Books – Biographies

Author/ Editor

Name

Where?

Publisher

Year

Ambrose, Joe

Sean Treacy and the Tan War

Cork

 

2005

Ambrose, Joe

Dan Breen and the IRA

Cork

Mercier Press

2007

Ash, B.

The Last Dictator: A Biography of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson

London

 

1968

Barry, Denis

The Unknown Commandant - The Life and Times of Denis Barry 1883-1923

Cork

Collins Press

2010

Barton, Brian

Brookeborough: The Making of a Prime Minister

Belfast

The Institute of Irish Studies

1988

Béaslaí, Piaras

Michael Collins and the Making of a New Ireland (Two Vols)

Dublin

Phoenix Publishing

1926

Béaslaí, Piaras

Michael Collins

London

 

1937

Birkenhead, Second Earl

F. E.: The Life of F.E. Smith

London

Eyre and Spottiswoode

1955

Boyle, A.

The Mystery of Erskine Childers

London

 

1977

Boyne, Sean

Emmet Dalton - Somme Soldier, Irish General, Film Pioneer

Sallins

Merrion Press

2015

Brennan, Robert

Eamon de Valera: A Memoir

Dublin

UCD Press

2002

Browne, Kevin J

Eamon de Valera and the Banner County

Dun Laoghaire

Glendale Press

1982

Buckland, Patrick

James Craig

Dublin

Gill & Macmillan

1980

Byers, Seán

Seán Murray, Marxist-Leninist and Irish Socialist Republican

Dublin

Irish Academic Press

 

Carroll, Aideen

Seán Moylan - Rebel Leader

Cork

Mercier Press

2010

Carroll, Denis

They have fooled you again:  Michael O'Flanagan (1876-1942), priest, republican, social critic

Dublin

 

1993

Coalter, M.

Rebel with a Cause: Dan Breen and the IRA

Cork

 

2006

Collier, B.

Brass Hat:  A Biography of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson

London

 

1961

Colum, Padraic

Arthur Griffith

Dublin

 

1959

Colvin, I. D.

Life of Lord Carson, Vols II and III

London

 

1934

Coogan, Tim Pat

Michael Collins

London

Arrow Books

1990

Corbett, Jim

Not While I have Amno - A History of Captain Connie Mackey

Dublin

Nonsuch Publishing

2008

Cronin, Sean

Kevin Barry

Dublin

Cló Saoire

2001

Crowley, T.

In Search of Michael Collins

Clonakilty

 

2015

Davis, Richard

Arthur Griffith

Dundalk

Irish Hisrorical Association

1976

Dolan, Anne and Murphy, William

Michael Collins: The Man and the Revolution

Cork

Collins Press

2018

Dunne, Declan

Peter's Key - Peter Deloughry and the Fight for Irish Independence

Cork

Mercier Press

2012

Dwyer, T. Ryle

Michael Collins and the Civil War

Cork

Mercier Press

 

English, Richard

Ernie O'Malley IRA Intellectual

Oxford

OUP

1998

Fallon, C.

Sword of Fire: A Biography of Mary MacSwiney

Dublin

 

1986

Feeney, Tom

Seán McEntee - A Political Life

Dublin

 

2005

Ferriter, Diarmaid

Judging Dev: A Reassessment of the Life and Legacy of Éamon de Valera

Dublin

Royal Irish Academy

 

Fitzpatrick, David

Harry Boland's Irish Revolution

Cork

Cork University Press

2003

Forester, Margaret

Michael Collins - The Lost Leader

Dublin

Gill & Macmillan

1989

Foy, Michael

Michael Collins's Intelligence War

Stroud

Sutton Publishing

2006

French, Hon. E. G. F.

The Life of Field Marshall Sir John French

London

 

1931

Garvin, Tom

Judging Lemass: The Measure of the Man

Dublin

Royal Irish Academy

2009

Gaughan, J Anthony

Austin Stack: Portrait of a Separatist

Mount Merrion

 

1977

Gilbert, M.

Winston S. Churchill, Vol. 4.  1916-1922: The Stricken World

Boston

 

1974

Gillis, Liz

The Hales Brothers and the Irish Revolution

Cork

Mercier Press

2016

Girvin, Kevin

Seán O'Hegarty - O/C First Cork Brigade IRA

Aubane

Aubane Historical Society

2007

Glennon, Kieran

From Pogrom to Civil War - Tom Glennon and the Belfast IRA

Cork

Mercier Press

2013

Golding, G. M.

George Gaving Duffy, 1882-1951

Dublin

 

1982

Graves, Desmond

Liam Mellows and the Irish Revolution

London

Lawrence & Wishart

2004

Greaves, Desmond

The Life and Times of James Connolly

New York

International Publishers

1971

Gwynn, D.

De Valera

London

 

1933

Hart, Peter

Mick - The Real Michael Collins

London

Macmillian

2005

Haverty, A.

