This pictorial album, illustrated in color from the 1960s to the present, is a portrait of the Limerick to Sligo railway line in its Indian Summer. The color photography of Barry Carse allows the line
A collection of life stories highlighting that the Scotch-Irish contribution to life in America was more valuable and less of a cliche than the images of rascality, motor sports and corn liquor sugges
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
Pays special homage to the valiant efforts of the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) in maintaining two of the most delightful components of the Irish railway scene in an era when their special qualitie
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and Rosslare Railways and Harbours Co. has been extensively researched and includes 80+ images, most previously unpublished.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
This new edition of Airships over Ulster is a tantalizing piece of hidden history brought to life by aviation historian Guy Warner. He expertly weaves together the fascinating tale of pioneering aviat
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
The photos in this edition of 'Bombs on Belfast' are those taken by the photographers of the Belfast Telegraph, providing a vivid and invaluable record of the destruction to the City and the response
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
“…we are more than capable of transforming our own country.” These are the words of an Irish Presbyterian minister who participated in some of the most important events in the recent history of Northe
On Friday 15 April 1927, the Derry Standard began to publish local photographs in the pages of its newspaper, with the hope ‘to present in the Derry Standard pictures of local doings which can bear co
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
Bangor was once home to one of the largest Christian schools in Ireland, was the starting point for the missionary journeys of Columbanus and Gall and the source of the Bangor Antiphonary now housed i
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
In 1914 Ireland was a naval backwater with only one base of any size, at Queenstown in Co Cork. However, by the end of World War I, there were 18 naval bases operated by thousands of personnel, hundre
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
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
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
