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The Civil War left a more violent mark on Kildare than the War of Independence had. As a garrison county with military barracks situated on the main Cork and Limerick roads in Naas, Newbridge, the Curragh and Kildare town, it had a low level of republican military activity. By the Truce of 1921, however, Kildare's two IRA battalions had evolved into quite efficient military units. Forty-three people in or from Co. Kildare died during 1922-3, while only fifteen people died in the 1916-21 period as a result of hostilities. Kildare had one of the highest numbers of IRA volunteers executed during the war - eight - and the largest single execution - in December 1922 when seven men from the Rathbride column were executed at the Curragh. Fifteen National Army soldiers were killed in ambushes in the county, yet only three RIC men died. Two internment camps - Tintown and Newbridge - housed nearly 3,000 prisoners in 1922-3, while the Rath Camp held 1,200. The internment camps were the scene of mass hunger strikes and mass jail-breaks and the escape from Newbridge is the biggest in republican prison folklore, with 112 prisoners getting away. Includes the full untold story of the Rathbride column when 7 out of 10 arrested were executed in 1922 while other prisoners in Kerry caught in the same circumstances were reprieved.¿

The first biography of a fascinating Republican activist, Tadhg Barry, who was shot dead by British forces in Ballykinlar internment camp on 15 November 1921 during the Irish War of Independence.

Author David Ross has written an engaging and accessible biography of W.B. Yeats. Given the huge range of Yeats' interests - poetry, philosophy, history, mysticism and politics - and his eventful personal and public lives, Ross has deftly captured the spirit of the man and his work, relationships and beliefs.

Author David Ross's biography of Georoge Bernard Shaw is exceptionally readable and entertaining. The life, wit and prolific achievements of this Irish icon are conveyed with insight and understanding.

Author David Pritchard's highly readable, frank and sympathetic biography of Oscar Wilde, the cultural and literary legacy of one of the most paradoxical characters, and one of the most brilliant intellects, of the nineteenth century.

James Joyce biography, authored by David Pritchard, is a frank and accessible presentation of the life and work of an unconventional man and writer. Joyce left a legacy that has shaped the novel as we know it and has never been matched.

A beautiful anthology of some of the best loved poems from childhood, with a new selection of evocative photographs to accompany the memorable lines.

An up to date reassessment of the man whose name has always been synonymous with controversy. Over the last number of decades, Charles J. Haughey has been involved in major political scandals of Watergate proportions: the Arms Crisis, the telephone tapping scandal, the Beef Tribunal, the Ben Dunne payments, tax evasion, the Terry Keane revelations, the Moriarty Tribunal and the McCracken Tribunal, to name a few.In this up-to-date record of Haughey's controversial career, T. Ryle Dwyer delivers his conclusions on the Haughey Years.Lively, succinct, opinionated, drawing extensively on in depth research, Forty Years of Controversy is the indispensable handbook for anyone intrigued by Ireland's most inscrutable politicians.

A fully up-to-date, comprehensive and clearly presented compact dictionary - the ideal reference for learners and speakers of Irish.