Remembering the Year of the French

Remembering the Year of the French
Author: Guy Beiner
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780299218249

Delving into the folk history found in Ireland's oral traditions, this work reveals alternate visions of the Irish past and brings into focus the vernacular histories, folk commemorative practices, and negotiations of memory that have gone unnoticed by historians.

Parliamentary Papers

Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
Total Pages: 722
Release: 1870
Genre: Bills, Legislative
ISBN:

Sessional Papers

Sessional Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1172
Release: 1908
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN:

The Murder of Dr Muldoon

The Murder of Dr Muldoon
Author: Ken Boyle
Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2019-08-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1781176914

A priest and his housekeeper abandon a baby girl on the doorstep of a house near the Black Church in Dublin's north inner city in February 1923. Three local women notice the couple's suspicious behaviour and apprehend them. The two are handed over to the police, charged and sent for trial. A month later, a young doctor is shot dead on the streets of Mohill, Co. Leitrim. The two incidents are connected, but how? In the days following the shooting of Dr Paddy Muldoon, the name of a local priest was linked to the killing and rumours abounded of a connection to the events in Dublin a month earlier and also that an IRA gang had been recruited to carry out the murder. However, despite an investigation at the time, the murder remained unsolved for almost 100 years. Now, newly discovered archive material from a range of sources, including the Muldoon family, has made it possible to piece together the circumstances surrounding the doctor's death, and reveals how far senior figures in the Church, State and IRA were willing to go to cover up a scandal.

A Place to Play

A Place to Play
Author: Humphrey Kelleher
Publisher: Merrion Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2023-10-26
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1785374818

In every province and county in Ireland, GAA grounds are cornerstones of culture and community. They are imbued with history and their terraces echo with the sounds of decades, even centuries, of spirited sporting battles. In this book, the first of its kind, Humphrey Kelleher has created a vibrant record of 101 GAA county grounds in every corner of the country. Each GAA ground featured has served as a county ground at some stage in its lifetime. Named for saints, landowners, political figures and more, every one has a unique and absorbing history. Alongside this fascinating information, the author chronicles the development of the grounds over the years, and the often surprising ways that funds were raised to do so. All thirty-two counties feature, and it doesn’t stop there; the book also takes us to London and to New York, where the grounds reflect the lasting and far-reaching influence of the GAA beyond these borders. With stunning new aerial drone photography by the author, this exceptional book offers an insightful new perspective on the places our GAA clubs and counties call home.