Tom Garvin's News from a New Republic: Ireland in the 1950's Fascinating study of a decade of charging windmills: Sunday Independent, December 5, 2010 (review by Dermot Bolger) Turning the tide: Irish Examiner, December 18, 2010 (review by Dermot Keogh) The more things change . . .: The Irish Times, September 18, 2010 (review by Stephen Collins) Buy Garvin's News from a New Republic: Ireland in the 1950's—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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

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Gerry Bradley & Brian Feeney's Insider: Life in the IRA Troubles ill recalled: (from Fortnight Magazine, October/November 2010, by Patrick Fox) Former IRA man had denied informer claims: Belfast Media, November 1, 2010 (by Scott Jamison) IRA gunman turned author found dead: UTV Internet, October 28, 2010 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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Robert Widders' Spitting on a Soldier's Grave: Court Martialed After Death, the Story of the Forgotten Irish and British Soldiers Price of fighting in the second World War: The Irish Times, November 6, 2010 (review by Mark Hennessy) Buy Widders' Spitting on a Soldier's Grave—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Patrick M. Geoghegan's Liberator: The Life and Death of Daniel O'Connell, 1830-1847 A fresh, lively take on the great Dan the Man: The Irish Times, November 4, 2010 (review by Gerard Lyne) A man of honour: Irish Examiner, December 4, 2010 (review by John O'Donoghue) Buy Geoghegan's Liberator—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Mick Clifford and Shane Coleman's Scandal Nation: Key Events That Shook and Shaped Ireland How we became corrupt: Sunday Business Post, October 10, 2010 (review by Andrew Lynch) Buy Clifford & Coleman's Scandal Nation—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 Book Review – The Devil and Mr Casement: Sunday Tribune, October 10, 2010 (review by David Evans) Buy Goodman's The Devil and Mr. Casement—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Joost Augusteijn's Patrick Pearse: The Making of a Revolutionary Book reviews – Paris Between the Wars | Patrick Pearse: The Scotsman, October 30, 2010 (review by Michael Kerrigan – Scroll down) Buy Augusteijn's Patrick Pearse—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Neil Richardson's A Coward If I Return, a Hero If I Fall: Stories of Irishmen in World War I We did forget but now we must put old ghosts to rest: Sunday Independent, October 17, 2010 (by Eoghan Harris) Buy Richardson's A Coward If I Return, a Hero If I Fall—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Richard S. Grayson's Belfast Boys: How Unionists and Nationalists Fought and Died Together in the First World War When Falls, Shankill were on same side: Irish Echo, December 8, 2010 (review by Peter McDermott) The divided front of Belfast during World War I: Sunday Business Post, October 11, 2009 (review by Dermot Bolger) Belfast Boys – How Unionists And Nationalists Fought And Died Together In The First World War: Irish Post, September 2009 How 'boys' from Shankill and Falls fought for Britain: The News Letter, September 9, 2009 How unionists and nationalists fought side by side in the first World War: The Irish Times, September 4, 2009 (review by Oliver Fallon) Buy Grayson's Belfast Boys—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Damien Corless' The Greatest Bleeding Hearts Racket in the World Grubby, corrupt, illegal and Irish: Sunday Independent, November 21, 2010 (review by Maeve Sheehan) Buy Corless's The Greatest Bleeding Hearts Racket in the World—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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William Henry's Supreme Sacrifice: The Story of Eamonn Ceannt, 1881-1916 Supreme Sacrifice – the story of Eamonn Ceannt 1881-1916: Irish Democrat (review by Michael O'Sullivan) Buy Henry's Supreme Sacrifice—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Ryan Tubridy's JFK in Ireland: Four Days That Changed a President JFK In Ireland – Four Days That Changed a President : The Scotsman, December 4, 2010 (review by Tom Adair) Four days in the country with a man of Camelot: Sunday Independent, November 28, 2010 Former city mayor