Christopher Morash's A History of the Media in Ireland Role of media in Ireland's history analysed: The Irish Times, February 8, 2010 (review by Michael Foley) Buy Morash's A History of the Media in Ireland—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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James McGuire & James Quinn (Editors) Dictionary of Irish Biography 9 Volume Set: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2002 Who was who in Ireland?: The Times Literary Supplement, February 3, 2010 (review by Roy Foster) Glorious compendium of famous Irish lives: Sunday Business Post, January 17, 2010 (review by Andrew Lynch) Lives of our days: Sunday Tribune, December 20, 2009 (by Gerard Siggins) Typhoid Mary and other curiosities in Irish biography: BBC, December 18, 2009 Buy McGuire & Quinn's Dictionary of Irish Biography—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Dennis Kennedy's Square Peg: The Life and the Times of a Northern Newspaperman South of the Border Our wise friend in the north: Irish Independent, January 30, 2010 (review by Brian Lynch) Wry account of Northern square peg's time in D'Olier Street and Dublin: The Irish Times, January 3, 2009 (review by Michael Foley) Buy Kennedy's Square Peg—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Edward M. Kennedy's True Compass: A Memoir True Compass: A Memoir – by Edward M Kennedy: The Irish Catholic, January 14, 2010 (review by Joe Carroll) True Compass by Edward Kennedy: The Guardian, October 10, 2009 (review by Martin Kettle) The last of the Kennedy boys: The Irish Times, October 3, 2009 (review by Ruairi Quinn) Something to prove: Boston Globe, September 13, 2009 (by Matthew V. Storin) True Compass – A Memoir by Edward M Kennedy: The Sunday Times, September 20, 2009 (review by Stephen Robinson) Teddy... Unsanitized: Irish Examiner USA, September 22, 2009 (review by Patrick Hurley) Like the man, this memoir is fine but flawed: Sunday Business Post, September 27, 2009 (review by Andrew Lynch) Time and again, Kennedy's compass pointed to Ireland: Irish Echo, September 23, 2009 (by Susan Garraty) True Compass – A Memoir by Edward M Kennedy: The Observer, September 20, 2009 (review by Robert McCrum) The tragic makings of a liberal lion: Financial Times, September 21, 2009 (review by Edward Luce) Buy Kennedy's True Compass—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Michael Lillis & Ronan Fanning's The Lives of Eliza Lynch: Scandal and Courage This Eliza did a lot: Irish Independent, September 12, 2009 (review by Mary Shine Thompson) The Lives of Eliza Lynch – Scandal and Courage: Sunday Tribune, November 15, 2009 (review by John Foley) Rattling good tale of Paraguay Panchito and Eliza Do-a-lot: Tribune (review by Hugh O'Shaughnessy) Nations again at odds over Irish mistress: Sunday Independent, December 6, 2009 (by Emily Hourican) 'Villain' of Brazil-Paraguay war was misunderstood hero, says new book: Guardian.co.uk, November 8, 2009 (review by Rory Carroll) Book casts new light on Cork woman living in turbulent times in Paraguay: The Irish Times, November 7, 2009 (by Tom Hennigan) Cork's queen of Paraguay: The Irish Times, October 3, 2009 (review by Sinéad McCoole) Eliza Lynch – The heroine of Paraguay: Sunday Independent, October 4, 2009 (review by Emily Hourican) Buy Lillis & Fanning's The Lives of Eliza Lynch—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Myles Dungan's Conspiracy: Irish Political Trials The Maamtrasna Murders, August 17 1882: Galway Advertiser, January 28, 2010 (article by Ronnie O'Gorman) Conspiracy – Irish Political Trials By Myles Dungan: Sunday Tribune, November 15, 2009 (review by Tom Widger) Buy Dungan's Conspiracy—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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R. M. Douglas' Architects of the Resurrection: Ailtirí na hAiséirghe and the Fascist 'New Order' in Ireland Architects of the Resurrection – Ailtiri na hAiseirghe and the fascist 'new order' in Ireland – R M Douglas: Irish Catholic, January 14, 2010 (review by Felix M Larkin) History – Architects of the Resurrection: Ailtiri na hAiseirghe and the Fascist 'New Order' in Ireland: Sunday Tribune, October 4, 2009 (by Tom Widger) Buy Douglas' Architects of the Resurrection—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Ruth Delaney & Ian