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Jim Maher's The Oath is Dead and Gone

  1. Triumph and tragedy the legacy of controversial oath of allegiance: Irish Examiner, February 4, 2012 (review by Ryle Dwyer)
  2. A turbulent time in Irish history exposed by Jim Maher: Kilkenny People, November 21, 2011
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Ryan Tubridy's JFK in Ireland: Four Days that Changed a President

  1. Tubridy book completes its own circle: Irish Echo, March 28, 2012
  2. New books recall JFK's trip to Ireland and best New England crime stories of 2011: Boston Globe, January 8, 2012 (review by Jan Gardner)
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Neil Hegarty's Story of Ireland

  1. "The Story of Ireland – A History of the Irish People" by Neil Hegarty: Washington Post, March 12, 2012 (review by Jonathan Yardley)
  2. Lost on the way home – The Story of Ireland: Belfast Telegraph, March 9, 2011 (review by Diarmaid Ferriter)
  3. An impressive sweep of centuries of Irish history: Sunday Independent, March 6, 2011 (review by Eamon Delaney)
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Kevin Rafter's Irish Journalism before Independence: More a Disease than a Profession

  1. An insurrection in print: The Irish Times, January 7, 2012 (review by Luke Gibbons)
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Lee Smithey's Unionists, Loyalists, and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland (Studies in Strategic Peacebuilding)

  1. Unionists, Loyalists, and Conflict Transformation. A book about how things are changing.: SluggerOToole.com, March 12, 2012
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John D. Brewer, Gareth I. Higgins & Francis Teeney's Religion, Civil Society, and Peace in Northern Ireland

  1. Untold story is finally told: Belfast Media, January 3, 2012 (by Francesca Ryan)
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Colm Keena's Bertie: Power and Money

  1. True tale of the Teflon taoiseach: The Irish Times, October 29, 2011 (review by Olivia O'Leary)
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Richard Wilson's Inside the Divide: One City, Two Teams ... The Old Firm

  1. Inside the Divide – One City, Two Teams... The Old Frm by Richard Wilson: The Observer, January 8, 2012 (review by Kevin McKenna)
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Peter Hain's Outside In

  1. Hain reveals his tactics at the heart of peace process: The News Letter, January 23, 2012
  2. Outside In by Peter Hain – review: Guardian.co.uk, January 26, 2012 (review by John Kampfner)
  3. Agreement with Adams over release of bomber: The News Letter, January 23, 2012
  4. Peter Hain's Outside In – power, politics – and some praise: BBC, January 23, 2012 (review by David Cornock)
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Paddy O'Hanlon's End of Term Report

  1. Mullaghbawn man's autobiography reveals truth behind Good Friday Agreement: The Cross Examiner, October 25, 2011 (review by Brónagh Murphy)
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Padraig Og O Ruairc's Revolution – A Photographic history of Revolutionary Ireland, 1913-1923

  1. Revolution – A Photographic history of Revolutionary Ireland, 1913-1923: Pue's Occurrences, November 9, 2011 (review by Orla Fitzpatrick)
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Martyn Frampton's Legion of the Rearguard: Dissident Irish Republicanism

  1. Legion of the Rearguard – Dissident Irish Republicanism by Martyn Frampton, Book Review: SluggerOToole.com, November 8, 2011 (review by Gladys Ganiel)
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Jonathan Bardon's Plantation of Ulster

  1. How the plantations sowed their bitter seeds: Irish Independent, January 14, 2011 (review by Maurice Hayes)
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Tim McGrath's John Barry: An American Hero in the Age of Sail

  1. John Barry-An American Hero in the Age of Sail by Tim McGrath: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, July 12, 2011 (by Bill Kelly)
  2. His Brother's Keeper – Commodore John Barry, Father of the American Navy: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, March 10, 2011 (by Tim McGrath)
  3. The Revolutionary War's Other Naval Hero: Wall Street Journal, June 5, 2010 (review by Aram Bakshian)
  4. An American hero time forgot: Philadelphia Inquirer, July 18, 2010 (review by Edward Colimore)
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Bryce Evans' Sean Lemass – Democratic Dictator

  1. The root of Fianna Fáil cronyism: Irish Examiner, December 31, 2011 (review by Karen Funnell)
  2. Sean Lemass – Democratic Dictator by Bryce Evans: Sunday Independent, September 18, 2011 (review by Eamon Delaney)
  3. Saint or sinner?: The Irish Times, October 1, 2011 (review by Harry McGee)
  4. Lemass's ruthless streak laid bare: Sunday Business Post, September 25, 2011 (review by Dermot Bolger)
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James W. McAuley, Jonathan Tonge & Andrew Mycock's Loyal to the Core?: Orangeism and Britishness in Northern Ireland

  1. Order poll on Catholic 'IRA sympathy': UTV Internet, November 22, 2011
  2. New book reveals what Orange Order really thinks: The News Letter, November 21, 2011
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Liam Carson's Call Mother A Lonely field

  1. Review – Call Mother a Lonely Field by Liam Carson: Irish Independent
  2. Call Mother a Lonely Field: Irish Examiner, May 1, 2010 (review by Dan McCarthy)
  3. The healing rivers beneath the fourth green field: Sunday Independent, March 7, 2010 (by Eoghan Harris)
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Edward Daly's A Troubled See: Memoirs of a Derry Bishop

  1. Daly's insight into the enduring power of Christian life: Belfast Telegraph, December 4, 2011
  2. Daly takes fellow bishops to task: National Catholic Register, November 28, 2011 (review by Desmond Fisher)
  3. Bishop Daly book bound for the USA: Derry Journal, November 13, 2011
  4. Why there's more to Bishop Daly than the celibacy row: Belfast Telegraph, September 22, 2011 (by Alf McCreary)
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Michael Kerr's The Destructors: The Story of Northern Ireland's Lost Peace Process

  1. The Destructors – The Story of Northern Ireland's Lost Peace Process: LSE.ac.uk, November 27, 2011 (review by Bill Kissane)
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Noel Whelan's Fianna Fáil: A Biography of the Party

  1. Fianna Fáil – the life and role of the party: The Irish Times, December 10, 2011 (review by John Bowman)
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Ruan O'Donnell's Special Category: The IRA in English Prisons, Vol. 1: 1968-1978

  1. 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)
  2. Book casts new light on Ireland's dark past: Sydney Morning Herald, November 26, 2011 (review by Karen Kissane)
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Garret Fitzgerald's Just Garret: Tales from the Political Front Line

