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Anne Marie Allen - Serve : My Lost Years at the Heart of Ireland's Opus Dei - PB - BRAND NEW

  Anne Marie Allen spent seven years within the Opus Dei cult in Ireland. She is an executive coach with a career in senior management within the Irish Prison Service and community bodies. She has...

Joe Curtis - Clontarf : An Illustrated History - PB - BRAND NEW

In 1014, at the famous Battle of Clontarf, the High King of Ireland, Brian Boru, in conjunction with the provincial chiefs, defeated the colonizing Norsemen in a decisive battle which ended their...

Máirtí­n Ó Direáin - Spring Seaweed ( Feamainn Bhealtaine) - PB - BRAND NEW ( Translated by Micheál Ó hAodha)

Through masterful essays and twenty poems, one of Ireland's greatest twentieth-century poets captures the soul of Aran Island life - from keening women's haunting songs to seaweed dancing on the tide...

Kevin Rafter - Dillon Rediscovered : The Newspaperman Who Befriended Kings, Presidents and Oil Tycoons - BRAND NEW

Emile Joseph Dillon witnessed some of the most dramatic events the world has ever seen including, the assassination of a Russian Tsar, the Dreyfus court martial and bloody massacres in Armenia. At a...

Louise Ryan, Gráinne McPolin & Neha Doshi / Irish Nurses in the NHS - An Oral History - PB - BRAND NEW

Louise Ryan, Gráinne McPolin and Neha Doshi.   Delivery within Ireland included in the price.  From the inception of the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948, Irish women and men were actively...

Fergus Kennedy - Ballybunion to the River Kwai : An Irishman's Story of Survival on the Death Railway - BRAND NEW

Ballybunion to the River Kwai is the remarkable story of Don Kennedy’s harrowing experience as an Irish prisoner of war under the Japanese from 1942–45. Vividly narrated by Don’s son Fergus, this is...

Toner Quinn - What Ireland Can Teach the World About Music- and Other Essays - BRAND NEW

How do we create a deeper public discussion around music? What can folk music tell us about our society? How do we support music in our towns, villages and cities? And what can Ireland teach the...

Simon Read - The Many Murders of Michael Malloy - PB - BRAND NEW

The unbelievable true story of the Irishman who refused to die.  Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression and based on police reports, court records, and the colourful tabloid reporting of...

Doreen McBride - The A-Z of Curious Northern Ireland : Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics - HB - BRAND NEW

An A-Z of Curious Northern Ireland describes the kinks and quirks of a fascinating and beautiful province with a recorded history dating back to the ancient Celts. It is a small place that's big on...

Allen Foster - Foster's Irish Oddities - A Miscellany of Strange Facts and Vital Irrelevances - HB - BRAND NEW

This addictive, fascinating and humorous book is an indispensable collection of Irish trivia, history and uncommon knowledge. Presented in short, digestible entries and engagingly written throughout,...

Patrick O'Sullivan Greene - Gatsby : Death of an Irishman - PB - BRAND NEW

Gatsby: Death of an Irishman delivers a compelling and new insight into the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the genesis of The Great Gatsby.   Fitzgerald once told a friend that ‘Gatsby started as...

Richard Aldous - Tony Ryan : Ireland's Aviator

 Tony Ryan was one of the greatest Irishmen of the twentieth century.Ingenious, driven and sometimes reckless, his sheer spirit and adventurousness made him Ireland's Aviator. Born in a railwayman's...

Dónal Ó Drisceoil - Utter Disloyalist : Tadhg Barry and the Irish Revolution - PB

Paperback, Mercier Press, 2021. Tadhg Barry was the last high-profile victim of the crown forces during the Irish War of Independence. A veteran republican, trade unionist, journalist, poet, GAA...

Barry Flynn - The Little Book of Irish Football - HB - BRAND NEW

The Little Book of Irish Football is a compendium of fascinating, obscure and entertaining stories about the Beautiful Game on the Emerald Isle. It brings to life some of the long-lost tales about...

Jim Corbett - Not While I Have Ammo : A History of Captain Connie Mackey - BRAND NEW ( 2nd Edition 2025)

During the Irish Civil War, between the 15 and 20 July 1922, the Republican-held Strand Barracks in Limerick, on what is now Clancy’s Strand, came under constant ferocious attacks from Free State...

Clodagh Campbell - The Steps : 10 Lessons from Therapy - HB - BRAND NEW

DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE COST Psychologist Clodagh Campbell knows how it feels to be lost, anxious, and overwhelmed-because she's been there too. If you often feel disconnected,...

Kay Moloney Caball - The Kerry Girls : Emigration and the Earl Grey Scheme - PB - 2nd Edition - BRAND NEW

As part of the controversial Earl Grey Scheme, this is the true story of the Kerry girls who were shipped to Australia from the four Kerry workhouses of Dingle, Kenmare, Killarney and Listowel in...

