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Paddy O'Hanlon's End of Term Report Mullaghbawn man's autobiography reveals truth behind Good Friday Agreement: The Cross Examiner, October 25, 2011 (review by Brónagh Murphy) Buy O'Hanlon's End of Term Report—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Peter Hain's Outside In Outside In by Peter Hain – review: Guardian.co.uk, January 26, 2012 (review by John Kampfner) Agreement with Adams over release of bomber: The News Letter, January 23, 2012 Peter Hain's Outside In – power, politics – and some praise: BBC, January 23, 2012 (review by David Cornock) Buy Hain's Outside In—in US$ KINDLE Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Padraig Og O Ruairc's Revolution – A Photographic history of Revolutionary Ireland, 1913-1923 Revolution – A Photographic history of Revolutionary Ireland, 1913-1923: Pue's Occurrences, November 9, 2011 (review by Orla Fitzpatrick) Buy O Ruairc's Revolution—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Francis Stuart Ross' Smashing H-Block Smashing H-Block: Derry Journal, January 25, 2012 (review by Eamonn McCann) How ordinary people really shaped the events of 1981: Belfast Telegraph, January 13, 2011 (by Eamonn McCann) Smashing H-Block: BobbySandsTrust.com, November 4, 2011 (review by Gerry O'Hare) H-Block era bigger than civil rights: Derry Journal, September 23, 2011 Buy Ross' Smashing H-Block—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Jonathan Bardon's Plantation of Ulster How the plantations sowed their bitter seeds: Irish Independent, January 14, 2011 (review by Maurice Hayes) Buy Bardon's Plantation of Ulster—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Tim McGrath's John Barry: An American Hero in the Age of Sail John Barry-An American Hero in the Age of Sail by Tim McGrath: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, July 12, 2011 (by Bill Kelly) His Brother's Keeper – Commodore John Barry, Father of the American Navy: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, March 10, 2011 (by Tim McGrath) The Revolutionary War's Other Naval Hero: Wall Street Journal, June 5, 2010 (review by Aram Bakshian) An American hero time forgot: Philadelphia Inquirer, July 18, 2010 (review by Edward Colimore) Buy McGrath's John Barry—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Paul Bew's Enigma: A New Life of Charles Stewart Parnell Cracking the mystery of Parnell?: The Irish Times, December 17, 2011 (review by Alan Titley) Like every politician, he was an enigma, but it was Parnell's strengths that caused his final fall: Irish Independent, October 15, 2011 (review by Maurice Hayes) Buy Bew's Enigma—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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John Bew's Castlereagh: From Englightenment to Tyranny Castlereagh – From Enlightenment to Tyranny by John Bew: Daily Telegraph, November 14, 2011 (review by Tristram Hunt) Statesman or scourge?: The Irish Times, October 29, 2011 (review by Martin Mansergh) A bogey man for Irish Nationalists who redrew the map of Europe: Irish Independent, October 22, 2011 (review by Maurice Hayes) Buy Bew's Castlereagh—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Bryce Evans' Sean Lemass – Democratic Dictator The root of Fianna Fáil cronyism: Irish Examiner, December 31, 2011 (review by Karen Funnell) Sean Lemass – Democratic Dictator by Bryce Evans: Sunday Independent, September 18, 2011 (review by Eamon Delaney) Saint or sinner?: The Irish Times, October 1, 2011 (review by Harry McGee) Lemass's ruthless streak laid bare: Sunday Business Post, September 25, 2011 (review by Dermot Bolger) Buy Evans' Sean Lemass – Democratic Dictator—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Marianne Quoirin's Töchter des Terrors: Die Frauen der IRA Zwischen Abenteuerlust und terroristischer Familientradition: DRRadio.de, January 2, 2011 (review by Brigitte Baetz) Buy Quoirin's Töchter des Terrors—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Douglas Murray's Bloody Sunday: Truths, Lies and the Saville Inquiry Sunday, Bloody Sunday – a long day's journey into light: Daily Mail, December 15, 2011 (review by Peter Hitchens) Buy Murray's Bloody Sunday—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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James W. McAuley, Jonathan Tonge & Andrew Mycock's Loyal to the Core?: Orangeism and Britishness in Northern Ireland Order poll on Catholic 'IRA sympathy': UTV Internet, November 22, 2011 New book reveals what Orange Order really thinks: The News Letter, November 21, 2011 Buy McCauley, Tonge & Mycock's Loyal to the Core?