History

In this section, you’ll discover a substantial collection of rare books for sale relating to the History of Ireland. From the Viking Invasion, Myths & Legends, The Celts, Saints & Scholars, The Normans, The 1641 Rebellion, The Penal Laws, The 1798 Rebellion, The Act of Union, The Great Famine, old books on Young Ireland, The Catholic Emancipation, Home Rule, The Gaelic League, The Easter Rising, The War of Independence and many more antiquarian books for sale.

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	[1798]: A Bicentenary Perspective. Keough-Notre Dame Center., 2003. Reprinted from: . Comprises a checklist of publications since 1900 on Ireland 1790s, the United Irishmen, and [...] €150.00
	[CAMPBELL, Thomas] A Philosophical Survey of the South of Ireland [INSCRIBED FROM THE AUTHOR ON TITLEPAGE] In a series of letters to John Watkinson, M.D. With six copper engraved plates, (4 folding). London: Printed for [...] €475.00
	[DAIL EIREANN] Commemorative Poster of the First Dail Eireann, 1919. [DAIL EIREANN] Commemorative Poster of the First Dail Eireann, 1919. In the centre an illustration of the members, in the [...] €1,275.00
	[DAIL EIREANN] Commemorative Poster of the First Dail Eireann, 1919. [DAIL EIREANN] Commemorative Poster of the First Dail Eireann, 1919. In the centre an illustration of the members, in the [...] €1,250.00
	[FAMINE IN IRELAND] Transactions of the Central Relief Committee of the Society of Friends during the famine in Ireland, 1846 and 1847. With [...] €35.00
	[FAMINE IRELAND] Irish University Press Series of British Parliamentary Papers: Papers Relating to Proceedings for the Relief of Distress and the State of the Unions and Workhouses in Ireland: Famine, Ireland. Eight volumes. 1. Copies or Extracts of Correspondence relating to the State of the Union Workhouses in Ireland. First, second and third series [...] €1,250.00
	[IRISH LEADERS] An intriguing poster print, with a composition of photographs of De Valera [COLLINS, Michael. De VALERA, Eamon & GRIFFITH, Arthur] Irish Leaders. An intriguing poster print, with a composition of photographs of [...] €950.00
	A PROCLAMATION By the Lords Justices General and General Governors of Ireland A PROCLAMATION Whereas disaffection and unrest still prevail in certain parts of Ireland, causing anxiety and alarm amongst the peaceful [...] €750.00
	A.E. “The Dublin Strike. By A.E. (George W. Russell) A.E. “The Dublin Strike. By A.E. (George W. Russell). A Plea for the Workers. A Speech delivered [...] €675.00
	ACADEMIAE OXONIENSIS Academiæ Oxoniensis Gratulatio Pro Exoptato Serenissimi Regis Guilielmi ex Hibernia Reditu. [ACADEMIAE OXONIENSIS] Academiæ Oxoniensis Gratulatio Pro Exoptato Serenissimi Regis Guilielmi ex Hibernia Reditu. 119 Oxoniæ: E Theatro Sheldoniano anno Dom [...] €675.00
	ADAIR, John: Hints on the Culture of Ornamental Plants in Ireland. Dublin: Ponsonby, 1878. Crown octavo. Third edition. pp. xiii, 136. Original terra-cotta cloth, titled in gilt on upper cover. Ticket [...] €145.00
	AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. The Constitution of the Several Independent States of America The Declaration of Independence [AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE] The Constitution of the Several Independent States of America; The Declaration of Independence; The Articles of [...] €2,350.00
	AN EYE-WITNESS [Bishop Stock]. A Narrative of what Passed at Killala, in the County of Mayo, and the parts adjacent, during the French Invasion in the Summer of 1798. By an Eye-Witness. Dublin: Printed. London: Re-printed for J. Hatchard and J. Wright, 1800. Printed by T. Bayliss, Hatton Garden. Large post octavo [...] €475.00
