Laurence Fenton's The Young Ireland Rebellion and Limerick The cabbage plot rebels: Irish Examiner, August 21, 2010 (review by Ryle Dwyer) Buy Fenton's The Young Ireland Rebellion and Limerick—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Colin Barr's The European Culture Wars in Ireland: The Callan Schools Affair, 1868-81 Mental reservation used 'to lie to jury': The Irish Times, August 26, 2010 (by Michael Parsons) Buy Barr's The European Culture Wars in Ireland—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Otto Rauchbauer's Shane Leslie: Sublime Failure A cousin across the water: The Spectator, July 10, 2010 Leslie was a prisoner of his background: Sunday Independent, May 2, 2010 (review by Charles Lysaght) Buy Rauchbauer's Shane Leslie—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Noel Dorr's Ireland and the United Nations: Memories of the Early Years When Ireland bestrode the UN like a colossus: Sunday Independent, August 22, 2010 (review by Charles Lysaght) A frank account of ireland's UN affairs: Irish Independent, June 26, 2010 We can be proud of our efforts in foreign affairs: Irish Independent, May 29, 2010 (review of James Downey) Buy Dorr's Ireland and the United Nations—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 honours sacrifice of police: The News Letter, June 28, 2010 Buy Trotter's Constabulary Heroes 1826 - 2009—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Timothy Knatchbull's From a Clear Blue Sky 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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Brian Hanley & Scott Millar's The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party A painful truth: (from Fortnight Magazine, July/August 2010, review by Kevin Smyth) The Lost Revolution – The story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party, Brian Hanley and Scott Millar: The Irish Catholic, January 7, 2010 (review by Joe Carroll) 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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Darach MacDonald's Blood & Thunder: Inside an Ulster Protestant Band '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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Gerry Bradley & Brian Feeney's Insider: Life in the IRA Lurking misgivings: (from Fortnight Magazine, July/August 2010, review by Anthony McIntyre) 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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Owen Sheridan's Propaganda as Anti-history: Peter Hart's 'the IRA and Its Enemies ' Examined In memory of Peter Hart, honorary Irish man of history: Sunday Independent, July 25, 2010 (by Eoghan Harris) Newfoundland historian Peter Hart was an expert on the IRA: Toronto Globe and Mail, August 5, 2010 (by Joan Sullivan) 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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Joshua Levine's Beauty and Atrocity: People, Politics and Ireland's Fight for Peace The road out of the ruins; This exemplary survey gets into the mindsets of the people at the centre of the Troubles: (from the Sunday Times, July 18, 2010, review by Liam Clarke) Buy Levine's Beauty and Atrocity—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 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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Eamon Baker's Remembering: Our Shared Legacy from the First World War 'Remembering'- the city's involvement in World War I: Londonderry Sentinel, July 15, 2010 (by Eamon Sweeney) Remembering Derry's shared legacy from the 'Great' War: Derry Journal, November 20, 2009 Buy Baker's Remembering—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Niamh O'Sullivan's Aloysius O'Kelly: Art, Nation, Empire Art that forged the Irish consciousness: Sunday Business Post, July 4, 2010 (review by Emmanuel Kehoe) Buy O'Sullivan's Aloysius O'Kelly—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Niall O'Dowd's An Irish Voice Niall O'Dowd – an Irish voice: Galway Advertiser, June 30, 2010 (review by Kevin McGuire) Power of the spoken word: Irish Post, May 5, 2010 Emigrant who found his voice and spoke for others: Sunday Business Post, April 11, 2010 (review by Dermot Bolger<) Niall O'Dowd – "The Voice of Irish America": HuffingtonPost.com, March 15, 2010 (by Rory Fitzgerald) An Irish Voice