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MSRP: €18.99 Now: €18.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press Amanda Brown - No Peace Until He's Dead : My Story of Abuse at the Hands of Davy Tweed and My Journey to Recovery In this candid memoir, Amanda Brown chronicles the unimaginable sexual abuse she suffered from the age of eight at the hands of her stepfather, Davy Tweed. No Peace Until He's Dead offers a raw and unflinching account of Amanda's childhood years marred... MSRP: €18.99 Now: €18.00 Add to Cart Quick view New Island Publishing Garry Bannister - What's That as Béarla - PB ( July 2024) Latest in successful series of general introductions to Irish including What’s That As Gaeilge and Proverbs in Irish, as well as IBA-nominated Teasaras Gaeilge-Bearla. This book will improve and enrich your spoken and written Irish, and ideal for... 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MSRP: €18.99 Now: €18.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press Amanda Brown - No Peace Until He's Dead : My Story of Abuse at the Hands of Davy Tweed and My Journey to Recovery In this candid memoir, Amanda Brown chronicles the unimaginable sexual abuse she suffered from the age of eight at the hands of her stepfather, Davy Tweed. No Peace Until He's Dead offers a raw and unflinching account of Amanda's childhood years marred... MSRP: €18.99 Now: €18.00 Add to Cart Quick view New Island Publishing Garry Bannister - What's That as Béarla - PB ( July 2024) Latest in successful series of general introductions to Irish including What’s That As Gaeilge and Proverbs in Irish, as well as IBA-nominated Teasaras Gaeilge-Bearla. This book will improve and enrich your spoken and written Irish, and ideal for... 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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... MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Gill Books | sku: BIG400 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... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Merrion Press | sku: BIG515 Carl Frampton - My Autobiography - HB - BRAND NEW ( WITH PAUL D GIBSON) Autobiography of Ireland’s only double-weight world champion. 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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... MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Gill Books | sku: BIG400 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... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Merrion Press | sku: BIG515 Carl Frampton - My Autobiography - HB - BRAND NEW ( WITH PAUL D GIBSON) Autobiography of Ireland’s only double-weight world champion. 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MSRP: €18.99 Now: €18.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press Amanda Brown - No Peace Until He's Dead : My Story of Abuse at the Hands of Davy Tweed and My Journey to Recovery In this candid memoir, Amanda Brown chronicles the unimaginable sexual abuse she suffered from the age of eight at the hands of her stepfather, Davy Tweed. No Peace Until He's Dead offers a raw and unflinching account of Amanda's childhood years marred... MSRP: €18.99 Now: €18.00 Add to Cart Quick view New Island Publishing Garry Bannister - What's That as Béarla - PB ( July 2024) Latest in successful series of general introductions to Irish including What’s That As Gaeilge and Proverbs in Irish, as well as IBA-nominated Teasaras Gaeilge-Bearla. This book will improve and enrich your spoken and written Irish, and ideal for... 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MSRP: €18.99 Now: €18.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press Amanda Brown - No Peace Until He's Dead : My Story of Abuse at the Hands of Davy Tweed and My Journey to Recovery In this candid memoir, Amanda Brown chronicles the unimaginable sexual abuse she suffered from the age of eight at the hands of her stepfather, Davy Tweed. No Peace Until He's Dead offers a raw and unflinching account of Amanda's childhood years marred... MSRP: €18.99 Now: €18.00 Add to Cart Quick view New Island Publishing Garry Bannister - What's That as Béarla - PB ( July 2024) Latest in successful series of general introductions to Irish including What’s That As Gaeilge and Proverbs in Irish, as well as IBA-nominated Teasaras Gaeilge-Bearla. This book will improve and enrich your spoken and written Irish, and ideal for... 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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... MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Gill Books | sku: BIG400 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... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Merrion Press | sku: BIG515 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... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press | sku: MED292,MED293 Patricia Byrne - The Preacher and the Prelate - The Achill Mission Colony and the Battle for Souls in Famine Ireland - PB - BRAND NEW This is the extraordinary story of an audacious fight for souls on famine-ravaged Achill Island in the nineteenth century. Religious ferment swept Ireland in the early 1800s and evangelical Protestant clergyman Edward Nangle set out to lift the destitute... MSRP: €14.99 Now: €13.