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John Colgan - Nathaniel Colgan 1851-1919 : The Life, Times and Genealogy of an Enigmatic Dubliner

Nathaniel Colgan MRIA, a self-taught botanist, was known for his research on the ‘real’ shamrock and for his encyclopaedic survey, The flora of the county Dublin. Little was known of his early life and family or of his interests beyond...

Steven Davison - Dunlop Dynasty - The World’s Greatest Road Racing Family - HB - 2023

  This is the story of Northern Ireland’s motorcycle road racing legends, the extraordinary Dunlop family. Told through the photography of Stephen Davison, the world’s leading road racing photojournalist, The...

Micheál Ó Conghaile - An Island Christmas - HB - BRAND NEW ( Nollaig Oileanách )

In 'An Island Christmas - Nollaig Oileánach', celebrated Irish author Micheál Ó Conghaile takes readers on a heartfelt journey through his childhood memories of Christmas on the now-abandoned island of Inis Treabhair in...

Sandy Kelly - In My Own Words - HB - BRAND NEW - with SIGNED BOOKPLATE

Born in Sligo into a family of travelling entertainers, Sandy Kelly has become one of the top musical performers in Ireland.Sandy was co-opted into the family variety show from an early age. As a teenager she sang on the social club circuit in the UK,...

David Blake Knox - Facedown : The Disappearance of Thomas Niedermayer- PB - BRAND NEW 2023

On 27 December 1973 the nightmare began: late that night German businessman Thomas Niedermayer was kidnapped from his home in Belfast. Never seen alive again by his friends or family, he became one of the ‘disappeared’ and it seemed that no...

Noel Browne - Against The Tide - PB - Biography - BRAND NEW

Against the Tide is a story told with honesty and great emotion; the narrative of a life in which tragedy and good fortune succeeded each other with bewildering speed. After training as a doctor, Noël Browne experienced at first hand the...

Kevin C Kearns - 1932 - A Year of Glory and Gold - Ireland's Jazz Age - HB - BRAND NEW 2023

The 1930s in Ireland is often remembered as a bleak period of economic stagnation and unemployment. But, 1932, hailed by the Irish Press as a ‘new era’, was an early glimmer of the modernity that Ireland would later reach, with key...

Carl Frampton - My Autobiography - HB - BRAND NEW ( WITH PAUL D GIBSON)

  Autobiography of Ireland’s only double-weight world champion. Covers his rise to success, growing up in a Unionist family but marrying across sectarian lines and finding support on both sides, the infamous falling out with promotor Barry...

Cecily Gilligan - Cures of Ireland - A Treasury of Irish Folk Cures - HB - BRAND NEW - 2023

BRAND NEW COPIES - Published AUGUST 2023, Merrion Press, Hardcover.  THEBOOKSHOP.IE ' BOOK OF THE YEAR' 2023 !  It’s said that almost everyone in Ireland, particularly in rural communities, will know of someone with a ‘cure’...

Paul Rouse - Sport in Modern Irish Life - PB - BRAND NEW - ( June 2023)

  ‘Sport wraps itself around the emotions like bindweed. The meaning of sport lies in how it makes a person feel; sport which leaves you feeling nothing has no relevance.’ So begins Sport in Modern Irish Life, where leading...

Peter O'Shea - Historic Murders of North Cork - SIGNED PB - BRAND NEW - 2019 ( Murder Most Local - Book 2 )

This book, the second published in the ( ongoing) Murder Most Local Series, contains accounts of over 30 true life historical murders from the north Cork area ( The wide area from Mitchelstown in the east , westwards to the Kerry border) . Some are well...

Peter O'Shea - Historic Murders of East Cork - SIGNED PB - BRAND NEW - 2019 ( Murder Most Local - Book 1 )

This book, the first published in the (ongoing) Murder Most Local Series, contains accounts of 47 true life historical murders in East Cork , Some are well known cases that have lived on in folklore, others are long forgotten, only to be revealed in this...

Edward J Bourke - The Guinness Story : The Family, The Business , The Black Stuff - PB - BRAND NEW

This 250-year old story will fascinate lovers of Guinness beer and memorabilia as well as those interested in this remarkable family of brewers and the industrial history of Ireland’s most famous export. Over 100 fascinating photographs bring to...

Kay Caball - The Fall of the Fitzmaurices - The Demise of Kerry's First Family - HB - BRAND NEW

The Fall of the Fitzmaurices, tells the story of the demise of the Fitzmaurice family, who had been powerful Lords of Kerry, since the year 1235. By 1818, after over five hundred years as Kerry’s premier family, through a combination of...

Edward J Bourke - Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast : 1582-2000 - Volume 3 - PB

A classic of Irish maritime history.  The Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast series consists of three main volumes and a fourth photographic edition. 10,000 wrecks are covered with additional chapters on salvage, Lusitania mysteries East india ship...

Edward J Bourke - Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast 1105-1993 - Volume 1 - PB - SIGNED

A classic of Irish maritime history.  The Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast series consists of three volumes and a fourth illustrated volume. 10,000 wrecks are covered with additional chapters on salvage, Lusitania mysteries,  East india ship...

Osborn Bergin- Sgéalaigheacht Chéitinn : Stories from Keating's History of Ireland - PB 3rd Ed -2010 - RIA - Meán - Ghaeilge

Geoffrey Keating was a 17th century Roman Catholic priest, poet and historian from County Tipperary. Here, selections from his major work, the `History of Ireland' or `Foras Feasa ar Eirinn', are presented by the early 20th century Irish language scholar...