  1. Biography – Just Garret by Garret Fitzgerald: Irish Independent, November 19, 2011 (review by Ewan MacKenna)
  2. FitzGerald's political strife and family life: The Irish Times, October 22, 2011 (review by Patrick Honohan)
  3. How Irish suburbia became focus of Soviet spy network: Sunday Independent, December 19, 2010 (by Liam Collins)
  4. What a life: The Irish Times, December 18, 2010 (by Olivia O'Leary)
  5. Time for Garret to start a new chapter: Irish Independent, December 18, 2010 (by John Cooney)
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David C Burt & Craig L Barry's Supplier to the Confederacy: Peter Tait & Co, Limerick

  1. Supplier to the Confederacy, Peter Tait & Co, Limerick: Irish in the American Civil War, October 3, 2011 (review by Damian Shiels)
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Fr Sean McManus' My American Struggle for Justice in Northern Ireland

  1. Living in America, ending injustice in Ireland: RealChangeNews.org, October 26, 2011 (review by Joe Martin)
  2. McManus book for Woodlawn launch: Irish Echo, September 28, 2011
  3. A landmark book that leaves readers wanting more: Irish Echo, August 4, 2011
  4. The joys of, eh, Latvian democracy: Irish Echo, July 27, 2011 (scroll down)
  5. 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)
  6. Fr. Mc Manus to address NY Convention: Irish World, July 6, 2011
  7. Large turn out for McManus book launch: Irish Echo, June 29, 2011
  8. Together again on Capitol Hill: Irish World, June 16, 2011
  9. Righteously right in Irish America: The Irish Times, May 21, 2011 (review by Richard English)
  10. McManus launches his memoirs in D.C.: Irish Echo, May 4, 2011
  11. Opposition to Irish justice in DC was – Irish!: Belfast Media, April 14, 2011 (by Gráinne McWilliams)
  12. Ireland's not-so-silent witness in the United States: Impartial Reporter, March 31, 2011 (by Sarah Saunderson)
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Anthony McIntyre's Good Friday: The Death of Irish Republicanism

  1. "Good Friday. The death of Irish Republicanism" by Anthony McIntyre – a review: SluggerOToole.com
  2. Days Like These…: Verbal Magazine, Issue 22 (review by Sam Millar)
  3. Death of the dream?: Tribune Magazine (UK), November 26, 2008 (review by John Coulter)
  4. Political three-card shuffle or surrender by republicans?: The News Letter, November 18, 2008 (by Liam Clarke)
  5. Blanket dissent in the ranks: The Irish Times, November 8, 2008 (by Gerry Moriarty)
  6. The new Good Book for all Unionists: (from the Irish Daily Star, November 10, 2008, by John Coulter)
  7. A peace of their minds: Boston Globe, November 6, 2008 (by Kevin Cullen)
  8. Why the IRA lost its long and futile battle: The Sunday Times, August 10, 2008 (by Liam Clarke)
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David Vance's Unionism Decayed: 1997 – 2007

  1. "Unionism Decayed 1997-2007" by David Vance – book review: SluggerOToole.com, November 13, 2011
  2. Dissenter of attention: Sunday Tribune, August 31, 2008 (by Suzanne Breen)
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Cormac O'Malley (Editor) Broken Landscapes: Selected Letters of Ernie O’Malley

  1. Portrait of a revolutionary afterlife: The Irish Times, November 12, 2011 (review by Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid)
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Francis A. Boyle's United Ireland, Human Rights and International Law

  1. Francis A. Boyle's United Ireland, Human Rights and International Law: Salem (OR) News, October 31, 2011
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Kevin Myers's Watching the Door: A Memoir 1971-1978

  1. Kevin Myers' 'Watching the Door': SluggerOToole.com, November 3, 2011 (review by John L Murphy)
  2. Watching the Door: The Observer, March 1, 2009 (review by Robert McCrum)
  3. Watching the Door – Cheating Death in 1970s Belfast: The Observer, February 22, 2009 (review by Ian Pindar)
  4. Testimonies from the Troubles: The Observer, May 27, 2008 (by Andrew Anthony)
  5. Guns and girls: The Guardian, April 19, 2008 (review by Chris Petit)
  6. Watching the Door, by Kevin Myers – Staying alive in Belfast's dark age: The Independent, March 7, 2008 (review by Patricia Craig)
  7. Watching The Door – Cheating Death In 1970s Belfast, by Kevin Myers: The Times, March 22, 2008 (review by Andrew Mueller)
  8. A tale of the Troubles: Daily Telegraph, March 29, 2008 (review by Melanie McDonagh)
  9. Here comes trouble: New Statesman, March 27, 2008 (review by Jean Hannah Edelstein)
  10. Sex, guns and the IRA: The Independent, March 8, 2008 (extract)
  11. Bullies, bigots murderers: Daily Mail, March 14, 2008 (review by Goeffrey Wheatcroft)
  12. We need to talk about Kevin: Sunday Independent, November 26, 2006 (by Ciara Dwyer)
  13. Myered in the Troubles: (from the Irish News, November 11, 2006, by Luke Ryan)
  14. Myers brings a light touch to dark times: Sunday Business Post, November 12, 2006 (review by Eibhir Mulqueen)
  15. Strange bedfellows: Sunday Life, November 5, 2006 (by Ciaran McGuigan)
  16. So much more than an Irishman's diary: Sunday Tribune, November 5, 2006 (review by Terry Prone)
  17. Man of war: Village, October 26, 2006 (by Justine McCarthy)
  18. Myers' bedroom exploits make rattling good read: Sunday Business Post, October 29, 2006 (review by Pat Leahy)
  19. 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)
  20. Caught between the devils and the IRA: The Sunday Times, October 22, 2006 (extract)
  21. Girls and guns in Belfast: The Sunday Times, October 15, 2006 (extract)
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Padraig Yeates' A City in Wartime: Dublin 1914-18

  1. Dublin divided: The Irish Times, September 24, 2011 (review by Dermot Bolger)
  2. Victory, cheers and tears: Irish Independent, September 10, 2011
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David Beresford's Ten Men Dead: The Story of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike

  1. Oppression is worse than slaughter: San Francisco Bay View, October 12, 2011 (by Eugene Thomas)
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Tim Robinson's Connemara: A Little Gaelic Kingdom

