Kerry was the scene of some of the bloodiest and most protracted fighting during the civil war. When Free State troops landed dramatically by sea, taking ...

The story of the Hales family from Bandon epitomises the whole revolutionary period in Ireland. They were involved from the establishment of the Irish ...

In this sequel to the hugely-popular This Man's Wee Boy , young Tony Doherty struggles to come to terms with the murder of his father, Paddy, on Bloody ...

Historian Tom Mahon, with the aid of cryptologist and code breaker James J. Gillogly, has spent the past few years breaking the IRA's secret communications ...

  Major Haig ordered them to 'prepare to fire', whereupon they the fired indiscriminately, point blank, at the people in the street. Four ...

The story of Patrick Moran, one of the ten volunteers hanged during the War of Independence. Born in Crossna, Boyle, Co. Roscommon, Paddy lived most of ...

Eyewitness and first hand accounts of the Irish revolution. Originally published by The Kerryman in the 1940s, this is one of the four titles in the ...

  Originally published by The Kerryman in 1947, this is one of the four titles in the Fighting Stories Series. It records the events of the War ...

The most bizarre world championship fight in boxing history was staged on St. Patrick's Day 1923, in war-torn Dublin. The winner in the ring, Mike McTigue ...