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Meda Ryan - Biddy Early : The Wise Woman of Clare - PB - BRAND NEW ( Originally 1978)

Nestling between the Clare hills and overlooking Kilbarron Lake stands a two-roomed thatched cottage, once the home of a notorious red-headed woman called Biddy Early. Arguments still persist as to whether Biddy was a witch or a person of God, because...

David Gillick - The Race - BRAND NEW -PB

Paperback edition, brand new, 2026 of the bestselling The Race by David Gillick.  David Gillick is someone who has moved from the arena of high end athletics to journalism, and as poacher turned gamekeeper in that field, his insights are always...

Tomás De Bhaldraithe ( Translator) / The Diary of Humphrey O'Sullivan ( Diary of an Irish Countryman) ( Cín Lae Amhlaoibh) - PB - BRAND NEW

Written from January 1827 to July 1835, the diary of Amhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin of Callan, County Kilkenny, has been described as one of the most significant non-imaginative Irish prose writings of the nineteenth century. It is...

Micheál Ó Máille - An Cheathrú Rua : Loachas na Leithinse - PB - BRAND NEW

Saothar cuimsitheach staire a thugann cuireadh don léitheoir dul ar thuras amachun scéal na háite a rianú. Insítear scéal an cheantair trí shúile a mhuintire, lecnuasach breá de ghrianghraif...

John Walsh - Ar Lámh Shábhála? Coimisiún na Gaeltachta 1926 - PB - BRAND NEW

Cloch mhíle ba ea 1926 i stair na hÉireann, tráth ar cuireadh go leor cor nua i saol na tíre a mairfeadh a rian go ceann i bhfad ina dhiaidh sin. Thosaigh an chéad stáisiún raidió 2RN ag craoladh, a...

Eimear Ní Bhraonáin - THE DODGER - DJ Carey & the Great Betrayal - BRAND NEW - PB 2026

  There was a time when DJ Carey didn’t need a surname. The star player of a Kilkenny hurling team that dominated the sport for a decade, he had a rare, natural talent that led his county to five All Ireland titles and won him nine All Stars...

Maria Butler - Marian Keyes and the Politics of Commercial Fiction - BRAND NEW

Marian Keyes is one of Ireland’s most important fiction authors but is often not celebrated as such. Keyes’ novels draw on the author’s trademark charm, wit, and pathos, yet her girly packaging and light-hearted marketing resulted in...

Gavan Reilly - The Secret Life of Leinster House - BRAND NEW - PB

THE SMALLER FORMAT PAPERBACK EDITION OF THE 2025 BESTSELLER.  What is it like to run for election? How do public representatives deal with the cut-throat competition from their rivals - and their own running mates? What's the Dail bar really like?...

Vincent Browne - Charles Haughey : Glory, Greed and Guns - BRAND NEW

TRACKED DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE COST A fearless, incisive biography of Charlie Haughey by one of Ireland's most formidable journalists, Vincent Browne. Vincent Browne turns his renowned intellect and investigative skill to the life and...

Gary Murphy - Brian Cowen - Anatomy of a Taoiseach - HB - BRAND NEW

An insightful, searing and clear-eyed account of Taoiseach Brian Cowen and his time as leader of the country during Ireland's greatest crisis From the author of the bestselling Haughey, Gary Murphy returns with a major reassessment of Ireland's most...

Enda O'Coineen - Journey to the Edge - PB - 2019

From Enda O’Coineen, in business and adventure, we can learn much. The man sails on a sea of obsession in life - guided only by the goals he sets himself.He became the first ever Irish entry to qualify for the Vendée Globe. When he...

Margaret Kelleher - Mary and Padraic Colum Lives and the Dream - PB - BRAND NEW

Mary Colum was an influential reviewer and critic, feared for her rapier wit by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. Her husband Padraic Colum was a successful author of children’s stories, a poet, playwright and essayist, and like Mary a...