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press 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’... MSRP: €22.99 Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press 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... MSRP: €17.99 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view New Island Publishing | sku: BIG442,BIG443,BIG444,BIG445,BIG446,BIG447,BIG448,BIG449 Liadán Hynes - Courting ( Tractor Dates , Macra Babies and Swiping Right in Rural Ireland )- PB - BRAND NEW Looking for love – the most human quest of them all – has been transformed in recent years, with new technology removing the need to be in ‘the right place at the right time’. Dating has never been more convenient, varied or... 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Quick view Merrion Press James Durney - Jailbreak : Great Irish Republican Escapes, 1865–1983 -BRAND NEW ‘What has taken place here today was a carefully planned exercise to secure the release of a substantial number of POWs. The block is now under our control.’ The infamous 1983 H-Block breakout, which saw 38 IRA prisoners escape from... MSRP: €18.99 Now: €18.00 Add to Cart Quick view New Island Publishing Fiona Neary - Parcels in the Post - Growing Up with Fifty Siblings - PB - BRAND NEW (MAY 2024 ) It’s the early 1980s, and Fiona and her family have recently moved back from England to the family farm in Mayo. Fiona’s huge-hearted mum decides to take in foster children, short term, through the local social services. It’s a decision... 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MSRP: €15.00 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view New Island Publishing | sku: MED864,MED865,MED866,MED867,MED868,MED869,MED870,MED871,MED872,MED873,MED874 Conor Brady - Guardians of the Peace : The Early Years of the Irish Police Force - Revised Centenary Edition 2022 ( An Garda Síochana) - BRAND NEW Guardians of the Peace is a political history of the Irish police force, An Garda Síochana, from its foundation at the birth of the Irish State, through the Irish Civil War, the threat of the fascist ‘Blueshirts’, the continuing... 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Built in the autumn and winter of 1169 by Robert Fitzstephen, one of the first knights to land at Bannow Bay, Carrick is the oldest Anglo-Norman fortification... MSRP: €24.95 Was: €24.95 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press John O'Beirne Ranelagh - The Irish Republican Brotherhood 1914-1924 - HB ( June 2024 ) Using original interviews with key figures from the era, and extensive use of documentation from the UCD archives. Ranelagh unravels the true influence of the oath-bound society without which the 1916 Rising might have never taken shape. This... MSRP: €29.99 Now: €25.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press | sku: MED516 Michael O'Farrell - Fugitive : The Michael Lynn Story - PB - BRAND NEW ( April 2024) Fugitive: The Michael Lynn Story is a fast-paced and thrilling journey into the mind of a reluctant fugitive brought down by his own insatiable greed. This is investigative journalism at its most compelling, placing the reader at the heart of the... 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MSRP: €15.00 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view New Island Publishing | sku: MED864,MED865,MED866,MED867,MED868,MED869,MED870,MED871,MED872,MED873,MED874 Conor Brady - Guardians of the Peace : The Early Years of the Irish Police Force - Revised Centenary Edition 2022 ( An Garda Síochana) - BRAND NEW Guardians of the Peace is a political history of the Irish police force, An Garda Síochana, from its foundation at the birth of the Irish State, through the Irish Civil War, the threat of the fascist ‘Blueshirts’, the continuing... 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Quick view Merrion Press Warren Farrell - So Once Was I : Tales From Glasnevin Cemetery - PB - BRAND NEW ( With author Signed adhesive bookplate) ‘Remember now as you go by, as you are now so once was I, and as I am now so you shall be, so prepare for death and follow me.’ Every grave has a story to tell. Glasnevin Cemetery is the final resting place of over one million souls, with... MSRP: €19.99 Now: €14.90 Add to Cart Quick view O'Brien Press | sku: BNL387 Gillian Cottell - Gill's Cakes and Bakes - HB - BRAND NEW 2024 Tempt your taste buds with Gill Cottell's easy-to-follow recipes! Gill Cottell is on a mission: to make the magical world of baking accessible to everyone. Her step-by-step instructions cater for all skill levels. Try sweet treats, like chocolate... 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MSRP: €18.99 Now: €18.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press Amanda Brown - No Peace Until He's Dead : My Story of Abuse at the Hands of Davy Tweed and My Journey to Recovery In this candid memoir, Amanda Brown chronicles the unimaginable sexual abuse she suffered from the age of eight at the hands of her stepfather, Davy Tweed. No Peace Until He's Dead offers a raw and unflinching account of Amanda's childhood years marred... MSRP: €18.99 Now: €18.00 Add to Cart Quick view New Island Publishing Garry Bannister - What's That as Béarla - PB ( July 2024) Latest in successful series of general introductions to Irish including What’s That As Gaeilge and Proverbs in Irish, as well as IBA-nominated Teasaras Gaeilge-Bearla. This book will improve and enrich your spoken and written Irish, and ideal for... MSRP: €15.95 Now: €14.50 Add to Cart Quick view Gill Books | sku: MED515 Pat Sheedy - A Hundred to One : A Devastating True Story of A Compulsive Gambler - PB - BRAND NEW ( February 2024) Aged just 12, Patrick Sheedy placed his first bet for 10p and devised his first scam, marking the beginning of his life as a compulsive gambler and one of Ireland’s most notorious con artists. Nearly 40 years on, after accumulating almost 100... MSRP: €18.99 Now: €16.00 Add to Cart Quick view Neil Brooks, Sandra Gleeson & Jill Kerby - TAB Guide to Money Pensions and Tax 2024 - PB - JAN 2024 In today’s Ireland the TAB Guide is essential reading. A comprehensive annual guide to all your financial issues. The highly practical guide, written in a very accessible style is a “must have” book for those who want to make... 