Bath's Ireland's Royal Canal 1789–2009 Historical account of Royal Canal runs deep: The Irish Times, January 13, 2010 (review by Brian J Goggin) Buy Delaney & Bath's Ireland's Royal Canal 1789–2009—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 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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Gerry Hunt's Comics – Blood Upon the Rose: Easter 1916 Easter Rising comic proves a hit: Belfast Telegraph, January 15, 2010 The Easter Rising as you've never seen it before – as a comic: Evening Herald, October 22, 2009 (by Geraldine Gittens) The Rising – now with speech bubbles: The Irish Times, September 26, 2009 Comics – Blood Upon on the Rose – Easter 1916: Sunday Tribune, October 4, 2009 (by Pat Nugent) Buy Hunt's Comics - Blood Upon the Rose—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Eoin O Broin's Sinn Fein and The Politics of Left Republicanism Sinn Féin and the Politics of Left Republicanism: Irish Democrat, September 8, 2009 (review by Roy Johnston) Reshaping republicanism: The Irish Times, March 14, 2009 (review by Richard English) Can SF's new wave learn from history?: Sunday Business Post, March 8, 2009 (review by Andrew Lynch) Buy O Broin's Sinn Fein and The Politics of Left Republicanism—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Paddy Heaney, Pat Muldowney, Philip O'Connor's Coolacrease: The True Story of the Pearson Executions, an Incident in the Irish War of Independence Coolacrease: Irish Democrat, August 31, 2009 (review by Ruaírí Ó Domhnaill) Buy Heaney, Muldowney& O'Connor's Coolacrease—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Micheal Martin's Freedom to Choose: Cork & Party Politics in Ireland 1918-1932 Chronicle of a rebel constituency: The Irish Times, March 21, 2009 (review by Deirdre McMahon) Freedom to Choose: Cork & Party Politics in Ireland 1918-1932: Sunday Tribune, March 29, 2009 (by Shane Coleman) Minister Martin's engaging political study is well timed: Sunday Business Post, April 5, 2009 (review by Tim Pat Coogan) Martin turns historian with book on FF: Irish Examiner, March 7, 2009 (by Catherine Shanahan) Buy Martin's Freedom to Choose—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Shane Hegarty's The Irish (and Other Foreigners) Debunking a few Celtic myths: Sunday Business Post, January 3, 2009 (review by Julian Fleming) Buy Hegarty's The Irish (and Other Foreigners)—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Barry Flynn's Soldiers of Folly: The IRA Border Campaign 1956-1962 Highly readable and dramatic account of the IRA Border campaign: The Irish Times, November 20, 2009 (review by Deaglán de Bréadún) Fear of unionist onslaught halted IRA plan to blow up Stormont: The Observer, November 8, 2009 (by Henry McDonald) Soldiers of folly in '50s border campaign: Belfast Media, November 10, 2009 (review by Jude Collins) Buy Flynn's Soldiers of Folly—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Owen Sheridan's Propaganda as Anti-history: Peter Hart's 'the IRA and Its Enemies ' Examined Propaganda as Anti-history: Irish Democrat, August 31, 2009 (review by Ruaírí Ó Domhnaill) Buy Sheridan's Propaganda as Anti-history—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Albert Reynolds' My Autobiography A deft dealmaker in the pursuit of peace: Sunday Business Post, October 18, 2009 (review by Tim Pat Coogan) Country owes Reynolds a great debt, says Taoiseach: Irish Examiner, September 25, 2009 (by Paul O'Brien) Memoir – Albert Reynolds: My Autobiography: Sunday Tribune, October 11, 2009 (review by Shane Coleman) Hometown hurrah as family toasts Albert's own story: Irish Independent, September 22, 2009 (by Denise Clarke) One-sheet Albert writes 320 pages: Irish Independent, September 26, 2009 (review by James Downey) Taoiseach praises Reynolds for going 'extra mile' in his quest for peace: The Irish Times, September 25, 2009 (by Deaglán de Bréadún) How Reynolds nearly came to blows with FBI: Evening Herald, September 18, 2009 A single-minded peacemonger: The Irish Times, September 12, 2009 (by Stephen Collins) Taoiseach who went from top of the world to rock bottom in one week: Irish Examiner, September 12, 2009 (by Ryle Dwyer) Cloak and dagger talks and a knife in the back: Sunday Independent, September 6, 2009 (extract) Courting controversy and conflict