Books Ulster

First published in 1868, Confederates of '48 tells the story of the Young Irelanders' failed attempt at rebellion against the British which culminated in the 'Battle of Ballingarry' (or 'Battle of...

More than two centuries after the 1798 rebellion in Ireland the legend of Betsy Gray still refuses to die. The story remains as compelling as ever. In the company of her brother George, and her...

As the 1798 Rebellion in Ireland began to peter out and the insurgent cause was clearly lost, Michael Dwyer and a band of loyal followers took to the Wicklow Mountains from where they continued to...

On January 19th, 1863, when the spectre of the Great Famine still loomed over the land, Alexander Irvine was born into dire poverty in the town of Antrim. His parents had broken with convention and...

In "Shakespeare and the Ulster Dialect", which was first published in the "Northern Whig" newspaper, Belfast, 22nd April, 1916, Sir John Byers identifies Elizabethan words and phrases that came to...

Based on actual events in mid-Nineteenth Century County Down, Sons of the Sod tells the story of how a young man from the Carrowdore area is falsely accused of the attempted murder of a local squire...

The Adventures of Paddy M'Quillan is the first of three volumes in the series Robin's Readings (originally Humorous Readings) by W. G. Lyttle. First published in book form in 1879, it is a collection...

The Adventures of Robin Gordon is the second of three volumes in the series Robin's Readings (originally Humorous Readings) by W. G. Lyttle. First published in book form in 1880, it is a collection...

This facsimile reprint of the Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory for 1852, published by James Alexander Henderson, is an invaluable resource for the genealogist and social historian alike. The...

Stage magician and inventor John Nevil Maskelyne (1839-1917) made it his mission to expose fakes and charlatans who claimed supernatural abilities for personal gain. In 'The Fraud of "Theosophy"...

First published in 1919 to accompany the peace celebrations in Belfast that year The Great War 1914-1918 provides not only a record of the actions of Ulster regiments that served on the front line...

First published in 1903, twenty years after the death of its author, The Origin of the Legend of the Holy Grail examines the legends about Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus after the death of Christ,...