  1. Connemara – A Little Gaelic Kingdom by Tim Robinson: The Scotsman, October 9, 2011 (review by Tim Robinson)
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Ciara Breathnach's Framing the West: Images of Rural Ireland, 1891-1920

  1. Framing the West: Irish Democrat, January 23, 2009 (review by Peter Mulligan)
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John Wilsey's The Ulster Tales: A Tribute to Those Who Served 1969-2000

  1. Ex-army chief reveals true Troubles lives: The News Letter, July 19, 2011
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Philip Orr's New Perspectives: Politics, Religion and Conflict in Mid-Antrim 1911 – 1914

  1. Home rule book is launched at Braid: Ballymena Times, September 21, 2011
  2. A town on the brink of revolution ...: Ballymena Times, August 31, 2011
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Teddy Jamieson's Whose Side Are You On?: Sport, The Troubles and Me

  1. Booze, fags and death threats – How the Troubles made the Northern Irish such good sports: Daily Mail, September 23, 2011 (review by John Preston)
  2. Sport, the Troubles and the ties that bind: The Herald, September 26, 2011 (by Teddy Jamieson)
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D M Leeson's The Black and Tans: British Police and Auxiliaries in the Irish War of Independence, 1920-1

  1. Black and Tans story is not so black and white: Irish Independent, September 17, 2011 (John Spain)
  2. Come out, ye Black and Tans: The Irish Times, August 27, 2011 (review by Eunan O'Halpin)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
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Fearghal McGarry's Rebels: Voices from the Easter Rising

  1. Easter 1916, remembered by the people who were there: The Irish Times, September 17, 2011 (review by Mary E Daly)
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Katy Hayward & Catherine O'Donnell (Editors) Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution: Debating Peace in Northern Ireland

  1. 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)
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Caoimhe Nic Dhaibheid's Sean MacBride: A Republican Life, 1904-1946

  1. Who was the real Seán MacBride?: The Irish Times, August 20, 2011 (review by Roy Foster)
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Richard O'Rawe's Afterlives: The Hunger Strike and the Secret Offer That Changed Irish History

  1. Taking SF on..and winning!: (from the Sunday World, November 21, 2011, review by Hugh Jordan)
  2. Follow-up is one man's quest to prove he is right: (from the Irish News, November 1, 2010 review by Allison Morris)
  3. Me and You and a Dog Named Boo: ThePensiveQuill.am, November 10, 2010 (review by Anthony McIntyre)
  4. Adams starved hunger strikers of the truth: Belfast Telegraph, December 30, 2010 (by Richard O'Rawe)
  5. Bradley, O'Rawe frozen out for breaking ranks: (from the Sunday Times, October 31, 2011, by Liam Clarke)
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Bill Rolston's Children of the Revolution: The Lives of Sons and Daughters of Activists in Northern Ireland

  1. Untold stories of the 'Troubles': Derry Journal, August 12, 2011 (review by Eamon Baker)
  2. Children of the Revolution – a book from the heart of the Troubles: BBC, July 23, 2011 (by Claire Brennan)
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Tommy McKearney's The Provisional IRA: From Insurrection to Parliament

  1. Union is secure, says ex-IRA man: The News Letter, August 14, 2011
  2. Hunger striker to launch book at town hotel: Tyrone Times, July 28, 2011
  3. IRA hunger striker's new insight on Provos: Derry Journal, August 5, 2011
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May Moran's Executed for Ireland: The Patrick Moran Story

  1. Niece's Biography Brings Pathos To 'Patrick Moran Story': TheWildGeese.com, July 11, 2011 (review by Kieron C. Punch)
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Gerard Murphy's The Year of Disappearances: Political Killings in Cork, 1920-1921

  1. The Irish killing fields: Irish Independent, July 9, 2011 (review by Declan Cashin)
  2. Author owns up to errors in IRA Cork deaths book: Sunday Tribune, January 16, 2011 (by John Downes)
  3. Rumour, gossip and coincidence: The Irish Times, December 11, 2010 (review by Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid)
  4. 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
  5. The IRA campaign in Cork against Protestants and non-republicans was on a truly vast scale: Irish Independent, November 12, 2010 (by Kevin Myers)
  6. Historical detective trail reveals 'ethnic cleansing' by IRA in Cork: Sunday Independent, November 7, 2010 (review by John-Paul McCarthy)
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Ann Matthews' Renegades: Irish Republican Women 1900-1922

  1. Dubliner explores the women of Ireland's independence struggle: Irish Emigrant, July 11, 2011 (review by Brian Donohue)
  2. A women's movement: Irish Examiner, March 12, 2011 (review by Ryle Dwyer)
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Brendon Colvert's On My Honour: One Man's Lifelong Struggle to Clear His Name

  1. IRA duped Garda over dismissal, says author: The Irish Times, June 23, 2011 (by Barry Roche)
  2. Book on 1928 dismissal of garda published: The Irish Times, June 24, 2011 (by Kitty Holland)
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John Wilsey's The Ulster Tales: A Tribute to Those Who Served 1969-2000

  1. Fighting talk from Ulster's frontline: Daily Mail, June 24, 2011 (by Philip Jacobson)
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Ciara Meehan's The Cosgrave Party: A History of Cumann na nGaedheal, 1923-1933

  1. The Cosgrave Party – A History of Cumann na nGaedheal 1923-33 by Ciara Meehan: Sunday Independent, April 24, 2011 (review by John-Paul McCarthy)
  2. Party that self betrayed: Irish Examiner, June 4, 2011 (review by Ryle Dwyer)
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Adam Broomberg's People in Trouble Laughing Pushed to the Ground

  1. Turning photojournalism upside down: Guardian.co.uk, April 19, 2011 (by Sean O'Hagan)
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Kevin Rafter's Democratic Left: The Life and Death of an Irish Political Party

  1. How the Left was eventually won: Sunday Independent, April 10, 2011 (review by Eamon Delaney)
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Conor Mcmorrow's Dail Stars from Croke Park to Leinster House

  1. 'My commitment to the IRA took precedence over my football career': Sunday Tribune, October 24, 2010 (extract)
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Mary Kenny's Crown and Shamrock: Love and Hate Between Ireland and the British Monarchy

