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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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