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It’s said that almost everyone in Ireland, particularly in rural communities, will know of someone with a ‘cure’... MSRP: €22.99 Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press 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... MSRP: €17.99 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view New Island Publishing | sku: BIG442,BIG443,BIG444,BIG445,BIG446,BIG447,BIG448,BIG449 Liadán Hynes - Courting ( Tractor Dates , Macra Babies and Swiping Right in Rural Ireland )- PB - BRAND NEW Looking for love – the most human quest of them all – has been transformed in recent years, with new technology removing the need to be in ‘the right place at the right time’. Dating has never been more convenient, varied or... 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It’s said that almost everyone in Ireland, particularly in rural communities, will know of someone with a ‘cure’... MSRP: €22.99 Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press 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... MSRP: €17.99 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view New Island Publishing | sku: BIG442,BIG443,BIG444,BIG445,BIG446,BIG447,BIG448,BIG449 Liadán Hynes - Courting ( Tractor Dates , Macra Babies and Swiping Right in Rural Ireland )- PB - BRAND NEW Looking for love – the most human quest of them all – has been transformed in recent years, with new technology removing the need to be in ‘the right place at the right time’. Dating has never been more convenient, varied or... 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MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Gill Books | sku: BIG400 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... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Merrion Press | sku: BIG515 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... 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MSRP: Now: €10.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books John O'Callaghan - Limerick : The Irish Revolution 1912-23 - PB - BRAND NEW Limerick was a key social, political and military battleground during the Irish revolution of 1912-23. By examining a wide range of contemporary sources, O'Callaghan reveals what life was like for people from all sectors of Limerick society during these... MSRP: €24.95 Now: €24.00 Add to Cart Quick view Four Courts Press Matthew Stout - The Irish Ringfort - PB - BRAND NEW 2023 This book, first published in 1997, examines all aspects of Irish ringforts – their shape and size, their date and function – with special attention to national distribution patterns. Reference to contemporary written sources brings to the... 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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... MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Gill Books | sku: BIG400 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... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Merrion Press | sku: BIG515 Carl Frampton - My Autobiography - HB - BRAND NEW ( WITH PAUL D GIBSON) Autobiography of Ireland’s only double-weight world champion. 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It’s said that almost everyone in Ireland, particularly in rural communities, will know of someone with a ‘cure’... MSRP: €22.99 Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press 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... MSRP: €17.99 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view New Island Publishing | sku: BIG442,BIG443,BIG444,BIG445,BIG446,BIG447,BIG448,BIG449 Liadán Hynes - Courting ( Tractor Dates , Macra Babies and Swiping Right in Rural Ireland )- PB - BRAND NEW Looking for love – the most human quest of them all – has been transformed in recent years, with new technology removing the need to be in ‘the right place at the right time’. Dating has never been more convenient, varied or... 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Quick view UCD PRESS Mary Macauliffe & Catherine Wheelock ( Editors) - The Diaries of Kathleen Lynn : A Life Revealed Through WrIting - PB - Brand New 2023 The diaries of Dr Kathleen Lynn, 1916-1955, cover her involvement in the 1916 Rising, the War of Independence, the Civil War, and the formative three and a half decades of the Irish Free State. They demonstrate the revolutionary, socialist and feminist... MSRP: €45.00 Now: €41.00 Add to Cart Quick view Gill Books | sku: BIG396 John Clarke - Finucane and Me - My Life With Marian - HB - BRAND NEW Marian Finucane was a trailblazing broadcaster, the first to champion women's issues on air, and respected for her fairness, empathy and doggedness. One of a small group of Irish people known simply by their first name, the nation mourned when she died... 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MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Gill Books | sku: BIG400 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... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Merrion Press | sku: BIG515 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... 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MSRP: €16.95 Was: €16.95 Now: €6.