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 |
Ní
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 |