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A History of the Irish Post Office is the first complete history of the Irish Postal Service over 300 years to the present day, where it remains Irelands largest employer, An Post. Originally, Irelands letters were delivered by post boys who walked or used their own horses. Poorly paid and equipped, they were sometimes attacked as they worked. Before we had post boxes, postmen walked the streets of Dublin, ringing a bell to collect letters. Th...

...must be the definitive biography...politics was [Redmond's] life, and Melady's immersion in the huge Redmond archive enables him to show a subtler and more analytical approach to the real matters at issue..." --Roy Foster, Irish Times *** "The coming of the first world war...threw Ireland into violence and confusion, and Redmond and his party into political and historical oblivion. Meleady rescues him. Superbly detailed, clearly written and...

New Perspectives on Artistic Practice 16201820. This major book, beautifully illustrated, highlights the finest contemporary scholarship on Irish fine art in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It was during this period that the luxury commodities which comprise fine art sculpture, painting, miniatures, prints became signifiers of the cultured lifestyle emulated by the social elites in Ireland. These artefacts, in their production, consu...

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Liffey Green, Danube Blue' is the remarkable account of Laszlo Gede, a Hungarian musician who made Ireland his home in 1969. His story begins in Hungary during the First World War, enduring poverty and hardship, and charts his rise to clarinettist in the State Opera House Orchestra. Between the wars Budapest was an exhilarating place for Laszlo, thrilling audiences with his Goldwin Gede swing band in its celebrated cafe society. The Second Wor...

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This richly illustrated book presents the latest research into Irish fine art from the 17th and 18th centuries. It is comprised of a rich selection of case studies into artistic practice that showcase the burgeoning nature of fine art media in Ireland, the quality of production, and the breadth of patronage. Investigating these signifiers of a 'cultured' lifestyle - their production, consumption, appreciation, display, and discourse - provides...

Between Two Flags tells the gripping story of the turbulent yet enduring and loving marriage of John Mitchel and Jenny Verner. Their courtship was opposed by both families, and their elopement and marriage caused public consternation, but this remarkable couple went on to live through and influence the politics of mid-19th-century Ireland and the United States. Both were ardent supporters of physical force Republicanism and of the American Con...

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The Dublin Lockout of 1913 stands out as the greatest monument to class division and worker's rights in modern Irish history. In this powerful and thought-provoking collection, the high-profile list of contributors to The Dublin Lockout, 1913 uncover the radical momentum within Dublin at the time, its effects internationally, and its paramount example in shaping political activism within Ireland to this day. This book explodes all preconceptio...

UVF: Behind the Mask is the gripping and shocking history of the Ulster Volunteer Force, from the formation of its post-1965 incarnation up to the present day. Aaron Edwards, who grew up in the Protestant working class community in North Belfast, blends rigorous research with unprecedented access to leading members of the UVF. His unique position reveals startling revelations into the inner-workings of one of the world's oldest and most ruthle...

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The Rivers of Dublin is the revised new edition of a cherished study of Dublin's history - a unique examination of the water routes of Ireland's capital and the ceaseless activity they enabled and inspired. It proves, in short, that the history of Dublin is that of its rivers. The rivers, tributaries, and streams that have populated Dublin since its establishment have governed the expansion of the city and its quality of life, yet over time ma...

In Crossing the Line, former BBC journalist and best-selling author Martin Dillon recalls his courageous journalistic career spent 'on the edge' during the worst years of the modern Troubles. Following his childhood on Belfast's Falls Road and his wild, rebellious teenage years, Dillon's move into the world of journalism lead him down dark paths of extreme danger, putting himself in harm's way to reveal the shocking truths of the conflict. His...

Lockets, like hearts, keep secretsDuring the golden summer before the First World War, Emily Pendennys knows her duty is to rescue the family fortunes by marrying well. Falling in love is little more than a dream and leaving her small Cornish village an impossibility. But as the storm clouds of war gather a chance encounter changes Emily's future and steals her heart forever.Over a century later researching family history is a solace for Aliso...

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