—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Liam Carson's Call Mother A Lonely field Review – Call Mother a Lonely Field by Liam Carson: Irish Independent Call Mother a Lonely Field: Irish Examiner, May 1, 2010 (review by Dan McCarthy) The healing rivers beneath the fourth green field: Sunday Independent, March 7, 2010(by Eoghan Harris) Buy Carson's Call Mother A Lonely field—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Edward Daly's A Troubled See: Memoirs of a Derry Bishop Daly's insight into the enduring power of Christian life: Belfast Telegraph, December 4, 2011 Daly takes fellow bishops to task: National Catholic Register, November 28, 2011 (review by Desmond Fisher) Bishop Daly book bound for the USA: Derry Journal, November 13, 2011 Why there's more to Bishop Daly than the celibacy row: Belfast Telegraph, September 22, 2011 (by Alf McCreary) Buy Daly's A Troubled See—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Jim Maher's The Oath is Dead and Gone A turbulent time in Irish history exposed by Jim Maher: Kilkenny People, November 21, 2011 Buy Maher's The Oath is Dead and Gone—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Michael Kerr's The Destructors: The Story of Northern Ireland's Lost Peace Process The Destructors – The Story of Northern Ireland's Lost Peace Process: LSE.ac.uk, November 27, 2011 (review by Bill Kissane) Buy Kerr's The Destructors—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Noel Whelan's Fianna Fáil: A Biography of the Party Fianna Fáil – the life and role of the party: The Irish Times, December 10, 2011 (review by John Bowman) Buy Whelan's Fianna Fáil—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Ruan O'Donnell's Special Category: The IRA in English Prisons, Vol. 1: 1968-1978 Review – Special Category: The IRA in English Prisons Vol 1: 1968-1978. By Ruán O'Donnell: Camden New Journal, December 15, 2011 (review by Peter Beresford Ellis) Book casts new light on Ireland's dark past: Sydney Morning Herald, November 26, 2011 (review by Karen Kissane) Buy O'Donnell's Special Category—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Garret Fitzgerald's Just Garret: Tales from the Political Front Line Biography – Just Garret by Garret Fitzgerald: Irish Independent, November 19, 2011 (review by Ewan MacKenna) FitzGerald's political strife and family life: The Irish Times, October 22, 2011 (review by Patrick Honohan) How Irish suburbia became focus of Soviet spy network: Sunday Independent, December 19, 2010 (by Liam Collins) What a life: The Irish Times, December 18, 2010 (by Olivia O'Leary) Time for Garret to start a new chapter: Irish Independent, December 18, 2010 (by John Cooney) Buy Fitzgerald's Just Garret—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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David C Burt & Craig L Barry's Supplier to the Confederacy: Peter Tait & Co, Limerick Supplier to the Confederacy, Peter Tait & Co, Limerick: Irish in the American Civil War, October 3, 2011 (review by Damian Shiels) Buy Burt & Barry's Supplier to the Confederacy—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Fr Sean McManus' My American Struggle for Justice in Northern Ireland Living in America, ending injustice in Ireland: RealChangeNews.org, October 26, 2011 (review by Joe Martin) McManus book for Woodlawn launch: Irish Echo, September 28, 2011 A landmark book that leaves readers wanting more: Irish Echo, August 4, 2011 The joys of, eh, Latvian democracy: Irish Echo, July 27, 2011 (scroll down) Top ten Irish summer reads – books to sink your teeth into (scroll down