By Niall O'Dowd (Mar 14): Sunday Tribune, March 14, 2010 (by Tom Widger) A stranger in both cultures: The Irish Times, March 6, 2010 (review by Anthony Glavin) Speech by An Taoiseach, Mr Brian Cowen TD, At the launch of An Irish Voice – Mr Niall O'Dowd's Autobiography, The Merrion Hotel, Dublin, Tuesday, 2nd March 2010: Taoiseach.gov.ie Diaspora role in peace process lauded: The Irish Times, March 3, 2010 (by Deaglán de Bréadún) From house painter to power-broker: Irish Independent, February 27, 2010 (review by Tim Pat Coogan) Clinton nearly gave up on North over IRA bomb: Irish Independent, February 23, 2010 (by John Spain) Buy O'Dowd's An Irish Voice—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Steve McDonogh's Barack Obama: The Road from Moneygall Obama is literally a black Protestant: Sunday Independent, June 27, 2010 (review by Eoghan Harris) Obama's tangled Irish roots: Sunday Business Post, June 13, 2010 (review by Andrew Lynch) Kerry author has tales of Obama: The Kingdom, June 10, 2010 (by Brendan McCarthy) Obama ancestors left Ireland after wig trade collapsed: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, May 30, 2010 (by Patrick Cooper) There's no one as Irish as Barack O'Bama: The Irish Times, May 29, 2010 (review by Patrick M Geoghegan) The long road from Moneygall: Irish Independent, May 29, 2010 (review by John Spain) Buy McDonogh's Barack Obama—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Noel Dorr's Ireland and the United Nations: Memories of the Early Years A cousin across the water: The Spectator, July 10, 2010 A frank account of ireland's UN affairs: Irish Independent, June 26, 2010 We can be proud of our efforts in foreign affairs: Irish Independent, May 29, 2010 (review of James Downey) Buy Dorr's Ireland and the United Nations—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Richard Moore Can I Give Him My Eyes? I forgive soldier who blinded me . . in fact, now we're quite a double act: The Scotsman, June 28, 2010 (by Claire Smith) I met the soldier who blinded me — but he never apologised: Irish Independent, July 8, 2009 (by Sue Leonard) Heroic tale of a child caught in crossfire who had the vision to forgive: The Irish Times, May 19, 2009 (review by Gemma Hussey) Buy Moore's Can I Give Him My Eyes?—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Tim Brannigan's Where Are You Really From?: Kola Kubes and Gelignite, Secrets and Lies - the true story of an extraordinary family On the outside looking in; An account of a black child raised by a white republican family in west Belfast provides a powerful study of identity and of the Troubles: (from the Sunday Times, review by Liam Clarke, June 6, 2010) Buy Brannigan's Where Are You Really From?—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Darach MacDonald's Blood & Thunder: Inside an Ulster Protestant Band Blood & Thunder – Inside an Ulster Protestant Band: Sunday Tribune, June 13, 2010 (review by Tom Widger) Buy MacDonald's Blood & Thunder—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Dave Hannigan's De Valera in America De Valera in America by Dave Hannigan: PopMatters.com, June 9, 2010 (review by John L. Murphy) Capturing the drama and controversy of de Valera's 1919 visit to the US: The Irish Times, November 25, 2008 (review by Anne Dolan) De Valera in America: Sunday Tribune, November 9, 2008 Dev feared US trip bad for image in Ireland: Irish News, October 29, 2008 (by Margaret Canning) The day the chief earned his feathers: Sunday Tribune, October 19, 2008 (extract) The Long Fellow goes to Hollywood: Sunday Tribune, October 19, 2008 (extract) De Valera's American Adventure: Sunday Tribune, October 19, 2008 (extract) Buy Hannigan's De Valera in America—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Laurence Fenton's The Young Ireland Rebellion and Limerick Drawing the dividing line: The Irish Times, June 4, 2010 (review by Deaglán de Bréadún) Buy Fenton's The Young Ireland Rebellion and Limerick—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Laurence Fenton's The Young Ireland Rebellion and Limerick The Young Ireland Rebellion and Limerick: Sunday Tribune, May 30, 2010 (review by Tom Widger) Buy Fenton's The Young Ireland Rebellion and Limerick—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 Duplicity and Deception - Policing the