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The Irish Revenue Police

A short history and genealogical guide to the 'Poteen Hussars'

Jim Herlihy

In the period 1832 to 1857, some 4,000 men served in the Irish Revenue Police, working to suppress illicit distillation. In this book, Jim Herlihy shows how to …

Irish Media

A critical history

John Horgan & Roddy Flynn

Revised and Expanded New Edition

As Irish media and society move from an insular, domestic focus in the mid-twentieth century to the global outlook of the twen…

The Ha'penny Bridge, Dublin

Michael English

Dublin’s Ha’penny Bridge is one of the symbols of the city. Opened on 19 May 1816, the first dedicated footbridge over the river Liffey, it was also the first i…