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The Medieval Castles of Ireland: Fascinating insights into secrets of the past
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Alan Titley: the most important prose writer in Irish since Máirtín Ó Cadhain
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The People’s Emperor by Edward Shawcross: Entertaining and thoroughly researched biography
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