Item category 1: Research Lending

Everyone knows where they were when Ray Houghton outfoxed the Italian goalkeeper in the 1994 World Cup finals. Every television in the country was tuned in to the match, and The Heights Bar in Loughinisland, Co. Down was no exception. But two miles down the road, three men with no interest in Ire...

From Stonehenge and the Ring of Brogdar to the Rollright Stones and Avebury, the British and Irish Isles are scattered with the stone circles of our prehistoric ancestors. Although there have been many theories to explain them, to this day there is no consensus about their purpose. Colin Richards...

On the eve of World War II, several hundred persecuted Jews, mainly from Nazi-occupied Vienna, tried to escape to Northern Ireland. They had learned of a Stormont scheme to tackle the region's chronic unemployment by offering financial support for skilled professionals to move to the province to ...

Michael Harding was 23 when his father died; a parent who was sometimes distant and aloof, yet had a profound effect on the writer's life. In the summer of 2023, Harding took a short holiday in Spain, walking the Camino de Santiago, during which he began to unpack the long ago trauma of losing a ...

'Pulse of the Nation' is a celebration of the GAA's 140 years at the centre of Irish life, from its foundation in November 1884 to the present-day institution that has expanded massively at home and abroad. It zones in on the greatest players in football and hurling, ranking them one-to-ten, acco...

State agents and informers murdered with impunity during the conflict in Northern Ireland - the outcome of a secret and illegal strategy introduced by MI5 in 1981. John Stalker uncovered key elements of the strategy during an official inquiry into three 'shoot-to-kill' incidents in the 1980s. He ...

For almost forty years, Paul Williams has chronicled the life and crimes of some of Ireland's most notorious godfathers, killers and thieves. In 'Crooks' he brings his readers for a ride-along, taking us behind the scenes of his most notorious scoops, describing the run-ins he's had with unsavour...

This title aims to accelerate acceptance of every child's right to have their voice heard, by bridging the gap between theory and practice, empowering adults to act as advocates and facilitators of children using their voices within our homes, schools, and wider communities.

Mark Moriarty is back with a hundred new recipes that celebrate the best of seasonal ingredients while teaching you how to season your food for fantastic flavour. Elevate your everyday cooking with a dish that is perfect for spring, such as chicken and chorizo casserole or enjoy a summer treat of...

'Kinahan Assassins' is the extraordinary story of how the killers used by Ireland's most notorious drug gang, the Kinahan Cartel, were taken down. After an audacious assassination attempt on boss Daniel Kinahan's life, the Kinahan Cartel recruited an unprecedented number of killers to retaliate a...