for "My American Struggle For Justice in Northern Ireland"): Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, July 12, 2011 (by Cahir O'Doherty & Bernice Malone) Fr. Mc Manus to address NY Convention: Irish World, July 6, 2011 Large turn out for McManus book launch: Irish Echo, June 29, 2011 Together again on Capitol Hill: Irish World, June 16, 2011 Righteously right in Irish America: The Irish Times, May 21, 2011 (review by Richard English) McManus launches his memoirs in D.C.: Irish Echo, May 4, 2011 Opposition to Irish justice in DC was – Irish!: Belfast Media, April 14, 2011 (by Gráinne McWilliams) Ireland's not-so-silent witness in the United States: Impartial Reporter, March 31, 2011 (by Sarah Saunderson) Buy McManus' My American Struggle for Justice in Northern Ireland—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Anthony McIntyre's Good Friday: The Death of Irish Republicanism "Good Friday. The death of Irish Republicanism" by Anthony McIntyre – a review: SluggerOToole.com Days Like These…: Verbal Magazine, Issue 22 (review by Sam Millar) Death of the dream?: Tribune Magazine (UK), November 26, 2008 (review by John Coulter) Political three-card shuffle or surrender by republicans?: The News Letter, November 18, 2008 (by Liam Clarke) Blanket dissent in the ranks: The Irish Times, November 8, 2008 (by Gerry Moriarty) The new Good Book for all Unionists: (from the Irish Daily Star, November 10, 2008, by John Coulter) A peace of their minds: Boston Globe, November 6, 2008 (by Kevin Cullen) Why the IRA lost its long and futile battle: The Sunday Times, August 10, 2008 (by Liam Clarke) Buy McIntyre's Good Friday—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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David Vance's Unionism Decayed: 1997 – 2007 "Unionism Decayed 1997-2007" by David Vance – book review: SluggerOToole.com, November 13, 2011 Dissenter of attention: Sunday Tribune, August 31, 2008 (by Suzanne Breen) Buy Vance's Unionism Decayed—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Cormac O'Malley (Editor) Broken Landscapes: Selected Letters of Ernie O’Malley Portrait of a revolutionary afterlife: The Irish Times, November 12, 2011 (review by Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid) Buy O'Malley's Broken Landscapes—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Kevin Myers's Watching the Door: A Memoir 1971-1978 Kevin Myers' 'Watching the Door': SluggerOToole.com, November 3, 2011 (review by John L Murphy) Watching the Door: The Observer, March 1, 2009 (review by Robert McCrum) Watching the Door – Cheating Death in 1970s Belfast: The Observer, February 22, 2009 (review by Ian Pindar) Testimonies from the Troubles: The Observer, May 27, 2008 (by Andrew Anthony) Guns and girls: The Guardian, April 19, 2008 (review by Chris Petit) Watching the Door, by Kevin Myers – Staying alive in Belfast's dark age: The Independent, March 7, 2008 (review by Patricia Craig) Watching The Door – Cheating Death In 1970s Belfast, by Kevin Myers: The Times, March 22, 2008 (review by Andrew Mueller) A tale of the Troubles: Daily Telegraph, March 29, 2008 (review by Melanie McDonagh) Here comes trouble: New Statesman, March 27, 2008 (review by Jean Hannah Edelstein) Sex, guns and the IRA: The Independent, March 8, 2008 (extract) Bullies, bigots murderers: Daily Mail, March 14, 2008 (review by Goeffrey Wheatcroft) We need to talk about Kevin: Sunday Independent, November 26, 2006 (by Ciara Dwyer) Myered in the Troubles: (from the Irish News, November 11, 2006, by Luke Ryan) Myers brings a light touch to dark times: Sunday Business Post, November 12, 2006 (review by Eibhir Mulqueen) Strange bedfellows: Sunday Life, November 5, 2006 (by Ciaran McGuigan) So much more than an Irishman's diary: Sunday Tribune, November 5, 2006 (review by Terry Prone) Man of war: Village, October 26, 2006 (by Justine McCarthy) Myers' bedroom exploits make rattling good read: Sunday Business Post, October 29, 2006 (review by Pat Leahy) It's our duty to remember those many blameless souls whom violence caressed with the kiss of Cain . . .: Irish Independent, October 