Far more Irishmen live outside Ireland than within it. This study, by Ireland's most controversial contemporary historian, reveals why this is, how it has come about and what the realities are - political, economic, religious and cultural - for the populations of the 'Irish Diaspora' and the countries they now inhabit.
The unofficial voice of modern Irish history."—The Economist"Ireland's best-known historical writer."—The Irish Times"A worthy contribution to the historical literature of the period."—Irish CentralIreland, 1919: When Sinn Féin proclaims Dáil Éireann the parliament of the independent Irish republic, London declares the new assembly to be illegal, and a vicious guerrilla war breaks out between republican and crown forces. Michael Collins, intel...
Paperback edition of the history which offers a personal perspective on the Irish century that followed the Easter Rising of 1916, tying in with its centenary. From the author of "The IRA, Michael Collins" and "Long Fellow, Long Shadow".
The story of the assissination squad that changed the course of Irish history. Bestselling historian Tim Pat Coogan not only tells the story of Collin's squad, he also examines the remarkable intelligence network of which it formed a part, and which helped to bring the British government to the negotiating table.
The 1916 Easter Rising and its aftermath changed Ireland for ever. The British government's execution of 14 republican rebels for their role in Ireland's most significant rebellion since 1798 transformed Irish public opinion: a group hitherto perceived as cranks and troublemakers were now feted as national heroes. Those who avoided the British firing squads of May 1916 would go on to plan a new - and ultimately successful - struggle for Irelan...
A biography of Ireland's greatest revolutionary leader, who signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921 and was assassinated in 1922. Republished to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising.
There's before 1916 and then there's after. Between them lies the Easter Rising, when Irish republicans took up arms against British rule and changed the course of their country's history forever. For though the resistance failed, it failed gloriously, the rebels were no longer a group of cranks and troublemakers in the public eye, but martyrs and national heroes, their example set the way for others and their mission lived on through the cent...