Niamh Garvey ( Editor) - Wired Our Own Way : An Anthology of Irish Autistic Voices - PB - BRAND NEW

Wired Our Own Way: An Anthology of Irish Autistic Voices is the first collection of personal essays written by autistic Irish adults. One in twenty-seven Irish school children are now diagnosed as...

Anne Haverty - Constance Markievicz : Irish Revolutionary - PB ( New Edition 2025)

Since its first publication this biography by Anne Haverty has been recognized as a landmark in Markievicz studies, giving a historically complete account of a woman often maligned and misunderstood...

Owen O'Shea - One Man's Ireland - Memoirs of Dan Mulvihill, Maverick Republican - PB - BRAND NEW - KERRY

In this revealing memoir – which remained unpublished for almost 50 years – Dan Mulvihill, a leading figure in Irish republicanism recounts the fight for Irish independence over the course of several...

Robert O'Leary - Wild Waterways : A Celebration of life on an Irish River - PB - BRAND NEW

n our modern, distracted world it is easy to miss the kaleidoscope of life that exists on our doorsteps. Stretching nearly thirty kilometres from the Wicklow Mountains to the Grand Canal Dock, the...

Dave Hannigan - The Big Fight : When Ali Conquered Ireland - BRAND NEW

In 1972, Killorglin-born circus strongman and London publican Michael "Butty" Sugrue put up £300,000 and persuaded the renowned American boxing champion Muhammad Ali to make his first visit to...

Martin Dillon - The Sorrow and the Loss: The Tragic Shadow Cast by the Troubles on the Lives of Women - BRAND NEW

Award-winning journalist and bestselling author Martin Dillon returns to shine a light on the role of women in the Troubles, amplifying voices long silenced by the din of history. Through raw and...

William Bulfin - Rambles in Eirinn - HB - BRAND NEW

In 1902, William Bulfin embarked on a cycling tour of Ireland, his musings along the way offering a fascinating glimpse into early 20th-century Ireland during a time of significant social change...

Marion McGarry - Irish Customs and Rituals: How Our Ancestors Celebrated Life and the Seasons - PB - BRAND NEW

From the author of The Irish Cottage comes a new book, exploring old Irish customs and beliefs. Chapters focus on the quarter-day festivities that marked the commencement of each season:...

Sarah Cassidy & Kunak McGann - The A-Z of Being Irish - BRAND NEW

The A to Z of Being Irish by Sarah Cassidy and Kunak McGannThis handy A to Z is packed with insider knowledge and quirky Irishisms for locals and blow-ins alike. Read it or we’ll tell your Mammy you...

Darina Clancy, Jim Horgan & Patricia Horgan Whyte - The Irish Lumières: The Horgan Brothers - PB - BRAND NEW

Through the Lens of Time: The Horgan Brothers’ Ireland 1890-1940 Step back in time through the extraordinary photographs of The Horgan Brothers, who captured Ireland during its transformation from...

Marian Broderick - Bold, Brilliant and Bad : Irish Women from History - PB - BRAND NEW

From every county in Ireland, meet women who made a real difference to the world we live in today. From creative craftswomen to singing sensations, poets to sporting champions, patriots, scientists...

Christina Wade - Filthy Queens : A History of Beer in Ireland - HB - BRAND NEW 2025

A History of Beer in Ireland In Filthy Queens, Dr Christina Wade looks at the history of beer alongside some of the biggest events in the story of Ireland. You’ll find an 18th-century courtesan...

Peter O'Shea - Historic Murders of Central Cork - SIGNED PB - BRAND NEW - 2023 ( Murder Most Local - Book 6 )

This is the 6th book in the Murder Most Local Series of County Cork. This covers all the remaining county From Ballincollig to Mallow, Glanmire to Fermoy and everywhere in between. Like the books for...

David O'Donoghue - Line of Fire : Journeys Through a Media Minefield - PB - BRAND NEW

A thrilling chase through a media minefield – from Belfast riots to intrigue at a Paris news agency, then on to Singapore, New York and elsewhere. Author David O’Donoghue harks back to a lost world...

Andrew Sneddon - Possessed by the Devil - The History of the Islandmagee Witch Trials 1711 - BRAND NEW

In 1711, in County Antrim, Ireland, eight women were put on trial accused of bewitching and demonically possessing young Mary Dunbar, amid an attack by evil spirits on the local community and the...

Timothy O'Neill - The Irish Art of Calligraphy - PB - BRAND NEW

An essential guide for anyone who has ever wanted to try their hand at calligraphy. Delve into Ireland’s artistic past and, with guidance from a master calligrapher, learn how to write your own...

