Ireland Historical Fiction

Long before Doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly became a fixture in the colourful Irish village of Ballybucklebo, he was a young M.B. with plans to marry midwife Dierdre Mawhinney. Those plans were complicated by the outbreak of World War II and the call of duty. Assigned to the HMS Warspite, a formidable 30,000-ton battleship, Surgeon Lieutenant O'Reilly soon found himself face-to-face with the hardships of war, tending to the dreadnought's crew of 1,200 as well as to the many casualties brought aboard.

Among the most celebrated and beloved novels of 2021, Anthony Doerr’s gorgeous third novel is a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring story about children on the cusp of adulthood in worlds in peril, who find resilience, hope—and a book. In Cloud Cuckoo Land, Doerr has created a magnificent tapestry of times and places that reflects our vast interconnectedness—with other species, with each other, with those who lived before us, and with those who will be here after we’re gone.

Revenge brought them together. Love gave them something worth fighting for. Captain Grace O'Brien spent a decade crafting the perfect revenge against the man who destroyed her family. When she finally captures his daughter as leverage, she expects to feel triumph - not an unwanted attraction to a woman who challenges everything she believes about justice and vengeance. Rosalind Henderson has spent years secretly gathering evidence of her father's treachery while presenting the perfect English lady's facade. When she's taken captive by a notorious Irish pirate captain, she sees an ...

From Ireland to Australia, past to present, a family saga of truth, lies, love and intrigue. Until you’re asked, you may never tell... Lucie Woods is honest, isn’t she? It turns out, like so many others, that she’s been lying to herself for a very long time. When an incident occurs at her children’s school, it sets in motion a string of events that sees her life torn apart at the seams. Karma acts fast, barely giving her a moment to breathe before delivering a string of gifts, if you can call them that. Bad things usually happen in threes, but when her misfortune reaches beyond this...

Keeping a secret is hard. . . Living a secret is even harder.Hidden behind the tall trees lies a secret fortress in the middle of the woods. No one knows about it. . . until now.To avoid a tyrannical king's corruption and the devastating aftermath of a societal collapse, a group of young people build their own castle in the middle of a forest. It serves as a secret community, which is a dream come true for them. After getting ambushed near the forest, the corrupt king's knights begin to close in on the castle. Bryce, Elizabeth, and the rest of the secret castle's inhabitants find their ...

A drinking contest. A marriage certificate. A revenge plot years in the making. Captain Rowan Callahan didn't earn the nickname "Red Tide" by playing it safe. But waking up married to a fiery tavern maid after a night of whiskey and wagers? That's a new level of reckless, even for her. Brigid O'Sullivan is no ordinary barmaid. Behind her quick smile lies a razor-sharp mind that's spent three years plotting to reclaim her family's stolen legacy from a corrupt British officer who destroyed everything she loved. Tricking the infamous pirate captain into marriage is just another move in her ...

The opportunity of a lifetime lands in Peter Cullen’s lap and nothing is going to stop him taking full advantage, not even the misgivings of his wife. Cullen’s Celtic Cabaret has been flying high, but the real goal, the secret desire of Peter’s heart, America, is finally, incredibly, looking like a reality. The troupe are not at all prepared for what awaits them in prohibition era Atlantic City and they are dazzled by the bright lights. Keeping discipline and ensuring everyone remains focused drives Peter to the edge of his patience, but he soon realises that this is the least of his problems.

A reckless warrior, Kieran Broderick was half-Irish, yet bound to fight for the English crown. So when King Henry decreed that he take an Irish wife to quell rebellion there, he had little choice. Newly dubbed the earl of Kildare, Kieran travels to Langmore Castle, seat of the lawless O'Shea family, to choose a bride. When he picks Maeve, a fetching lass who seems sweetly submissive, he soon learns she's a fiery, clever woman. When she refuses to allow him into her bed or her heart, he finds himself fighting the most daunting battle of his life.

Long before Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly came to the colourful Irish village of Ballybucklebo, young Surgeon-Lieutenant O'Reilly answered the call of duty to serve in World War II. Fingal just wants to marry his beloved Deirdre and live happily ever after. First, he must hone his skills at a British naval hospital before reporting back to the HMS Warspite, where, as a ship's doctor, he faces danger upon the high seas.

The struggle of the Irish people for independence is one of the compelling historical dramas of the 20th century. 1949 tells the story of Ursula Halloran, a fiercely independent young woman who comes of age in the 1920s. The tragedy of Irish civil war gives way in the 1920s to a repressive Catholic state led by Eamon De Valera. Married women cannot hold jobs, divorce is illegal, and the IRA has become a band of outlaws still devoted to and fighting for a Republic that never lived.