amid the celebrations The THIRD Secret of Fatima: Sunday Independent, August 30, 2009 (extract) Buy Reynolds' My Autobiography—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Brian Jenkins' The Fenian Problem: Insurgency and Terrorism in a Liberal State, 1858-1874 The Fenian Problem: Irish Democrat, September 8, 2009 (review by Roy Johnston) Buy Jenkins' The Fenian Problem—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Tom Garvin's Judging Lemass Sean Lemass – Ireland's saviour had a ruthless streak: Sunday Independent, November 22, 2009 (review by Charles Lysaght) A Leviathan whose changes shaped us: Sunday Independent, November 1, 2009 (review by John-Paul McCarthy) Politics – Judging Lemass: Sunday Tribune, November 8, 2009 (review by Diarmaid Ferriter) Pipe-smoking patriot who had no time for Dev's pipe dreams: Sunday Business Post, October 25, 2009 (review by Andrew Lynch) Like me, Lemass was a practical socialist: Irish Independent, October 24, 2009 (review by Bertie Ahern) Buy Garvin's Judging Lemass—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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David Gordon's The Fall of the House of Paisley Detailed account of how Ian Paisley's political dynasty came crashing down: The Irish Times, December 28, 2009 (review by Dan Keenan) This peace process has really turned into a bit of a love-in. Lady Paisley hasn't a bad word to say about Martin McGuinness: Irish Independent, December 5, 2009 (by Mary Kenny) Book gives behind the scenes story of devolution's first year: Ulster Star, November 13, 2009 The fall of the house of Paisley: Guardian.co.uk, November 12, 2009 (by Henry McDonald) Big Ian, little Ian and a sober ending: Irish Independent, November 7, 2009 Did this picture really end Ian Paisley's reign?: Belfast Telegraph, November 7, 2009 (by David Gordon) DUP's secret plot to oust Ian Paisley: Belfast Telegraph, November 7, 2009 (by David Gordon) Buy Gordon's The Fall of the House of Paisley—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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James Stephens (Author) / Marta Ramon (Editor) The Birth of the Fenian Movement: American Diary, Brooklyn 1859 Birth of the Fenian Movement – James Stephens' American diary: Irish Democrat, August 31, 2009 (review by Peter Berresford Ellis and Roy Johnston) Buy Stephens' The Birth of the Fenian Movement—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Senia Paseta's Thomas Kettle Thomas Kettle (Life and Times): Irish Democrat, August 31, 2009 (review by Sally Richardson) Buy Paseta's Thomas Kettle—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Brian Hanley & Scott Millar's The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party Official IRA identified 'corporals' crowd for Brit spooks: Belfast Media, November 19, 2009 New book charts rise of the Official IRA in Derry: Derry Journal, November 20, 2009 Lost chance to write the Workers' Party history: Sunday Independent, November 8, 2009 (review by John-Paul McCarthy) Peeling back the truth about the stickies: Irish Independent, October 10, 2009 (review by Maurice Hayes) The story of the revolutionaries working inside RTE: The Sunday Times, August 30, 2009 (extract) The Lost Revolution The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party: Sunday Business Post, October 4, 2009 (review by Andrew Lynch) Taking the gun out of Irish politics: The Irish Times, September 19, 2009 (review by Deaglán de Bréadún) Buy Hanley & Millar's The Lost Revolution—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Bob Leach's Young Frank Hague and the Lucky Horseshoe: How a Neighborhood Forged a Political Boss New book details history of city's Irish: Jersey Journal, December 18, 2009 (review by Brendan T. Byrne) Buy Leach's Young Frank Hague and the Lucky Horseshoe—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Andrew Shields' The Irish Conservative Party, 1852-1868: Land, Politics and Religion The Irish Conservative Party: Irish Democrat, November 13, 2007 (review by Michael O'Sullivan) Buy Shields' The Irish Conservative Party, 1852-1868—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Conor Reidy's Ireland's 'Moral Hospital': The Irish Borstal System 1906-1956 Timely history of how borstal boy ended up getting 'Letterfrack treatment': The Irish Times, December 