Twilight Zone of the Troubles By Alan Simpson: Sunday Tribune, May 23, 2010 (review by Tom Widger) The IRA victim was buried face down, so he could only dig himself in deeper...: Daily Mail, April 13, 2010 (extract) Book 'is not attack on RUC': The News Letter, April 8, 2010 Finucane detective 'could have caught killers': UTV Internet, April 7, 2010 Buy Simpson's Duplicity and Deception—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Sean McMahon's Battles Fought on Irish Soil: A Complete Account Accessible account of all major battles on Irish soil will have wide appeal: The Irish Times, May 19, 2010 (review by Patrick M Geoghegan) Buy McMahon's Battles Fought on Irish Soil—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Aideen Carroll's Sean Moylan: Rebel Leader Rebel with a cause: Irish Examiner, May 15, 2010 (review by Ryle Dwyer) An Irishwoman's Diary – Seán Moylan: The Irish Times, May 13, 2010 (by Aideen Carroll) Buy Carroll's Sean Moylan—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Frances Stonor Saunders' The Woman Who Shot Mussolini The Woman Who Shot Mussolini: Financial Times, April 5, 2010 (review by Tony Barber) The deb who shot Mussolini: How aristocrat's daughter came close to killing Il Duce: Daily Mail, April 1, 2010 (review by Annabel Venning) The Woman Who Shot Mussolini by Frances Stonor Saunders: The Observer, March 28, 2010 (review by Ian Thomson) Book review – The Woman Who Shot Mussolini: The Scotsman, March 22, 2010 (review by Lee Randall) The Woman Who Shot Mussolini, By Frances Stonor Saunders: The Independent, March 12, 2010 (review by Peter Popham) The Woman Who Shot Mussolini by Frances Stonor Saunders: The Sunday Times, February 28, 2010 (review by John Carey) The Woman Who Shot Mussolini by Frances Stonor Saunders – review: Daily Telegraph, February 26, 2010 (review by Freya Johnston) The high price of a pot shot: The Irish Times, February 20, 2010 (review by John McCourt) The forgotten shot at Mussolini: Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 27, 2010 (review by Michael J. Bonafield) Buy Saunders' The Woman Who Shot Mussolini—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Brendan McGowan's Taking the Boat: The Irish in Leeds, 1931-81: An Oral History Taking The Boat – The Irish In Leeds, 1931-81 — An Oral History: Irish Post, May 5, 2010 (by Brendan McGowan) Buy McGowan's Taking the Boat—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Noel Dorr's Ireland and the United Nations: Memories of the Early Years Thoughtful memoir recalling the conviction and challenges on joining the UN: The Irish Times, May 10, 2010 (review by Deirdre McMahon) Buy Dorr's Ireland and the United Nations—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 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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Clair Wills's Dublin 1916: The Siege of the GPO Dublin 1916 – The Siege of the GPO by Clair Wills: Sunday Tribune, May 9, 2010 (review by Tom Widger) Dissecting a symbol of 1916: Sunday Business Post, April 26, 2009 (review by Gerald Dawe) Dublin 1916 – The Siege Of The GPO: Sunday Tribune, April 26, 2009 (review by Trevor Royle) Extract from Dublin 1916: The Siege of the GPO: The Irish Times, April 4, 2009 Easter 1916 – myths, lies and newsreels: Irish Independent, April 11, 2009 (review by Maurice Hayes) 1916 and all that: The Guardian, April 11, 2009 (review by Roy Foster) The GPO and the Rising revisited: The Irish Times, April 4, 2009 (review by Mary E Daly) Buy Wills' Dublin 1916—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Sean McMahon's The Belfast Blitz: Luftwaffe Raids on Northern Ireland, 1941 Belfast at war: Belfast Telegraph, May 6, 2010 (by Sean McMahon) The night Pennyburn burned: Derry Journal, April 16, 2010 Buy McMahon's The Belfast Blitz—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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James Moran's Irish Birmingham: A History Irish Birmingham – A History: Irish Post, May 5, 2010 (by James Moran) From Birmingham to Capri: The Irish Times, April 24, 2010 (review by Noeleen Dowling) Buy Moran's Irish Birmingham: A History—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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R V Comerford's Outside the Glow: Protestants and Irishness in