"The Big House in the North of Ireland" explores the changing fortunes of the landed elite in the six counties that became Northern Ireland from the land war of the late 1870s to the last days of the Unionist government at Stormont in the 1960s.
More than 50 artists, mostly poets and prose writers, contribute to a festschrift, celebrating his life and work. Signed by 39 Including Seamus Heaney; Paul Durcan and Gerald Dawe.
A contemporaneous commentary on the Irish Peace Process from an Irish Republican perspective, Good Friday is a compilation of articles written by one of the most prominent Republican voices in Ireland, Anthony McIntrye. The journalist, activist and former political prisoner raises serious and compelling questions about post 'Good Friday Agreement' Republican strategies in Northern Ireland.
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From about 1970, Irish history moved into a fast-forward phase. This title looks at roots of the changes which came with an almost completely unexpected wave of prosperity. It examines the upheavals in economics, North-South attitudes, international relations, demography, gender roles, sexual mores, culture and religion which accompanied the boom.
Talking to Terrorists
‘Talking to Terrorists is a dangerous book, one that will disturb those who maintain that states should never talk to terrorist groups and others who believe that states should always do so
The kingdoms of Connacht and Ulster are preparing to do battle with each other. Medb, the sly and envious Queen of Connacht, is on a mission to steal the fabled Brown Bull of Cooley from the men of Ulster. The Ulstermen, crippled by an ancient curse, face defeat from her armies, until a hero emerges in the shape of the warrior Cu Chulainn.
