind of oppression, but all by peaceful means - though he did kill a...
In 1849, the Thomas Arbuthnot set sail for Australia.Onboard were 194 Irish girls. I heard the emotion in Sarah’s voice as she asked, ‘Will we ever come back?’ ‘Come back where?’ ‘Home,’...
Bloodthirsty buccaneers and buried treasure, fierce sea battles and cold-blooded murders, Barbary ducats and silver pieces of eight. Des Ekin embarks on a roadtrip around the entire coast of Ireland,...
General Liam Lynch was a key figure in the Irish Revolution and remains one of the most celebrated IRA leaders of his era. His republicanism was shaped both by his...
Updated edition with many more biographies and a new introduction by the author. Spies, snipers, couriers, gun-runners, medics, women played a major role in the fight for Ireland's freedom, risking...
When George Mitchell described his time helping broker peace in Northern Ireland, he said, ‘We had 700 bad days – and then one good day, which changed the course of...
