As previously promised, we’ve made the ebook free for one day only. It seemed appropriate, given that St Patrick does get a mention… And if you do download the book and enjoy it, think about leaving a comment or a…
A new book on Joseph P. Kennedy, patriarch of the Kennedy family, reveals that he had New York Times columnist Arthur Krock, who was on his payroll, secretly approach President Roosevelt in December 1940 with a plan to send Kennedy to Ireland to secretly negotiate with Irish leader Eamon De Valera for the use of Irish military bases and ports.The British government immediately intervened and stated that “For your own information we regard Mr. Kennedy as a highly unsuitable emissary though we appreciate that we must not antagonize him or such Irish American opinion as is under his influence.”
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Irish History Compressed E-book is DRM-free
There’s been some controversy recently about ebooks protected by DRM (Digital Rights Management) and what that allows the retailer to do with an ebook you thought you owned.* It’s not very apparent unless you search quite hard on the Amazon…
Guinness ‘considered being English’
Appropriately enough for the time of year when a lot of alcohol is consumed, here’s a story about how the IRA campaign of the late 70s and early 80s nearly cost Ireland one of its best-known tipples: Brewer Guinness was…
The Irish History Compressed ebook winter sale
In the tradition of Christmas sales we’ve reduced the price of the Irish History Compressed ebook[1] to £1.49 till the New Year. Apologies to those in other countries but the price is already at the lowest level Amazon will allow. “But…
The Re-Introduction of Direct Rule in Northern Ireland: 24 March 1972
Forty years ago on this day, the British government reassumed direct control of the province of Northern Ireland, thus ending one half of an early British experiment with devolution. (The other half, the establishment of a semi-independent ‘Dominion–style’ government in…