Geographic: Ireland

The Easter Rising of 1916 was a major event in Irish history. With this novel, bestselling author and Irish historian Morgan Llywelyn offers a vivid portrait of the rebellion, told by characters at its heart.

This book covers the major events, the major players and the consequences of this historic moment in Irish history. The text is accompanied by historic photographic material.

Morgan Llywelyn tells the story of a charming young woman, Ursula Halloran, who comes of age in the 1920s and experiences the passions and pains of the times. She falls in love, bears a child out of wedlock, and in the war years finds fulfilment running her family farm in neutral Ireland.

Throughout the Dark Ages, Britain and Ireland played host to barbaric battles as Celts, Picts and Saxons fought over control of the land. This book looks at the realities of life in the 6th century, as Britain and Ireland adjusted to life after the Romans.

An Irish landlord flees from a society marriage, to return in disguise to his family estate in Ireland. Here he sets out to find a solution to his father's debts and the mismanagement of the estate.

David Rupert, a complete outsider with no connection to Ireland, rose to the very top of the Real IRA - all while working for the FBI and British intelligence. But his story is really about just how a bored, frustrated New York trucking manager becomes one of Britain's most valued spies, brings d...

One of Marie Fleming's last acts before she died from multiple sclerosis in late 2013 was to complete her memoir. A woman described by the High Court President as 'one of the most remarkable witnesses to come before the courts', during her landmark case against the Irish State to lift the ban on ...

A moving and gripping story of love, denial, and a daughter's quest for the truth. Caitriona Palmer had a happy childhood in Dublin, raised by loving adoptive parents. But when she was in her late twenties, she realised that she had a strong need to know the woman who had given birth to her. She ...

This is the combined life story of Mick Foster and Tony Allen, revealing how these most unlikely of stars toured the world and entered the record books. It is filled with nostalgic reminiscences about growing up in rural Ireland in the 1950s and 60s, and spans the breadth of their long career, in...

This is the combined life story of Mick Foster and Tony Allen, revealing how these most unlikely of stars toured the world and entered the record books. It is filled with nostalgic reminiscences about growing up in rural Ireland in the 1950s and 60s, and spans the breadth of their long career, in...

On a Dublin city street, packed with afternoon Christmas shoppers, a young woman appears, naked, traumatised and bearing burn marks. Tom Reynolds, now Chief Superintendent, is no longer head of the murder squad. But when it transpires the woman escaped from a house fire started deliberately and t...

On a Dublin city street, packed with afternoon Christmas shoppers, a young woman appears, naked, traumatised and bearing burn marks. Tom Reynolds, now Chief Superintendent, is no longer head of the murder squad. But when it transpires the woman escaped from a house fire started deliberately and t...

A luminous and haunting memoir from the prize-winning poet - a story of love, heartbreak and coming of age, and a fearless exploration of queer identity and trauma.

As TV's favourite weather forecaster, Lainey is good at making predictions. But what she doesn't foresee is that her own life is about to hit a stormy patch. With a string of failed relationships behind her, surely history isn't about to repeat itself with her beloved Ken?

Step into the surgery of Dr Lucia Gannon. Arriving in the small village of Killenaule, Co. Tipperary 20 years ago - husband Liam (also a GP) and children in tow. Journey with her as she builds a life in this tight-knit community, and discover what it means to be the one people bring their problem...

Imagine you're 32, married with two little children, and you find out you're carrying a deadly cancer gene? That was Emma Hannigan in August 2005, when she discovered she had the BRAC1 gene, which meant a 50% chance of developing ovarian cancer and an 85% chance of developing breast cancer. Emma ...

Olwen was plunged prematurely into adulthood when her parents died in tragic circumstances. She and her three younger sisters - each single, each with a PhD - are now in their thirties and leading disparate, distanced lives. Until one day Olwen, a geologist haunted by a terrible awareness of the ...

Olwen, Nell, Maeve and Rhona were plunged prematurely into adulthood when their parents died in tragic circumstances. Now in their thirties, they have each carved out impressive careers - living distant lives, fighting separate battles. But Olwen's disappearance is about to change everything. A g...

Olwen was plunged prematurely into adulthood when her parents died in tragic circumstances. She and her three younger sisters - each single, each with a PhD - are now in their thirties and leading disparate, distanced lives. Until one day Olwen, a geologist haunted by a terrible awareness of the ...

Nell and her partner Adrienne are about to have a baby. For Adrienne, it's the start of a new life. For Nell, it's the reason the two of them are sitting in a therapist's office. Because she can't go into this without dealing with the truth: that she has been a mother before, and now she can hard...