Brian Gallagher

Spies: Ireland’s War of Independence.

By Brian Gallagher - Published 2018

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

September 1920, Ireland. Spies tells the story of the War of Independence through the eyes of three children who are thrown together despite their ...Read Review

Pawns

By Brian Gallagher - Published 2017

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young Adult

Balbriggan, Ireland, 1919. The First World War is over, but the increasingly violent demands for Irish independence are threatening to precipitate war with the ...Read Review

Arrivals

By Brian Gallagher - Published 2016

Genres:

Children/Young AdultTime-slip

This is a very special time-slip story, dealing with youthful class and racial tensions. Ciara, a young Irish-Canadian girl, discovers her family history ...Read Review

Friend or Foe: 1916: Which Side Are You On?

By Brian Gallagher - Published 2015

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

This is a fast moving, exciting, and informative historical novel for twelve- to fourteen-year-olds. The Irish Question is difficult for the rest of ...Read Review

Stormclouds

By Brian Gallagher - Published 2013

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

It is not easy to make the Northern Irish conflict seem comprehensible and immediate to people who did not grow up in the ...Read Review

Secrets and Shadows

By Brian Gallagher - Published 2012

Genres:

Children/Young AdultThriller

1941. When twelve-year-old Grace Ryan’s Dublin home is bombed, she goes to live with her grandfather and uncle in another part of the ...Read Review

Across the Divide

By Brian Gallagher - Published 2010

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Dublin, 1913. Liam and Nora come from the opposite sides of the social divide. Liam’s father is a mechanic and firmly on the ...Read Review