28, 2006 (by Kevin Myers) Caught between the devils and the IRA: The Sunday Times, October 22, 2006 (extract) Girls and guns in Belfast: The Sunday Times, October 15, 2006 (extract) Buy Myers' Watching the Door—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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David A. Wilson's Thomas D'Arcy Mcgee: The Extreme Moderate, 1857-1868 Fathers of a resilient country: Montreal Gazette, October 22, 2011 (review by Neil Cameron) Buy Wilson's Thomas D'Arcy Mcgee—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Padraig Yeates' A City in Wartime: Dublin 1914-18 Dublin divided: The Irish Times, September 24, 2011 (review by Dermot Bolger) Victory, cheers and tears: Irish Independent, September 10, 2011 Buy Yeates' A City in Wartime—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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David Beresford's Ten Men Dead: The Story of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike Oppression is worse than slaughter: San Francisco Bay View, October 12, 2011 (by Eugene Thomas) Buy Beresford's Ten Men Dead—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Tim Robinson's Connemara: A Little Gaelic Kingdom Connemara – A Little Gaelic Kingdom by Tim Robinson: The Scotsman, October 9, 2011 (review by Tim Robinson) Buy Robinson's Connemara: A Little Gaelic Kingdom—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Ciara Breathnach's Framing the West: Images of Rural Ireland, 1891-1920 Framing the West: Irish Democrat, January 23, 2009 (review by Peter Mulligan) Buy Breathnach's Framing the West—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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John Wilsey's The Ulster Tales: A Tribute to Those Who Served 1969-2000 Ex-army chief reveals true Troubles lives: The News Letter, July 19, 2011 Buy Wilsey's The Ulster Tales—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Philip Orr's New Perspectives: Politics, Religion and Conflict in Mid-Antrim 1911 – 1914 Home rule book is launched at Braid: Ballymena Times, September 21, 2011 A town on the brink of revolution ...: Ballymena Times, August 31, 2011 Buy Orr's New Perspectives—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Teddy Jamieson's Whose Side Are You On?: Sport, The Troubles and Me Booze, fags and death threats – How the Troubles made the Northern Irish such good sports: Daily Mail, September 23, 2011 (review by John Preston) Sport, the Troubles and the ties that bind: The Herald, September 26, 2011 (by Teddy Jamieson) Buy Jamieson's Whose Side Are You On?—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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D M Leeson's The Black and Tans: British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence, 1920-1 Black and Tans story is not so black and white: Irish Independent, September 17, 2011 (John Spain) Come out, ye Black and Tans: The Irish Times, August 27, 2011 (review by Eunan O'Halpin) Review – The Black and Tans – British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence 1920-1921. By DM Leeson: Camden New Journal, September 1, 2011 (review by Peter Berresford Ellis) Black and Tans were not so bad says new book --- savagery in Irish War of Independence on all sides: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, August 29, 2011 (by Patrick Roberts) Buy Leeson's The Black and Tans—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Fearghal McGarry's Rebels: Voices from the Easter Rising Easter 1916, remembered by the people who were there: The Irish Times, September 17, 2011 (review by Mary E Daly) Buy McGarry's Rebels—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Peter Taylor's Talking to Terrorists: A Personal Journey from the IRA to Al Qaeda Talking to Terrorists by Peter Taylor – review: Guardian.co.uk, September 13, 2011 (review by Ian Pindar) Talking to Terrorists – Peter Taylor (EIBF Review): Edinburgh Guide, August 20, 2011 (review by Allan Alstead) Talking to Terrorists, By Peter Taylor: The Independent, April 15, 2011 (review by David McKittrick) Compromise starts with