Search Results: Titles starting with D from The Irish History Bookshop

Little, Brown and Company, 1976 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The dustjacket is a little rubbed at the edges..

Fordham University Press, 1974 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Limited to 1000 copies. The dust jacket is a little worn and sunned along the spine. In mylar cover. .

Doubleday Ireland, 2020 Book. New. Soft cover. From war to revolution, famine to emigration, The Darkness Echoing travels around Ireland bringing its dark past to life Ireland is a nation obsessed with death. We find a thrill in the moribund, a strange enchantment in the drama of our dark past. It's everywhere we look and in all of our beloved myths, songs and stories that have helped to form our cultural identity. Our wakes and ballads, our plays and famine sites, all of them and more come together to tell ourselves and the world who we are and what we have suffered to get here. Gillian O'Brien had a beloved grandmother who tried on outfits in preparation for her wake. Always fascinated by the Irish preoccupation with death and the rituals around it, Gillian sets out to explore this intriguing habit of ours, to be compelled to celebrate the macabre and relish the darkness of own mortality. In The Darkness Echoing she tours Ireland to find our most haunted and fascinating historical sites,… Read More

Mayo County Council Library, 2006 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Inscribed by the author. A little wear to the edge of the dust jacket..

Royal Irish Academy, 2022 Book. New. Hardcover. From 1918 to 1922 Michael Collins kept working diaries of his busy revolutionary life. They are a collection of hurried notes, necessary lists, names and appointments, things to do, and things not done. They are a record of his long working days, and they got him to where he needed to be on time. Though these diaries do not contain conventional lengthy entries in which Collins finally reveals his innermost thoughts, they still tell us much about this extraordinary man. In this book, Michael Collins's biographers, Anne Dolan and William Murphy, capture the nature of this new Collins source. They reflect on how the diaries change what we know about him, and challenge us to think differently about his life. The diaries begin with Collins a revolutionary among many; they end in 1922 with Collins as the most powerful figure in Ireland. They begin with Collins a single man; they end with him about to be married. The authors present thematic reflections on… Read More

Mercier Press, 2020 Book. New. Soft cover. On town streets or in green fields, at fairs, race meetings and saints' patron days, rival gangs of Irishmen used to meet to battle and beat each other with cudgels and sticks. The practice was particularly prevalent in the 1800s, and involved tens, hundreds and even thousands of men and women at a time. Days of the Blackthorn uses eyewitness descriptions, as well as the oral history of local communities, to provide a visceral sense of this exciting and brutal activity in County Kerry. From the Battle of Ballyeagh between theCooleens and the Lawlors that left eighteen dead, to the savage combats of various strongmen, such as Seon Burns or 'Big Mick' Foley, this is a fascinating account of a wild and violent time in Ireland's history..

London: Arrow, 2015 Book. New. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A Brand New Book..

Gill Books, 2018 Book. New. Hardcover. The concluding volume of David McCullagh's new life of Eamon De Valera. In this, the concluding volume of David McCullagh's monumental new biography of the revolutionary and statesman, we join de Valera in 1932 as he takes the reins of power in the first Fianna Fail government and follow him as he confronts one challenge after another - the Economic War, the drafting of Bunreacht na hEireann, the Emergency, the North, the declaration of the Republic, economic stagnation in the 1950s - and sets about gradually remaking a sovereign Ireland in his own image. Beautifully written and deeply researched, McCullagh's De Valera is a provocative and nuanced portrait of Ireland's most enigmatic leader, as well as a balanced assessment of his role in shaping our national self-image..

Gill Books, 2019 Book. New. Hardcover. A brand new book..

Arrow, 2015 Book. New. Soft cover. A brand new book..

Clo Morainn, 1970 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. The spine and top edge of the dust jacket are sunned. Previous owners name on the end paper..

Little, Brown, 1998 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. A little wear to the dust jacket. Bump to the head and tail of the spine..

The O'Brien Press, 2020 Book. New. Soft cover. Irish history isn't boring ... it's DEADLY! The DEADLY! Celts came to Ireland from Europe over 2,500 years ago! DEADLY! Celtic heroes! DEADLY! Celtic warfare! DEADLY! Celtic art! But were they more than just bold, bragging bullies? Find out in this DEADLY! Irish History..

The O'Brien Press, 2022 Book. New. Soft cover. This latest book in the Deadly! Irish History series is jam-packed with all kinds of well-researched and fun facts and madcap stories (including a swashbuckling adventure called Seamus the Sinister Swordsman) about the Normans. It covers Strongbow and the Norman invasion and the broad sweep of medieval life in Ireland, showing how the people lived, played, and what they worked at (from the castle builders, chandlers, weavers, millers, to the leech collectors, medicine women, spit-boys and professional farters!) There is a spotlight on Irish castles throughout the island of Ireland with Deadly! Data on 40, including how and when they were built, fascinating facts about them and the people who lived there and their haunting scores. John Farrelly takes the reader inside castles and tower houses with detailed drawings and interactive puzzles, searches, true and false features and a good sprinkling of Deadly! craft (make your own castle, shield, sword and… Read More

The O'Brien Press, 2020 Book. New. Soft cover. Irish history isn't boring ... it's DEADLY! And nobody was more DEADLY! than the Vikings who attacked Ireland in the 8th century! DEADLY! Viking warriors! DEADLY! Viking ships! DEADLY! Viking weapons! But were they really just marauding, murdering maniacs? The first book in a new series 'Deadly Irish History', The Vikings is jam-packed with all kinds of interesting facts and stories about Viking life. Highly illustrated with cartoons and comic strips as well as illustrating how vikings ships and houses were made, it's also full of things to make and do, quizzes and puzzles. The world of the Vikings in Ireland is an endlessly fascinating one, so be like them and go out and EXPLORE!.

The O'Brien Press, 2020 Book. New. Soft cover. Irish history isn't boring ... it's DEADLY! And nobody was more DEADLY! than the Vikings who attacked Ireland in the 8th century! DEADLY! Viking warriors! DEADLY! Viking ships! DEADLY! Viking weapons! But were they really just marauding, murdering maniacs? The first book in a new series 'Deadly Irish History', The Vikings is jam-packed with all kinds of interesting facts and stories about Viking life. Highly illustrated with cartoons and comic strips as well as illustrating how vikings ships and houses were made, it's also full of things to make and do, quizzes and puzzles. The world of the Vikings in Ireland is an endlessly fascinating one, so be like them and go out and EXPLORE!.

An Gum, 1987 Book. Good. Soft cover. The card covers are marked and have some wear at the edges..

Wordwell, 2016 Book. New. Soft cover. A Brand New Book..

Royal Irish Academy, 2023 Book. New. Soft cover. This is a book about life and death over 8,500 years in Ireland. It explores the richness of the mortuary record that we have for Irish prehistory (8000 BC to AD 500) as a highlight of the archaeological record for that long period of time. Because we are dealing with how people coped with death, this rich and diverse record of mortuary practice is also relevant to understanding how we deal with death today, which is just as central a social issue as it always was..

Lettertec, 2020 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). In English and Irish. A little wear to the card covers..