Did you ever hear tell of Ogilvy's Mourning Warehouse in Grafton Street? Or maybe your granny went to see Monsieur Chylinkski - the modern Hercules! - in the New Theatre Royal in Abbey Street? And did
The railway system that makes up Northern Ireland Railways was formed in 1967 and remains open to this day despite threats of closure and the devastating effects of the ‘Troubles’. This new book recor
In the heady days of 1967 the Northern Ireland government announced the construction of an elevated, three-lane motorway encircling Belfast City Center. Drivers would be able to soar over Belfast's st
Amid the twists and turns of her survival to this day, the story of the light cruiser HMS Caroline spans a century and more. This book focuses on her early career, the role she played as just one of m
From an interest sparked by a family involvement in the Young Citizen Volunteers and the First World War, author Steven Moore has crafted an extensive, revealing and sympathetic account of the organiz
This first history of the little known Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours Co. has been extensively researched and includes 80+ images, most previously unpublished. Now jointly owned by Irish
Paul Savage has gathered together over 200 images to showcase the variety of vehicle types and liveries to be seen in Ireland between 2012 and 2017. This period was deliberately chosen to allow the re
Belfast once had the largest shipyard in the world, Harland and Wolff. It was there in 1912 that probably the most infamous ship, The Titanic, departed from the lough and sailed into the history books
This is a personal photographic record of a distinctive time on the Irish railway system. Covering the period around 1960-1963, and made up of largely unpublished images, the photographs might seem to
In Belfast: Toward a City Without Walls Vicky Cosstick tells the story of Belfast’s 100 sectarian walls and interfaces, now the last in Europe, which remain fifteen years after the Good Friday Agreeme
New edition of Dr Patterson's history of the narrow-gauge County Donegal Railway. This edition adds interviews with workers and others who had contact with the railway, a chapter on the railway today
At 7.30am on 1st July 1916, some 60,000 men climbed out of their trenches and walked across No-Man’s-Land and into the history books. The Battle of the Somme, which was to rage for another four and a
