Dear Listers, Many thanks for your good suggestions. Here's a list of them to date. BOOKS ON IRISH HISTORY Nonfiction Atlas of Irish History by Sean Duffy (suggested by Declan) History of Ireland by Malachy McCourt (Faye) The Course of Irish History ed. by TW Moody (Kathleen) The Oxford History of Ireland ed by R.F. Foster (Joe) Ten Men Dead (Liz) All of Tim Pat Coogan's books -- see Wikipedia list (Mary Ellen) The Flowering of Ireland: Saints, Scholars, and Kings by Katharine Scherman (Mary Ellen) The Irish World: The History and Cultural Achievements of the Irish People ed. by Brian de Breffny (Mary Ellen) Ireland: A Terrible Beauty by Jill and Leon Uris (Mary Ellen) Fiction The Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd (Joe) The Rebels of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd (Joe) Ireland: Awakening by Edward Rutherfurd (Leanne) Year of the French by Thomas Flanagan (Mary Ellen) Tenants of Time by Thomas Flanagan (Mary Ellen) End of the Hunt by Thomas Flanagan (Mary Ellen) All of Morgan Llywelyn's novels -- numerous, set in many historical periods (Mary Ellen) Trinity -- and its sequel by Leon Uris (Mary Ellen) WEB SITES ----------------- Suggested by Rich http://www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie/ http://www.worldirish.com/story/10673-first-hand-accounts-of-irish-independence-made-public-for-first-time ----------------- Suggested by Joyce https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1CHMO_enUS510US510&ion=1&ie=UTF-8#sugexp=eqrwrth&gs_rn=12&gs_ri=psy-ab&tok=Grgy9XnSC0aTixq12Vm7ng&cp=15&gs_id=1&xhr=t&q=death+or+canada&es_nrs=true&pf=p&newwindow=1&rlz=1C1CHMO_enUS510US510&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&oq=death+or+canada&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.47008514,d.cGE&fp=5b953161970de69d&biw=0&bih=519&ion=1 www.monreagh.net www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNmZ5B9O4OYkbAGXmPwUR8tIMLgTSqX8y ----------------- Suggested by Dave http://tiara.ie/links.php http://tiara.ie/books.php http://tiara.ie/maps.php ----------------- PJ