Condell a star of Tubridy's JFK book: Limerick Leader, November 8, 2010 (by Alan Owens) A starry-eyed take on JFK: Sunday Business Post, October 31, 2010 (review by Andrew Lynch) The day the Long Fella cut legendary JFK down to size: Irish Independent, October 23, 2010 Buy Tubridy's JFK in Ireland—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Fintan O'Toole's Enough is Enough: v. 2: How to Build a New Republic A humbled Ireland looks to its roots: Financial Times, November 28, 2010 (review by David Gardner) Fintan O'Toole – pointing the way towards a new republic: Galway Advertiser, November 25, 2010 (by Charlie McBride) Packing a powerful punch: The Irish Times, November 6, 2010 (review by Joan Burton) Enough is Enough – How to Build a New Republic by Fintan O'Toole: The Observer, November 21, 2010 (review by Sean O'Hagan) Enough of the gombeen politics – it's time for a republican revolution: The Irish Times, October 30, 2010 (extract) Roy Keane motto adds kick to journalist's new book: The Irish Times, November 3, 2010 (by Deaglán de Bréadún) Buy O'Toole's Enough is Enough: v. 2—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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James McCartan's King of Down Football GAA legend reveals hell of the Troubles: Sunday Independent, November 28, 2010 (by Jerome Reilly) Troubles forced out GAA star: Newry Democrat, November 24, 2010 Buy McCartan's King of Down Football—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Fergus Whelan's Dissent Into Treason: King Killers, Unitarians and the Society of the United Irishmen Is Cromwell the real face of Irish Republicanism?: Sunday Tribune, November 21, 2010 (by Valerie Shanley) Buy Whelan's Dissent Into Treason—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Mary Lynch's The Long Road Home We had victims too, says MP: Impartial Reporter, October 15, 2010 Haunted by her troubles: Irish Examiner, November 13, 2010 (review by Jennifer Hough) One girl's long journey back from trauma: Impartial Reporter, September 10, 2010 Buy Lynch's The Long Road Home—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Eamonn Sweeney's Down, Down Deeper and Down: Ireland in the 70's and 80's We forget this country's rotten history at our peril: Irish Independent, November 13, 2010 (review by James Downey) Buy Sweeney's Down, Down Deeper and Down—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Anthony Craig's Crisis of Confidence: Anglo-Irish Relations in the Early Troubles, 1966-1974 Drawing the dividing line: The Irish Times, June 4, 2010 (review by Deaglán de Bréadún) Buy Craig's Crisis of Confidence—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Anthony Jordan's Éamon de Valera – Irish: Catholic: Visionary Book says de Valera saw vision of Christ in Blackrock in 1928: The Irish Times, October 26, 2010 (by Patsy McGarry) Buy Jordan's Éamon de Valera—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Bill Wilsdon's Plantation Castles on the Erne Irish history fits the bill for local author: Coleraine Times, November 3, 2010 Buy Wilsdon's Plantation Castles on the Erne—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Christine Kinealy's War and Peace: Ireland Since the 1960s An essential read on Ireland over the last 50 years: Irish Post, October 27, 2010 (review by Peter Berresford Ellis) Buy Kinealy's The SDLP—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Gabriel Doherty's 1916 – The Long Revolution Exploring 1916 and all its consequences: The News Letter, April 28, 2007 (review by Steven Moore) Men of 1916 wanted a German victory: Irish Independent, August 4, 2007 (review by John Bruton) 1916 – The Long Revolution: Irish Democrat, March 12, 2009 (review by Ruaírí Ó Domhnaill) Buy Doherty's 1916 – The Long Revolution—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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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 Heroism and betrayal: Irish Post, October 20, 2010 Buy Widders' Spitting on a Soldier's Grave—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Committee on the Administration of Justice's Equality in Northern Ireland: The Rhetoric and the Reality Equality, The Unfinished Agenda: Irish Democrat, April 25, 2007 (review by Joe Jamison) Buy CAJ's Equality in Northern