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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Cal McCarthy Green, Blue & Grey: The Irish in the American Civil War 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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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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Richard Moore Can I Give Him My Eyes? 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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Ruth Dudley Edwards Aftermath: The Omagh Bombing and the Families' Pursuit of Justice 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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John Bew, Martyn Frampton, & Inigo Gurruchaga Talking to Terrorists: Making Peace in Northern Ireland and the Basque Country 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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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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Anthony McIntyre's Good Friday: The Death of Irish Republicanism Days Like These…: Verbal Magazine, Issue 22 (review by Sam Millar) Death of the dream?: Tribune Magazine (UK), November 26, 2008 (review by John Coulter) Political three-card shuffle or surrender by republicans?: The News Letter, November 18, 2008 (by Liam Clarke) Blanket dissent in the ranks: The Irish Times, November 8, 2008 (by Gerry Moriarty) The new Good Book for all Unionists: (from the Irish Daily Star, November 10, 2008, by John Coulter) A peace of their minds: Boston Globe, November 6, 2008 (by Kevin Cullen) Why the IRA lost its long and futile battle: The Sunday Times, August 10, 2008 (by Liam Clarke) Buy McIntyre's Good Friday—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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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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Clair Wills's Dublin 1916: The Siege of the GPO 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's Dublin 1916—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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Eoin O Broin's Sinn Fein and The Politics of Left Republicanism 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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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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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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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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Gabriel Doherty's 1916 – The Long Revolution 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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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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Kevin Myers's Watching the Door: A Memoir 1971-1978 Watching the Door: The Observer, March 1, 2009 (review by Robert McCrum) Watching the Door – Cheating Death in 1970s Belfast: The Observer, February 22, 2009 (review by Ian Pindar) Testimonies from the Troubles: The Observer, May 27, 2008 (by Andrew Anthony) Guns and girls: The Guardian, April 19, 2008 (review by Chris Petit) Watching the Door, by Kevin Myers – Staying alive in Belfast's dark age: The Independent, March 7, 2008 (review by Patricia Craig) Watching The Door – Cheating Death In 1970s Belfast, by Kevin Myers: The Times, March 22, 2008 (review by Andrew Mueller) A tale of the Troubles: Daily Telegraph, March 29, 2008 (review by Melanie McDonagh) Here comes trouble: New Statesman, March 27, 2008 (review by Jean Hannah Edelstein) Sex, guns and the IRA: The Independent, March 8, 2008 (extract) Bullies, bigots murderers: Daily Mail, March 14, 2008 (review by Goeffrey Wheatcroft) We need to talk about Kevin: Sunday Independent, November 26, 2006 (by Ciara Dwyer) Myered in the Troubles: (from the Irish News, November 11, 2006, by Luke Ryan) Myers brings a light touch to dark times: Sunday Business Post, November 12, 2006 (review by Eibhir Mulqueen) Strange bedfellows: Sunday Life, November 5, 2006 (by Ciaran McGuigan) So much more than an Irishman's diary: Sunday Tribune, November 5, 2006 (review by Terry Prone) Man of war: Village, October 26, 2006 (by Justine McCarthy) Myers' bedroom exploits make rattling good read: Sunday Business Post, October 29, 2006 (review by Pat Leahy) 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) Caught between the devils and the IRA: The Sunday Times, October 22, 2006 (extract) Girls and guns in Belfast: The Sunday Times, October 15, 2006 (extract) Buy Myers' Watching the Door—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Terence O'Reilly's Hitler's Irishmen Hitler's Irishmen by Terence O'Reilly: Irish Voice/IrishCentral.com, February 