"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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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.
Few topics have produced more heroines than the struggle of women for their right to education. Foremost amongst the pioneers of third-level education for women in the north of Ireland were Eliza and Isabella Riddel.
Republican Belfast
The first ever tourist guidebook detailing the republican history of Belfast has been published to cater for the growing numbers of political tourists to the city.
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.
It is Northern Ireland,1972, and reporter Malachi O'Doherty returns home at night to streets ruled by Provo gunmen where the army and IRA hold fire to let his mother walk to work between them. Malachi's first experiences in journalism begin in a year that saw the Troubles deliver some of their most horrific consequences. He is one of Northern Ireland's best known and most respected journalists and he tells the story of 1972 in this book.