Ireland—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 Irish Examiner journalist picks up award for Workers' Party book: Irish Examiner, October 11, 2010 (by Caroline O'Doherty) 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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Ken Douglas' The Downfall of the Spanish armada in Ireland The Downfall of the Spanish armada in Ireland: Sunday Tribune, September 19, 2010 (review by Tom Widger) Buy Douglas' The Downfall of the Spanish armada in Ireland—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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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 Coleraine researchers explore 'The Propaganda of Peace': Coleraine Times, September 15, 2010 Buy McLaughlin & Baker's The Propaganda of Peace—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Ralph Riegel & John O'Mahony's Missing in Action: The 50 Year Search for Ireland's Lost Soldier Remembering lost soldier who gave his life for peace: Sunday Independent, September 12, 2010 (by Jerome Reilly) Buy Riegel & O'Mahony's Missing in Action—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Denis Barry's The Unknown Commandant: The Life and Times of Denis Barry 1883-1923 (Od Denis Barry 1883-1923) Book honours 'the unknown commandant': Kilkenny People, July 19, 2010 Buy Barry's The Unknown Commandant—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Aaron Edwards and Cillian McGrattan's The Northern Ireland Conflict: A Beginner's Guide A curious treatment of the Troubles: The Irish Times, July 17, 2010 (review by Deaglán de Bréadún) Buy Edwards & McGrattan's The Northern Ireland Conflict—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Maurice Curtis' A Challenge to Democracy: Militant Catholicism in Modern Ireland Hemlines and the Hierarchy: The Irish Times, August 7, 2010 (review by Colin Murphy) Buy Curtis' A Challenge to Democracy—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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James Watson's William Massey: New Zealand (Makers of the Modern World) New book on William Massey to be launched in Coleraine: Coleraine Times, July 9, 2010 Buy Watson's William Massey: New Zealand—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Mary-Alice Clancy's Peace without Consensus — Power Sharing Politics in Northern Ireland Tony Blair's Sinn Fein police idea 'insane': Belfast Telegraph, August 11, 2010 Buy Clancy's Peace without Consensus—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Laurence Fenton's The Young Ireland Rebellion and Limerick The cabbage plot rebels: Irish Examiner, August 21, 2010 (review by Ryle Dwyer) 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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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 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) 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Gerry Mullins' Dublin Nazi No. 1: The Life of Adolph Mahr Jig Heil! The free-born Irish who saluted the Führer: Irish Independent, February 13, 2010 (by Kim Bielenberg) Buy Mullins' Dublin Nazi No. 1—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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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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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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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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Bob Leach's Young Frank Hague and the Lucky Horseshoe: How a Neighborhood Forged a Political Boss New book details history of city's Irish: Jersey Journal, December 18, 2009 (review by Brendan T. Byrne) Buy Leach's Young Frank Hague and the Lucky Horseshoe—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Helen Kelly's Irish Ingleses: The Irish Immigrant Experience in Argentina, 1840-1920 Academic study sheds light on Irish emigrant experience in Argentina: The Irish Times, July 27, 2009 (review by Fergus Mulligan) Buy Kelly's Irish Ingleses—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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John O'Connell God is a Woman and the Future's Female!: Why Our Lady is Really God, and Mark Durkan Knows it, the Unionists Deny it, But Gerry Adams Just Doesn't Get it at All! Messing with the mystic in Ireland today: Tribune Magazine (UK), December 3, 2008 (review by John Coulter) Buy O'Connell's God is a Woman and the Future's Female!