Independent Ireland Minority report: The Irish Times, April 10, 2010 (review by Richard English) Protestants 'excluded from Irishness', book finds: The Irish Times, March 8, 2010 (by Alison Healy) 'My religion does not define me': Irish Independent, March 6, 2010 (by Deirdre Reynolds) What we really think of our Protestant neighbours: Irish Independent, March 6, 2010 (review by John Spain) Buy Comerford's Outside the Glow—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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David Gordon's The Fall of the House of Paisley The Fall of the House of Paisley: Sunday Tribune, April 25, 2010 (review by Tom Widger) 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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Sharon Driedger's An Irish Heart: How A Small Immigrant Community Shaped Canada These Irish eyes are happy: Toronto Globe and Mail, March 11, 2010 (review by John Doyle) Canada's Irish made their mark: Montreal Gazette, March 13, 2010 (review by Peggy Curran) Buy Driedger's An Irish Heart—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Marie Coleman's The Irish Sweep: A History of the Irish Hospitals Sweepstake, 1930-87 The Irish Sweep – A history of the Irish Hospitals Sweepstake 1930-87: Irish Catholic, April 1, 2010 (review by Tony Farmar) Buy Coleman's The Irish Sweep—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Fearghal McGarry's The Rising: Easter 1916 The Easter Rising, woven now from oral histories: Boston Globe, April 23, 2010 (review by Michael Kenney) Lucid grassroots account of 1916 Rising explores participants' statements: The Irish Times, February 5, 2010 (review by Mary E Daly) Buy McGarry's The Rising: Easter 1916—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Vincent E. Feeney's Finnigans, Slaters, and Stonepeggers: A History of the Irish in Vermont Irish in Vermont a story that 'needed to be told': Bennington Banner, April 9, 2010 (by Mark E. Rondeau) Buy Feeney's Finnigans, Slaters, and Stonepeggers—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Alan Parkinson's 1972 and the Ulster Troubles: A Very Bad Year Book looks at impact of Bloody Sunday: Derry Journal, April 12, 2010 Buy Parkinson's 1972 and the Ulster Troubles—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 James Quinn's Irish dictionary highlights history's Celtic quacks: Toronto Globe and Mail, April 11, 2010 (by Sarah Hampson) The ABC of the Irish: The Irish Times, February 27, 2010 (review by Catriona Crowe) Epic achievement lays milestone for Irish scholarship: Sunday Independent, February 14, 2010 (review by Charles Lysaght) Award for reference book on Irish people: The Irish Times, February 6, 2010 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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Tim Fanning's The Fethard-on-Sea Boycott One woman, two children and a town torn in two by religion: Belfast Telegraph, April 1, 2010 (review by Tim Fanning) Power, parish and proscription: The Irish Times, March 13, 2009 (review by Roy Foster) Buy Fanning's The Fethard-on-Sea Boycott—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Danny Conlon & Alan Barter's Great Irish Heroes: Michael Collins, Billy The Kid, Teddy Roosevelt, Ned Kelly: Fifty True Stories of Irish Men and Women Who Changed the World Great Irish Heroes by Danny Conlon and Alan Barter. John Blake Publishing; £7.99: Irish Examiner, March 31, 2010 (review by Donal Musgrave) Buy Conlon & Barter's Great Irish Heroes—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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C. J. Woods' Travellers' Accounts as Source Material for Irish Historians An ample window into how others saw us: The Irish Times, March 12, 2010 (review by Alan O'Riordan) Buy Woods' Travellers' Accounts as Source Material for Irish Historians—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Richard Killeen's A Short History of Dublin A Short History of Dublin by Richard Killeen (Mar 21): Sunday Tribune, March 21, 2010 (review by Tom Widger) Buy Killeen's A Short History of Dublin—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 Dirty Irish Gaelic words litter New York City slang: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, March 24, 2010 (by Brendan Patrick Keane) 