Ireland entered the 20th century savaged by poverty and memories of the famine but inspired by the Celtic Dawn, a cultural renaissance led by Yeats, Synge and Lady Gregory. Covering both South and North and dealing with social and cultural history as well as political, this book tells the extraordinary story of how Ireland came into existence.

The Irish nationalist Michael Collins was murdered by a compatriot in August 1922, eight months after signing the Anglo-Irish Treaty. This biography presents the life of a man whose idealistic vigour and determination were matched by his political realism and organizational abilities.

Far more Irishmen live outside Ireland than within it. This study, by Ireland's most controversial contemporary historian, reveals why this is, how it has come about and what the realities are - political, economic, religious and cultural - for the populations of the 'Irish Diaspora' and the countries they now inhabit.

An account of the events, personalities and repercussions of the Irish rebellion

An updated edition of Tim Pat Coogan's account of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, covering 30 years of violence and the search for peace.

An updated edition of this unique, bestselling history of the IRA, now including behind-the-scenes information on the recent advances made in the peace process.

From the personal to the political, this is the much-awaited memoir from Tim Pat Coogan.

A biography of Eamon de Valera. From the 1916 Rising, the troubled Treaty negotiations and the Civil War, right through to his retirement after a longer period in power than any other 20th-century leader, de Valera both defined and divided Ireland.