Michael Walker - Green Shoots : Irish Football Histories - HB - BRAND NEW

Published by de Coubertin Books, 2017 (The HB cover design is made to look edgeworn in the manner of a period match programme)  More than a century after the Easter Rising, football in Ireland -- like the country itself -- remains divided. At the...

Mehdi Hassan - Win Every Argument - PB - 2023 - BRAND NEW

The New York Times bestseller Win Every Argument is the ultimate guide to debate, persuasion and public speaking, by award-winning British-American journalist Mehdi Hasan. 'A masterclass' – Riz Ahmed'Indispensable' – Naomi Klein'A tour de...

Rory Sweetnam & Lisa Marr - New Zealand’s Irish Revolution - BRAND NEW

Offering original New Zealand perspectives on the Irish Revolution from the third Home Rule crisis to the establishment of the Irish Free State, this collection explores the political, social, and cultural evolution of Ireland from 1912 to 1923...

Myles Dungan - Land is All That Matters: The Struggle That Shaped Irish History - PB - BRAND NEW

In eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe everyone lived 'off the land' in one way or another. In Ireland, however, almost everyone lived 'on the land' as well. Agriculture was the only economic resource for the vast majority of the population outside...

Maurice J. Casey - Hotel Lux : An Intimate History of Communism's Forgotten Radicals - PB - BRAND NEW

Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards 2024: History Book of the Year 'Hotel Lux is an unforgettable book, bringing to life not only its protagonists but an entire world, and offering a new glimpse of a vanished past' Sally Rooney 'If affection is the...

John Crowley, Mike Cronin, Cormac Moore & Charlie Roche ( Editors) - Atlas of Irish Sport History, Politics, Identity - BRAND NEW

TRACKED AN POST DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE Atlas of Irish Sport - History, Politics, Identity Foreword by Mary McAleese Sport in all its forms is central to many people's lives and is an expression of culture that is very much...

David Caron - Dublin's Stained Glass - PB - BRAND NEW

Dublin's Stained Glass features the thirty-eight sites with the finest twentieth-century stained glass in Dublin city and county. The majority of the windows were made at studios in the capital, and are by internationally lauded artists such as Harry...

Siobhán Fenton - Ourselves Alone : Sinn Féin behind Closed Doors - PB - BRAND NEW

What really goes on behind closed doors in Ireland’s most secretive political party? Long defined by message control and secrecy, Sinn Féin has rarely allowed outsiders a glimpse behind the curtain. Ourselves Alone, by former communications...

Tim McCarthy - Boomshakalaka : Winning Against the Odds - BRAND NEW

TRACKED DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE COST This book could very easily be seen as a general sports book, and it would be a very good sports book. But it is much more than that. … There is a complete honesty of approach. Throughout his...

John Concannon - The Bucket Man : John Concannon and the JFC Group - BRAND NEW

TRACKED DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE John Concannon is an Irish businessman, philanthropist, and star of RTÉ's The Secret Millionaire. A native of Kilconly, Tuam, Concannon is the founder of the JFC Group. He left St. Jarlath's...

Declan Lynch - Roll Away the Stone : When Journalism was the Best Job in the World - BRAND NEW

DescriptionWorking in the media used to be fun. You were part of a thriving industry in print and broadcasting with a licence to speak your mind and a chance to bring down the government every week. You could be working with interesting or eccentric...

Niall Stokes - Some Like it Hot - PB - BRAND NEW

Niall Stokes’ rock ‘n roll memoir of his life as a Dublin journalist and founder and publisher of the ground-breaking Irish music magazine HOT PRESS. . . During the early years Hot Press gave a platform to some of Ireland's finest young...

Stephen Davison - The Wee Roads - Irish National Road Racing - BRAND NEW

9781785376146 A stunning visual journey through Irish road racing, with over 100 stunning colour photographs from the four corners of Irish road racing. Featuring high-octane race photos of the great and the good from international road racing, including...