18, 2009 (review by Willa Murphy) Buy Reidy's Ireland's 'Moral Hospital'—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Simon Young's The Celtic Revolution The Celtic Revolution by Simon Young: The Guardian, December 19, 2009 (review by Ian Mortimer) Buy Young's The Celtic Revolution—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Kevin Kearns' The Bombing of Dublin's North Strand, 1941 Dublin's wartime night of Terror: Sunday Tribune, November 8, 2009 (by Valerie Shanley) 'It's difficult to convey how frightening it was': Sunday Tribune, November 8, 2009 (by Valerie Shanley) When destruction rained down: The Irish Times, October 17, 2009 (review by Catríona Crowe) Buy Kearns' The Bombing of Dublin's North Strand, 1941—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Marianne Elliott's When God Took Sides: Religion and Identity in Irish History: Unfinished History Myths, lies and half-truths which shaped religious identities examined: The Irish Times, November 24, 2009 (review by Patrick Geoghegan) Negative roots of the Irish religious divide: Sunday Business Post, October 25, 2009 (review by Diarmuid Ferriter) Buy Elliott's When God Took Sides—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Francis O'Neill's Chief O'Neill's Sketchy Recollections of an Eventful Life in Chicago The Chief Who Saved Irish Music: Irish Voice/IrishAbroad.com, January 12, 2008 (review by Cahir O'Doherty) Buy O'Neill's Chief O'Neill's Sketchy Recollections of an Eventful Life in Chicago—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Bruce Arnold's Irish Gulag The State in the dock for horror of the Church's gulag: Sunday Independent, November 1, 2009 (review by Ronan Farren) Buy Arnold's Irish Gulag—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Daniel Cassidy's How the Irish Invented Slang: The Secret Language of the Crossroads An Irishman's Diary – How the Irish Invented Slang: The Irish Times, March 13, 2009 (by Frank McNally) Death of Danny Cassidy: Irish Echo, October 15, 2008 (by Peter Quinn) How we gave the Yanks the gift of our gab: Irish Independent, December 4, 2007 (review by Ed Power) Humdinger of a Project – Tracing Slang to Ireland: New York Times, November 8, 2007 (by Corey Kilgannon) How the Irish invented American slang!: Derry Journal, August 7, 2007 Irish, and all that jazz: Belfast Telegraph, August 2, 2007 (by Eamonn McCann) Buy Cassidy's How the Irish Invented Slang—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Adrian Kerr & Jim Collins' Free Derry Corner A silent and powerful witness to troubled times: Derry Journal, November 16, 2009 (by Adrian Kerr) Book outlines claim of first to paint Free Derry slogan: Irish News, November 25, 2009 (by Seamus McKinney) Buy Kerr & Collins' Free Derry Corner—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Diarmaid Ferriter's Occasions of Sin: Sex and Society in Modern Ireland No sex, please – How Ireland took the ostrich position: Sunday Independent, October 25, 2009 (review by Dermot Bolger) Occasions of Sin by Diarmaid Ferriter: The Observer, October 11, 2009 (review by Fintan O'Toole) Occasions of Sin, By Diarmaid Ferriter: The Independent, October 2, 2009 (review by Patricia Craig) Lifting the lid on Irish sexuality: The Irish Times, September 26, 2009 (review by Ivana Bacik) Late Late ended a reign of silence: Sunday Independent, September 20, 2009 (review by Sarah Caden) The not so swinging Sixties: The Irish Times, September 15, 2009 (review by Diarmaid Ferriter) Whatever the priests may have said — Ireland was a country seething with sex: Irish Independent, September 12, 2009 (by Diarmaid Ferriter) Dissection of Irish sexuality doesn't stir the passions: Sunday Business Post, September 6, 2009 (review by Andrew Lynch) Occasions of Sin by Diarmaid Ferriter: The Guardian, September 12, 2009 (review by David Dwan) Buy Ferriter's Occasions of Sin—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Pauline McClenaghan (editor) Spirit of '68: Beyond the Barricades From a spark to a flame – 'Spirit of '68: Beyond the Barricades': Derry Journal, November 27, 2009 Buy McClenaghan's Spirit of '68—in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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John Turi's England's Greatest Spy Thinker, feiner, soldier ... Spy?: Irish Independent, November 28, 2009 (review by Tim Pat Coogan) 'De Valera was a British spy': Irish Independent, October 26, 2009 (by John Spain) Buy Turi's England's Greatest Spy—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Bertie Ahern's Autobiography Politics – Bertie Ahern and the Drumcondra Mafia: Sunday Tribune, October 11, 2009 (review by Roisin Shortall) Bertie Ahern – The Autobiography: The Sunday Times, October 25 (review by Edward King) Regrets, he's had a few . . .: The Irish Times, October 10, 2009(by Kathy Sheridan) Ahern can't stop selling us the same old story: Sunday Business Post, October 18, 2009 (by Vincent Browne) The Autobiography By Bertie Ahern: Sunday Tribune, October 18, 2009 (review by Diarmuid Doyle) Turning points for a taoiseach: The Irish Times, October 10, 2009 (by Mark Hennessy) Story of Bertie's life as seen through rose-tinted glasses pulls in the crowds: The Irish Times, October 9, 2009 (by Miriam Lord) Thrills and spills of Bertie's life: Irish Independent, October 9, 2009 (by Lise Hand) Mandelson brought to book in Ahern's autobiography: Belfast Telegraph, September 28, 2009 (by Victor Gordon) Ahern's devotion to politics cost him marriage: Irish Independent, October 5, 2009 (by John Spain) Revelations are personal rather than political: Irish Independent, October 5, 2009 (by John Spain) Whip hand: The Sunday Times, October 4, 2009 (extract) Trials of coalition: The Sunday Times, October 4, 2009 (extract) I had to quit to escape non-stop media attack: The Sunday Times, October 4, 2009 (extract) 'Laughter of Ian and Martin was soundtrack to new dawn': Irish News, October 6, 2009 Buy Ahern's Autobiography—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Eamon Maher & John Littleton (Editors) What Being a Catholic Means to Me Exploring what it means to be a Catholic in Ireland today: The Irish Times, November 17, 2009 (by Eamon Maher) Buy Maher & Littleton's What Being a Catholic Means to Me—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Henry McDonald's Gunsmoke and Mirrors Gunsmoke and Mirrors – How Sinn Fein Dressed up Defeat as Victory By Henry McDonald: Sunday Tribune, November 22, 2009 (review by Tom Widger) The Provos' big mistake: New Statesman, December 11, 2008 (review by Gary Kent) Tiocfaidh what after all that agony?: Irish Independent, November 29, 2008 (review by Maurice Hayes) Political three-card shuffle or surrender by republicans?: The News Letter, November 18, 2008 (by Liam Clarke) How the Provos 'sold out': Belfast Telegraph, November 19, 2008 (by Henry McDonald) How the US played a vital role to assist powersharing: The Observer, November 9, 2008 (extract) Buy McDonald's Gunsmoke and Mirrors—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Gerry Bradley & Brian Feeney's Insider: Life in the IRA The shadow of a gunman: Irish Independent, November 21, 2009 (review by Maurice Hayes) This is just my story ex-IRA man says amid memoir row: Irish News, October 2, 2009 I'm no Denis Donaldson, IRA book writer tells republicans: Irish News, October 2, 2009 (by Diana Rusk) We were selected to shoot Brian Faulkner – IRA man: Irish News, September 25, 2009 Ringland's life risked to thwart IRA killers: Irish News, September 26, 2009 (by Diana Rusk) Plan to kill high-profile officer ended in arrest: Irish News, September 26, 2009 (by Diana Rusk) RUC dad's agonising dilemma – Put son or operation at risk?: Irish News, September 26, 2009 (by Diana Rusk) Message in book for all dissidents: Irish News, September 26, 2009 (Editorial) Insider was ready to assassinate Brian Faulkner: Belfast Media, September 25, 2009 (by Alana Fearon) Plan to assassinate Faulkner 'would have changed history': Irish News, September 25, 2009 (by Diana Rusk) Newsagent shot dead in 1994 'was IRA adjutant': Irish News, September 25, 2009 (by Diana Rusk) Buy Bradley & Feeney's Insider—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Richard S. Grayson's Belfast Boys: How Unionists and Nationalists Fought and Died Together in the First World War The divided front of Belfast during World War I: Sunday Business Post, October 11, 2009 (review by Dermot Bolger) Belfast Boys – How Unionists And Nationalists Fought And Died Together In The First World War: Irish Post, September 2009 How 'boys' from Shankill and Falls fought for Britain: The News Letter, September 9, 2009 How unionists and nationalists