Countess Markievicz: An Independent Life

London

 

1988

Hay, Marnie

Bulmer Hobson and the Nationalist Movement in 20th Century Ireland

Manchester

 

2009

Hennigan, Hal

The World of Constable John Hennigan:  Royal Irish Constabulary 1912-1922

Leicestershire

Matador

2018

Holmes, Richard

The Little Field Marshal: a Life of Sir John French

London

 

2004

Horgan, JJ

Lemass

Dublin

 

1997

Jackson, Alvin

Sir Edward Carson

Dublin

Historical Association of Ireland

1993

James, R. R.

Churchill: A Study in Failure 1900-1939

London

 

1972

Jeffrey, Keith

Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson

Oxford

Oxford University Press

2006

Jones, T.

Llyod George

London

 

1951

Jordan, A. J.

W. T. Cosgrave: Founder of Modern Ireland

Westport

 

2007

Laffan, Michael

Judging W.T. Cosgrave

Dublin

Royal Irish Academy

 

Lane, Leeann

Rosamund Jacobs: Third Person Singular

Dublin

UCD Press

2010

Lane, Leeann

Dorothy Macardle:  A Life

Dublin

UCD Press

2017

Lee, J. J. and Ó Tuathaigh, G.

The Age of de Valera

Dublin

 

1982

Lewis, Geoffrey

Carson: The Man who Divided Ireland

London

 

2006

Lewis, Matthew

Frank Aiken's War: the Irish Revolution 1916-23

Dublin

UCD Press

2014

Mac Fhionnghaile, Niall

Dr McGinley and His Times

Letterkenny

An Crann

1985

MacCurtain F.

Remember It's for Ireland: A Family Memoir of Thomás MacCurtain

Cork

 

2008

MacDowell, Vincent

Michael Collins and The Irish Republican Brotherhood

Dublin

Ashfield

1997

MacEvilly, Michael

A Splenid Resistance - The Life of IRA Chief of Staff Dr Andy Cooney

Dublin

Edmund Burke Publisher

2011

Mackay, James

Michael Collins - A Life

Edinburgh

Mainstream Pubishing

1996

Maher, Jim

Harry Boland: A Biography

Cork

 

1998

Marjoribanks, E.

Life of Lord Carson, Vols I

London

 

1932

Marreco, A.

The Rebel Countess:  The Life and Times of Countess Markievicz

London

 

1967

McCarthy, John P.

Kevin O'Higgins - Builder of the Irish State

Dublin

Irish Academic Press

2006

McCullagh, D.

De Valera, Vol. 1: Rise

Dublin

 

2017

McDonnell, V.

Michael Collins:  Most Wanted Man

Cork

 

2008

McGarry, Fearghal

Eoin O'Duffy: A Self Made Hero

Oxford

Oxford University Press

2005

McGee, Owen

Arthur Griffith

Sallins

Merrion Press

2015

McGough, Eileen

Diarmuid Lynch - A Forgotten Irish Patriot

Cork

Mercier Press

2013

McManus, M J

Éamon de Valera

Dublin

 

1944

McRedmond, Louis (Ed)

Modern Irish Lives - Dictionary of 20th-century Biography

Dublin

Gill & Macmillan

1998

Middlemas, Keith (Ed)

Thomas Jones - Whitehall Diary, Vol 3, Ireland 1918-25

Oxford

 

1971

Moran, Mary

Executed for Ireland - The Patrick Moran Story

Cork

Mercier Press

2010

Mulcahy, Risteard

Richard Mulcahy (1886-1971) - A Family Memoir

Dublin

Aurelian Press

1999

Mulcahy, Risteard

My Father, The General - Richard Mulcahy and the Military History of the Revolution

Dublin

Liberties Press

2009

Mullholland, M.

The Politics and Relationships of Kathleen Lynn

Dublin

 

2002

Murphy, Brian P.

John Chartres - Mystery Man of the Treaty

Dublin

Irish Academic Press

1995

Murphy, Brian P. (Ed)

Michael Collins - Some Original Documents in his Own Hand

Aubane

Aubane Historical Society

2004

Neeson, Eoin

The Life and Death of Michael Collins

Cork

Mercier Press

1968

Nelson, Justin

Michael Collins - The Final Days

Dublin

Justin Nelson Productions

1997

Dheirg, Iosold

The Story of Michael Collins

Cork

Mercier Educational

1975

Norman, D.

Terrible Beauty: A Life of Constance Markievicz

London

 

1988

Ó Brion, Leon

Michael Collins

Dublin

 

1980

Ó Brion, Leon

W. E. Wylie and the Irish Revolution, 1916-1921

Dublin

 

1989

Ó Faoláin, Sean

The Life of de Valera

Dublin

 

1933

Ó Faoláin, Sean

Constance Markievicz

London

 

1934

Ó Faoláin, Sean

De Valera

London

 

1939

Ó hAodha, Colm (Ruán O'Donnell and Michael Ó hAodha - trans)

On the Run - The Story of an Irish Freedom Fighter

Cork

Mercier Press

2011

O Luing, Sean

I Die in a Good Cause (Thomas Ashe)

Tralee

Anvil Books

No Date

O'Carroll, J. P. and Murphy, J. A.  (Eds.)