  1. Irish eyes might smile at last on the Queen: Daily Telegraph, May 2, 2011 (review by Charles Moore)
  2. 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)
  3. Edward VII – deathbed convert to Catholicis: Telegraph.co.uk, September 29, 2009 (by Christopher Howse)
  4. Anglo-Irish relations get the royal treatment: Sunday Business Post, October 11, 2009 (review by Andrew Lynch)
  5. Crown and Shamrock by Mary Kenny – review: Daily Telegraph, November 21, 2009 (review by Anthony Howard)
  6. The Republic of Ireland's secret love affair with Queen Elizabeth: Belfast Telegraph, October 6, 2009 (extract)
  7. Dealt a fair royal hand?: The Irish Times, September 26, 2009 (review by Jonathan Bardon)
  8. God save Ireland's love for the royals: Irish Independent, September 12, 2009 (by Bruce Arnold)
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Catriona Crowe, Ronan Fanning, Michael Kennedy, Dermot Keogh, Eunan O'Halpin (Editors) Documents on Irish Foreign Policy: 1941 to 1945

  1. Our window on the world: Irish Examiner, March 26, 2011
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Alan Simpson's Duplicity and Deception: Policing the Twilight Zone of the Troubles

  1. Giving CID A Snow Job: (from Fortnight Magazine, December 2010, review by Anthony McIntyre)
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Caitriona Foley's The Last Irish Plague: The Great Flu Epidemic in Ireland 1918-19

  1. A most malign malady: The Irish Times, March 12, 2011
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Darach MacDonald's Blood & Thunder: Inside an Ulster Protestant Band

  1. Banging the drum: Irish Examiner, March 26, 2011
  2. January, February, March, March, March: The Irish Times, September 18, 2010 (review by Gerry Moriarty)
  3. 'Blood and Thunder': Londonderry Sentinel, August 12, 2010 (by Eamon Sweeney)
  4. Author goes inside 'Blood and Thunder' flute band: Derry Journal, August 10, 2010
  5. Band tradition 'is in DNA of Protestants': The News Letter, July 2, 2010 (by Darach MacDonald)
  6. This is the drum of a Blood and Thunder loyalist band: Belfast Telegraph, July 1, 2010 (by Darach MacDonald)
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Donal Donnelly's Prisoner 1082: Escape From Crumlin Road, Europe's Alcatraz

  1. 'Prisoner 1082' a Taut Narrative of IRA Man's Escape in 1960: TheWildGeese.com, March 23, 2011 (review by Kieron C. Punch)
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Charlie Connelly's Our Man in Hibernia: Ireland, the Irish and Me

  1. Bringing it all back home: The Irish Times, September 25, 2010
  2. Our Man in Hibernia – Ireland, the Irish and Me: Sunday Tribune, October 10, 2010 (review by Tom Widger)
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Sean Farren's The SDLP: The Struggle for Agreement in Northern Ireland, 1970-2000

  1. What might have been: (from Fortnight Magazine, December 2010/January 2011, review by Alan McFarland)
  2. Rocky road to peace: The Irish Times, November 13, 2010 (review by Conor O'Clery)
  3. Putting peace before party: Irish Independent, November 6, 2010
  4. SDLP formed thin line of defence, says Currie: The Irish Times, October 20, 2010 (by Deaglán de Bréadún)
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Alison Walsh's Hugh O'Flaherty: His Wartime Adventures

  1. The priest who outfoxed the Nazis: The Irish Times, March 4, 2011 (by Stephen Walker)
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John T. Ridge's Celebrating 250 Years of the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade

  1. 'Celebrating 250 Years' Brings Parade to Life: TheWildGeese.com, March 16, 2011 (review by Liam Murphy)
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Noel Ignatiev's How the Irish Became White

  1. A mid-1800s misstep for U.S. Irish: SDCityTimes.com, March 8, 2011 (review by Shane Finneran)
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Timothy Knatchbull's From a Clear Blue Sky

  1. Book by Mountbatten bomb survivor wins award: The Irish Times, March 11, 2011 (by Gerry Moriarty)
  2. Out now in paperback: Daily Mail, August 13, 2010 (review by Harry Ritchie)
  3. From the clear blue sky comes a compelling account of survival: Irish Independent, August 9, 2010 (by Maurice Hayes)
  4. From a Clear Blue Sky: Surviving the Mountbatten Bomb: Sunday Tribune, March 7, 2010 (review by Tom Widger)
  5. From a Clear Blue Sky: Surviving the Mountbatten Bomb by Timothy Knatchbull – review: Daily Telegraph, October 13, 2009 (review by Philip Johnston)
  6. Hon Timothy Knatchbull – 'wrong' twin finds peace: The Sunday Times, August 23, 2009 (by Lesley White)
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John Walsh's Contests and Contexts: The Irish Language and Ireland's Socio-economic Development

  1. Loss of Irish damaged confidence, book claims: The Irish Times, February 1, 2011
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David Finnegan, Éamonn Ó Ciardha, Marie-Claire Peters (Editors): The Flight of the Earls/Imeacht Na Niarlai

  1. New 'Flight of the Earls' history published: Londonderry Sentinel, January 20, 2011
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Dave Hannigan's Terence MacSwiney: The Hunger Strike That Rocked an Empire

  1. Terence MacSwiney – The Hunger Strike That Rocked an Empire: Irish Examiner, February 5, 2011 (review by Michael Moynihan)
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John Waters' Feckers: 50 People Who Fecked Up Ireland

  1. Notes from a banana republic: The Irish Times, December 24, 2010 (review by Diarmaid Ferriter)
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Sam Trotter's Constabulary Heroes 1826 - 2009: Incorporating RUC GC / PSNI

  1. New book on RIC, RUC and PSNI: Londonderry Sentinel, October 22, 2010
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Ed Moloney's Voices from the Grave – Two Men's War in Ireland

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

  1. Shedding light on a reluctant taoiseach: Irish Examiner, October 13, 2010 (by Conor Ryan)
  2. Rescuing a taoiseach from total obscurity: Sunday Business Post, October 17, 2010 (review by Andrew Lynch)
  3. Costello – the forgotten taoiseach: The Irish Times, October 9, 2010 (review by John Bruton)
  4. The Reluctant Taoiseach; A Biography of John A. Costello: Sunday Tribune, November 7, 2010 (review by Shane Coleman)
  5. Rainbow warrior: Irish Examiner, October 30, 2010 (review by John Downing)
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Dave O'Donoghue's The Devil's Deal: The IRA, Nazi Germany and the Double Life of Jim O'Donovan