fought side by side in the first World War: The Irish Times, September 4, 2009 (review by Oliver Fallon) Buy Grayson's Belfast Boys—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Risteard Mulcahy My Father, the General: Richard Mulchay and the Military History of the Revolution First Person: Sunday Business Post, November 9, 2009 (by Fiona Ness) Patriotism divided, the memories of a general: Sunday Independent, October 11, 2009 (review by Charles Lysaght) Appraisal of a forgotten general by a loyal son: Sunday Business Post, August 9, 2009 (review by John Burke) In the shadow 0f another gunman: Irish Independent, July 25, 2009 (review by John Bruton) The revolution's unsung hero: The Irish Times, July 25, 2009 (review by Michael Kennedy) Buy Mulcahy's My Father, the General—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Ryle Dwyer's Behind the Green Curtain Behind the Green Curtain – Ireland's Phoney Neutrality During World War II: Sunday Business Post, September 20, 2009 (review by Andrew Lynch) Buy Dwyer's Behind the Green Curtain—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Pat Leahy's Showtime: The Inside Story of Fianna Fáil in Power The cost of FF's cynical pursuit of power: The Irish Times, September 9, 2009 (review by Eamon Delaney) Buy Leahy's Showtime—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Marnie Hay's Bulmer Hobson and the Nationalist Movement in Twentieth-Century Ireland An Irishman's Diary – Bulmer Hobson: The Irish Times, August 10, 2009 (by Frank Bouchier-Hayes) Buy Hay's Bulmer Hobson—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Jordan Goodman's The Devil and Mr Casement: A Crime Against Humanity Defending dignity from the Congo to Peru: The Irish Times, October 17, 2009 (review by Mary E Daly) Buy Goodman's The Devil and Mr Casement—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Rory O'Dwyer's The Eucharistic Congress of Dublin 1932: An Illustrated History From the Eucharistic Congress to the lost world of Arranmore: The Irish Times, October 3, 2009 (review by Noeleen Dowling) Buy O'Dwyer's The Eucharistic Congress of Dublin 1932—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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James Silas Rogers & Matthew J. O'Brien (Editors) After The Flood: Irish America 1945-1960 (Irish Abroad) After the Flood – Irish-America 1945-1960: Sunday Tribune, October 4, 2009 (by Tom Widger) Buy Rogers & O'Brien's After The Flood—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Jonathan Bardon's A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes: Sunday Tribune, October 18, 2009 (by Tom Widger) Savoury morsels of Irish history: The Irish Times, January 3, 2009 (review by Toby Barnard) All of Irish history in 250 episodes: The Irish Times, November 7, 2008 (by Gerry Moriarty) Buy Bardon's A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Timothy Knatchbull's From a Clear Blue Sky 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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George Clarke's Border Crossing New book lifts lid on the IRA moles who worked with RUC and Garda dectectives: Sunday Life, October 11, 2009 (by David O'Dornan) Charles Haughey 'used RUC bugs to spy on political opponents': The Observer, October 11, 2009 (by Henry McDonald) IRA godfather 'sold out' Provo bombers to RUC: Sunday Independent, October 11, 2009 (by Maeve Sheehan) MI5 'planned to blow up Sinn Féin HQ': RTE, October 11, 2009 Buy Clarke's Border Crossing—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Dermot Keogh's Jack Lynch a Biography Jack Lynch – A Biography by Dermot Keogh,: Sunday Tribune, September 20, 2009 (review by Tom Widger) How Jack Lynch led the way: The Irish Times, November 8, 2008 (review by Bertie Ahern) Historian fails to make convincing case for Lynch's line on Arms Crisis: Irish Examiner, December 31, 2008 (review by Steven King) Masterful, but dense, portrait of Jack as linchpin: Sunday Tribune, December 7, 2008 (review by Shane Coleman) Buy Keogh's Jack Lynch—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Joseph E. A. Connell Dublin in Rebellion: A Directory 1913-1923 An Irishman's Diary: The Irish Times, June 12, 2009 (by Frank McNally) Buy Connell's Dublin in Rebellion: A Directory 1913-1923—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Olwen