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Ireland 'The Dublin Metropolitan Police (1836-1925)
A Short History & Genealogical Guide' Jim Herlihy.
An excellent reference work on this Irish police force with notes on medal awards & casualties, lists of members connected with the London Metropolitan police, the Irish revenue police, The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) & The British Army.The book is nicely illustrated with DMP badges, medals, uniforms & original police photographs.The book is in softback format with 264 pages. This is a MINT unused New book.
Appart from its general content, the genealogical worth of this book is in its no less than seventeen (17) pages of ex members of the DMP, Royal Irish Constabulary, Army etc
Price £15.00 + International S/H @ £1
'Into The Dark' Thirty years in the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) (Northern Ireland Police) Johnston Brown 2006 Edition
Autobiography of Johnston Brown, Hailed as the investigator who was central to the bringing Loyalist 'Mad Dog' Johnny Adair to Justice. An excellent personal account & a work of reference on life in the RUC during the troubles.
On 12 April 2000, the RUC was awarded the George Cross for bravery in dealing with terrorism. The force was replaced in 2001 by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)
This is a new book, 313 pp.
Price £7.50 + S/H @ £1
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'Enright' Mark O'Sullivan (RIC)
Period historical novel of The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) set in 1921.
S/B edition published by The Blackstaff Press, Belfast 2005. 304 pp.
A Mint New Volume.
Price £4.00 + £1 S/H
'The Bulkies' The Belfast Borough Police - Police & Crime in Belfast 1800 - 1865.
Scarce Reference work on this force written by Brian Griffin. - Belfast Riots etc.
S/B edition published by The Irish Academic Press, in association with The Irish Legal History Society. Dublin. 1998. 166 pp. NEW.
Note this force as the author mentions in his introduction has been almost entirely overlooked by historians. Its worth also mentioning the individual items such as uniform parts, buttons, medals etc are never offered & are extremely RARE. An important reference work.
Price £6.00 + £1 S/H
Scarce Police Reference Book
British Voices From The Irish War of Independence 1918 - 1921
The Words of British Servicemen Who Were There'
By William Sheehan.
Published by The Collins Press, Cork 2005 edition. 248pp. illustrated with numerous Rare period photographs including IRA ambush scenes, an RIC barracks which had been destroyed, soldiers buying fruit from a street seller in Dublin etc..
H/B edition. Brand new/unused.
Price £7.00 + £1 S/H (Worldwide)
'Armed Action' My War in The Skies with 847 Naval Air Squadron'
Lieutenant Commander James Newton DFC
Published by 'Headline Review' 2007 edition. 246pp. illustrated with numerous colour photographs inc The Royal Navy fleet, Lynx helicopters, etc ..
H/B edition with dj. Brand new/unused.
Price £6.00 + £1 S/H (Worldwide)
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Forgotten Soldiers, The Irishmen Shot at Dawn (World War I)
Award-winning BBC journalist Stephen Walker gives for the first time, a full account of how twenty-eight Irish men serving in British regiments met their deaths. Drawing upon war diaries, court-martial papers and interviews with veterans and family members, he explains how, often exhausted by battle, or suffering shellshock, men who refused to fight were branded as cowards, and shot at dawn by a firing squad.
2008 edition, s/b 224pp.
Published by Gill & Macmillan
Price £6.00 + £1 S/H (Worldwide)
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'The Road To The Somme' Ulster Division
1916 (WWI)
'Men of The Ulster Division Tell Their Story' Philip Orr
The Road to the Somme traces the events that led up to the Somme, from the birth of the Ulster Volunteer Force in 1912 to the Ulster Division’s formation, training and journey to France. When the book was originally published, in 1987, in just ten days at the Somme in September 1916 the16th Division lost over half of its 11,000 men, both protestant & catholic. Note: There are also some R.I.C. references on pages 14, 25, 32 & 39.
2008 edition, s/b 337pp.
Published by Blackstaff Press, Belfast.
Price £8.00 + £1 S/H (Worldwide)
The Planters of Luggacurran, Co Laois (Queens County) 1879 - 1927
By Leigh-Ann Coffey
Published by Four Courts Press, Dublin 2006 edition. 72pp. Well written balanced historical reference on the Irish land wars of the 1880s in what was then Queens county Contains RIC references including descriptions of an eviction which involved 250 members of the force on the huge Lansdowne estate of over 9,000 acres + other police references including the RIC Inspector General's assesment (1918) of the methods used by militant activists in pursuit of land reford/aquisition . The evicted tennants commission, etc. An interesting insight into the difficulties of political land agitation & policing of the community .New slim S/B edition..
Price £4.00 + £0.50 S/H (Worldwide)
Ireland's Generals in The Second World War'
ByRichard Doherty.
Published for Four Courts Press by MPG Books, Cornwall, 2004 edition. 250pp. This book looks at the wartime careers of nineteen Irishmen who reached general officer rank – from brigadier upward – and assesses their records. As well as the best-known (Alexander, Auchinleck and Montgomery), the author also reminds us about Britain's first successful general of the war, Richard O'Connor, and the commander of the UK's anti-aircraft defences, Tim Pile
H/B edition. with dj Brand new/unused. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Price £9.00 + £1.00 S/H (Worldwide)
'Did They Also Die For Ireland' John Sheehan
Undated Scarce First EditionAn interesting & useful RIC title written by the late John Sheehan.(& signed by his granddaughter)
Good historical references such as the Dromkeen Ambush (Limerick, Feb 1921) which resulted in nine policemen being killed. Interestingly also is a list of attacks on the Garda force in 1923. Nicely illustrated throughout with good RIC & other photographs including Liam Lynch . A very worthwhile publication which can only increase public knowledge of the RIC.This is a new book, S/B 83 pp & 33 photographs. Highly Recommended.
This book was limited to a print run of less than 500 copies
so will become RARE
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Price £22.50 + S/H @ £1
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Other Book Titles
If interested in other book titles on aspects of irish history/ local interest etc
'Enright' Mark O'Sullivan (RIC)
Period historical novel of The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) set in 1921.
S/B edition published by The Blackstaff Press, Belfast 2005. 304 pp.
A Mint New Volume.
Price £4.00 + £1 S/H
Violence & Nationalist Politics in Derry 1920 - 1923 Ronan Gallagher 2003 Edition
Published by Four Courts Press, Dublin.
This is a new book, slim s/b 72 pp.Historical reference - with various mostly minor but interesting RIC entries (Also Ulster Special Constabulary - B Specials mentioned ). Mostly irish republican IRA history but a good insight into the conditions the RIC found themselves in, in their last two years before disbandment.
Price £4.50 + S/H @ £0.50
'Eoin O'Duffy' (1892-1944) - A Self Made Hero. Fearghal McGarry. Oxford University Press 2007.
'Eoin O'Duffy - A Self Made Hero'. Substantial work of reference by Fearghal McGarry, Published by the Oxford University Press. Brand New Book 442pp.
O'Duffy was chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army & second commissioner of the irish police - Garda Siochana from 1922 - 1933. He became leader of fine gael 1933/4
& was a 1930s fascist
Price £8.00 + S/H @ £1
