Patrick Geoghegan re-examines the facts of Emmet's life and draws on new material from archives in Britain, France, the United States, and Ireland to show how Emmet's plans for rebellion, although und
A great orator who was the most feared lawyer in Ireland, Daniel O'Connell tormented judges and opposing barristers, and saved the lives of many men who would otherwise have been hanged. An opponent o
In this sequel to his biography of Irish statesman Daniel O'Connell's life up to 1829, author Geoghegan (history, Trinity College Dublin) charts O'Connell's last 17 years. The book analyzes the reason
This book brings together thirteen of the leading historians of the period to investigate the political, social and cultural significance of the Irish Act of Union. Marking the bicentenary of the pass
The Easter Rising in 1916 was the second significant attempt to achieve an Irish Republic, independent from the United Kingdom and Ireland at large. Here Brennan-Whitmore, a long forgotten commander w