  1. Trouble on the double: The Irish Times, December 11, 2010 (review by Deaglán de Bréadún)
  2. The esb worker who was the nazis' IRA man: Irish Independent, December 11, 2010 (review by Damian Corless)
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John D. Brewer's Peace Processes: A Sociological Approach

  1. Have we Learned our own Lessons? Book Review of John Brewer's Peace Processes: SluggerOToole.com, December 20, 2010 (review by Gladys Ganiel)
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Tony Farmar's Privileged Lives: A Social History of the Irish Middle Class 1882-1989

  1. Mixed up about the class divide?: The Irish Times, January 8, 2011 (review by Roy Foster)
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Tom Garvin's News from a New Republic: Ireland in the 1950's

  1. Fascinating study of a decade of charging windmills: Sunday Independent, December 5, 2010 (review by Dermot Bolger)
  2. Turning the tide: Irish Examiner, December 18, 2010 (review by Dermot Keogh)
  3. The more things change . . .: The Irish Times, September 18, 2010 (review by Stephen Collins)
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Charlie Connelly's Our Man in Hibernia: Ireland, the Irish and Me

  1. Bringing it all back home: The Irish Times, September 25, 2010
  2. Our Man in Hibernia – Ireland, the Irish and Me: Sunday Tribune, October 10, 2010 (review by Tom Widger)
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Gerry Bradley & Brian Feeney's Insider: Life in the IRA

  1. Troubles ill recalled: (from Fortnight Magazine, October/November 2010, by Patrick Fox)
  2. Former IRA man had denied informer claims: Belfast Media, November 1, 2010 (by Scott Jamison)
  3. IRA gunman turned author found dead: UTV Internet, October 28, 2010
  4. Lurking misgivings: (from Fortnight Magazine, July/August 2010, review by Anthony McIntyre)
  5. The shadow of a gunman: Irish Independent, November 21, 2009 (review by Maurice Hayes)
  6. This is just my story ex-IRA man says amid memoir row: Irish News, October 2, 2009
  7. I'm no Denis Donaldson, IRA book writer tells republicans: Irish News, October 2, 2009 (by Diana Rusk)
  8. We were selected to shoot Brian Faulkner – IRA man: Irish News, September 25, 2009
  9. Ringland's life risked to thwart IRA killers: Irish News, September 26, 2009 (by Diana Rusk)
  10. Plan to kill high-profile officer ended in arrest: Irish News, September 26, 2009 (by Diana Rusk)
  11. RUC dad's agonising dilemma – Put son or operation at risk?: Irish News, September 26, 2009 (by Diana Rusk)
  12. Message in book for all dissidents: Irish News, September 26, 2009 (Editorial)
  13. Insider was ready to assassinate Brian Faulkner: Belfast Media, September 25, 2009 (by Alana Fearon)
  14. Plan to assassinate Faulkner 'would have changed history': Irish News, September 25, 2009 (by Diana Rusk)
  15. Newsagent shot dead in 1994 'was IRA adjutant': Irish News, September 25, 2009 (by Diana Rusk)
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Robert Widders' Spitting on a Soldier's Grave: Court Martialed After Death, the Story of the Forgotten Irish and British Soldiers

  1. Price of fighting in the second World War: The Irish Times, November 6, 2010 (review by Mark Hennessy)
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Patrick M. Geoghegan's Liberator: The Life and Death of Daniel O'Connell, 1830-1847

  1. A fresh, lively take on the great Dan the Man: The Irish Times, November 4, 2010 (review by Gerard Lyne)
  2. A man of honour: Irish Examiner, December 4, 2010 (review by John O'Donoghue)
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Mick Clifford and Shane Coleman's Scandal Nation: Key Events That Shook and Shaped Ireland

  1. How we became corrupt: Sunday Business Post, October 10, 2010 (review by Andrew Lynch)
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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

  1. Book Review – The Devil and Mr Casement: Sunday Tribune, October 10, 2010 (review by David Evans)
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Joost Augusteijn's Patrick Pearse: The Making of a Revolutionary

  1. Book reviews – Paris Between the Wars | Patrick Pearse: The Scotsman, October 30, 2010 (review by Michael Kerrigan – Scroll down)
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Richard S. Grayson's Belfast Boys: How Unionists and Nationalists Fought and Died Together in the First World War

  1. When Falls, Shankill were on same side: Irish Echo, December 8, 2010 (review by Peter McDermott)
  2. The divided front of Belfast during World War I: Sunday Business Post, October 11, 2009 (review by Dermot Bolger)
  3. Belfast Boys – How Unionists And Nationalists Fought And Died Together In The First World War: Irish Post, September 2009
  4. How 'boys' from Shankill and Falls fought for Britain: The News Letter, September 9, 2009
  5. How unionists and nationalists fought side by side in the first World War: The Irish Times, September 4, 2009 (review by Oliver Fallon)
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Damien Corless' The Greatest Bleeding Hearts Racket in the World

  1. Grubby, corrupt, illegal and Irish: Sunday Independent, November 21, 2010 (review by Maeve Sheehan)
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William Henry's Supreme Sacrifice: The Story of Eamonn Ceannt, 1881-1916

  1. Supreme Sacrifice – the story of Eamonn Ceannt 1881-1916: Irish Democrat (review by Michael O'Sullivan)
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Ryan Tubridy's JFK in Ireland: Four Days That Changed a President

  1. JFK In Ireland – Four Days That Changed a President : The Scotsman, December 4, 2010 (review by Tom Adair)
  2. Four days in the country with a man of Camelot: Sunday Independent, November 28, 2010
  3. Former city mayor Condell a star of Tubridy's JFK book: Limerick Leader, November 8, 2010 (by Alan Owens)
  4. A starry-eyed take on JFK: Sunday Business Post, October 31, 2010 (review by Andrew Lynch)
  5. The day the Long Fella cut legendary JFK down to size: Irish Independent, October 23, 2010
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James McCartan's King of Down Football

  1. GAA legend reveals hell of the Troubles: Sunday Independent, November 28, 2010 (by Jerome Reilly)
  2. Troubles forced out GAA star: Newry Democrat, November 24, 2010
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Fergus Whelan's Dissent Into Treason: King Killers, Unitarians and the Society of the United Irishmen

  1. Is Cromwell the real face of Irish Republicanism?: Sunday Tribune, November 21, 2010 (by Valerie Shanley)
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Mary Lynch's The Long Road Home