a conversation: Sunday Business Post, April 10, 2011 (review by Andrew Lynch) Brokers of the endgame: Belfast Telegraph, April 9, 2011 (review by Maurice Hayes) Looking terror in the eye: Irish Examiner, April 2, 2011 (by Richard Fitzpatrick) Talking to Terrorists – A Personal Journey from the IRA to Al Qaeda by Peter Taylor: The Scotsman, March 11, 2011 (review by Roger Hutchinson) Buy Taylor's Talking to Terrorists—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Katy Hayward & Catherine O'Donnell (Editors) Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution: Debating Peace in Northern Ireland Do Words Matter? – Book Review of Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution – Debating Peace in Northern Ireland: SluggerOToole.com, August 31, 2011 (review by Gladys Ganiel) Buy Hayward & O'Donnell's Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Caoimhe Nic Dhaibheid's Sean MacBride: A Republican Life, 1904-1946 Who was the real Seán MacBride?: The Irish Times, August 20, 2011 (review by Roy Foster) Buy Nic Dhaibheid's Sean MacBride—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Richard O'Rawe's Afterlives: The Hunger Strike and the Secret Offer That Changed Irish History Taking SF on..and winning!: (from the Sunday World, November 21, 2011, review by Hugh Jordan) Follow-up is one man's quest to prove he is right: (from the Irish News, November 1, 2010 review by Allison Morris) Me and You and a Dog Named Boo: ThePensiveQuill.am, November 10, 2010 (review by Anthony McIntyre) Adams starved hunger strikers of the truth: Belfast Telegraph, December 30, 2010 (by Richard O'Rawe) Bradley, O'Rawe frozen out for breaking ranks: (from the Sunday Times, October 31, 2011, by Liam Clarke) Buy O'Rawe's Afterlives—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Bill Rolston's Children of the Revolution: The Lives of Sons and Daughters of Activists in Northern Ireland Untold stories of the 'Troubles': Derry Journal, August 12, 2011 (review by Eamon Baker) Children of the Revolution – a book from the heart of the Troubles: BBC, July 23, 2011 (by Claire Brennan) Buy Rolston's Children of the Revolution—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Tommy McKearney's The Provisional IRA: From Insurrection to Parliament Union is secure, says ex-IRA man: The News Letter, August 14, 2011 Hunger striker to launch book at town hotel: Tyrone Times, July 28, 2011 IRA hunger striker's new insight on Provos: Derry Journal, August 5, 2011 Buy McKearney's The Provisional IRA—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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May Moran's Executed for Ireland: The Patrick Moran Story Niece's Biography Brings Pathos To 'Patrick Moran Story': TheWildGeese.com, July 11, 2011 (review by Kieron C. Punch) Buy Murphy's The Year of Disappearances—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Gerard Murphy's The Year of Disappearances: Political Killings in Cork, 1920-1921 The Irish killing fields: Irish Independent, July 9, 2011 (review by Declan Cashin) Author owns up to errors in IRA Cork deaths book: Sunday Tribune, January 16, 2011 (by John Downes) Rumour, gossip and coincidence: The Irish Times, December 11, 2010 (review by Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid) Eoghan Harris looks at a new book by Gerard Murphy that describes the 'descent into savagery' by the Cork No 1 Brigade of the IRA in 1920 and 1921: Irish Examiner, November 5, 2010 The IRA campaign in Cork against Protestants and non-republicans was on a truly vast scale: Irish Independent, November 12, 2010 (by Kevin Myers) Historical detective trail reveals 'ethnic cleansing' by IRA in Cork: Sunday Independent, November 7, 2010 (review by John-Paul McCarthy) Buy Murphy's The Year of Disappearances—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Ann Matthews' Renegades: Irish Republican Women 1900-1922 Dubliner explores the women of Ireland's independence struggle: Irish Emigrant, July 11, 2011 (review by Brian Donohue) A women's movement: Irish Examiner, March 12, 2011 (review by Ryle Dwyer) Buy