Des Geraghty - At the Dawning of the Day : Luke Kelly and the Dubliners - BRAND NEW

The voice of Luke Kelly and the music of the Dubliners provided a very welcome wake-up call for a sleepy and depressed Ireland in the early 1960s. It was the dawning of a new and brighter day when more and more young people in Ireland began to find their...

Masuma Ahuja -The Infrastructure of Belonging : How We Unlock Economic Possibility - PB - BRAND NEW

Our world is lonelier and more polarised than it has ever been. Social media’s impacts are so toxic that governments are imposing bans for young people. Our lives have shrunk to the size of our screens. And there’s a pervasive sense of...

Anthony Murphy - Ireland : Land of Legend - BRAND NEW

Donagh Quigley - Irish Herbal Apothecary : Native Irish Herbs for Everyday Use - HB - BRAND NEW

For generations, the people of Ireland relied on the healing properties of the hedgerow, woodland and field. Knowledge of native herbs was passed from family to family: a practical tradition rooted in folklore and a deep connection to the land. Today,...

Owen O'Shea - Unchanged and Unchangeable : Austin Stack and the Irish Revolution - HB - BRAND NEW

Biography of the Kerry revolutionary.  Austin Stack was one of the central figures in the Irish revolutionary period. From his role in the lead-up to the 1916 Rising, through his senior positions in Sinn Féin and participation in the Irish...

Jilly Beattie - Revelations : Jeffrey Donaldson - Politician, Preacher, Predator BRAND NEW

Journalist Jilly Beattie followed the ins and outs and dramatic revelations of the Jeffrey Donaldson case over the two years up until conviction. This is her detailed account of the case which shocked Northern Ireland.   In March 2024, one of the...

Mark Carruthers & Colin Davidson - Colin Davidson: Twelve Paintings: Conversations with Mark Carruthers- PB - BRAND NEW

Twelve Paintings is an intimate and compelling exploration of the life and work of renowned artist Colin Davidson. Structured around a series of deeply personal conversations with broadcaster Mark Carruthers, the book uses twelve key works - from early...

Carlo Gébler - A Cold Eye : Notes From a Shared Island 1989-2024 - PB

If the past is another country – what happens when we revisit it, one day a year? Carlo Gébler has done just that. Here is the story of Ireland – from the tail end of the Troubles to the Good Friday agreement, to the glory days of the...

Mark Clinton - Carrickmines Castle : Rise and Fall - HB - BRAND NEW

The Walshes were rooted in south County Dublin from the late fourteenth century. By the early 1600s members of the family had become actors in the theatre of war across Europe. These were times of almost endless turmoil. A constant stream of predicaments...

Colm O'Regan - Tipping Away - BRAND NEW

Tipping Away is Colm O’Regan’s sharp, funny return to the rich world of Hiberno-English, following the bestselling success of Gallivanting with Words. From placenames and fishing boats to kitchens, pubs, building sites and WhatsApp groups,...

Kate Ryan - Blood, Guts and Black Pudding - BRAND NEW

Blood. It has sustained warriors in epic battles, staved off hunger, offered protection from bad luck and provided sustenance during winter. It’s been drawn from living animals and caught from dead ones, stuffed into guts and boiled until cooked or...

Michael Cronin - Ireland: Why it matters to be an island - BRAND NEW

It is a simple fact that Ireland is an island nation. But how often do we consider what it means to be an islander?Michael Cronin argues that we tend to ignore the fundamental fact of our island existence. For centuries, the question of this...

Manchán Magan - Seeing What's Hidden - HB - BRAND NEW

The third book in the trilogy from the late Manchán Magan, who completed the book shortly before his death in October 2025.  In his final book, Manchán Magan implores us – even dares us – to move from the limited rational...

John Creedon - This Boy's Voice - HB - BRAND NEW

This Boy's Voice is a memoir that picks up where This Boy’s Heart left off, recalling formative scenes from John’s adolescence and early adulthood. A rapidly changing Ireland of the 1970s and 1980s forms the backdrop to these stories as John...