25, 2009 (by Cahir O'Doherty) The Irish who fought for Hitler: Sunday Business Post, July 27, 2008 (review by Dermot Bolger) Buy O'Reilly's Hitler's Irishmen—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Bryan Fanning's The Quest for Modern Ireland: The Battle of Ideas 1912-1986 The Quest For Modern Ireland: Irish Democrat, December 9, 2008 (review by Roy Johnston) Buy Fanning's The Quest for Modern Ireland—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Thomas Mahon & James J. Gillogly's Decoding the IRA Hawaii doc is on trail of 1920s IRA: Irish Echo, February 4, 2009 (by Peter McDermott) Buy Mahon & Gillogly's Decoding the IRA—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Stephanie Rains's The Irish-American in Popular Culture, 1945-2000 The Irish-American in Popular Culture 1945-2000: Irish Democrat, December 9, 2008 (review by Michael O'Sullivan) Buy Rains's The Irish-American in Popular Culture—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Frank Millar's Northern Ireland: The Triumph of Politics; Interviews and Analysis 1988-2008 Peerless guide to how the peace was won: Irish Independent, January 31, 2009 (review by Maurice Hayes) Now at last it can be told: (from The House Magazine, January 19, 2009, review by Lord Brooke) This isn't a triumph of politics: The News Letter, January 12, 2009 (by Alex Kane) Insider's illuminating insights into inner workings of the peace process: The Irish Times, December 16, 2008 (review by Brian Feeney) Buy Millar's Northern Ireland: The Triumph of Politics—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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John Walsh's Quiet Reformer: The Official Biography of Patrick Hillery Hillery – saviour and slave of the Irish presidency: Sunday Business Post, January 25, 2009 (review by David O'Donohue) Buy Walsh's Quiet Reformer—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Ruan O'Donnell's The Impact of the 1916 Rising: Among the Nations The Impact Of The 1916 Rising: Irish Democrat, September 2, 2008 (review by Ken Keable) Buy O'Donnell's The Impact of the 1916 Rising—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Alf McCreary's A Fund of Goodwill – the Story of the International Fund for Ireland Laboriously researched background to the International Fund for Ireland: The Irish Times, January 28, 2009 (review by Seán Donlon) The debt that we owe to generous foreign donors: Belfast Telegraph, November 17, 2008 Buy McCreary's A Fund of Goodwill—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Thomas Hennessey's The Evolution of the Troubles 1970-72 The Evolution of the Troubles: Irish Democrat, January 23, 2009 (review by Roy Johnston) Buy Hennessey's The Evolution of the Troubles 1970-72—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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T Ryle Dwyer's Michael Collins: The Man Who Won the War Michael Collins – The Man Who Won the War: Sunday Tribune, January 25, 2009 (review by Tom Widger) Buy Dwyer's Michael Collins—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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William Cooke Taylor's Reminiscences of Daniel O'Connell: During the Agitations of the Veto, Emancipation Reminiscences of Daniel O'Connell: Irish Democrat, September 26, 2005 (review by Gerard Curran) Buy Taylor's Reminiscences of Daniel O'Connell—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Deirdre Raftery, Susan M. Parkes's Female Education in Ireland 1700-1900: Minerva or Madonna Female Education in Ireland, 1700-1900: Irish Democrat, December 10, 2008 (review by Sally Richardson) Buy Raftery & Parkes's Female Education in Ireland 1700-1900—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Tony Crowley's Wars of Words: The Politics of Language in Ireland 1537-2004 Wars of Words – the politics of language in Ireland 1537-2004: Irish Democrat, December 10, 2008 (review by Ruaírí Ó Domhnaill) Buy Crowley's Wars of Words—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Caitriona Crowe, Eunan O'Halpin & Dermot Keogh (Editors) Documents on Irish Foreign Policy: 1939-1941 Archives shed light on the will to protect sovereignty: Sunday Independent, January 11, 2009 (review by John A Murphy) History teaches us there is hope in times of crisis: Irish Independent, December 6, 2008 (by James Downey) Reports from the diplomatic front line on a world turned upside down: The Irish Times, Decmeber 2, 2008 (review by Deirdre McMahon) Buy Documents on Irish Foreign Policy: 1939-1941—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Dermot Meleady's Redmond: The Parnellite Redmond – the Parnellite: Irish Democrat, December 15, 2008 (review by Ruaírí Ó Domhnaill) Now is the time for the honour of remembrance: Sunday Independent, May 11, 2008 (review by Charles Lysaght) Writing Redmond back into history: