Non-Fiction

Ireland

• A Pocket History of Irish Rebels - Morgan Llywelyn
  From the daring pirate-queen Grace O'Malley to the fiery Protestant lawyer Theobald Wolfe Tone, the stories behind 18 of Ireland's greatest rebels have been collected in this book.
• The Essential Library for Irish Americans - Morgan Llywelyn
• Bloody Sunday: How Michael Collins's Agents Assassinated Britain's Secret Service in Dublin on November 21, 1920 (Paperback)by James Gleeson, Intro by Dermot McEvoy

Bloody Sunday tells the exciting behind-the-scenes story of the events that led up to the operation and gives a completely new appraisal of "the troubles." It shows Michael Collins as the brilliant leader that he was, and it disperses the fables and fiction that have grown up around Ireland's War of Independence.
Author James Gleeson saw the "Black and Tans" and "Shinners" in action. He spoke to men who had taken part in the operation-not only the leaders but also the rank and file-as well as men from the British side. His unbiased, factual account is an extraordinary resource for anyone interested in Irish history.
• Enduring the Most (Paperback) by Francis J. Costello (1995)
  The Life and Death of Terence MacSwiney
• Irish Rebel: John Devoy and America's Fight for Ireland's Freedom by Terry Golway

New York Observer columnist Golway follows the stirring life of John Devoy, a convicted Fenian deported in 1871 to America, where he enjoyed a long, dedicated life as a journalist, publisher, political leader, and gun runner for Irish independence.
• God and the Gun - Martin Dillon
• The Great Shame: And the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World (2000) - Thomas Keneally
• The History of the Irish Race A Popular History of Ireland (1921) by MacManus Seumas
• The Irish Civil War - Tim Pat Coogan & George Morrison
• The Matter with Ireland by George Bernard Shaw
  Edited by Dan Laurence and David Greene
  A collection of essays and writings by Shaw of topics of the day.
• Michael Collins: The Man Who Made Ireland - Tim Pat Coogan
  Tim Pat Coogan's biography presents the life of a man whose idealistic vigor and determination were matched by his political realism and organizational abilities.
• Mick: The Real Michael Collins - Peter Hart
• Rebel Hearts: Journeys within the IRA's Soul
  The result of a 10 year study interviewing actual members of the IRA.
• The Voyage of the Catalpa: A Perilous Journey and Six Irish Rebels' Escape to Freedom by Peter F. Stevens
• Wherever Green Is Worn: The Story of the Irish Diaspora by Tim Pat Coogan

Genealogy

Clans and families of Ireland by John Grenham

Irish in America

• Erin Go Gray! (Paperback)- Ed Gleeson
• Making Sense of the Molly Maguires by Kevin Kenny
• Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster - T. J. English
• The Rogue's March: John Riley and the St. Patrick's Battalion, 1846-48 (The Warriors) - Peter F. Stevens
• Stonewall of the West: Patrick Cleburne and the Civil War (Modern War Studies) by Craig L. Symonds (Paperback - Oct 1998)
• The Voyage of the Catalpa: A Perilous Journey and Six Irish Rebels' Escape to Freedom by Peter Stevens

Non Fiction - Local Interest

Murdered by Mumia: A Life Sentence of Loss, Pain and Injustice - by Maureen Faulkner and Michael Smerconish - A must read for anyone from the Philadelphia area that has had to endure the tragic media circus that has given Danny Faulkner's murderer celebrity status.

Historical Fiction

Morgan Llywelyn

• Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish
  This is the tale of the coming of the Irish to Ireland.
• Druids
  Portrayal of Druid life and rituals during the time of Vercingertorix.
• Finn Mac Cool
  Tells the story of Finn MacCool, a warrior, poet and leader of the Fianna
• The Last Prince of Ireland
  Recounts the story of Donal O'Sullivan's trek northward across Ireland after the Battle of Kinsale.
• Lion of Ireland
  The Life of Brian Boru.
• Red Branch
  Llywelyn tells the story of Cuchulain the Champion of Ulster.
• Strongbow: The Story of Richard and Aoife: A Biographical Novel
  A fictionalized biography based on true events in 12th-century England and Ireland, and told in alternating chapters by the principals, Richard de Clare--Strongbow--and Aoife.
  Reading level: Young Adult
• 1916: A Novel of Irish Rebellion
  Through the eyes of fictional Ned O'Halloran, Llywelyn gives us a view of the Easter Rising.

Roddy Doyle

• A Star Called Henry
• The Snapper
• Oh Play That Thing
• Paddy Clark Ha-Ha-Ha
• The Van

Dermot McEvoy

• Terrible Angel - A Novel of Michael Collins in New York

Dermot McEvoy's witty, suspenseful, and lightning-paced romp through the streets of New York, finds Collins seventy years after his bloody death desparetly seeking to make amends for his violent life by completing one last worldly mission; springing a wrongly accused Irishman from the clutches of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, the British MI-5, and a certain life sentence in a British jail.

Tom Kelly

• Payback
  From Library Journal - Kelly uses the cranes that towered over New York during the Reagan-era building boom as a backdrop to his searing tale of greed, corruption, and loyalty. Paddy and Billy Adare are brothers descended from a long line of Irish sandhogs?miners who dig tunnels for cars, subways, and water. After Paddy's boxing career ended due to injury, he turned to crime and became an enforcer for a West Side boss. Billy went to college and is working what he hopes is his last summer as a sandhog before he enters law school. When the sandhogs contract runs out, and powerful contractor Joe Harkness is willing to use extortion, threats, and violence as negotiation tools, Paddy is forced to choose between his profession and his past. The vivid characterizations, crafty pacing, and authentic millieu makes Payback a very impressive debut, despite the race-against-time ending.
• The Rackets
  The Rackets begins with Jimmy Dolan, the advance man for New York's mayor, knocking down Teamster boss Frankie Keefe at Gracie Mansion. Jimmy's dad, Mike, is running against Keefe for the union's top job, and when Keefe makes a smart remark about that, Jimmy can't help himself. The Mayor, who seems to resemble the present mayor of New York City, fires Jimmy, who finds himself returning to his roots in working class Inwood, where he is reunited with an old girlfriend, police officer Tara O'Neil, and an old high school friend, Liam, a veteran of the Gulf War. Jimmy is soon back in the life he thought he had left behind, trying to help his father break the grip that organized crime has on the union.
• Empire Rising
  EMPIRE RISING is a historical novel that, like the construction of the Empire State Building on which it centers, grows on the listener. The story begins slowly as the extensive cast of characters, ranging from Tammany Hall politicos to the gruffest iron workers, is introduced. The book then evolves into both a love story and an intricately drawn political novel.

Liam O'Flaherty

• The Informer

Leon Uris

• Trinity
• Redemption

Myth & Folklore

• The Names upon the Harp: Irish Myth and Legend by Marie Heaney

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