Matthews' Renegades—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Brendon Colvert's On My Honour: One Man's Lifelong Struggle to Clear His Name IRA duped Garda over dismissal, says author: The Irish Times, June 23, 2011 (by Barry Roche) Book on 1928 dismissal of garda published: The Irish Times, June 24, 2011 (by Kitty Holland) Buy Colvert's On My Honour—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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John Wilsey's The Ulster Tales: A Tribute to Those Who Served 1969-2000 Fighting talk from Ulster's frontline: Daily Mail, June 24, 2011 (by Philip Jacobson) Buy Wilsey's The Ulster Tales—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Ciara Meehan's The Cosgrave Party: A History of Cumann na nGaedheal, 1923-1933 The Cosgrave Party – A History of Cumann na nGaedheal 1923-33 by Ciara Meehan: Sunday Independent, April 24, 2011 (review by John-Paul McCarthy) Party that self betrayed: Irish Examiner, June 4, 2011 (review by Ryle Dwyer) Buy Meehan's The Cosgrave Party—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Adam Broomberg's People in Trouble Laughing Pushed to the Ground Turning photojournalism upside down: Guardian.co.uk, April 19, 2011 (by Sean O'Hagan) Buy Broomberg's People in Trouble Laughing Pushed to the Ground—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Kevin Rafter's Democratic Left: The Life and Death of an Irish Political Party How the Left was eventually won: Sunday Independent, April 10, 2011 (review by Eamon Delaney) Buy Rafter's Democratic Left—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Conor Mcmorrow's Dail Stars from Croke Park to Leinster House 'My commitment to the IRA took precedence over my football career': Sunday Tribune, October 24, 2010 (extract) Buy McMorrow's Dail Stars from Croke Park to Leinster House—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Mary Kenny's Crown and Shamrock: Love and Hate Between Ireland and the British Monarchy Irish eyes might smile at last on the Queen: Daily Telegraph, May 2, 2011 (review by Charles Moore) Crown and Shamrock: Love and Hate Between Ireland and the British Monarchy by Mary Kenny (Nov 1): Sunday Tribune, November 1, 2009 (review by Tom Widger) Edward VII – deathbed convert to Catholicis: Telegraph.co.uk, September 29, 2009 (by Christopher Howse) Anglo-Irish relations get the royal treatment: Sunday Business Post, October 11, 2009 (review by Andrew Lynch) Crown and Shamrock by Mary Kenny – review: Daily Telegraph, November 21, 2009 (review by Anthony Howard) The Republic of Ireland's secret love affair with Queen Elizabeth: Belfast Telegraph, October 6, 2009 (extract) Dealt a fair royal hand?: The Irish Times, September 26, 2009 (review by Jonathan Bardon) God save Ireland's love for the royals: Irish Independent, September 12, 2009 (by Bruce Arnold) Buy Kenny's Crown and Shamrock—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Catriona Crowe, Ronan Fanning, Michael Kennedy, Dermot Keogh, Eunan O'Halpin (Editors) Documents on Irish Foreign Policy: 1941 to 1945 Our window on the world: Irish Examiner, March 26, 2011 Buy Documents on Irish Foreign Policy—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Stephen Walker's Hide and Seek: A Dramatic True Story of Rivalry, Survival and Forgiveness During WWII The Irish priest who saved thousands of Jews from the Nazis' death camps: Irish Examiner, April 23, 2011 (review by Brian O'Grady) The priest who converted his enemy: Catholic Herald, April 13, 2011 (by Stephen Walker) The heroic Vatican priest who ran rings round a Nazi colonel: Daily Mail, April 7, 2011 (review by Peter Lewis) Buy Walker's Hide and Seek—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Alan Simpson's Duplicity and Deception: Policing the Twilight Zone of the Troubles Giving CID A Snow Job: (from Fortnight Magazine, December 2010, review by Anthony McIntyre) Buy Simpson's Duplicity and Deception—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Darach MacDonald's Blood & Thunder: Inside an Ulster Protestant Band Banging the drum: Irish Examiner, March 26, 2011 January, February, March, March, March: The Irish