—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Marnie Hay Bulmer Hobson and the Nationalist Movement in Twentieth-Century Ireland Sidelined republican who lived for 50 years in rage and obscurity: The Irish Times, June 24, 2009 (review by Jeffrey Dudgeon) Buy Hay's Bulmer Hobson—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Cal McCarthy Green, Blue & Grey: The Irish in the American Civil War America's fighting Irish: Irish Examiner, July 6, 2009 (review by Peter Levy) The fightin' Irish who saw action on both sides of the American Civil War: The Irish Times, June 29, 2009 (review by Frank McNally) New book features the US military exploits of Sligo's Michael Corcoran: Sligo Champion, May 27, 2009 Buy McCarthy's Green, Blue & Grey—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Liam Nolan's Secret Victory: Ireland & the War at Sea 1914-1918 Cobh's forgotten war remembered: Irish Independent, June 27, 2009 (review by Don Lavery) Buy Nolan's Secret Victory—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Micheal O Siochru's God's Executioner: Oliver Cromwell and the Conquest of Ireland God's Executioner: Irish Democrat, April 29, 2009 (review by Michael O'Sullivan) God's Executioner – Oliver Cromwell and the Conquest of Ireland: Sunday Tribune, May 24, 2009 (review by Tom Widger) Ahern says he did not leave Cook's office over Cromwell: The Irish Times, October 10, 2008 (by Pamela Newenham) Was Cromwell really the devil incarnate?: Irish Independent, September 20, 2008 (review by Maurice Hayes) God's Executioner: Oliver Cromwell and the Conquest of Ireland by Micheal O Siochru: The Sunday Times, August 17, 2008 (by John Carey) Brute force: The Guardian, September 20, 2008 (review by Ronan Bennett) Definitive word on Ireland's tormentor: Sunday Business Post, September 14, 2008 (review by Andrew Lynch) Review – God's Executioner by Micheál Ó Siochrú: Daily Telegraph, September 6, 2008 (review by Marcus Nevitt) Why Cromwell's chequered life is well worth a read: Belfast Telegraph, September 8, 2008 (by Pól Ó Muirí) Hidden History – Cromwell in Ireland: Irish Independent, September 6, 2008 (review by Paul Whitington) The Big Question – Was Cromwell a revolutionary hero or a genocidal war criminal?: The Independent, September 4, 2008 Massacres at Drogheda and Wexford were 'war crimes': Sunday Independent, August 31, 2008 Buy O Siochru's God's Executioner—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Ruan O'Donnell O'Brien Pocket History of the Irish Famine The Irish Famine: Irish Democrat, June 2, 2009 (review by David Granville) Buy O'Donnell's O'Brien Pocket History of the Irish Famine—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Willie Henry Coffin Ship: Wreck of the Brig St. John Coffin Ship. The Wreck of the Brig St John: Irish Examiner, June 22, 2009 (review by Donal Musgrave) Buy Henry's Coffin Ship—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Museum of Free Derry Bloody Sunday in Pictures Photographic insight into Bloody Sunday: Irish News, May 23, 2009 (by Seamus McKinney) Powerful new 'Sunday' book published: Derry Journal, April 24, 2009 Buy Bloody Sunday in Pictures—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Maurice Walsh's The News From Ireland: Foreign Correspondents and the Irish Revolution An Irish battle for hearts and minds: Financial Times, May 24, 2009 (review by David Gardner) Reports from the diplomatic front line on a world turned upside down: The Irish Times, Decmeber 2, 2008 (review by Deirdre McMahon) Struggling to cover the revolution: The Irish Times, October 11, 2008 (review by Eunan O'Halpin) History – Freedom and the press: Sunday Tribune, November 30, 2008 (review by Justine McCarthy) Buy Walsh's The News From Ireland—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Rosín Higgins, Regina Uí Chollatáin (Editors) The Life and After-Life of P.H. Pearse: Padraig MAC Piarais: Saol Agus Oidhreacht Long-awaited mature debate on an insistent ghost in Irish republicanism: The Irish Times, May 26, 2009 (review by Ruth Dudley Edwards) A balanced account of