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Maeve Brennan - The Long Winded Lady - PB - BRAND NEW

Maeve Brennan’s Notes from The New Yorker “Maeve Brennan’s act of rebellion, as the long-winded lady, was to write New York as the city of a woman with ordinary things to do in the morning and...

Philip Ó Ceallaigh - Trouble - PB - BRAND NEW - 2021

Pages: 233 ISBN: 978-1-906539-86-3 Published: May 2021 Trouble is another stunning collection of stories from Philip Ó Ceallaigh, a writer who continues to amaze me with the intelligence...

Colin Barrett - Young Skins - PB - BRAND NEW - Short Stories ( 2022 Edition, Originally 2013)

New B-format edition – April 2022. Originally published by Stinging Fly in September 2013.Cover Art: Amplified (2020) by Mark Francis | Cover Design: Fergal Condon   Winner of the Frank O’Connor...

Michael Houlihan - In Search of Dreamtime in County Clare - PB - BRAND NEW

In Search of the Dreamtime in County Clare There is a Clare awaiting our re-discovery, lying in clear sight but now rarely seen. It comes from a time when the fortunes of the countryside had a...

Marion Coy & Siobhan Piercy - The Infernal Method : Artists and Printmaking at GMIT - PB - 2002

Issued to coincide with an exhibition as part of the Galway Arts Festival, 2002, - colour reproductions of plates by artists , and brief biographies - larger format paperback , 52 pages, the title is...

Owen O'Shea - No Middle Path : The Civil War in Kerry ( PB ) - BRAND NEW

The violence and divisions caused by the Civil War in County Kerry in 1922-23 were more vicious, bitter, and protracted than anywhere else in Ireland. For generations, the fratricide, murder, and...

Alannah Hopkin - Patrick : From Perpetual Saint to Modern Influencer - PB - BRAND NEW

St Patrick is one of the most famous saints of all time. Thousands of people with no direct Irish connection celebrate St Patrick’s Day, parading along the streets of New York, Boston, Chicago,...

Lady Augusta Gregory - Irish Myths and Legends Volume 2 - Cuchulain and the Red Branch of Ulster - HB - BRAND NEW

Lady Augusta Gregory's collection and translation of Irish folk legends brings, as Yeats observed, 'Ireland's gift of imagination to the world'.Following on from the bestselling Irish Myths and...

Colin J Flynn - Foghlaim an Dara Teanga - PB - BRAND NEW

Leabhar i nGaeilge faoi fhoghlaim agus faoi mhúineadh teangacha. Cuirtear i láthair ann taighde lárnach ó réimsí cuí léinn, idir thaighde ginearálta agus taighde a bhaineann go sonrach le foghlaim na...

Dáithí de Mórdha - Raidió na Gaeltachta : Cultúr & Pobal - PB - BRAND NEW - 2022

Tugtar féachaint sa leabhar seo ar an dtionchar atá imeartha ag Raidió na Gaeltachta (RnaG) ar shaol agus ar chultúr mhuintir nа Gaeltachta ó bunaíodh an tseirbhís lán-Ghaeilge i 1972. Déantar scéal...

Philip Fogarty, Tiber Falzett & Lillis Ó Laoire - Dhá Leagan Déag : Léargais Nua ar an Sean-Nós - P

Pléann an cnuasacht aistí seo stair agus forbairt na hamhránaíochta ar an sean-nós ó díríódh aird mar chleachtas speisialte cultúrtha agus tús na hArhbheochana go dtí an lá inniú. Tá idir eolas agus...

Tomás Ó Máille - An tIomaire Rua : Cogadh na Saoirse i dTuaisceart Chonamara - PB 2007 ( 1939 ar dtús)

Réamhrá le Gearóid ó Tuathaigh. Eagrán Nua, foilsithe ag An Gúm , 152 leathnach.  Tá breis eolais san eagrán seo, mapa don cheantar taobh istigh don chlúdach ,  grianghrafanna curtha leis, agus...

Stephen Gwynn - Highways and Byways : Part Two : Derry & County Antrim - PB 2013 - ( Originally 1899) BRAND NEW

Stephen Glynn travelled through Donegal and Co. Antrim on a bicycle. This is an account of that part of his trip from Derry to the Giant's Causeway and through the Glens of Antrim. The account is...

Johann Georg Kohl - Travels in Ireland - PB 2016 ( Originally 1844) - BRAND NEW

A German traveller's perception of Pre-famine Ireland, with explanatory notes and index added to the original text. This is a snapshot of an Ireland that was about to vanish. Two years after the...

Stephen Gwynn - Highways & Byways in Donegal and Antrim - 2013 PB - BRAND NEW ( Originally 1903 )

If you take this book with you as you travel around Donegal and the Glens of Antrim you will find that you journey not only over land, but also over time. More than just about anywhere else, the...