Times, September 18, 2010 (review by Gerry Moriarty) 'Blood and Thunder': Londonderry Sentinel, August 12, 2010 (by Eamon Sweeney) Author goes inside 'Blood and Thunder' flute band: Derry Journal, August 10, 2010 Band tradition 'is in DNA of Protestants': The News Letter, July 2, 2010 (by Darach MacDonald) This is the drum of a Blood and Thunder loyalist band: Belfast Telegraph, July 1, 2010 (by Darach MacDonald) Buy MacDonald's Blood & Thunder—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Donal Donnelly's Prisoner 1082: Escape From Crumlin Road, Europe's Alcatraz 'Prisoner 1082' a Taut Narrative of IRA Man's Escape in 1960: TheWildGeese.com, March 23, 2011 (review by Kieron C. Punch) Buy Donnelly's Prisoner 1082—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Charlie Connelly's Our Man in Hibernia: Ireland, the Irish and Me Bringing it all back home: The Irish Times, September 25, 2010 Our Man in Hibernia – Ireland, the Irish and Me: Sunday Tribune, October 10, 2010 (review by Tom Widger) Download Kindle Connelly's Our Man in Hibernia—in US$ Or Buy book in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Sean Farren's The SDLP: The Struggle for Agreement in Northern Ireland, 1970-2000 What might have been: (from Fortnight Magazine, December 2010/January 2011, review by Alan McFarland) Rocky road to peace: The Irish Times, November 13, 2010 (review by Conor O'Clery) Putting peace before party: Irish Independent, November 6, 2010 SDLP formed thin line of defence, says Currie: The Irish Times, October 20, 2010 (by Deaglán de Bréadún) Buy Farren's The SDLP—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Alison Walsh's Hugh O'Flaherty: His Wartime Adventures The priest who outfoxed the Nazis: The Irish Times, March 4, 2011 (by Stephen Walker) Buy Walsh's Hugh O'Flaherty—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Noel Ignatiev's How the Irish Became White A mid-1800s misstep for U.S. Irish: SDCityTimes.com, March 8, 2011 (review by Shane Finneran) Buy Ignatiev's How the Irish Became White—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Timothy Knatchbull's From a Clear Blue Sky Book by Mountbatten bomb survivor wins award: The Irish Times, March 11, 2011 (by Gerry Moriarty) Out now in paperback: Daily Mail, August 13, 2010 (review by Harry Ritchie) From the clear blue sky comes a compelling account of survival: Irish Independent, August 9, 2010 (by Maurice Hayes) From a Clear Blue Sky: Surviving the Mountbatten Bomb: Sunday Tribune, March 7, 2010 (review by Tom Widger) From a Clear Blue Sky: Surviving the Mountbatten Bomb by Timothy Knatchbull – review: Daily Telegraph, October 13, 2009 (review by Philip Johnston) Hon Timothy Knatchbull – 'wrong' twin finds peace: The Sunday Times, August 23, 2009 (by Lesley White) Buy Knatchbull's From a Clear Blue Sky—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Neil Hegarty's Story of Ireland Lost on the way home – The Story of Ireland: Belfast Telegraph, March 9, 2011 (review by Diarmaid Ferriter) An impressive sweep of centuries of Irish history: Sunday Independent, March 6, 2011 (review by Eamon Delaney) Buy Hegarty's Story of Ireland—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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David Finnegan, Éamonn Ó Ciardha, Marie-Claire Peters (Editors): The Flight of the Earls/Imeacht Na Niarlai New 'Flight of the Earls' history published: Londonderry Sentinel, January 20, 2011 Buy Finnegan, Ó Ciardha and Peters' The Flight of the Earls—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Dave Hannigan's Terence MacSwiney: The Hunger Strike That Rocked an Empire Terence MacSwiney – The Hunger Strike That Rocked an Empire: Irish Examiner, February 5, 2011 (review by Michael Moynihan) Buy Hannigan's Terence MacSwiney: The Hunger Strike That Rocked an Empire—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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John Waters' Feckers: 50 People Who Fecked Up Ireland Notes from a banana republic: The Irish Times, December 24, 2010 (review by Diarmaid Ferriter) Buy Waters' Feckers—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Sam