  1. We had victims too, says MP: Impartial Reporter, October 15, 2010
  2. Haunted by her troubles: Irish Examiner, November 13, 2010 (review by Jennifer Hough)
  3. One girl's long journey back from trauma: Impartial Reporter, September 10, 2010
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Eamonn Sweeney's Down, Down Deeper and Down: Ireland in the 70's and 80's

  1. We forget this country's rotten history at our peril: Irish Independent, November 13, 2010 (review by James Downey)
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Anthony Craig's Crisis of Confidence: Anglo-Irish Relations in the Early Troubles, 1966-1974

  1. Drawing the dividing line: The Irish Times, June 4, 2010 (review by Deaglán de Bréadún)
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Anthony Jordan's Éamon de Valera – Irish: Catholic: Visionary

  1. Book says de Valera saw vision of Christ in Blackrock in 1928: The Irish Times, October 26, 2010 (by Patsy McGarry)
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Bill Wilsdon's Plantation Castles on the Erne

  1. Irish history fits the bill for local author: Coleraine Times, November 3, 2010
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Christine Kinealy's War and Peace: Ireland Since the 1960s

  1. An essential read on Ireland over the last 50 years: Irish Post, October 27, 2010 (review by Peter Berresford Ellis)
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Gabriel Doherty's 1916 – The Long Revolution

  1. Exploring 1916 and all its consequences: The News Letter, April 28, 2007 (review by Steven Moore)
  2. Men of 1916 wanted a German victory: Irish Independent, August 4, 2007 (review by John Bruton)
  3. 1916 – The Long Revolution: Irish Democrat, March 12, 2009 (review by Ruaírí Ó Domhnaill)
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Robert Widders' Spitting on a Soldier's Grave: Court Martialed After Death, the Story of the Forgotten Irish and British Soldiers

  1. Heroism and betrayal: Irish Post, October 20, 2010
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Committee on the Administration of Justice's Equality in Northern Ireland: The Rhetoric and the Reality

  1. Equality, The Unfinished Agenda: Irish Democrat, April 25, 2007 (review by Joe Jamison)
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Brian Hanley & Scott Millar's The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party

  1. Irish Examiner journalist picks up award for Workers' Party book: Irish Examiner, October 11, 2010 (by Caroline O'Doherty)
  2. A painful truth: (from Fortnight Magazine, July/August 2010, review by Kevin Smyth)
  3. 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)
  4. Official IRA identified 'corporals' crowd for Brit spooks: Belfast Media, November 19, 2009
  5. New book charts rise of the Official IRA in Derry: Derry Journal, November 20, 2009
  6. Lost chance to write the Workers' Party history: Sunday Independent, November 8, 2009 (review by John-Paul McCarthy)
  7. Peeling back the truth about the stickies: Irish Independent, October 10, 2009 (review by Maurice Hayes)
  8. The story of the revolutionaries working inside RTE: The Sunday Times, August 30, 2009 (extract)
  9. The Lost Revolution The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers' Party: Sunday Business Post, October 4, 2009 (review by Andrew Lynch)
  10. Taking the gun out of Irish politics: The Irish Times, September 19, 2009 (review by Deaglán de Bréadún)
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Ken Douglas' The Downfall of the Spanish armada in Ireland

  1. The Downfall of the Spanish armada in Ireland: Sunday Tribune, September 19, 2010 (review by Tom Widger)
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Greg McLaughlin and Stephen Baker's The Propaganda of Peace: The Role of Media and Culture in the Northern Ireland Peace Process

  1. Coleraine researchers explore 'The Propaganda of Peace': Coleraine Times, September 15, 2010
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Ralph Riegel & John O'Mahony's Missing in Action: The 50 Year Search for Ireland's Lost Soldier

  1. Remembering lost soldier who gave his life for peace: Sunday Independent, September 12, 2010 (by Jerome Reilly)
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Denis Barry's The Unknown Commandant: The Life and Times of Denis Barry 1883-1923 (Od Denis Barry 1883-1923)

  1. Book honours 'the unknown commandant': Kilkenny People, July 19, 2010
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Aaron Edwards and Cillian McGrattan's The Northern Ireland Conflict: A Beginner's Guide

  1. A curious treatment of the Troubles: The Irish Times, July 17, 2010 (review by Deaglán de Bréadún)
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Maurice Curtis' A Challenge to Democracy: Militant Catholicism in Modern Ireland

  1. Hemlines and the Hierarchy: The Irish Times, August 7, 2010 (review by Colin Murphy)
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James Watson's William Massey: New Zealand (Makers of the Modern World)

  1. New book on William Massey to be launched in Coleraine: Coleraine Times, July 9, 2010
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Mary-Alice Clancy's Peace without Consensus — Power Sharing Politics in Northern Ireland

  1. Tony Blair's Sinn Fein police idea 'insane': Belfast Telegraph, August 11, 2010
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Laurence Fenton's The Young Ireland Rebellion and Limerick

  1. The cabbage plot rebels: Irish Examiner, August 21, 2010 (review by Ryle Dwyer)
  2. The Young Ireland Rebellion and Limerick: Sunday Tribune, May 30, 2010 (review by Tom Widger)
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Colin Barr's The European Culture Wars in Ireland: The Callan Schools Affair, 1868-81

  1. Mental reservation used 'to lie to jury': The Irish Times, August 26, 2010 (by Michael Parsons)
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Otto Rauchbauer's Shane Leslie: Sublime Failure

  1. A cousin across the water: The Spectator, July 10, 2010
  2. Leslie was a prisoner of his background: Sunday Independent, May 2, 2010 (review by Charles Lysaght)
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Noel Dorr's Ireland and the United Nations: Memories of the Early Years

  1. When Ireland bestrode the UN like a colossus: Sunday Independent, August 22, 2010 (review by Charles Lysaght)
  2. A cousin across the water: The Spectator, July 10, 2010
  3. A frank account of ireland's UN affairs: Irish Independent, June 26, 2010
  4. We can be proud of our efforts in foreign affairs: Irish Independent, May 29, 2010 (review of James Downey)
  5. Thoughtful memoir recalling the conviction and challenges on joining the UN: The Irish Times, May 10, 2010 (review by Deirdre McMahon)
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Sam Trotter's Constabulary Heroes 1826 - 2009: Incorporating RUC GC / PSNI

  1. New book honours sacrifice of police: The News Letter, June 28, 2010
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Owen Sheridan's Propaganda as Anti-history: Peter Hart's 'the IRA and Its Enemies ' Examined