Sunday Business Post, May 11, 2008 (review by Steven King) Unravelling Redmond – the hero, villain and enigma: Sunday Tribune, April 20, 2008 (review by Ronan O'Brien) Buy Meleady's Redmond—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Mervyn Busteed, Frank Neal, Jonathan Tonge (Editors) Irish Protestant Identities Reshaping the dry stone wall of Irish history: OpenDemocracy.net, December 27, 2008 (review by Arthur Aughey) Buy Busteed, Neal & Tonge's Irish Protestant Identities—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Jonathan Bardon's A History of Ireland in 250 Episodes 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 UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Dermot Keogh's Jack Lynch a Biography 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 UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Eamonn Boyce's The Insider: The Prison Diaries of Eamonn Boyce 1956-1962 Jail journal of a 'last hurrah' republican: Sunday Business Post, January 13, 2008 (review by Tim Pat Coogan) Buy Boyce's The Insider—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Barry McLoughlin's Left to the Wolves: Irish Victims of Stalinist Terror Left To The Wolves – Irish victims of Stalinist terror: Irish Democrat, April 21, 2008 (review by Fintan Lane) Buy McLoughlin's Left to the Wolves—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Eugene Hynes's Knock: The Virgins Apparition in Nineteenth-Century Ireland Analysis of 19th-century devotion in which all is not as it appears: The Irish Times, November 11, 2008 (review by Dáire Keogh) Buy Hynes's Knock—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Donal Nevin (editor) Between Comrades: James Connolly's Letters and Correspondence, 1889-1916 Connolly's socialist beacon burns bright: Sunday Business Post, January 13, 2008 (review by Diarmaid Ferriter) Buy Nevin's Between Comrades—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Richard Humphreys's Countdown to Unity: Debating Irish Reunification A curiosity or a practical roadmap to the long-sought goal of a united Ireland?: The Irish Times, December 24, 2008 (review by Deaglán de Bréadún) Buy Humphrey's Countdown to Unity—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Tim Pat Coogan's A Memoir Writing himself into Irish history: The Irish Times, October 11, 2008 (review by Conor Brady) So much to argue with in Tim Pat's glorious memoir: Irish Independent, October 4, 2008 (review by Mary Kenny) Buy Coogan's A Memoir—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Robert John Lynch's The Northern IRA And the Early Years of Partition 1920-1922 The Northern IRA: Irish Democrat, November 13, 2007 (review by Fintan Lane) Buy Lynch's The Northern IRA And the Early Years of Partition 1920-1922—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Joe Ambrose's Sean Treacy and the Tan War Sean Treacy And The Tan War: Irish Democrat, September 23, 2008 (review by Michael O'Sullivan) Buy Ambrose's Sean Treacy and the Tan War—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Miriam Moffitt's Soupers and Jumpers: The Protestant Missions in Connemara The sad leaving of Mary Mally (Malley?): Galway Advertiser, November 20, 2008 An unseemly brawl over God and scripture: Galway Advertiser, November 13, 2008 Evangelical Protestantism's conversion crusade and the Great Hunger: The Irish Times, December 9, 2008 (review by Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh) Buy Moffit's Soupers & Jumpers—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Marysia Zalewsk and John Barry (editors) Intervening in Northern Ireland: Critically Re-thinking Representations of the Conflict Intervening In Northern Ireland: Irish Democrat, August 1, 2008 (review by Roy Johnston) Buy Zalewsk & Barry's Intervening in Northern Ireland—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Robert Kerr's Republican Belfast: A Political Tourist's Guide Rewriting the history books – Republican 'tour guide' fails to mention a few home truths: (from the Irish Daily Star, December 8, 2008 by John Coulter) Perfect gift for anyone steeped in Belfast history: Irish News, December 11, 2008 (by Jim Gibney) Buy Kerr's Republican Belfast—in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Henry McDonald's Gunsmoke and Mirrors 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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Jonathan Moran's Policing the Peace in Northern Ireland: Politics, Crime and Security After the Belfast Agreement Probing the peace police: Irish Independent, July 26, 2008 (review by Maurice Hayes) Buy Moran's Policing the Peace in Northern Ireland—in US$ Or in UK£ Or in CDN$ Or in €

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Dave Hannigan's De Valera in America 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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