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The British Widgery and Saville inquiries did not hold Kitson and his elite troops accountable for Bloody Sunday. Kitson's Irish War lays bare the evidence they discounted and unlocks the some of the key secrets of the Dirty War that the British government is still determined to cover-up.

A young woman lies brutally murdered in her own home; Detective Tim Collins and his partner Deirdre Donnelly must stop a sinister plot to attack more women. As they race against time, they face one of Ireland's most dangerous criminals. In a gripping showdown, Collins must decide how far he will go for justice.

The Singing Flame is Ernie O'Malley's gripping firsthand account of his experiences fighting against the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the newly formed Irish Free State during the bitter Irish Civil War. As a diehard Republican who had reported directly to Michael Collins during the War of Independence, O'Malley refused to accept the Treaty's partition of Ireland. He served as a high-ranking IRA commander, leading the Republican forces in the pivotal Four Courts battle and later in Ulster and Leinster. Eventually captured and imprisoned until 1924, O'Malley was one of the last Republican prisoners released after the Free State's victory. Feeling exiled from the new Ireland, he penned these memoirs while living in the USA, providing invaluable insights into the divided Republican movement and the tragic Civil War that followed independence. First published in 1936 as a companion to his acclaimed War of Independence memoir On Another Man's Wound, The Singing Flame stands as a essential historical record from a key protagonists in Ireland's revolutionary period.

This book introduces the reader to the origins and effects of the Irish Famine, focusing on Galway and the surrounding areas of Tuam, Loughrea, Ballinasloe, Athenry, Gort, Oranmore, Clifden and more. Being a port town and the main population centre in Connacht, Galway witnessed the daily influx of human wretchedness and the suffering of destitute people seeking 'salvation' in the feared workhouse. The human misery that began appearing in the streets of Galway in 1846 shocked the authorities and terrified its inhabitants. The only escape route for many people was to place themselves at the mercy of the sea and the long perilous voyage on board one of the many dreaded 'coffin ships' which served Galway during those years. The journey was long and hazardous, and proved fatal for many thousands of people such was their weakened state, and for them there was only a 'watery grave.' The rebellion of 1848 and some violent incidents are included, as is the life of some of the immigrants who made it to the new world.

Donegal became the scene of the last standup fight between the IRA and British military with the latter using heavy artillery for the first time in Ireland since 1916. This is the story of the Northern Offensive, organised by both pro- and anti-Treaty IRA, with Michael Collins and Liam Lynch being the chief architects.

In May of 1970, two government ministers were dismissed from Cabinet for allegedly purchasing guns for the IRA. The Taoiseach Jack Lynch disavowed any knowledge of the plot. Few believed him. Charles Haughey, Minister for Finance, a captain in Irish military intelligence along with two others were put on trial. All were acquitted. Haughey refused to talk about the crisis for the rest of his life. Fianna Fail endured decades of splits, turmoil and leadership heaves. Until now, no one has revealed the pivotal role of an IRA informer in the affair. The part he played became the best-kept State secret of the last half-century. The book also reveals a dirty tricks campaign by Britain's Foreign Office to conceal the ancillary role of a British agent called Capt. Markham-Randall in the murder of Garda Richard Fallon on the eve of the eruption of the Arms Crisis.

Killing At its Very Extreme takes us to the heart of events between October 1917 and November 1920 describing the ramping up in the intelligence war and an upsurge in raids, gruesome assassinations and counter-measures. RRP EURO19.99 GBP18.99

In this collection of Christmas tales, John B. Keane gives us stories of romance, love, fairies and wise men from the East to entertain and enlighten during the festive season.

Detective Garda Collins is at war with the leading local criminal, Dominic Molloy. He has made up his mind to bring Molloy down, but just how far is he willing to go to make that happen?

Shadow Warriors is the first written account of the origins and activities of the Irish Army Ranger Wing. RRP EURO12.99 GBP11.99

An IRA brigade commander's gripping description of the struggle for freedom. RRP EURO19.99

Feminism Backwards is part memoir, part documentary. A founding member of the Irish Women's Liberation Movement Rosita Sweetman here gleefully recalls the triumphs and the tribulations of trying to drag a reluctant Ireland into the 20th Century, RRP EURO13.99 GBP12.99

Keane: Origins charts Keane's journey from an economically-ravaged Cork to a spectacular three-season spell under Brian Clough at Nottingham Forest via a memorable stint on a government-funded training scheme and brief spell in the League of Ireland.

Fr Edward Ryans and his housekeeper abandon a baby girl on the doorstep of a house near the Black Church in Dublin in February 1923. Following the shooting of Dr Paddy Muldoon, Ryans is suspected of his killing and here the authors reveal how far senior figures in the Church, State and IRA were willing to go to cover up a scandal.

Angie and Joe meet in the wake of the single worst atrocity of the Troubles. Brought together by the effect of the bombings on their lives, these two young people set out on a quest to discover who is responsible, facing confrontation with dark forces in Irish and British society.

There are more shades to John B. Keane's humour than there are colours in the rainbow. Compassion, shrewdness and a glorious sense of fun and roguery are evident in this collection, which brings together all John B's short stories. Included are gems such as "A Hanging" and "Guaranteed Pure".

In this volume are hundreds of short pieces which represent the distillation of the experience of a funny, witty, wise and passionate observer of the bright tapestry of Irish life. All human life is here, and Keane tells its story in an astonishing procession of remarkable characters and in rare humorous glimpses of his own career.

On 14 August 1969, at the age of 14, Michael McCann and his family fled their home. Thousands of innocent people were driven out by the initial pogrom and then by the ongoing campaign of expulsion by loyalist violence and intimidation. The British army occupation and the continuing violence utterly devastated communities on a monumental scale.

What was a mark? Livery of seisin? Letters patent? This remarkable Dictionary of Irish Local History will be able to tell you. Entries are fully cross-referenced and come replete with full biographical paraphernalia to enable readers to engage in further reading. Primarily intended for local historians, but the interconnectedness of the local and wider worlds is recognised by the inclusion of a range of entries relating to national institutions, religion, archaeology, education, land issues, lay associations and political movements. It is an indispensable work, which will enable local historians to make better sense of the evidence for the past.

Brilliant satire on the Gaeltacht and lugubrious Gaeltacht memories.

A no-holds-barred insider account of the IRA's border campaign.

Personal accounts by people of all political colours from these islands and the wider world who met and interacted with Martin McGuinness at different points in his life: some over a lifetime, others more briefly.

Story of the assassination of the Number One administrator of the British government in Ireland and his Number Two. 06 May, 1882, the Number One administrator of the British government in Ireland and his Number Two are assassinated by men wielding deadly surgical knives while the pair are walking in the Phoenix Park. The killings are witnessed from the Viceregal Lodge, now Aras an Uachtarain, the official residence of her majesty's representative in Ireland. One of the dead men is Lord Frederick Cavendish - who is married to the niece of the prime minister, William Ewart Gladstone. The other man is Thomas Henry Burke, the head of the Irish Civil Service, a man denounced by Nationalists as the leading 'Castle Rat' in the British 'occupation'. The British government must solve this crime. But there are no clues. The witness descriptions are inconclusive and the local police do not know where to begin...

The IRA in their own, unedited words

The captivating story of Charles Stewart Parnell's sister, one of Ireland's unsung heroines, feared by both the British government and Irish Republicans as she was considered too militant. Anna became a threat to the Republican movement itself and there was only one man who could silence her: Her brother, Charles Stewart Parnell. And he did.

A rare collection of Coroner's Reports from post-Famine Ireland, 1856-1876, which re-veal for the first time a glimpse into life at that time, through the eyes of death.