  1. In memory of Peter Hart, honorary Irish man of history: Sunday Independent, July 25, 2010 (by Eoghan Harris)
  2. Newfoundland historian Peter Hart was an expert on the IRA: Toronto Globe and Mail, August 5, 2010 (by Joan Sullivan)
  3. Propaganda as Anti-history: Irish Democrat, August 31, 2009 (review by Ruaírí Ó Domhnaill)
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Joshua Levine's Beauty and Atrocity: People, Politics and Ireland's Fight for Peace

  1. 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)
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Eamon Baker's Remembering: Our Shared Legacy from the First World War

  1. 'Remembering'- the city's involvement in World War I: Londonderry Sentinel, July 15, 2010 (by Eamon Sweeney)
  2. Remembering Derry's shared legacy from the 'Great' War: Derry Journal, November 20, 2009
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Niamh O'Sullivan's Aloysius O'Kelly: Art, Nation, Empire

  1. Art that forged the Irish consciousness: Sunday Business Post, July 4, 2010 (review by Emmanuel Kehoe)
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Niall O'Dowd's An Irish Voice

  1. Niall O'Dowd – an Irish voice: Galway Advertiser, June 30, 2010 (review by Kevin McGuire)
  2. Power of the spoken word: Irish Post, May 5, 2010
  3. Emigrant who found his voice and spoke for others: Sunday Business Post, April 11, 2010 (review by Dermot Bolger<)
  4. Niall O'Dowd – "The Voice of Irish America": HuffingtonPost.com, March 15, 2010 (by Rory Fitzgerald)
  5. An Irish Voice By Niall O'Dowd (Mar 14): Sunday Tribune, March 14, 2010 (by Tom Widger)
  6. A stranger in both cultures: The Irish Times, March 6, 2010 (review by Anthony Glavin)
  7. 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
  8. Diaspora role in peace process lauded: The Irish Times, March 3, 2010 (by Deaglán de Bréadún)
  9. From house painter to power-broker: Irish Independent, February 27, 2010 (review by Tim Pat Coogan)
  10. Clinton nearly gave up on North over IRA bomb: Irish Independent, February 23, 2010 (by John Spain)
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Steve McDonogh's Barack Obama: The Road from Moneygall

  1. Obama is literally a black Protestant: Sunday Independent, June 27, 2010 (review by Eoghan Harris)
  2. Obama's tangled Irish roots: Sunday Business Post, June 13, 2010 (review by Andrew Lynch)
  3. Kerry author has tales of Obama: The Kingdom, June 10, 2010 (by Brendan McCarthy)
  4. Obama ancestors left Ireland after wig trade collapsed: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, May 30, 2010 (by Patrick Cooper)
  5. There's no one as Irish as Barack O'Bama: The Irish Times, May 29, 2010 (review by Patrick M Geoghegan)
  6. The long road from Moneygall: Irish Independent, May 29, 2010 (review by John Spain)
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Richard Moore Can I Give Him My Eyes?

  1. I forgive soldier who blinded me . . in fact, now we're quite a double act: The Scotsman, June 28, 2010 (by Claire Smith)
  2. I met the soldier who blinded me — but he never apologised: Irish Independent, July 8, 2009 (by Sue Leonard)
  3. Heroic tale of a child caught in crossfire who had the vision to forgive: The Irish Times, May 19, 2009 (review by Gemma Hussey)
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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

  1. 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)
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Darach MacDonald's Blood & Thunder: Inside an Ulster Protestant Band

  1. Blood & Thunder – Inside an Ulster Protestant Band: Sunday Tribune, June 13, 2010 (review by Tom Widger)
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Dave Hannigan's De Valera in America

  1. De Valera in America by Dave Hannigan: PopMatters.com, June 9, 2010 (review by John L. Murphy)
  2. Capturing the drama and controversy of de Valera's 1919 visit to the US: The Irish Times, November 25, 2008 (review by Anne Dolan)
  3. De Valera in America: Sunday Tribune, November 9, 2008
  4. Dev feared US trip bad for image in Ireland: Irish News, October 29, 2008 (by Margaret Canning)
  5. The day the chief earned his feathers: Sunday Tribune, October 19, 2008 (extract)
  6. The Long Fellow goes to Hollywood: Sunday Tribune, October 19, 2008 (extract)
  7. De Valera's American Adventure: Sunday Tribune, October 19, 2008 (extract)
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Alan Simpson's Duplicity and Deception: Policing the Twilight Zone of the Troubles

  1. Duplicity and Deception - Policing the Twilight Zone of the Troubles By Alan Simpson: Sunday Tribune, May 23, 2010 (review by Tom Widger)
  2. The IRA victim was buried face down, so he could only dig himself in deeper...: Daily Mail, April 13, 2010 (extract)
  3. Book 'is not attack on RUC': The News Letter, April 8, 2010
  4. Finucane detective 'could have caught killers': UTV Internet, April 7, 2010
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Sean McMahon's Battles Fought on Irish Soil: A Complete Account

  1. Accessible account of all major battles on Irish soil will have wide appeal: The Irish Times, May 19, 2010 (review by Patrick M Geoghegan)
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Aideen Carroll's Sean Moylan: Rebel Leader

  1. Rebel with a cause: Irish Examiner, May 15, 2010 (review by Ryle Dwyer)
  2. An Irishwoman's Diary – Seán Moylan: The Irish Times, May 13, 2010 (by Aideen Carroll)
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Frances Stonor Saunders' The Woman Who Shot Mussolini

  1. The Woman Who Shot Mussolini: Financial Times, April 5, 2010 (review by Tony Barber)
  2. The deb who shot Mussolini: How aristocrat's daughter came close to killing Il Duce: Daily Mail, April 1, 2010 (review by Annabel Venning)
  3. The Woman Who Shot Mussolini by Frances Stonor Saunders: The Observer, March 28, 2010 (review by Ian Thomson)
  4. Book review – The Woman Who Shot Mussolini: The Scotsman, March 22, 2010 (review by Lee Randall)
  5. The Woman Who Shot Mussolini, By Frances Stonor Saunders: The Independent, March 12, 2010 (review by Peter Popham)
  6. The Woman Who Shot Mussolini by Frances Stonor Saunders: The Sunday Times, February 28, 2010 (review by John Carey)
  7. The Woman Who Shot Mussolini by Frances Stonor Saunders – review: Daily Telegraph, February 26, 2010 (review by Freya Johnston)
  8. The high price of a pot shot: The Irish Times, February 20, 2010 (review by John McCourt)
  9. The forgotten shot at Mussolini: Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 27, 2010 (review by Michael J. Bonafield)
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Brendan McGowan's Taking the Boat: The Irish in Leeds, 1931-81: An Oral History

