Some websites that I think are important for understanding Éire and Northern Ireland, including a few people with interesting perspectives. Also included here are a list of some of my favorite books on Irish history.
Anthony McIntyre – The Pensive Quill
National Women’s Council of Ireland
BOOKS
Benedict Anderson – Imagined Communities (Not about Ireland per se; this is “the” book on nationalism)
Paul Bew – Ireland: The Politics of Enmity 1789-2006
Paul Bew – Enigma: A New Life of Charles Stewart Parnell
Eamon Collins – Killing Rage
James S. Donnelly, Jr. – The Great Irish Potato Famine
Richard English – Armed Struggle: A History of the IRA
Dean Godson – Himself Alone: David Trimble and the Ordeal of Unionism
Peter Hart – The IRA and Its Enemies
Peter Hart – The IRA at War: 1916-1923
Peter Hart – Mick: The Real Michael Collins
Seamus Heaney – North
Emmet Larkin – The Pastoral Role of the Roman Catholic Church in Pre-Famine Ireland
Emmet Larkin – The Consolidation of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland 1860-1870
Ed Moloney – A Secret History of the IRA
Jody Moylan – Daniel O’Connell: A Graphic Life
Charles Townshend – The Republic
Charles Townshend – Easter 1916