The Mercier Press Ltd

The lives of all the executed leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising in one volume

Contemporary civilian accounts of life in Dublin during the 1916 Easter Rising show what it was really like on the streets

A collection of intriguing and unusual details from one of the biggest events in Irish history.

For 100 years objects left behind from 1916 have borne silent witness to the events of Easter Week - this book tells their stories and uses them in a unique way to cast light on many of the lesser-known elements of the Rising.

Days of the Blackthorn uses contemporary sources such as eyewitness tales, to provide a visceral sense of the 'vengeful, brutal, drunken, petty world' of faction fighting in Kerry in the 1800s. This is a fascinating account of a wild, violent time in Ireland's history.

Titles Include Monkie Business...Jungle Tangle...Class Act.