Wordwell dublin (91 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In this challenging but fair account of the Irish Civil War, Colum Kenny sets out relevant tragic events of 1922 to 1923 in a clear and succinct way. He highlights in graphic detail the main moments of a war between former friends. Arguing that it is not possible to suspend judgment about a dispute that threatened the democratic foundation of the Irish state, and that gave solace to its enemies, he presents a balanced analysis of what happened during those two turbulent years.Referring to activists on both sides such as Michael Collins, Harry Boland, Mary McSwiney and Richard Mulcahy, the author explains that the Civil War was bubbling from early 1922. Reflecting on the lasting bitterness engendered by civil war, a bitterness that broke Arthur Griffith's heart and contributed to his early death in 1922, Kenny relates the Civil War to current tensions surrounding the future of Northern Ireland. In this challenging but fair account of the Irish Civil War, Colum Kenny sets out relevant tragic events of 1922 to 1923 in a clear and succinct way. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Around the year 1548, the English built a fort in the Laoghaise (or Leix) region to guard against attacks on the Pale. In 1556 Queen Mary 1 decided on the plantation of the Irish territories, by confiscating their land and giving it to English settlers, calling the area Queen's County and stipulating that Fort Leix (Port Laoghaise) be renamed Mary Burgh.In this work, author and local historian Joe Curtis explores the visual history of Portlaoise as it developed up to the modern age, covering various aspects of religion, education, health, business and law and order along the way. An illustrated history of Portlaoise, Co, Laois, Ireland, from 1548 to the present day. Covers the history of religion, education, sport and business in this historic area. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Burncourt is a rural area in Co. Tipperary. The name derives from the burning of the Everard Mansion in 1650. This was done by Cromwell or, as local lore has it, by Lady Catherine Everard, who did not want the castle to fall into Cromwellian hands. The castle was never reoccupied and now lies as an imposing ruin on the landscape. Burncourt is an area where history abounds. Yet we can never know the full story of a place; all that can be provided are glimpses into the past. In this work, author Rose M. Cleary allows us to look at how the area developed and evolved, and how it was shaped by its rich history. This is Burncourt. An expertly researched local history of Burncourt, Tipperary, focussing on the history and archaeology of this historic region. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Kilkenny: City of Heritage, is an expertly researched but accessibly written history of the streetscapes and buildings that define Kilkenny itself. An expertly researched but accessibly written history of the streetscapes and buildings that define Kilkenny. This fully illustrated work explores the three stages of the development of the city, through its Medieval, Georgian and Victorian ages. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. 'Can you say whether your bank has an account in the name of a man called Michael Collins?' - Alan Bell, official bank inquiry.In 1919, the revolutionary Irish government launches an audacious plan to crowdfund the equivalent of 30,000,000 to fund a counter-state in open defiance of British rule in Ireland. Half the funds are to be raised in Ireland and half in America. This start-up government is determined not only to replace the British administration in Ireland but also to implement its own industrial and financial policies, including establishing a national bank.But the funding campaign in America is delayed owing to regulatory obstacles. It is imperative that the domestic funding campaign succeeds. Without funds, the counter-state government is doomed to failure. A financial 'Ho Chi Minh Trail' is established; couriers secretly begin distributing three million promotional leaflets throughout the country and carrying subscriptions to Dublin; Head Office staff ensure that receipts are issued, loan registers updated and coded financial accounts maintained. The money is laundered into bank accounts and converted into gold using a 'gold exchange network'.An uncompromising former detective, now a near-retired magistrate, is summoned to Dublin to go after the money. This is the untold history of the fight for the revolutionary government's funds, the bank inquiry that shook the financial establishment and the first battle in the intelligence war. In 1919 the revolutionary Irish government launched an audacious plan to crowdfund the equivalent of EURO30m to fund a counter-state in open defiance to British rule. The start-up government was determined to not only replace the British administration but to implement its own industrial and financial policies, including establishing a national ba Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. Sport and sporting pastimes have always been an important part of life in Cork. What is remarkable about Cork sports men and women is their success across the entire range of sporting disciplines.There can be no true criteria for measuring the quality of a Leeside Legend. In the world of partisan sport, one man's hero is another man's villain. Leeside Legends brings together a collection of stories of 100 heroes who have broken as many hearts as they have lifted.This collection is not meant to be definitive, but rather representative of the many thousands who through the clash of the ash or the wearing of the green on an international stage have brought happiness and joy to the sporting capital of Ireland. This collection is not meant to be definitive, but rather representative of the many thousands who through the clash of the ash or the wearing of the green on an international stage have brought happiness and joy to the sporting capital of Ireland. