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1916: The Morning After by Tim Pat Coogan
Category: History
The 1916 Easter Rising and its aftermath changed Ireland for ever. The British government's execution of 14 republican rebels transformed a group hitherto perceived as cranks and troublemakers into national heroes. Those who avoided the British firing squads of May 1916 went on to plan a new - and ultim ...Show more
1916: The Mornings After by Tim Pat Coogan
Category: History
The story of the traumatic aftermath of Ireland's Easter Rising of 1916, and of the emergence of two Irish states – one green, one orange – from the embers of bloody conflict. The 1916 Easter Rising and its aftermath changed Ireland for ever. The British government's execution of 14 republican rebels tr ...Show more
De Valera by TIM PAT COOGAN
Category: History
The history of Ireland for much of the Twentieth century is the history of Eamon De Valera. From the 1916 Rising, the troubled Treaty negotiations and the Civil War, right through to his retirement after longer in power than any other twentieth century leader, de Valera has both defined and divided Irel ...Show more
Michael Collins by Tim Pat Coogan
Category: History
When President of the Irish Republic Michael Collins signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921, he remarked to Lord Birkenhead, 'I may have signed my actual death warrant.' And in August 1922 during the Irish Civil War, that prophecy came true - Collins was shot and killed by a fellow Irishman in a ...Show more
The I. R. A. by Tim Pat Coogan
Category: History
An updated edition of this unique, bestselling history of the IRA, now including behind-the-scenes information on the recent advances made in the peace process. Tim Pat Coogan's classic The IRA provides the only fair-minded, comprehensive history of the organization that has transformed the Irish natio ...Show more
The Twelve Apostles by Tim Pat Coogan
Category: History
Ireland, 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 guerilla war breaks out between republican and crown forces. Michael Collins, intelligence chief of the Irish Republican Army, creates an e ...Show more
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