Tommy Cecil - The Harsh Winds of Rathlin : Stories of Shipwrecks ( Extended Edition - PB ) BRAND NEW

This is an updated and extended edition of Thomas Cecil's original The Harsh Winds of Rathlin: Stories of Rathlin Shipwrecks, first published in 1989. This earlier edition contained the result of all...

Paul Clements - Irish Shores : a Journey Round the Rim of Ireland ( 25th Anniversary Edition )- PB - BRAND NEW

'Irish Shores: A Journey Round the Rim of Ireland' tells the story of a hitchhike around the West of Ireland's coastline. It conjures up a picture of a pre-Celtic Tiger Ireland, reminding us that...

Jacqui Hurley / Girls Play Too : Inspiring Stories of Irish Sportswomen (Children's Coffee Table book)

   Irish sportswomen have been breaking the mould for a long time. From Maeve Kyle becoming Ireland's first female Olympian in 1956, to motorsport pioneer Rosemary Smith breaking the land-speed...

Tom Hennessy - Seán Hogan's Flying Column - PB - BRAND NEW ( Tipperary- War of Independence) BOOKLET

An illustrated 64 page book ( with photographs in colour and black and white) , independently published, Tipperary,  2022. Paperback ( this publication was supported with publications funding by...

Cal McCarthy - Cumann na mBan and the Irish Revolution - Revised Edition - BRAND NEW

McCarthy, Cal - Cumann na mBan and the Irish Revolution - Revised Second Edition -  BRAND NEW 2023 Cumann na mBan, a women’s support group to the Irish Volunteers, was founded in 1914. Its aims...

Dominic Moseley - Betjeman in Ireland - BRAND NEW 2023

As an undergraduate at Oxford University, John Betjeman first visited Ireland in 1925 and was entranced by the country. He was to pay frequent visits over the next five decades, staying in stately...

Russell Alford & Patrick Hanlon - Hot Fat ( Blasta Books 2 ) - HB - 2022 - BRAND NEW - SIGNED

Blasta Books #2: Hot Fat by Russell Alford and Patrick Hanlon Russell Alford and Patrick Hanlon are fried food aficionados – they are absolutely obsessed with anything that can be put in a deep...

Fergus O'Farrell - Cathal Brugha ( Life & Times Series ) - PB - 2018

Cathal Brugha was a figure of central importance to the Irish Revolution. Active in the Gaelic League, GAA, IRB, and Irish Volunteers, he first rose to public prominence when he led an advanced...

Catherine Ryan Howard - 56 Days - PB BRAND NEW

 Winner of the An Post Irish Book Awards 2021 Crime Fiction Book of the YearA Book of the Year for 2021 in the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Irish Times, nominated for the IMPAC Prize...

Sam Blake - Something Terrible Happened Last Night - PB YA - BRAND NEW

It's Katie's 17th birthday - the dancefloor is packed, the drink is flowing and Rave-fess, the Raven's Hill School confession site, is alight with gossip. Then a huge fight breaks out, sending guests...

Conor Gallagher - Is Ireland Neutral ? - The Many Myths of Irish Neutrality - PB - BRAND NEW 2023

Neutrality has, supposedly, long been a pillar of the Irish national identity. But examining the concept reveals it to be a vague, flimsy and elastic notion that, throughout history, various...

Gerard Shannon - Liam Lynch : To Declare a Republic - PB - BRAND NEW

The first major academic study on a pivotal figure in Ireland's revolutionary era, Liam Lynch.  General Liam Lynch was a key figure in the Irish Revolution and remains one of the most celebrated IRA...

Gwen Wilkinson - The Waters and the Wild - PB - BRAND NEW

In 2019, Gwen Wilkinson set herself the challenge of building a canoe and paddling it the length of Ireland, along a network of inland waterways. She set out from the shores of Lough Erne and...

Jonathan Trigg - Death in the Fields : The IRA in East Tyrone - PB - BRAND NEW

  ‘In Belfast the Provos were trying to make the 6 o’clock news, in East Tyrone they were trying to kill you.’ With the adven

Amy Clarkin - What Walks These Halls - PB - BRAND NEW 2023 ( WITH SIGNED BOOKPLATE)

A prickling sensation grew on the back of her neck, spreading up her scalp. It was the feeling of being watched. She whirled to face the doorway but it was empty. Raven O’Sullivan doesn’t remember...

Phil Quinlan & Steve O'Rourke - And a Bang on the Ear -BRAND NEW

  Philip Quinlan was a promising 15-year-old athlete who packed his bags one Sunday morning in November 1989 to play a game of football. A day later, his mother was told he had a 25% chance to live...

Mike McCormack - Solar Bones (Large Paperback) - 2021 ( Originally 2016)

John F. McCarthy - Planning Ireland's Future : The Legacy of T.K Whitaker - HB - 1990 ( Essays by : John F McCarthy, Ronan Fanning, J,J Lee, John Bradley & Bernard Share)

Published by Glendale Press, Dublin 1990.  The Irish economy in the mid 1950's was blighted by mass emigration and declining youth population, little investment, poverty and low living standards...