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Bryan MacMahon gives a comprehensive overview of the origins and progress of the Protestant evangelical campaign in West Kerry from 1825 to 1845. These Church of Ireland missionaries were motivated by a desire to save Irish-speaking Catholics from what they saw as superstitious practices and enthrallment to Rome. This study brings personalities to life and records the long-lost voices and values of those on both sides of the religious divide. The work of the evangelicals was widely hailed as a model of a successful missionary campaign; however, it evoked a furious response from Catholic priests. The war of words between clergymen of both persuasions was fomented by rival local newspapers, reaching a climax in a notorious libel case in March 1845. This work is a comprehensive overview of the Protestant evangelical campaign in West Kerry from 1825-45, and the Church of Ireland missionaries who were motivated by a desire to save Irish-speaking Catholics from their 'superstitious practices and enthralment to Rome'. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Authoritarian nationalism is on the rise in Europe and elsewhere. Freedom is endangered in Eastern Europe. In the Middle East, militant Islam threatens peace, stability, and liberty. The US has recently faced an existential crisis, with the rise of populism and the unprecedented polarization of Left and Right. Brexit has endangered the integrity of the EU, which has hitherto operated as a defender of peace and freedom. At the same time, threats have arisen in the West to the traditional value of free speech.With the fall of the Soviet Union decades ago, liberal capitalism seemed to be consolidating on the global stage. Since then, the West has been beset by social fragmentation, by the growing consciousness of environmental perils - such as global warming and the threat to biodiversity - and by ongoing racial turmoil.With the creeping influence of the corporate state, cyber-technology threatens to put our souls up for sale to the highest bidder. Threats to freedom and privacy have become a matter of great concern.In recent times, the pandemic has involved extraordinary restrictions on freedom on a global scale. The recent imposition of emergency legislation serves to emphasize the fragility of the liberties we normally take for granted.Drawing widely on relevant literature, including political theory from Plato to Hannah Arendt, this book highlights the above and related issues. In practical terms, it suggests some ways in which the tendency to undermine freedom might be countered, through a political re-assertion of the value of liberty. Authoritarian nationalism is on the rise in Europe; freedom is endangered in Eastern Europe; the Middle East faces political, religious and sectarian threats to peace; the US has seen an unprecedented polarization of Left and Right. This work looks at this issues through the works of the great political philosophers of our time. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In September 1939 the Second World War broke out. The fact that Ireland remained neutral in the conflict is well known. What is far less well-known is that from 1939 onwards Ireland prepared to defend itself from invasion. Combining many previously unseen photographs and documents and with a text based on research in Defence Forces and official archives, this book is an illustrated photographic and documentary history of the military and defensive preparations made by Ireland's Defence Forces during the Second World War, what became known officially only as 'The Emergency'. Combining many previously unseen photographs and documents, this book is an illustrated photographic and documentary history of the military and defensive preparations made during the Second World War, what became known officially only as The Emergency. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The IRA Volunteers of County Clare were pioneers of the tactics of guerrilla warfare. In 1919, with the moral support of Dr. Michael Fogarty, Catholic Bishop of Killaloe, they took on the vastly superior forces of the Crown. Through their successful 'hit-and-run' tactics, the IRA undermined and paralyzed British rule in the county until the truce finally came on 11 July 1921.In this comprehensively researched and scholarly work, the author tells a story that highlights the particular role of the men and women of Clare in the national conflict, which offers unique insights into the major events, successful ambushes, Black and Tan reprisals and controversial IRA executions during the national struggle for independence. A history of County Clare, Ireland, during the period of the Irish War of Independence. This work highlights the role of the individual men and women of the area in the context of the national conflict. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. This extensive work begins with the Ulster Plantation in Fermanagh and deals with all the major historical events over the centuries as experienced in the county. It deals particularly with the recent conflict as endured in Fermanagh and details all of the deaths (114) that occurred there. It examines how the Irish Government cooperated with the British Government on Border security, using official declassified British Government documents and explores the validity or otherwise of claims of ethnic cleansing. This extensive work begins with the Ulster Plantation in Fermanagh and deals with all the major historical events over the centuries as experienced in the county. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Covid-19 changed how we see ourselves in the world. The pandemic brought loss and uncertainty, but also resilience and coping. People found ways to persevere, survive, and grow. What does the single most traumatic event of our generation mean? Can we learn its lessons? Do societies ever learn lessons? There was collective amnesia about the 1918 Spanish flu. Will we forget Covid-19? This book reflects on the pandemic in Ireland, what we might learn as a society, and what pandemics teach us about ourselves. The history of similar events is explored through the work of Sir William Wilde, Victorian doctor and father of playwright Oscar. Wilde knew the impact of infection through his clinical work, his studies of plagues in Irish history, and the tragic meningitis of his beloved daughter, Isola - the same condition from which Oscar later died. Infection is eternal, but each pandemic is new to each generation. This book explores how Covid-19 showed that we are more fragile than we thought, but also stronger, smarter, wiser, and kinder. Covid-19 changed how we see ourselves in the world. The pandemic brought loss and uncertainty but also resilience. People found ways to persevere, survive, and grow. The history of similar events is explored through the work of Sir William Wilde, Victorian doctor and father of playwright Oscar. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. New York, 1919. The lights of Broadway are back on. With victory in Europe, and influenza on the wane, a new generation was leading the metropolis of the world into the Jazz Age. America was still trying to define itself; the eighteenth amendment had been passed, the country was going dry; anarchist bombings, organized labor and bitter strikes fueled a Red Scare; the Ku Klux Klan had become a political force and interracial violence was rife during the Red Summer.The 'President' of the self-declared Irish Republic, Eamon de Valera, joined representatives from other new European nation states seeking recognition and funding. Back in the 'home country', Michael Collins was raising funds in open defiance of the Dublin Castle authorities. Without American recognition and funding the young Irish Government was sure to fail against the might of the British Empire. This is their story. New York, 1919. The 'President' of the self-declared Irish Republic, Eamon de Valera, joined representatives from other new European nation states seeking recognition and funding. Back in the 'home country', Michael Collins was raising funds in open defiance of the Dublin Castle authorities. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. "A gang of police thugs.""Renegades and perverted types."These were just some of the ways in which the men and women of the Garda Special Branch were described by their enemies within the anti-Treaty IRA. What follows in this work is the gripping narrative of the often brutal and violent struggle for supremacy between these two sides.It explores the foundation and the inner workings of a squad of detectives, initially called the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), based in Oriel House, Dublin, in August 1922 and their transition into what became known as the Special Branch. It further details the history of the turbulent decades which followed, and the regular confrontations with the IRA in which many officers of Ireland would make the ultimate sacrifice. "A gang of police thugs." "Renegades and perverted types." These were just some of the ways in which the men and women of the Garda Special Branch were described by their enemies within the anti-Treaty IRA. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. Pp.xv, 306. Illustrated. SIGNED by NICK MAXWELL. Signed by Author.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. 30 pages. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. The first operation under anesthesia in Ireland took place 175 years ago when John MacDonnell, a surgeon at the Richmond Hospital, Dublin amputated the arm of Mary Kane on January 1st 1847. This occurred less than three months after the first public demonstration of the use of ether for painless surgery in Boston. Over the next 150 years, anesthesia was to evolve from an apprentice-based craft to become a highly technical specialty, integral not just in the operating theater but also to a wide range of other medical settings.The book, in the first published history of the specialty in Ireland, describes the personalities, institutions and innovators who led the development of anesthesia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from 1847 to the foundation of the College of Anaesthetists of Ireland in 1998. The first operation under anaesthesia in Ireland took place 175 years ago when John MacDonnell amputated the arm of Mary Kane. This book, the first history of the specialty in Ireland, describes the institutions and innovators who led the development of anaesthesia up to the foundation of the College of Anaesthetists of Ireland in 1998. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. pp viii, 372. HEAVY VOLUME - additional postage will be requested at processing stage for shipping outside of Ireland. A listing of those men and women involved in the Easter 1916 Dublin Rising, with short biographical notes on many of them.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. This book is an account of the Great Famine of 1846-7 in the Dingle peninsula. It paints a profoundly harrowing picture of the sufferings endured by the hard-pressed population, first from the failure of the crop, then from diseases such as typhus, dysentery and cholera, followed by evictions, displacement and emigration. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Soft cover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. HENRY O'NEILL OF THE "CELTIC CROSS" BY PETER HARBISON. 1ST EDITION ILLUSTRATED SOFTCOVER. X + 115 PAGES.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. pp vii, 99.