Pearse's life and legacy: Sunday Business Post, May 17, 2009 (review by Andrew Lynch) Buy The Life and After-Life of P.H. Pearse—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Henry Patterson's Ireland Since 1939 – The Persistence of Conflict Ireland Since 1939: Irish Democrat, December 9, 2008 (review by Roy Johnston) Parallel lives on Irish island: Irish Independent, September 30, 2006 (review by John Bruton) Polished history of modern Ireland: Sunday Business Post, August 20, 2006 (review by Diarmaid Ferriter) Buy Patterson's Ireland Since 1939 Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Jay P. Dolan's The Irish Americans: A History From Prejudice to Power: America Magazine, March 16, 2009 (review by Nancy J. Curtin) Success story: Irish Echo, November 19, 2008 (by Peter McDermott) The Irish Americans – A History: Foreign Affairs, Jan/Feb 2009 (review by Walter Russell Mead) The Irish in America—a long and gregarious history: Buffalo News, March 15, 2009 (review by Michael D. Langan) Nonfiction review – 'The Irish Americans': San Francisco Chronicle, November 25, 2008 (review by Michael O'Donnell) Buy Dolan's The Irish Americans—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Thomas Fleming's Irish American Chronicle Fordham symposium will consider Chronicle: Irish Echo, April 8, 2009 Buy Fleming's Irish American Chronicle—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Robert Ramsey's Ringside Seats: An Insider's View of the Crisis in Northern Ireland What unionists must do now to get the thumbs up from Europe: Belfast Telegraph, April 30, 2009 (by Eamonn McCann) Buy Ramsey's Ringside Seats—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Bernadette Devlin's The Price of My Soul The Book That Changed My Life: Sunday Tribune, April 19, 2009 (by Donncha O'Connell) Buy Devlin's The Price of My Soul—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Carmel McCaffrey's In Search of Ireland's Heroes: The Story of the Irish from the English Invasion to the Present Day In Search of Ireland's Heroes: Irish Democrat, April 19, 2009 (review by Ruaírí Ó Domhnaill) Buy McCaffrey's In Search of Ireland's Heroes—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Diarmaid Ferriter's Judging Dev: A Reassessment of the Life and Legacy of Eamon De Valera 'Judging Dev' deal sparks war of words between historians: The Irish Times, April 17, 2009 (by Paul Cullen) Dev book wows judges to win top awards: Irish Examiner, April 25, 2008 'The Civil War was a joke, but it was an obscene and bloody joke': Sunday Independent, March 2, 2008 (by Con Houlihan) Judging Dev: Ulster Herald, November 8, 2007 Let's deal with our historical figures as humans — not gods or devils: Irish Examiner, November 3, 2007 (by Ryle Dwyer) De Valera 'lacked emotional intelligence' about partition: (from the Irish News, October 22, 2007 – by Margaret Canning) Badly needed corrective to vilification of Long Fellow: Sunday Independent, October 21, 2007 (by Eoghan Harris) New book tries to reclaim Dev's legacy: Irish Independent, October 16, 2007 Being an American did not save Dev in 1916 book says: (from the Irish News, October 13, 2007) Long fellow writ large: Sunday Business Post, October 14, 2007 (review by Emmanuel Kehoe) Buy Ferriter's Judging Dev—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Myles Dungan's The Captain and the King: William O'Shea, Charles Stewart Parnell and Late Victorian Ireland Revisiting the greatest scandal in Irish history: Sunday Business Post, April 12, 2009 (review by Andrew Lynch) Buy Dungan's The Captain and the King—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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William McKee's Governor The Governor – Inside the Maze: Sunday Tribune, March 15, 2009 (scroll down for review by Tom Widger) Why prison officers at the Maze were jailbirds too Governor: Irish Independent, March 28, 2009 (review by Maurice Hayes) Former Kesh gov speaks of IRA men's dedication: Belfast Media, March 30, 2009 (by Ciarán Barnes) Why prison officers at the Maze were jailbirds too Governor: Irish Independent, March 28, 2009 Buy McKee's Governor—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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A. R. Oppenheimer's IRA: The Bombs and the Bullets: a History