Books – Biographies
|
Author/ Editor |
Name |
Where? |
Publisher |
Year |
|
Adams, R. J. Q. |
Bonar Law |
London |
|
1999 |
|
Addison, Paul |
Churchill on the Home Front: 1900-1955 |
London |
|
1992 |
|
Ambrose, Joe |
Sean Treacy and the Tan War |
Cork |
|
2005 |
|
Ambrose, Joe |
Dan Breen and the IRA |
Cork |
Mercier Press |
2007 |
|
Ash, Bernard |
The Lost Dictator: A Biography of Field Marshal Sir Henry
Wilson |
London |
|
1968 |
|
Baldwin, A. W. |
My Father: The True Story |
London |
|
1955 |
|
Barry, Denis |
The Unknown Commandant - The Life and Times of Denis Barry
1883-1923 |
Cork |
Collins Press |
2010 |
|
Béaslaí, Piaras |
Michael Collins and the Making of a New Ireland (Two Vols) |
Dublin |
Phoenix Publishing |
1926 |
|
Béaslaí, Piaras |
Michael Collins |
London |
|
1937 |
|
Beaverbrook, Lord (Max Aitken) |
The Decline and Fall of Llyod George |
London |
|
1963 |
|
Birkenhead, Second Earl |
F. E.: The Life of F.E. Smith |
London |
Eyre and Spottiswoode |
1955 |
|
Blake, Robert |
The Unknown Prime Minister: The Life and Times of Andrew
Bonar Law |
London |
|
1955 |
|
Boylan, Ciara; Buckley, Sarah-Anne and Dolan, Pat (Eds) |
Family Histories of the Irish Revolution |
Dublin |
Open Air - Four Courts Press |
2018 |
|
Boyle, A. |
The Mystery (or Riddle?) 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 |
|
|
Callwell, C. E. |
Field-Marshal Sir Henry Wilson: His Life and Diaries - 2 Volumes |
London |
|
1927 |
|
Campbell, John |
F. E. Smith: First Earl of Birkenhead |
London |
|
1983 |
|
Campbell, John |
Llyod George: The Goat in the Wilderness, 1922-31 |
|
|
|
|
Campbell, John |
If Love Were All … The Story of Frances Stevenson and
Llyod George |
London |
|
2006 |
|
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 |
|
Cassar, C. E. |
The Tragedy of Sir John French |
London |
|
1985 |
|
Chavasse, Moirin |
Terence MacSwiney |
Dublin |
Clonmore and Reynolds |
1966 |
|
Clare, A. |
Unlikely Rebels: The Gifford Girls and the Fight for Irish
Freedom |
Cork |
Mercier Press |
2011 |
|
Coalter, M. |
Rebel with a Cause: Dan Breen and the IRA |
Cork |
|
2006 |
|
Collier, Basil |
Brass Hat: A
Biography of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson |
London |
|
1961 |
|
Colum, Padraic |
Arthur Griffith |
Dublin |
|
1959 |
|
Colvin, Ian D. |
The Life of Lord Carson, Vols II and III |
London |
|
1934 |
|
Connors, John |
Sean Hogan: His Life, A troubled Journey |
|
Tipprevolution |
2021 |
|
Coogan, Tim Pat |
Michael Collins |
London |
Arrow Books |
1990 |
|
Coogan, Tim Pat |
De Valera: Long Fellow, Long Shadow |
London |
|
1993 |
|
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 |
|
Dutton, David |
Austen Chamberlain: Gentleman in Politics |
Bolton |
|
1985 |
|
Dwyer, T. Ryle |
Michael Collins and the Civil War |
Cork |
Mercier Press |
|
|
Ellis, E. L. T. |
T.J.: A Life of Dr Thomas Jones |
Cardiff |
|
1992 |
|
English, Richard |
Ernie O'Malley IRA Intellectual |
Oxford |
OUP |
1998 |
|
Fallon, Charlotte |
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 |
|
Gaughan, J Anthony |
Thomas Johnson 1872-1963 |
Mount Merrion |
|
1980 |
|
Gilbert, Martin |
Winston S. Churchill, Vol. 4. 1916-1922: The Stricken World [or World in
Torment, 1917-1922?] |
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 |
|
Glandon, Virginia E. |
Arthur Griffith and the Advanced Nationalist Press in
Ireland, 1900-1922 |
New York |
|
1985 |
|
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 |
|
Grigg, John |
Llyod George: From Peace to War, 1912-1916 |
London |
|
1985 |
|
Gwynn, D. |
De Valera |
London |
|
1933 |
|
Gwynn, Denis |
The Life of John Redmond |
London |
|
1932 |
|
Hart, Peter |
Mick - The Real Michael Collins |
London |
Macmillian |
2005 |
|
Hattersley, Roy |
David Llyod George: The Great Outsider |
London |
|
2010 |
|
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 |
|
1981 |
|
Horgan, JJ |
Lemass |
Dublin |
|
1997 |
|
Hyde, H. Montgomery |
The Londonderrys: A Family Portrait |
London |
|
1979 |
|
Hyde, H. Montgomery |
Carson |
London |
|
1953 |
|
Jackson, Alvin |
Sir Edward Carson |
Dublin |
Historical Association of Ireland |
1993 |
|
Jeffrey, Keith |
Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson: A Political Soldier |
Oxford |
Oxford University Press |
2006 |
|
Jenkins, Roy |