  1. Taking The Boat – The Irish In Leeds, 1931-81 — An Oral History: Irish Post, May 5, 2010 (by Brendan McGowan)
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Clair Wills's Dublin 1916: The Siege of the GPO

  1. Dublin 1916 – The Siege of the GPO by Clair Wills: Sunday Tribune, May 9, 2010 (review by Tom Widger)
  2. Dissecting a symbol of 1916: Sunday Business Post, April 26, 2009 (review by Gerald Dawe)
  3. Dublin 1916 – The Siege Of The GPO: Sunday Tribune, April 26, 2009 (review by Trevor Royle)
  4. Extract from Dublin 1916: The Siege of the GPO: The Irish Times, April 4, 2009
  5. Easter 1916 – myths, lies and newsreels: Irish Independent, April 11, 2009 (review by Maurice Hayes)
  6. 1916 and all that: The Guardian, April 11, 2009 (review by Roy Foster)
  7. The GPO and the Rising revisited: The Irish Times, April 4, 2009 (review by Mary E Daly)
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Sean McMahon's The Belfast Blitz: Luftwaffe Raids on Northern Ireland, 1941

  1. Belfast at war: Belfast Telegraph, May 6, 2010 (by Sean McMahon)
  2. The night Pennyburn burned: Derry Journal, April 16, 2010
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David Gordon's The Fall of the House of Paisley

  1. The Fall of the House of Paisley: Sunday Tribune, April 25, 2010 (review by Tom Widger)
  2. Detailed account of how Ian Paisley's political dynasty came crashing down: The Irish Times, December 28, 2009 (review by Dan Keenan)
  3. 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)
  4. Book gives behind the scenes story of devolution's first year: Ulster Star, November 13, 2009
  5. The fall of the house of Paisley: Guardian.co.uk, November 12, 2009 (by Henry McDonald)
  6. Big Ian, little Ian and a sober ending: Irish Independent, November 7, 2009
  7. Did this picture really end Ian Paisley's reign?: Belfast Telegraph, November 7, 2009 (by David Gordon)
  8. DUP's secret plot to oust Ian Paisley: Belfast Telegraph, November 7, 2009 (by David Gordon)
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James Moran's Irish Birmingham: A History

  1. Irish Birmingham – A History: Irish Post, May 5, 2010 (by James Moran)
  2. From Birmingham to Capri: The Irish Times, April 24, 2010 (review by Noeleen Dowling)
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R V Comerford's Outside the Glow: Protestants and Irishness in Independent Ireland

  1. Minority report: The Irish Times, April 10, 2010 (review by Richard English)
  2. Protestants 'excluded from Irishness', book finds: The Irish Times, March 8, 2010 (by Alison Healy)
  3. 'My religion does not define me': Irish Independent, March 6, 2010 (by Deirdre Reynolds)
  4. What we really think of our Protestant neighbours: Irish Independent, March 6, 2010 (review by John Spain)
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Sharon Driedger's An Irish Heart: How A Small Immigrant Community Shaped Canada

  1. These Irish eyes are happy: Toronto Globe and Mail, March 11, 2010 (review by John Doyle)
  2. Canada's Irish made their mark: Montreal Gazette, March 13, 2010 (review by Peggy Curran)
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Marie Coleman's The Irish Sweep: A History of the Irish Hospitals Sweepstake, 1930-87

  1. The Irish Sweep – A history of the Irish Hospitals Sweepstake 1930-87: Irish Catholic, April 1, 2010 (review by Tony Farmar)
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Fearghal McGarry's The Rising: Easter 1916

  1. The Easter Rising, woven now from oral histories: Boston Globe, April 23, 2010 (review by Michael Kenney)
  2. Lucid grassroots account of 1916 Rising explores participants' statements: The Irish Times, February 5, 2010 (review by Mary E Daly)
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Vincent E. Feeney's Finnigans, Slaters, and Stonepeggers: A History of the Irish in Vermont

  1. Irish in Vermont a story that 'needed to be told': Bennington Banner, April 9, 2010 (by Mark E. Rondeau)
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Alan Parkinson's 1972 and the Ulster Troubles: A Very Bad Year

  1. Book looks at impact of Bloody Sunday: Derry Journal, April 12, 2010
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James McGuire & James Quinn (Editors) Dictionary of Irish Biography 9 Volume Set: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2002

  1. James Quinn's Irish dictionary highlights history's Celtic quacks: Toronto Globe and Mail, April 11, 2010 (by Sarah Hampson)
  2. The ABC of the Irish: The Irish Times, February 27, 2010 (review by Catriona Crowe)
  3. Epic achievement lays milestone for Irish scholarship: Sunday Independent, February 14, 2010 (review by Charles Lysaght)
  4. Award for reference book on Irish people: The Irish Times, February 6, 2010
  5. Who was who in Ireland?: The Times Literary Supplement, February 3, 2010 (review by Roy Foster)
  6. Glorious compendium of famous Irish lives: Sunday Business Post, January 17, 2010 (review by Andrew Lynch)
  7. Lives of our days: Sunday Tribune, December 20, 2009 (by Gerard Siggins)
  8. Typhoid Mary and other curiosities in Irish biography: BBC, December 18, 2009
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Tim Fanning's The Fethard-on-Sea Boycott

  1. One woman, two children and a town torn in two by religion: Belfast Telegraph, April 1, 2010 (review by Tim Fanning)
  2. Power, parish and proscription: The Irish Times, March 13, 2009 (review by Roy Foster)
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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

  1. Great Irish Heroes by Danny Conlon and Alan Barter. John Blake Publishing; £7.99: Irish Examiner, March 31, 2010 (review by Donal Musgrave)
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C. J. Woods' Travellers' Accounts as Source Material for Irish Historians

  1. An ample window into how others saw us: The Irish Times, March 12, 2010 (review by Alan O'Riordan)
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Richard Killeen's A Short History of Dublin

  1. A Short History of Dublin by Richard Killeen (Mar 21): Sunday Tribune, March 21, 2010 (review by Tom Widger)
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