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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David Valone's Ireland's Great Hunger, Volume 2: Relief, Representation, and Remembrance Quinnipiac Professor Writes Book On Ireland's Great Hunger: Hartford Courant, March 8, 2010 (by Jamie DeLoma) Buy Valone's Ireland's Great Hunger, Volume 2—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Ian S. Wood's Britain, Ireland and the Second World War Churchill had plan to invade 'Nazi' Ireland: The Sunday Times, March 21, 2010 (by Marcus Horne) Buy Wood's Britain, Ireland and the Second World War—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Michael Moriarty's An Irish Soldier's Diaries: From Ennis to Angola with the Irish Army An Irish Soldier's Diaries: Irish Examiner, March 13, 2010 (review by Donal Musgrave) Buy Moriarty's An Irish Soldier's Diaries—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Don Mullan Speaking Truth to Power: The Donal de Roiste Affair Time to clear the name of this soldier of bad fortune: Sunday Independent, March 14, 2010 (by Eoghan Harris) Buy Mullan's Speaking Truth to Power—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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James Stephens {edited by Marta Ramon} The Birth of the Fenian Movement: American Diary, Brooklyn 1859 Sir Walter Ralegh in Ireland. The Birth of the Fenian Movement – American Diary Brooklyn 1859.: Irish Catholic, February 25, 2010 (review by Peter Costello) 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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James S. Donnelly's Captain Rock: The Irish Agrarian Rebellion of 1821-1824 Captain Rock – The Irish Agrarian Rebellion of 1821-1824: Irish Examiner, March 8, 2010 (review by Stephen Cadogan) Captain Rock and a hard place: The Irish Times, February 13, 2010 (review by Fintan O'Toole) Buy Donnelly's Captain Rock—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Ken Douglas' The Downfall of the Spanish Armada in Ireland Seafaring history of wrong men at the helm: The Irish Times, March 1, 2010 (review by Patrick M Geoghegan) Buy Douglas' The Downfall of the Spanish Armada in Ireland—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Kevin McCarthy's Gold, Silver and Green: The Irish Olympic Journey, 1896-1924 Sports History – Gold, Silver and Green: The Irish Olympic Journey 1896-1924: Sunday Tribune, February 28, 2010 (review by Gerard Siggins) Buy McCarthy's Gold, Silver and Green—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Jean Lombard's An Irish Woman in Czarist Russia An Irish Woman in Czarist Russia: Irish Examiner, February 27, 2010 (review by Peter Levy) Buy Lombard's An Irish Woman in Czarist Russia—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Christopher Morash's A History of the Media in Ireland Island at the centre of a media revolution (Feb 21): Sunday Business Post, February 21, 2010 (review by Andrew Lynch) 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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Kevin Kearns' The Bombing of Dublin's North Strand, 1941 Night death rained down (Feb 21): Sunday Independent, February 21, 2010 (review by Dermot Bolger) 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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Jordan Goodman's The Devil and Mr. Casement: One Man's Battle for Human Rights in South America's Heart of Darkness Teller of Amazon slavery moved to a fateful choice: Boston Globe, February 16, 2010 (review by Rob Verger) Buy Goodman's The Devil and Mr. Casement—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 – Ailtirí na hAiséirghe and the fascist 'new order' in Ireland – And some useful questions raised about democracy in Ireland in the early 20th century: Cedar Lounge Revolution, September 10, 2009 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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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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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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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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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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