Product Description: With its 400th anniversary looming, Foyle College has commissioned a high-quality book to celebrate both the past and the future of education in the city.

Product Description: In the early morning of Saturday May 31, 1941 German planes dropped bombs on central Dublin. Nearly all the victims were among the poorest of Dublin's citizens. In Bombs over Dublin, the first book on the subject, Sean McMahon looks at the background to the bombings: Ireland's neutrality in what the country called the `Emergency'; the Belfast Blitz of April and early May 1941 that was a forerunner of the Dublin bombing; why the bombing of neutral Eire happened; and the repercussions for de Valera's wartime administration and for relations between Ireland and the Allied and Axis powers...read more

Product Description: From Collins to Cuchulainn, from Dev to Daniel O'Connell, this is a collection of fascinating short biographies of the most admirable Irishmen and women in history. Great Irish Heroes features biographies of some of Ireland's most famous heroes...read more

Tells the stories of the conflicts, with their scores of killings, and torture. 'Easter 1916' features the rebellion which took place in Ireland 90 years ago. 'The War of Independence' - features the guerrilla war. 'The Civil War' features few episodes in Irish history. This book also traces the causes, events and consequences of these events.

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Product Description: Charles Stewart Parnell, the uncrowned king of Ireland, remains the great enigma of Irish politics. A protestant landlord, he was worshipped by Irish nationalists who mourned his early death as if he had been a member of their own families...read more

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Product Description: This is a compilation of insults through the ages. Insults may be defined at their simplest as remarks and descriptions not intended as complimentary. An element of wit or justifiable rage is essential if insult is not to degenerate into mindless abuse.

Let love and friendship reign! -- a worthy wish and the motto of the famous Claddagh ring, which takes its name from the Claddagh, an ancient fishing village now pan of Galway city. The Claddagh ring, comprising two hands surrounding a heart and surmounted by a crown, is now a sought-after piece of jewelry. Here is the story of that ring. the Claddagh, and the city providing a memorable account of the myths and the history surrounding one of Ireland's oldest and newest love tokens.

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Product Description: Change is constant in human affairs and Ireland has seen its fair share over the centuries. If we are to understand Ireland's current challenges then we must grasp the complexity of its past. This concise and even-handed account describes the history of Ireland from early times...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

While studying Shakespeare at Stratford-on-Avon, Gary, Ciaran, Christa, and Jane learn that thieves in the vicinity are about to steal the seals of Sultan Suliman.