Kunak McGann - Everything is Mnásome - 365 Days of Celebrating Irish Women - HB - BRAND NEW

Need a reason to feel mnásome? Look no further! For each day of the year, we celebrate Irish women, their extraordinary achievements and landmark victories. From stone-throwing suffragists,...

Martin O'Donoghue & Emer Purcell - John Redmond and Irish Parliamentary Traditions - PB - BRAND NEW

Exploring the (political) life of John Redmond and the Irish Parliamentary Party tradition, this collection offers a new perspective on the legacy of the Redmond family using a longue durée approach,...

Elaine Callinan, Mel Farrell & Thomas Tormey - Vying For Victory : The 1923 General Election in the Irish Free State - PB - BRAND NEW

After 11 arduous months, on 24 May 1923, the guns fell silent, and the Irish Civil War finally came to an end. Twelve weeks later, all adults aged 21 or over - regardless of social status or gender...

Tomás Finn & Tony Varley ( Editors ) - Inside Rural Ireland Power and Change since Independence - BRAND NEW

In the early decades of native rule rural Ireland – and in particular the new farmer-owners who had emerged as the major winners in the recent agrarian revolution – exerted a considerable influence...

Miriam Nyhan Gray (Editor) - A Tract for Our Times - A Retrospective on Joe Lee’s Ireland 1912–1985 - PB - BRAND NEW

In 1989 renowned historian J. J. Lee published his magnus opus, Ireland 1912–1985: Politics and Society (Cambridge University Press). Not only had Lee written a classic, but he also managed to...

Ian Miller - A History of Ireland in Ten Body Parts - HB - BRAND NEW

FREE TRACKED DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE COST Skulls, heads, hands, height, legs, sex organs, blood, brains, stomachs, ears and corpses – discover Irish history through the prism of...

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

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...

Adrian Frazier - John Montague : A Poet's Life - HB - BRAND NEW

In the late twentieth century, Irish poetry achieved an historic quality, a golden era to compare with the verse of the Elizabethan and the Romantic periods. A Poet's Life is the definitive biography...

Dorothy Cross - Kinship - HB - BRAND NEW

Kinship is a unique undertaking in the artistic career of one of Ireland's leading artists. This book, and the artistic project it is part of, charts the act of returning a mummified body of a man to...

Angela Byrne - Anarchy and Authority : Irish Encounters with Romanov Russia - PB - BRAND NEW

From the ascent of Peter the Great to the Russian Revolution. From the Battle of the Boyne to the Easter Rising. Between these epochal events were two astounding centuries of war, diplomacy,...

Donal Magner - Why Forests? - The Case for Multipurpose Forestry in Uncertain Times - PB - BRAND NEW

Donal Magner knows the importance of forests better than most as illustrated in his critically acclaimed Stopping by Woods, the definitive guide to over 340 of Ireland’s forests and woodlands. In Why...

Dylan Brennan - Let the Dead - PB - BRAND NEW

Deeply attuned to those things that make and unmake us, Dylan Brennan’s Let the Dead concerns itself with life’s alchemical processes. A couple breathe life into a doomed poppet; a photographer...

Alice Taylor - A Place Called Home- HB - BRAND NEW

In fact, two places called home … For over sixty years, Alice Taylor has lived in the village of Innishannon, the gateway to West Cork. But her childhood was spent on a farm in North Cork, near the...

Enya Martin - One For the Girlos - PB - BRAND NEW

Laugh, cringe and nod along with Enya Martin in her funny and disarmingly honest look at friendship. This tongue-in-cheek manual dives headfirst into the complexities of female friendships, offering...

Eugene Reavey - The Killing of the Reavey Brothers - PB - BRAND NEW

In this gripping true crime account, Eugene Reavey takes readers on a harrowing journey through the darkest chapter of his life during the Northern Ireland Troubles. Reavey relives the tragic night...

Joe Geraghty - Out of Sight : Stories of Ireland's Blind and Vision Impaired Sportspeople - PB -2024

Ciarán Prior - Traces of Truth : A CSI Investigates Life and Death- PB - BRAND NEW 2024

BRAND NEW  ''This book recounts some of the more significant instances of grief, tragedy and sorrow I encountered throughout my crime scene investigation career. Along with some relevant snapshots...

Des Ekin - The Brutish Empire : Four Centuries of Colonial Atrocities- PB - BRAND NEW

For centuries, a small island nation cast a shadow across the world. The British Empire’s methods of expansion were often brutal, usually devastating. From Amritsar to Zululand, from the Opium Wars...

Rebecca Brownlie - Abandoned Ireland : Volume 2 - BRAND NEW

SHIPPING WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE COST In Abandoned Ireland 2, photographer Rebecca Brownlie travels further off the beaten path to explore and showcase Ireland’s forgotten buildings before...