Donal S. Blake- Mary Aikenhead ( 1787-1858 ) - Servant of the Poor - PB - Sisters of Charity

Mary Aikenhead was the founder of the Sisters of Charity, a religious organisation of nuns who were among the first in Ireland to expand from the normal convent based role seen until that time...

Peter O'Shea - Historic Murders of South Cork - SIGNED PB - BRAND NEW - 2021 ( Murder Most Local - Book 4 )

This book, the fourth published in the ( ongoing) Murder Most Local Series, contains accounts of a large number of true life historical murders from the south Cork area .  This is true cri

Peter O'Shea - Historic Murders of Mid Cork - SIGNED PB - BRAND NEW - 2022 ( Murder Most Local - Book 5 )

This book, the fifth published in the ( ongoing) Murder Most Local Series, contains accounts of 36 true life historical murders in mid Cork ( broadly covering the area bound by millstreet , Macroom,...

Tom Doorley - Muck and Merlot : A Book about Food, Wine and Muddy Boots (Hardback)

Tom Doorley introduces us to his life and loves. Passionate about food, wine and gardening, Tom interweaves stories of his childhood, adolescence and distinguished career as food and wine writer. A...

W.J Mc Cormack - The Dublin Paper War 1786-1788 : A Bibliographical and Critical Enquiry - HB -1993

A Bibliography and Critical Inquiry, Including an Account of the Origins of Protestant Ascendancy and Its Baptism in 1792 - Hardback, published by Irish Academic Press.  The long and acrimonious...

Conor McMorrow / Dail Stars - From Croke Park to Leinster House (Large Paperback)

Looks at the crossover in Irish political history between GAA sporting fame and political success     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture,...

Eamonn MacThomais / Me Jewel and Darlin' Dublin (Large Paperback)

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so...

Caitriona Lally / Eggshells (Large Paperback)

 Vivian doesn't feel like she fits in-never has. She lives alone in a house in North Dublin that her great-aunt left her. She has no friends, no job and few social skills. She knows she is different...

Brendan Kennelly / The Book of Judas (Large Paperback)

 Brendan Kennelly's Book of Judas, a 400-page epic poem in twelve parts, became the number one bestselling book in Ireland. As well as receiving rapturous reviews, Brendan Kennelly won the Sunday...

John Breslin & Sarah-Anne Buckley - Old Ireland in Colour 2 - HB

In Old Ireland in Colour 2, the much-anticipated sequel to their beloved bestseller, John Breslin and Sarah-Anne Buckley have dug even deeper into Ireland's historical archives to uncover captivating...

Tom Doyle - The Summer Campaign in Kerry 1922 - ( Mercier Military History of The Irish Civil War ) - PB - BRAND NEW

Follows the military course of the Civil War in Kerry in August and September 1922, focusing on specific engagements and tactics. Because of the defence line of the Munster Republic overland during...

Barry Landy / Emerald Exiles : How the Irish Made Their Mark on World Football (Large Paperback)

 When football players leave Ireland behind in the hopes of carving out a future in the professional game, they often end up plying their trade in the UK -competing for a chance in the Premier...

Kilkenny Archaeological Society - Old Kilkenny Review - Number 56 - 2004- PB

Paperback with flaps, 224 pages, in as new condition.  Edited by Edward J Law & Cóilín Ó Drisceoil  0332-0774 56;   Doyle, Ian, & Brenda O’Meara

Patricia Forde - Ar Strae - PB - As Gaeilge - BRAND NEW

Tá Nizar i bhfad ó bhaile. B’éigean dó a bhaile sa tSiria a fhágáil nuair a thosaigh an cogadh. Tá cónaí anois air in óstán in Éirinn, agus níl a fhios aige cén fhad a bheidh sé ann. Tá an saol...

Seosamh MacGrianna - Mo Bhealach Féin - PB - BRAND NEW

Mo Bhealach Féin ( 'My Own Way' or This Road of Mine) was first published in 1940. It is an autobiographical novel by Donegal writer Seosamh Mac Grianna. Written in the mid-1930s and prompted by the...

Séamas Mac Annaidh ( General Editor ) - New Illustrated Irish History ( A-Z ) - HB - 2001

The history of Ireland is one of oppression and emancipation, characterized by foreign rule and the fight for freedom. It is a history in which religious and political conflicts sit side by side with...

Kilkenny Archaeological Society - Old Kilkenny Review - Number 68 - 2016 - PB

Paperback, 244 pages, in as new condition.  Edited by Cóilín Ó Drisceoil. 

Michael O'Hehir- The GAA : 100 Years - PB - 1984

Published by Gill & Macmillan, 1984 one of the many books issued for the GAA Centenary.  A large collection of photographs from the earliest days of the GAA, team photographs , notable personalities...

Norman Freeman - Classic Hurling Matches : 1976-91 (Large Paperback)

Hurling is one of the world's great field sports and this book contain accounts of a selection of games from 1976 to 1991. This book reflects the variety of hurling itself. Some, like the...