Churchill: A Biography |
New York |
|
2001 |
|
Jones, Tom |
Llyod George |
London |
|
1951 |
|
Jordan, A. J. |
W. T. Cosgrave: Founder of Modern Ireland |
Westport |
|
2007 |
|
Kendle, John |
Walter Long, Ireland and the Union 1905-1920 |
Dublin |
|
1992 |
|
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 |
|
Lavelle, P. |
James O'Mara: The Story of an Original Sinn Féiner |
Dublin |
History Publisher |
2011 |
|
Lavin, Deborah |
From Empire to International Commonwealth: A Biography of
Lionel Curtis |
Oxford |
|
1995 |
|
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 |
|
Maguire, Fiach |
Peeler and Patriot - One Man's Journey from Enemy to
Patriot |
None Given |
Fiach Maguire |
2016 |
|
Makay, Ruddock F. |
Balfour: Intellectual Statesman |
Oxford |
|
1985 |
|
Marjoribanks, E. |
Kerry's Fighting Story 1916-21: Told by the Men Who Made
It |
London |
|
1932 |
|
Marreco, A. |
The Rebel Countess:
The Life and Times of Countess Markievicz |
London |
|
1967 |
|
Maye, Brian |
Arthur Griffith |
Dublin |
|
1997 |
|
McCarthy, John P. |
Kevin O'Higgins - Builder of the Irish State |
Dublin |
Irish Academic Press |
2006 |
|
McCoole, Sinead |
Hazel: A Life of Lady Lavery, 1880-1935 |
Dublin |
|
1996 |
|
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 and Barnes, John |
Baldwin: A Biography |
London |
|
1969 |
|
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 |
|
Nicolson, Harold |
King George V: His Life and Reign |
London |
|
1976 |
|
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 Caoimh, Pádraig |
Richard Mulcahy - From the Politics of War to the Politics
of Peace 1913-1924 |
Dublin |
Irish Academic Press |
2019 |
|
Ó Comhraí, Cormac and Ó Comhraí, Stiofán |
Peadar Clancy: Easter Rising Hero, Bloody Sunday Martyr |
Galway |
Cranny Publication |
2016 |
|
Ó Corráin, Daithí and Hanley, Gerard |
Cathal Brugha 'An Indomitable Spirit' |
Dublin |
Four Courts Press |
2022 |
|
Ó Drisceoil, Donal |
Utter Disloyalist: Tadgh Barry and the Irish Revolution |
Cork |
Mercier Press |
2022 |
|
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, Emmet |
Big Jim Larkin: Hero or Wrecker? |
Dublin |
UCD Press |
2015 |
|
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'Halpin, Eunan |
Kevin Barry: An Irish Rebel in Life and Death |
Dublin |
Merrion Press |
2019 |
|
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 |
|
Petrie, Charles |
The Life and Letters of Austen Chamberlain, 2 vols |
London |
|
1939-1940 |
|
Rhodes James, Robert |
Churchill: A Study in Failure 1900-1939 |
London |
|
1970 |
|
Ring, Jim |
Erskine Childers |
London |
John Murray |
1996 |
|
Roskill, Stephen |
Hankey: Man of Secrets Vol 2 1919-1931 |
London |
Collins |
1972 |
|
Rowland, Peter |
David Llyod George |
New York |
|
1975 |
|
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 |
|
Shannon, Catherine B. |
Arthur J. Balfour and Ireland 1874-1922 |
Washington |
|
1988 |
|
Sigerson, S.M. |
The Assassination of Michael Collins |
|
Create Space Independent Publishing |
2013 |
|
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 |
|
Symes, Glascott J. R. M. |
Sir John Keane and Cappoquin House in time of war and
revolution |
Dublin |
Four Courts Press |
2016 |
|
Talbot, Hayden |
Michael Collins' Own Story |
|
Hutchinson & Co |
1923 |
|
Taylor, A. J. P. (Ed) |
Llyod George: Twelve Essays |
Aldershot |
|
1994 |
|
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 |
|
Ungoed-Thomas, Jasper |
Jasper Wolfe of Skibereen |
Cork |
|
2008 |
|
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, Jacqueline |
Constance de Markievicz: In the Cause of Ireland |
Amherst |
|
1967 |
|
Waley, S. D. |
Edwin Montagu |
London |
|
1964 |
|
Wheeler-Bennett, John W. |
John Anderson, Viscount Waverley |
London |
|
1962 |
|
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 |
|
Williamson, Philip |
Stanley Baldwin: Conservative Leadership and National
Values |
Cambridge |
|
1999 |
|
Wrigley, Chris |
Arthur Henderson |
Cardiff |
|
1990 |
|
Yeates, P. and Wren, J. |
Michael Collins |
Dublin |
|
1989 |
|
Younger, Calton |
Arthur Griffith |
Dublin |
|
1981 |
|
Zebel, Sydney H. |
Balfour: A Political Biography |
Cambridge |
|
1973 |
|
Evans, Bryce and Kelly, Stephen (Eds) |
Frank Aiken - Nationalist and Internationalist |
Sallins |
Irish Academic Press |
2014 |