Purdue's The Big House in the North of Ireland: Land, Power and Social Elites 1878-1960 Fall of the landed class: Irish Examiner, July 27, 2009 Buy Purdue's The Big House in the North of Ireland—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Rogelio Alonso's The IRA and Armed Struggle Review – The IRA and Armed Struggle: Anarkismo.net, August 24, 2009 (review by Sean Matthews) The IRA and Armed Struggle: Irish Democrat, April 25, 2007 (review by Sean Carey) Buy Alonso's The IRA and Armed Struggle—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Ruth Dudley Edwards Aftermath: The Omagh Bombing and the Families' Pursuit of Justice Horror and resilience in Omagh: The Irish Times, August 19, 2009 (review by Richard English) Book review – Aftermath: The Scotsman, August 1, 2009 (review by Allan Massie) Factual – Aftermath: The Omagh Bombing and the Families' Pursuit of Justice: Sunday Tribune, August 9, 2009 (review by Suzanne Breen) Aftermath by Ruth Dudley Edwards: The Sunday Times, August 9, 2009 (review by Liam Clarke) Omagh – when the dust settled: Sunday Business Post, August 3, 2009 (review by John Burke) Aftermath, By Ruth Dudley Edwards: The Independent, July 24, 2009 (review by David McKittrick) After Omagh – the families who took on the bombers: Irish Independent, July 18, 2009 (interview with Dudley Edwards by John Spain) Face to face with evil – How the awesome courage of Omagh victims' families – and big hearts of Mail readers – led to victory: Daily Mail, June 17, 2009 (extract) Shameless betrayal – How Omagh victims were left to confront bombers themselves after Blair failed to deliver justice: Daily Mail, June 16, 2009 (extract) The Omagh bombing – I never realised how beautiful my son's eyes were until I saw his broken little body: Daily Mail, June 15, 2009 (extract) Day a car bomb brought carnage to a small town – The first extract from a new book about the Omagh tragedy: Daily Mail, June 13, 2009 (extract) Buy Dudley Edwards' Aftermath—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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R. M. Douglas Architects of the Resurrection: Ailtirí na hAiséirghe and the Fascist 'New Order' in Ireland How Ireland flirted with the Nazis: Sunday Business Post, August 9, 2009 (review by Andrew Lynch) Buy Douglas' Architects of the Resurrection—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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John Bew, Martyn Frampton, & Inigo Gurruchaga Talking to Terrorists: Making Peace in Northern Ireland and the Basque Country Peace, It's Wonderful: Weekly Standard, August 7, 2009 (review by Gary Schmitt) Talking to terrorists is dangerous: (from the Ulster News Letter, July 25, 2009, review by Jeff Dudgeon) Talking to terrorists – it's a messy mix of soft soap and hard power: Irish Examiner, May 27, 2009 (by Steven King) Talking to Terrorists: The Myths, Misconceptions and Misapplication of the Northern Ireland Peace Process: Jerusalem Viewpoints, August—September 2008 (by John Bew and Martyn Frampton) History of terrorism offers lessons on conflicts: Sunday Business Post, May 31, 2009 (review by Rory Miller) Buy Bew, Frampton & Gurruchaga's Talking to Terrorists—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Patricia Groves Petticoat Rebellion: The Anna Parnell Story Complex leader of the Ladies' Land League was more than just Parnell's sister: The Irish Times, August 5, 2009 (review by Anne Dolan) Petticoat Rebellion – The Anna Parnell: Sunday Tribune, July 19, 2009 (review by Tom Widger) Buy Groves' Petticoat Rebellion—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Ian Malcolm's Towards Inclusion: Protestants and the Irish Language Do Protestants really think the Irish language is not for them?: Belfast Telegraph, July 30, 2009 (by Ian Malcolm) Buy Malcolm's Towards Inclusion—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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John Pickering Drumcree Thousands throng to: The News Letter, May 18, 2009 (extract) Reverend unveils Drumcree book: The News Letter, May 15, 2009 Buy Pickering's Drumcree—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Anthony McIntyre's Good Friday: The Death of Irish Republicanism 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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