of Deadly Ingenuity The Bombs and the Bullets – a history of deadly ingenuity: Irish Democrat, March 12, 2009 (review by Peter Berresford Ellis) Buy Oppenheimer's IRA: The Bombs and the Bullets—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Martin J. Mitchell's New Perspectives on the Irish in Scotland Building bridges across the sectarian divide: The Sunday Times, March 15, 2009 (review by James Boyle) Buy Mithchell's New Perspectives on the Irish in Scotland—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Jonathan Powell's Great Hatred, Little Room: Making Peace in Northern Ireland Great Hatred, Little Room by Jonathan Powell: The Observer, March 29, 2009 (review by James Purdon) Great Hatred, Little Room: Irish Democrat, July 4, 2008 (review by Tom Griffin) An insider's view of long and winding road to peace: Sunday Business Post, April 13, 2008 (review by Andrew Lynch) Great Hatred, Little Room: The Guardian, September 20, 2008 (by Sue Arnold) The Troubles We've Seen: American Interest, July/August 2008 (review by Mitchell B. Reiss) Paisley, by Ed Moloney & Great Hatred, Little Room, by Jonathan Powell: The Independent, May 2, 2008 (review by David McKittrick) Convoluted path to an unlikely peace: Financial Times, April 28, 2008 (review by John Murray Brown) Great Hatred, Little Room – Paying the price of peace: The Spectator, April 8, 2008 (review by Dean Godson) A chronicle of craven surrender: Daily Mail, April 15, 2008 (review by Peter Hitchens) A triumph of stamina: Daily Telegraph, April 4, 2008 (review by Leo McKinstry) Agreeing to differ: The Guardian, April 5, 2008 (review by David Trimble) Making peace in Northern Ireland: Daily Telegraph, April 4, 2008 (review by Andrew Gimson) Great Hatred, Little Room: Making Peace in Northern Ireland by Jonathan Powell: The Times, March 29, 2008 (review by George Brock) Fudges, nudges and titbit revelations in new book: Irish News, March 24, 2008 (by Tom Kelly) Jonathan Powell – every prime minister needs him: The Sunday Times, March 23, 2008 (by Martin Ivens) You can laugh about it now ...: The Observer, March 23, 2008 (review by Sean O'Hagan) Jitters and giggles at the 'hand of history' talks: The Guardian, March 19, 2008 (extract) Top Blair aide's book recalls talks in Derry: Derry Journal, March 19, 2008 Great Hatred, Little Room: Making Peace in Northern Ireland by Jonathan Powell: The Sunday Times, March 23, 2008 (review by Max Hastings) Powell on ... Clinton nodding off: The Guardian, March 19, 2008 (extract) The £200m inquiry – McGuinness would have settled for apology: The Guardian, March 19, 2008 (extract) 'Everyone was nervous – Gerry Adams' hands were visibly shaking...': Irish Independent, March 22, 2008 (review by John Cooney) Meeting the arms decommissioners: The Guardian, March 18, 2008 (extract) Talking to the enemy – the secret intermediaries who contacted the IRA: The Guardian, March 18, 2008 (extract) A moment in history – sitting down to talk with Adams and McGuinness: The Guardian, March 17, 2008 (extract) Tea and biscuits at a safe house in Derry: The Guardian, March 17, 2008 (extract) Buy Powell's Great Hatred, Little Room—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Malachi O'Doherty's Empty Pulpits Empty Pulpits – Ireland's Retreat from Religion by Malachi O'Doherty: Irish Catholic, September 25, 2008 (review by Eamon Maher) Malachi O'Doherty – Empty Pulpits: BrazenCity.com, September 25, 2008 (by Graeme Watson) Why haven't the arguments of these atheists really evolved?: Belfast Telegraph, October 13, 2008 (by Malachi O'Doherty) Buy O'Doherty's Empty Pulpits—in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Fergal Francis Davis's The History and Development of the Special Criminal Court 1922-2005 Special Criminal Court 1922 – 2006: Irish Democrat, February 1, 2009 (review by Michael O'Sullivan) Buy Davis's The History and Development of the Special Criminal Court—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Martyn Frampton's The Long March: The Political Strategy of Sinn Fein, 1981-2007 Overpriced but important look at Sinn Féin's long march towards unity: The Irish Times, March 4, 2009 (review by Ruth Dudley Edwards) Buy Frampton's The Long March—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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