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Et in Ulster Ego
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One Day in October
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Don’t Forget the Titians
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Mary Kenny
Blood in the Park
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Six Degrees of Separation
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Ruled by the Waves
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Line of Troubles
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Ruth Dudley Edwards
A Great Story, but Only One Side Given
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Holy Trail
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Dublin’s New Dawn
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Emerald Guile
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Independence Days
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Bitter Freedom: Ireland in a Revolutionary World 1918–1923
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Brewing Troubles
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Paul Bew
The Long Good Friday
Great Hatred, Little Room: Making Peace in Northern Ireland
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Troublemaker
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Lion, Harp & Unicorn
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Trouble At The Gates
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