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Marc Mulholland
From Ballymena to Boston
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Mary Kenny
Blood in the Park
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Andrew Gailey
Six Degrees of Separation
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Quite the Père
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Whose Ireland
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A Bit Bloodless
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Parnell’s Passion
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Lion, Harp & Unicorn
The Two Unions: Ireland, Scotland, and the Survival of the United Kingdom, 1707–2007
By Alvin Jackson
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