OK, so this
part was a little ambitious, sue us! Anyway, we want to devote this section to
reviews of books dealing with the Six Counties, but we really haven't had much
time for reading lately, let alone writing reviews. So for now, we're putting
up a list of recommended books. All of these can be purchased on-line, through
the Free-Eíre bookshop. And Again, we're not affiliated with Free-Eíre,
we just like the site, and are too damn lazy to put together our own book shop.
Bloody
Sunday: Massacre in Northern Ireland : The Eyewitness Accountsby Don Mullan (Compiler), John Scally (Compiler)
Paperback, 288 pages
Published by Roberts Rinehart Pub.
-- Read the eyewitness account of what really happened on Bloody Sunday. This is the book that has forced Tony Blair to open a new investigation into the events of that fateful day.
The
Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal 1966-1996 and the Search for Peace By Tim Pat Coogan
Reprint Edition, 488 pages
Published by Roberts Rinehart Pub.
-- The Author's name says it all, Tim Pat is probably the most prolific writer on the Six Counties. His insights and access to the players give quite the account of what caused the present "troubles" and what is needed to correct the situation. Actually, we recommend finding anything and everything by Tim Pat Coogan.
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Death-Dealing Famine : The Great Hunger in Irelandby Christine Kinealy
Paperback, 200 pages
Published by Pluto Press
-- Dr. Kinealy has opened up the field of An Gorta Mor history. Through her painstakingly detailed research using British documentation, she exposes the long-hidden truth about the most devastating event in Irish history. This book should be required reading for anyone who claims Irish Heritage.
Michael
Collins: The Man Who Made Ireland
by Tim Pat Coogan
Reissue Edition, Paperback
Published by Roberts Rinehart Pub.
-- Is this list becoming an advert for Tim Pat, or for Roberts Rinehart? Anyway TPC's bio of the Big Fella, a must for anyone interested in Irish History or the roots of the present situation in the Six Counties.
Out
of Ireland : The Story of Irish Emigration to Americaby Kerby A. Miller, Paul Wagner
Paperback, 132 pages
Published by Roberts Rinehart Pub.
--OK, this is getting silly, Roberts Rinehart is not paying us to list their books. (Although we might be open to that.) This is the companion book to the PBS series a few years ago (not the one that just aired). A great show, and beautiful book.
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