	ANDERDON, William Henry. The Adventures of Owen Evans, Esq., Surgeon’s Mate, left ashore in 1739 on a desolate island: narrated by himself. Edited by Rev. W. H. Anderdon. With wood-engraved frontispiece, two plates, vignettes and ornaments in the text. Dublin: John F [...] €285.00
	ANDERSON, James. A Genealogical History of the House of Yvery. THE PERCEVALS OF CORK [ANDERSON, James] A Genealogical History of the House of Yvery; in its Different Branches of Yvery [...] €1,250.00
	ANDERSON, Sir Robert. A Great Conspiracy. An abridged edition of Sidelights on the Home Rule Movement. By Sir Robert Anderson, K.C.B., LL.D. Formerly Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, and Head of the Criminal Investigation Department. London: Murray, 1910 pp. viii, 118, [2]. Modern green buckram, title in gilt on red morocco label on spine. A [...] €375.00
	ANGLO-PORTUGUESE TREATY Treaty of Friendship and Alliance between His Britannic Majesty and His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal. [ANGLO-PORTUGUESE TREATY] Treaty of Friendship and Alliance between His Britannic Majesty and His Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Portugal [...] €285.00
	Annals of Clonmacnoise: LIMITED EDITION OF 25 COPIES ONLY – Ó MURAÍLE, Nollaig. Ed. by. [Annála Chluain Mhic Nóis] translated in 1627 by Conall Mag Eochagáin (Annals of Ireland from the Earliest Period to AD 1408 Based on BL Add. MS 4817, with some variants from TCD MS 673). Together with a remnant of ‘Annals [...] €485.00
	Annals of Clonmacnoise: Ó MURAÍLE, Nollaig. Ed. by. [Annála Chluain Mhic Nóis] translated in 1627 by Conall Mag Eochagáin (Annals of Ireland from the Earliest Period to AD 1408 NEW EDITION OF THE ANNALS OF CLONMACNOISE Based on BL Add. MS 4817, with some variants from TCD MS 673) [...] €125.00
	Annals of Ulster HENNESSY, William M. & MacCARTHY, B. Ed. by. The Annals of Ulster, otherwise Annala Senait. A chronicle of Irish [...] €285.00
	ARCHDEKIN, Richard [Richardi ARSDEKIN]. Theologia Tripartita Universa, Complectens nune Bibliothecam perfecta Viri Ecclesiastici, ordine Sequenti. Tomus Primus. Controversiæ Heterodoxæ ac Scholasticæ. Tomi Secundi, Pars I. Theologia Speculativa. Tomi II. Pars II. Theologia Practica Universa. Tomus Tertius. Apparatus Practicus pro Omni Prorsus Functione Viri Ecclesiastici. Editionis Nonæ, ab Authore in singulis Partibus plurimum locupletatæ, & in novam Normam digestæ. Venice: Apud Io. Jacobum Hertz, 1696. Quarto. pp. [xvi], 249, [7], 402, [x], 232. Title printed in red and black [...] €1,350.00
	ARCHER, Lieutenant Joseph. Statistical Survey of the County Dublin ARCHER, Lieutenant Joseph. Statistical Survey of the County Dublin, with Observations on the Means of Improvement; Drawn up for the [...] €365.00
	Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins. A Pictorial History. Cover illustration by Harry Clarke Numerous other illustrations. Dublin: Martin Lester, Ltd., n.d. (1922). Quarto. First edition, first issue. pp. 62. Original illustrated rebacked [...] €275.00
	ASHE, Thomas. A Story that will Never Die ASHE, Thomas. A Story that will Never Die. Died for Ireland September 25th, 1917. The story of Ashe’s life and [...] €875.00
	BAGENAL, Philip H. Vicissitudes of an Anglo-Irish Family 1530-1800 A Story of Irish Romance and Tragedy. With illustrations and large folding pedigree of the Irish Bagenals. London: Clement Ingleby [...] €375.00
	Baker, C.A. Souvenir of Ninety-Four (Australian and Malayan). Gift Battle-Planes which helped us to Victory, August 4th 1914 to November 11th 1918 London: The Field Press, 1920. 4to [...] €675.00
	BARCLAY, John. Barclay his Argenis. Or, The Loves of Polyarchus & Argenis. BARCLAY, John. Barclay his Argenis. Or, The Loves of Polyarchus & Argenis. Faithfully Translated out of Latin into English by [...] €1,250.00
	BARNARD, Alfred. The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland Volume I. Illustrated. 145 London: Sir Joseph Causton & Sons 1889. Crown quarto. First edition. pp. xvi, 460, [40 (adverts)] [...] €485.00
