Search Results: Titles starting with M from The Irish History Bookshop

Ireland: University College Dublin Press, 2018 Book. New. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The Maamtrasna Murders of 1882-in which three men who spoke only Irish were wrongfully sentenced to death after a trial conducted fully in English-stand as one of the gravest miscarriages of justice in Irish history. In this book, Margaret Kelleher uses the Maamtransa case, notorious for its failure to interpretive and translation services to monoglot Irish speakers, as a starting point for an investigation into broader sociolinguistic issues. Uncovering archival materials not previously consulted, this book illuminates a story that has proven to be a much messier social narrative than previously recognized. Kelleher show that, although the wrongful execution of monolingual Irishmen have historically been the best-known feature of the case, the complex significance of language use in an isolated region mirrors the dynamics that continue to influence the fates of monolingual and bilingual… Read More

Castle House Publications, 1995 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. A little wear to the card covers. .

Margaret Robins, 2023 Book. New. Soft cover. Maggie Barrett is my great grandmother. She died where she lived, in Ballina, on the west coast of Ireland. My mother, Maureen, is likely the only person still living who knew Maggie. At 89 years of age, and having lived nearly seven decades in New Zealand, Maureen's childhood memories of her grandmother remain crisp and detailed. I was brought up on stories of Maggie, who was the kindest and loveliest grandmother a child could wish for. Two decades ago, I resolved to find Maggie's grave, to erect a headstone and to chronicle Maggie's life for her descendants. Despite my best efforts, my great grandmother still lies lost somewhere in the soil of Old Leigue Graveyard so, without a grave or a headstone, this book is, for now, the only tangible declaration that Maggie Barrett lived and died. I have remained, in this book, faithful to every discovered document and to every family memory. Where these 'snapshot' sources have fallen short, I… Read More

Gibson Square, 2023 Book. New. Soft cover. The phenomenal success of Tolkien and JK Rowling have restored magical folk to the adult world. The reader will discover that Hobbits hail from Tolkien's aunt's manor farm Bag-End and Harry Potter's Master Dobbs is part of ancient folklore. Fairies are often nothing like the ones conjured up by writers and Hollywood. Some are worse than soccer hooligans. They are irascible, blood-sucking, bed-hopping. A tidal-wave of new fairy sightings has been uncovered by the digitisation of British and Irish local newspapers and other local ephemera, and by the Fairy Census conducted by the authors..

Poolbeg, 2019 Book. New. Soft cover. Thousands of years ago the Tuatha Dé Danann - the People of the Goddess Danu - landed on the West Coast of Ireland. Their boats suddenly appeared out of a huge mist. People thought they came from the sky and believed they must be half gods, half human. They brought four great magical treasures, fought and won fearsome battles and ruled Ireland for more than 400 years. And when their reign was over, they vanished into the Other World, still exercising their magic powers, living on forever. .

Westport Historical Society, 1991 Book. Good. Soft cover. A little wear to the card covers..

Penguin, 2012 Book. New. Soft cover. A brand new book..

Oxford University Press, 2023 Book. New. Soft cover. Twenty Irish immigrants, suspected of belonging to a secret terrorist organization called the Molly Maguires, were executed in Pennsylvania in the 1870s for the murder of sixteen men. Ever since, there has been enormous disagreement over who the Molly Maguires were, what they did, and why they did it, as virtually everything we now know about the Molly Maguires is based on the hostile descriptions of their contemporaries. Arguing that such sources are inadequate to serve as the basis for a factual narrative, Kevin Kenny examines the ideology behind contemporary evidence to explain how and why a particular meaning came to be associated with the Molly Maguires in Ireland and Pennsylvania. At the same time, this work examines new archival evidence from Ireland that establishes that the American Molly Maguires were a rare transatlantic strand of the violent protest endemic in the Irish countryside. Combining social and cultural history, Making Sense of… Read More

Yale University Press, 2022 Book. New. Soft cover. Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)-the only English commoner to become the overall head of state-is one of the great figures of history, but his character was very complex. He was at once courageous and devout, devious and self-serving. As a parliamentarian, he was devoted to his cause; as a soldier, he was ruthless. Cromwell's speeches and writings surpass in quantity those of any other ruler of England before Victoria and, for those seeking to understand him, he has usually been taken at his word. In this remarkable new work, Ronald Hutton untangles the facts from the fiction. Cromwell, pursuing his devotion to God and cementing his Puritan support base, quickly transformed from obscure provincial to military victor. At the end of the first English Civil War, he was poised to take power. Hutton reveals a man who was both genuine in his faith and deliberate in his dishonesty-and uncovers the inner workings of the man who has puzzled biographers for… Read More

Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, 2006 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Offprint article from the Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. Stapled in card covers..

Ireland: Bookhub, 2019 Book. New. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A brand new book. Making The Right Connections by Mayo Man, Michael Larkin, provides a brilliantly researched social history of his namesake, Thomas Larkin, and innovations in telephony from Ireland to United States and back..

The Collins Press, 2016 Book. New. Hardcover. A brand new book..

Mercier Press, 2001 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. A little shelf wear..

Baille Atha Cliath: Oifig An tSolatair, 1953 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Volume 1 of the memoirs of Peadar Ó hAnnracháin. Half cloth over blue card boards. The dustjacket is worn and frayed at the edges with a one inch closed tear along the edge of the spine. Previous owners name on the end paper..

Baille Atha Cliath: Oifig An tSolatair, 1953 Book. Fair. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Volume 1 of the memoirs of Peadar Ó hAnnracháin. Half cloth over blue card boards. The cloth spine is split and torn. The binding is tight and the text is clean..

Bloomsbury Academic, 2022 Book. New. Soft cover. The first woman elected to lead a major Western power and the longest serving British prime minister for 150 years, Margaret Thatcher is arguably one the most dominant and divisive forces in 20th-century British politics. Yet there has been no overarching exploration of the development of Thatcher's views towards Northern Ireland from her appointment as Conservative Party leader in 1975 until her forced retirement in 1990. In this original and much-needed study, Stephen Kelly rectifies this. From Thatcher's 'no surrender' attitude to the Republican hunger strikes to her nurturing role in the early stages of the Northern Ireland peace process, Kelly traces the evolutionary and sometimes contradictory nature of Thatcher's approach to Northern Ireland. In doing so, this book reflects afresh on the political relationship between Britain and Ireland in the late-20th century. An engaging and nuanced analysis of previously neglected… Read More

Merrion Press, 2018 Book. New. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. A Brand New Book.

Arlen House, 2020 Book. New. Soft cover. Mary Hayden was a prominent and persistent Irish feminist whose influence ranged over many decades, a power-broker in the university world, and a consistent activist for the underprivileged. Although a nationalist for most of her career, in her hierarchy of values nationalism always took second place to the cause of equality for women..

Bucknell University Press,U.S., 2006 Book. New. Soft cover. Mary Josephine Lavin (10 June 1912 25 March 1996) was a noted Irish short story writer and novelist. She is regarded as a pioneering female author in the traditionally male-dominated world of Irish letters. Her subject matter often dealt explicitly with feminist issues and concerns at a time when the primacy of the Roman Catholic Church and its abuses (e.g. the Magdalene Laundries) impinged extensively on Irish society..

Atlantic Books, 2022 Book. New. Soft cover. A Brand New Book.