De Valera and His Times

Cork

 

1983

O'Connor, Batt

With Michael Collins in the Fight for Irish Independence

London

Davies

1929

O'Connor, Diarmaid and Connolly, Frank

Sleep Soldier Sleep: The Life and Times of Padraig O'Connor

Dublin

Miseab Publications

2011

O'Connor, Frank

The Big Fellow:  Michael Collins and the Irish Revolution

Dublin

Poolbeg

1979

O'Doherty, Michael Kevin

My Parents and Other Rebels

Dublin

Errigal Press

1999

O'Donoghue, Florence

Tomas Mac Curtain - Soldier and Patriot

Tralee

Anvil Books

1971

O'Donoghue, Florence

No Other Law

Dublin

Anvil Books

1986

O'Donovan, Donal

Kevin Barry and His Time

Dublin

Glendale Press

1989

O'Drisceoil, Donal

Peadar O'Donnell

Cork

Cork University Press

2001

O'Farrell, Padraic

The Séan Mac Eoin Story

Cork

 

1981

O'Farrell, Padraic

The Ernie O'Malley Story

Dublin

 

1983

O'Farrell, Padraic

Seán MacEoin: The Blacksmith of Ballinalee

Mullingar

 

1993

O'Farrell, Padraic

Who's Who in the Irish War of Independence and Civil War 1916-1923

Dublin

Lilliput Press

1997

O'Halpin, Eunan

Head of the Civil Service: A Study of Sir Warren Fisher

London

 

1989

O'Neill, Marie

Grace Gifford Plunkett and Irish Freedom

Dublin

Irish Academic Press

2000

O'Reilly, Terence

Rebel Heart - George Lennon Flying Column Commander

Dublin

Mercier Press

2009

Osborne, Chrissy

Michael Collins - Himself

Cork

Mercier Press

2002

Osborne, Chrissy

The Michael Collins Album: A Life in Pictures

Cork

 

2007

Owen, F.

Tempestuous Journey - Llyod George, his life and times

London

 

1954

Packenham Frank (Lord Longford) and Thomas P. O'Neill

Eamon de Valera

London

Arrow Books

1974

Ridley, Nicholas

Michael Collins and the Financing of Violent Political Struggle

London

 

2018

Ring, Jim

Erskine Childers

London

John Murray

1996

Roskill, Stephen

Hankey: Man of Secrets Vol 2 1919-1931

London

Collins

1972

Ryan, Desmond

Sean Treacy and the 3rd Tipperary Brigade

Tralee

The Kerryman Press

1945

Ryan, Desmond

Michael Collins: The Invisible Army

Dublin

Anvil Books

1968

Ryan, Meda

The Tom Barry Story

Cork

Mercier Press

1982

Ryan, Meda

The Day Michael Collins was Shot

Dublin

Poolbeg

1989

Ryan, Meda

Tom Barry - IRA Freedom Fighter

Cork

Mercier Press

2003

Ryan, Meda

The Real Chief:  The Story of Liam Lynch

Cork

Mercier Press

2005

Sagarra, Eda

Kevin O'Shiel: Tyrone Nationalist and Irish State Builder

Dublin

 

2013

Sigerson, S.M.

The Assassination of Michael Collins

 

Create Space Independent Publishing

2013

Smith, N. C.

Dorothy Macardle:  A Life

Dublin

 

2007

Stephens, J.

Arthur :Griffith, Journalist and Statesman

Dublin

 

1922

Stewart, A. T. Q.

Edward Carson

Dublin

Gill & Macmillan

1981

Stewart, A. T. Q. (Ed)

Michael Collins - The Secret File

Belfast

Blackstaff Press

1997

Talbot, Hayden

Michael Collins' Own Story

 

Hutchinson & Co

1923

Taylor, Rex

Micheal Collins

London

Four Square

1961

Tierney, Michael and Martin, F. X. (Eds)

Eoin MacNeill: Scholar and Man of Action, 1867-1945

Oxford

 

1981

Travers, Pauric

Éamon de Valera

Dublin

 

1994

Twohig, Patrick J

The Dark Secret of Bealnablath: The Michael Collins Story

Cork

Tower Books

1991

Ua Ceallaigh, S. [S. O'Kelly, 'Sceilig']

A Trinity of Martyrs: Terence MacSwiney, Cathal Brugha, Austin Stack

Dublin

 

1947

Valiulis, Maryann G

Portrait of a Revolutionary: General Richard Mulcahy and the Founding of the Irish Free State

Dublin

Irish Academic Press

1992

Van Voris, J.

Constance de Markievicz: In the Cause of Ireland

Amherst

 

1967

White, Terence de Vere

Kevin O'Higgins

Dublin

Anvil Books

1966

Wilkinson, Burke

The Zeal of the Convert: The Life and Times of Erskine Childers

New York

Second Chance Press

2005

Yeates, P. and Wren, J.

Michael Collins

Dublin

 

1989

Younger, Calton

Arthur Griffith

Dublin

 

1981

 

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