Carsten Krieger - Clare : Wild Shores, Rugged Landscapes- BRAND NEW

When he first came to Clare as a visitor almost thirty years ago, acclaimed photographer Carsten Krieger knew he had found his home. Through his photographs, he brings us on a tour of its famous landmarks, such as the Cliffs of Moher, the Burren and...

Ann Ingle - Still Here : Everything I Know About Being Older - BRAND NEW

‘How did you get so old?’The morning when Ann Ingle’s grandson asked her that question led to musings on ageing and a life well lived. Told with warmth and humour, Ann grapples with how ageing has thrown all sorts her way, from losing...

Paula Elmore - Place Names of Ireland : From Inishbiggle to New Twopothouse - BRAND NEW

Corragunnagalliaghdoo – Brickeens – Muggort’s Bay – Leggs – Knockalunkard – Wheelam Across Ireland, you’ll find a host of curious and quirky place names. Dig a little and you’ll discover anglicisations of...

Max Barrett - A History of Ireland in 100 Stamps - HB - BRAND NEW

TRACKED DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE The story of Ireland through one hundred postage stamps issued since the creation of the Irish Free StateA stamp is about so much more than postage. It is a little piece of art, history and...

Seoirse Ó Dochartaigh - Know Your Place : An Exploration of the Place Names of Ireland - PB - BRAND NEW

Know Your Place is a lovingly illustrated exploration of Irish place names that will bring you to all four corners of the island, learning the hidden stories behind the towns and villages of Ireland, by exploring the history of individual place names and...

Gordon D'Arcy - Birds of Ireland (Appletree Pocket Guides) - PB - BRAND NEW

Paperback, brand new A handy pocket sized guide listing over 120 bird species commonly found across Ireland - in all habitats. Illustrated in colour, with information on characteristics, distinctive habits, , names in English Latin and Gaeilge. 

Kim Lenaghan - Irish Superstitions (Appletree Pocket Guides) - PB - BRAND NEW

Brand new, published by Appletree Press, 2019. 

Ruth Isabel Rose - Irish Wild Flowers (Appletree Pocket Guides) - PB - BRAND NEW

BRAND NEW, paperback, published by Appletree Press, originally 1987, this revised edition first published 2008.  Irish Wild Flowers is an attractive guide to around 80 species of plant found throughout the country. Each flower is beautifully...

P.W Joyce - Irish Place Names ( Appletree Pocket Guides) - PB - BRAND NEW

Brand new, this edition Appletree Press, 2019.  Based on the 1870 original - Local Names Explained, which was one of a number of titles Joyce publsihed on Irish placenames and the local loreassociated with them.  Irish Place Names is a handy...

Martin Wallace - Great Irish Lives ( Appletree Pocket Guides) - PB - BRAND NEW

Great Irish Live provides a parade of some of Ireland's greatest men and women. Some are little known outside of Ireland such as Father Mathew, Lord Carson, or Hugh O'Neill but others are famous worldwide such as St Patrick, Arthur Guinness or George...

Christine Kinealy - Tracing Your Irish Roots ( Appletree Pocket Guides ) - PB - BRAND NEW (Revised & Updated Edition) - 2019

2ND REVISED EDITION, 2019. Originally 1999, updated edition.  Whether building a family tree or simply researching the history of their ancestors, people of Irish heritage will find the means to track down elusive family records and relatives in...

Michael Healy-Rae - Too Far East is West - BRAND NEW

Tracked An Post delivery within ireland is included in the cost. The autobiography by Kerry Independent TD Michael Healy-Rae. Published by Merrion Press, the book offers his insights into Irish politics, rural life, and his family's enduring political...

TP O'Mahony - Forbidden Ireland : Church and State 1951 to the Present Day - PB - BRAND NEW

A definitive social history of modern Ireland. How did Catholic bishops lose their control over Irish women and Irish life? TP O’Mahony traces seven decades of Church–State conflict in Ireland, from the Mother and Baby crisis to the Magdalene...