	BARRINGTON, Daines. & BEAUFOY, Colonel. The Possibility of Approaching the North Pole Asserted BARRINGTON, Daines. & BEAUFOY, Colonel. The Possibility of Approaching the North Pole Asserted. A New Edition, with an Appendix, containing [...] €475.00
	BARRINGTON, Sir Jonah. Personal Sketches of His Own Times. By Sir Jonah Barrington, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty in Ireland. Three volumes. London: Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, 1827/1832. First edition. Large post octavo. pp. (1) xxvii, [1], 476, (2) xiii [...] €685.00
	BARRY, Edmond. Barrymore. Records of the Barrys of County Cork from the earliest to the present time. With pedigrees … Reprinted from the Journal of the Cork Historical and Archæological Society. Cork: Guy & Co., 1902. Royal [...] €475.00
	BARRY, Edward. M.D. A Treatise on a Consumption of the Lungs With a previous Account of Nutrition, and of the Sructure and Use of the Lungs. Dublin: Printed by George Grierson, 1726 [...] €1,250.00
	BARRY, Tom. BEASLAI, P., BREEN, Dan & Others. With the I.R.A. in the Fight for Freedom, 1919 to the Truce. BARRY, Tom. BEASLAI, P., BREEN, Dan & Others. With the I.R.A. in the Fight for Freedom, 1919 to [...] €95.00
	BARTLETT, W.H. & COYNE, J.S: The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland, Illustrated from Drawings by W. Henry Bartlett; The Literary portion of the Work by J. Stirling Coyne, Esq. With 119 superb engraved plates, Two volumes. London: George Virtue. n.d (c.1840). Quarto. Easily taken as full morocco [...] €585.00
	BAYLY, Thomas. Certamen Religiosum: or, A Conference between the late King of England BAYLY, Thomas. Certamen Religiosum: or, A Conference between the late King of England, and the late Lord Marquesse of Worcester [...] €3,500.00
	BÉASLAÍ, Piaras: Michael Collins and the Making of a New Ireland. BÉASLAÍ, Piaras. Michael Collins and the Making of a New Ireland. Two volumes. A new introduction by Brian P. Murphy [...] €95.00
	BEDOYERE, Michael De La. George Washington Illustrated 130 IN FINE BINDING Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, Company, n.d. (c.1930). pp. 310. Half red morocco on [...] €175.00
	BEER, Johann Christopher. Das Neu-Geharnischte Groß-Britannien, Das ist: Wahre Landes- und Standes-Beschaffenheit Derer drey-vereinigten Königreiche Engel- Schott- und Irrlands. [BEER, Johann Christopher] Das Neu-Geharnischte Groß-Britannien, Das ist: Wahre Landes- und Standes-Beschaffenheit Derer drey-vereinigten Königreiche Engel- Schott- und Irrlands : [...] €1,250.00
	BELCHER, T.W. Memoir of Sir Patrick Dun (Knt.) M.D., M.P., Physician-General to the Army, and sometime President of the College of Physicians. Including his will, his deed for constituting a professor of physic; and other important records concerning the profession of physic [...] €250.00
	BELFAST POLICE: Act for Paving, Cleansing, Lighting, and Improving the Several Streets, Squares, Lanes, and Passages, within the Town of Belfast, in the County of Antrim; and for Removing and Preventing all Encroachments, Obstructions, and Annoyances, therein; and also, For Establishing and Maintaining A Nightly Watch, throughout the said Town and Precincts thereof, and for other Purposes. Friday the [...] €265.00
	BENCE JONES, W. The Life’s Work in Ireland of a Landlord who tried to do his duty. CLEVER IRISH PEASANTS WITH NO BACKBONE London: Macmillan, 1880. Crown octavo. pp. xxi, 338, 43 (publisher’s list). Publisher’s green pebbled [...] €295.00
	BLAKE, W.O. History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in Ancient and Modern Time BLAKE, W.O. History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in Ancient and Modern Times (The forms of slavery that [...]