O'Halloran, Sylvester. An Introduction to the Study of the History and Antiquities of Ireland. London: J. Murray, 1772.

Both O'Halloran's Introduction to the Study of the History and Antiquities of Ireland (1772) and General History of Ireland (2 Vols, 1778) stand among the earliest refutations of an Anglo-centric view of Ireland. In his works O’Halloran attacks writers such as David Hume, James MacPherson and Thomas Leland for what he saw as their misrepresentation of Irish history.

List of Casualties at the Battle of Aughrim

This list is taken from George Story's "An Impartial History of the Wars in Ireland". Story was a chaplain with the Williamite army and recorded events as they took place. It lists some of the officers, soldiers and horses killed and wounded at the Battle of Aughrim in 1691.

Pdf Story, George Warter, An Impartial History Of The Wars Of Ireland, London: Ric. Chiswell, 1693

An Impartial History Of The Wars In Ireland by George Warter Story (1664?-1721) is an eye witness account of the Williamite War in Ireland covering the years 1690 and 1691. Story later wrote a sequel entitled Continuation which describes the Treaty of Limerick which brought the war officially to a close.

Key, Pierre V. R., John McCormack, His Own Life Story, Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1918

John McCormack: His Own Life Story transcribed by Pierre V. R. Key is an 1918 biography of the world famous Irish tenor Count John McCormack (1884-1945). McCormack was a celebrated performer who sang classical opera and also popular ballads and music hall favourites.

Cody, Henry Brereton Cody, The Insurrection Of Twenty-Third, July 1803, Dublin: Gaisberry And Campbell,

Henry Brereton Cody's 1803 account of the Robert Emmet led rebellion. His account was accused of being a travesty by later Irish writers. The rebellion was a failure and Emmet himself was publically executed at Thomas Street, Dublin. In later years he became a hero-martyr for Irish nationalist republicans.

Patrick Sarsfield, First Earl of Lucan

Patrick Sarsfield played an important role on the Jacobite side during the Williamite war in Ireland.

Courtesy of 'The History of County Dublin, 1906'.

Group outside Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 1923

Group outside Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 1923, incl. W.T,. Cosgrave, Desmond Fitzgerald, Hugh Kennedy (Chief Justice), Eoin O’Duffy, Kevin O’Higgins, W.B. Yeats

Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

Eamon De Valera (1882 - 1975)

De Valera served in public office from 1917 to 1973. He founded the Fianna Fáil Party in 1926 and served two terms as Irish President from 1959 until 1973.

Courtesy of the Irish Film Institute