Soft cover. Condición: As New. First Edition. pp x, 115. 'Henry O'Neill is best known as an artist, archaeologist, publisher and polemicist, as seen through his various books - "The sculptured crosses of ancient Ireland", Ireland for the Irish", and "The round towers of Ireland" (County Dublin only). But they give a mere inkling of the impressive compendium of work that O'Neill did throughout a long and active career spanning 40 years and more. We find out a lot more through the sketch-books of his that survive, and realise what an incredible amount of travelling and sketching he did through his interest in castles or tower-houses, though he also covered a wide variety of other monuments, from prehistoric times almost up to his own day. O'Neill has, however, been largely airbrushed out of Ireland's antiquarian story because he came off second best to his great adversary George Petrie in the controversy about Irish round towers which raged throughout much of the nineteenth century. O'Neill was convinced that they were of pagan origin, whereas Petric argued correctly in favour of their Christian associations. Nevertheless . [he must] be ranked very highly among Irish antiquarian artists of the late Georgian and victorian periods.'.…

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. "This book introduces the reader to key collections of ethnographic objects in museums in Ireland, north and south.It describes the history of both folklife and exotic collections and reflects on their changing significance during various phases of that history" (cover blurb). 10 essays by a variety of experts, illuminated by photographs in both colour and black and white.…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. More than 25 years after the Good Friday Agreement, Ireland's constitutional future remains unresolved. Former diplomat Noel Dorr examines the history behind the Troubles and argues that a united Ireland, if chosen, must be achieved as a carefully managed process, not a single event. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. "The Lusitania was the largest and fastest ocean-going liner in the world when launched in 1906 - a wonder of the age. On the afternoon of 7 May 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed Lusitania 18km off the southern coast of Ireland inside the declared war zone. The liner sank in 18 minutes, killing 1,197 passengers and crew. The sinking was a contributing factor in the United States declaring war on Germany two years later. Given the dramatic circumstances of its loss, the wreck has been the subject of much investigation, research and survey work since its loss over 100 years ago and was protected by Underwater Heritage Order in 1995. Ongoing collaboration between the National Monuments Service (DCHG) and INFOMAR (Geological Survey Ireland and the Marine Institute) has furthered research into the wreck leading to the production of this new book which not only tells the story of the ship itself but also of the World War I losses generally off Ireland's coast. Images from newspapers, postcards, paintings, photographic collections and a variety of other sources show the impact the sinking of the Lusitania had globally. Recent acquisition of detailed high resolution scans of the wreck carried out by INFOMAR (INtegrated Mapping FOr the Sustainable Development of Ireland's Marine Resource) provides new imagery of how the shipwreck looks on the sea-floor today. As well as drawing on expertise from the National Monuments Service's Underwater Archaeology Unit, the Geological Survey of Ireland, The Marine Institute and the National Museum of Ireland, there are contributions in the publication from independent researchers, divers and specialists.( Government Press Service media release, December 2019). Clean, bright, tightly bound copy of a well produced, generously illustrated book which contains much new information. In pictorial card covers. …

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. pp 253. '[This work] explores the foundation and the inner workings of a squad of detectives, initially called the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), based in Oriel House, Dublin, in August 1922 and their transition into what became known as the Special Branch. It further details the history of the turbulent decades which followed, and the regular confrontations with the IRA in which many officers of Ireland would make the ultimate sacrifice.'.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. pp viii, 372. 'this book lists those who made up the [1916 Dublin] garrisons, and gives a short biography of many of them.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed by the author and signed on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. First Edition. pp xiii, 413. This book 'is a treasure trove of curious tales, eye-witness accounts and personal reflections on the wonderfully rich archaeological, historical and cultural heritage of our island, and those who dedicate themselves to exploring, unearthing and researching it.'. …

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 181 Pages. Illustrated.