Trotter's Constabulary Heroes 1826 - 2009: Incorporating RUC GC / PSNI New book on RIC, RUC and PSNI: Londonderry Sentinel, October 22, 2010 Buy Trotter's Constabulary Heroes 1826 - 2009—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Ed Moloney's Voices from the Grave – Two Men's War in Ireland New book sheds more light on Northern Ireland's troubles: Catholic Sentinel, January 28, 2011 (review by Rachelle Linner) Voices From The Grave is a brave and important book: Metro.co.uk, April 20, 2010 Voices from the Grave — Two Men's War in Ireland by Ed Moloney – review: Daily Telegraph, April 17, 2010 (review by Dominic Sandbrook) Gun runners and the QE2: Clydebank Post, April 15, 2010 (review by Julie Gilbert) Voices From The Grave: Two Men's War In Ireland – Ed Moloney: Daily Express, April 9, 2010 (review by Christopher Silvester) Why Gerry Adams is still haunted by IRA ghosts: Sunday Business Post, April 18, 2010 (review by Richard Curran) Voices from the Grave – Two Men's War in Ireland by Ed Moloney: The Sunday Times, April 11, 2010 (review by Stephen Robinson) Doherty 'not trusted' by IRA members: Derry Journal, April 9, 2010 Dungiven hunger striker recalled in Hughes memoir: Londonderry Sentinel, April 8, 2010 (by Kevin Mullan) 'Our own leaders let us down': The Sunday Times (extract) Tale from two sides of the divide: The Irish Times, April 3, 2010 (review by Richard English) IRA operator sold papers in Londonderry: Londonderry Sentinel, April 1, 2010 Charges from The Dark that cast a long shadow: Belfast Telegraph, March 29, 2010(by Malachi O'Doherty) Author defends Adams IRA claims: Independent.ie, March 29, 2010 Scepticism over Ed Maloney book in Gerry Adams' political heartland: Belfast Telegraph, March 29, 2010 Adams accused of ordering murders: The Independent, March 29, 2010 (by David McKittrick) Jean family fury as book claims Adams ordered her murder: Irish Independent, March 29, 2010 (by John Spain) Daughter of McConville to sue Adams over murder: The Irish Times, March 29, 2010 (by Gerry Moriarty) Gerry Adams and me: The Sunday Times, March 28, 2010 (extract) Gerry Adams 'had Jean McConville disappeared': The Sunday Times, March 28, 2010 (by John Burns) IRA used QE2 to smuggle weapons from New York: The Sunday Times, March 28, 2010 (by John Burns) Buy Moloney's Voices from the Grave—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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David McCullagh's The Reluctant Taoiseach: A Biography of John A. Costello Shedding light on a reluctant taoiseach: Irish Examiner, October 13, 2010 (by Conor Ryan) Rescuing a taoiseach from total obscurity: Sunday Business Post, October 17, 2010 (review by Andrew Lynch) Costello – the forgotten taoiseach: The Irish Times, October 9, 2010 (review by John Bruton) The Reluctant Taoiseach; A Biography of John A. Costello: Sunday Tribune, November 7, 2010 (review by Shane Coleman) Rainbow warrior: Irish Examiner, October 30, 2010 (review by John Downing) Buy McCullagh's The Reluctant Taoiseach—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Dave O'Donoghue's The Devil's Deal: The IRA, Nazi Germany and the Double Life of Jim O'Donovan Trouble on the double: The Irish Times, December 11, 2010 (review by Deaglán de Bréadún) The esb worker who was the nazis' IRA man: Irish Independent, December 11, 2010 (review by Damian Corless) Buy O'Donoghue's The Devil's Deal—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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John D. Brewer's Peace Processes: A Sociological Approach Have we Learned our own Lessons? Book Review of John Brewer's Peace Processes: SluggerOToole.com, December 20, 2010 (review by Gladys Ganiel) Buy Brewer's Peace Processes—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Tony Farmar's Privileged Lives: A Social History of the Irish Middle Class 1882-1989 Mixed up about the class divide?: The Irish Times, January 8, 2011 (review by Roy Foster) Buy Farmar's Privileged Lives—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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