Ireland is approximately the size of the state of Indiana, yet this small country boasts an extensive, rich, and fascinating history. Ireland's Forgotten Past is an alternative history that covers 13,000 years in 36 stories that are often left out of history books.

After three failed seasons and a disastrous jilting, Lady Dorothea Beaumont has had more than enough of her family's scheming. She won't domesticate a duke, entangle an earl, or vie for a viscount. She will quietly exit to her aunt's Irish estate for a life of blissful freedom. Until an arrogant, sinfully handsome duke singles her out for a waltz, making Thea the most popular belle of the season. The duke ruined her plans, and he'll just have to fix them.

In the 1930s, fresh from a stint in the Royal Navy Reserve, and against the wishes of his disapproving father, Fingal O'Reilly goes to Dublin to study medicine. Fingal and his fellow aspiring doctors face the arduous demands of Trinity College and Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital. The hours are long and the cases challenging, but Fingal manages to find time to box and play rugby—and to romance a fetching, gray-eyed nurse named Kitty O'Hallorhan.

This is the second book in the Kirkville trilogy fictional series. Enjoy the continuation of this dramatic story, as we join our favourite characters for more murder, and mayhem! It is the summer of 1846, and smuggling has become a serious problem for those who guard both land, and sea. A new owner of the Springvale Inn, a Mr Layton, is just as rotten as Lady Ashcroft. She still awaits a trial to declare if she is insane, or it shall be death by hanging! Is there any chance that this woman will escape? Romance comes in the form of Hawkins, once a sailor, and now a smuggler. Olivia shall ...

The men behind bars in Dublin Gaol were innocent of wrongdoing—hostages, who would die like common felons at the end of the hangman's rope, unless Tom Blood could carry out his mission. In England, in 1669 a wave of sympathy had arisen for the people of Ireland, hunted and hounded as they had been for the past hundred years by Tudor greed and Cromwellian fanaticism, and Tom Blood found friends there who were sympathetic to his cause. But all their assistance could not save the Dublin prisoners if Tom Blood were late for his appointment. The self-styled highwayman rode swiftly through the ...

As she leaves the United States, Elfie brings with her the most precious, yet most demanding souvenir in the world. Will this little slip of a woman, who is only 18 year old, have the willpower to rise to the challenge? Is it even possible? Will Angus once again save her? Will Oscar Delany, Mrs. King, Lord Wanton, Marina d’Orléac, and Ashlynn become her friends or her enemies? In this fifth Season, everyone must choose sides, even newcomers César de Beaumont and Sister Fiona. In the midst of all this, the freedom Elfie has sought for so long seems further away than ever. Intrigue ...

Before Doctor Barry Laverty joined Doctor Fingal O’Reilly's practice in the colorful Irish village of Ballybucklebo, he was an intern, working long hours, practicing new medical techniques, falling in love, and learning what is most important in the medical field for a family physician - the bonds of family, friendships, and human kindness.

Slamming the door on the hellscape of 1980s Belfast, Detective Inspector Sean Duffy hopes that the 1990s are going to be better for him and the people of Northern Ireland. As a Catholic cop in the mainly Protestant RUC he still has a target on his back, and with a steady girlfriend and a child the stakes couldn’t be higher. After handling a mercurial triple agent and surviving the riots and bombings and assassination attempts, all Duffy wants to do now is live. But in his final days in charge of Carrickfergus CID, a missing persons report captures his attention.

A novel of love and war, of legacy and fate, of parallel and colliding worlds. Nora McMahon is a young Irish girl raised by her grandfather on a County Clare tenant farm on the eve of the Great War. Her parents were executed following a failed local rebellion and she inherits their penchant for adventure and their dreams of a free Ireland. She is a witness to the radical political change overtaking Ireland and struggles to find her way and prove her worth in the nascent Irish republican world. Edward Eldridge is a wealthy young captain in the British Army eager to debate the erupting war in...

Once, not too long ago, there was just a single Irish country doctor tending to the lively little village of Ballybucklebo: Doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly. Now his thriving practice is growing by leaps and bounds. Not only has O'Reilly taken a new trainee under his wing, Doctor Connor Nelson, he's also added a spirited Labrador puppy to his ever-expanding household at Number One Main Street. Meanwhile, his trusted partner, young Doctor Barry Laverty, finds himself wondering if he's truly ready to settle down and start a family with his lovely fiancée, Sue.