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Mercier Press John O'Callaghan - The Battle For Kilmallock - PB ( Military History of the Irish Civil War ) The battle for Kilmallock took place between 25 July and 5 August 1922 in County Limerick. It was one of the largest engagements and a key turning point of the Irish Civil War. When the Free State army captured Limerick city in mid-July 1922, Republican... MSRP: €14.00 Was: €14.00 Now: €6.00 Add to Cart Quick view First World War | sku: BIG414 Joe Power - Clare and the Great War - PB - 2015 This book delves in to the economic and political life during the terrible conflict of the Great War in County Clare. The Great War united thousands of Clare men and women to a cause which many of them would go out to fight and die. This book also looks... MSRP: Now: €10.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books John O'Callaghan - Limerick : The Irish Revolution 1912-23 - PB - BRAND NEW Limerick was a key social, political and military battleground during the Irish revolution of 1912-23. By examining a wide range of contemporary sources, O'Callaghan reveals what life was like for people from all sectors of Limerick society during these... MSRP: €24.95 Now: €24.00 Add to Cart Quick view Four Courts Press Matthew Stout - The Irish Ringfort - PB - BRAND NEW 2023 This book, first published in 1997, examines all aspects of Irish ringforts – their shape and size, their date and function – with special attention to national distribution patterns. Reference to contemporary written sources brings to the... MSRP: €14.95 Now: €14.50 Add to Cart Quick view Peter O'Shea - Murder Most Local Series : Cork 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... MSRP: €15.00 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart Quick view Peter O'Shea - Murder Most Local Series : Cork 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... MSRP: €15.00 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view New Island Publishing | sku: MED864,MED865,MED866,MED867,MED868,MED869,MED870,MED871,MED872,MED873,MED874 Conor Brady - Guardians of the Peace : The Early Years of the Irish Police Force - Revised Centenary Edition 2022 ( An Garda Síochana) - BRAND NEW Guardians of the Peace is a political history of the Irish police force, An Garda Síochana, from its foundation at the birth of the Irish State, through the Irish Civil War, the threat of the fascist ‘Blueshirts’, the continuing... MSRP: €19.95 Was: €19.95 Now: €7.50 Add to Cart Quick view Edward J Bourke Publishing | sku: MED561,MED562,MED563,MED564,MED565,MED566,MED567,MED568,MED569 Edward J Bourke - The Guinness Story : The Family, The Business , The Black Stuff - PB - BRAND NEW - SIGNED 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... MSRP: Now: €12.00 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view Gill Books | sku: BIG396 John Clarke - Finucane and Me - My Life With Marian - HB - BRAND NEW Marian Finucane was a trailblazing broadcaster, the first to champion women's issues on air, and respected for her fairness, empathy and doggedness. One of a small group of Irish people known simply by their first name, the nation mourned when she died... MSRP: €24.99 Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Royal Irish Academy Gabriel Cooney - Death in Irish Prehistory - PB - BRAND NEW 2023 - RIA This is a book about life and death over 8,500 years in Ireland. It explores the richness of the mortuary record that we have for Irish prehistory (8000 BC to AD 500) as a highlight of the archaeological record for that long period of time. Because we... 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MSRP: €50.00 Was: €50.00 Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Maynooth Studies in Local History 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... MSRP: Now: €11.50 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press 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... MSRP: €27.99 Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Mercier Press 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... MSRP: €14.99 Now: €12.50 Add to Cart Quick view New Island Publishing | sku: MED395,MED396 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... MSRP: €16.95 Now: €15.00 Add to Cart Quick view Gill Books | sku: MED125. 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... MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Gill Books | sku: BIG400 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... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Merrion Press | sku: BIG515 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... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press | sku: MED292,MED293 Patricia Byrne - The Preacher and the Prelate - The Achill Mission Colony and the Battle for Souls in Famine Ireland - PB - BRAND NEW This is the extraordinary story of an audacious fight for souls on famine-ravaged Achill Island in the nineteenth century. Religious ferment swept Ireland in the early 1800s and evangelical Protestant clergyman Edward Nangle set out to lift the destitute... MSRP: €14.99 Now: €13.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press 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’... MSRP: €22.99 Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press 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... MSRP: €17.99 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view New Island Publishing | sku: BIG442,BIG443,BIG444,BIG445,BIG446,BIG447,BIG448,BIG449 Liadán Hynes - Courting ( Tractor Dates , Macra Babies and Swiping Right in Rural Ireland )- PB - BRAND NEW Looking for love – the most human quest of them all – has been transformed in recent years, with new technology removing the need to be in ‘the right place at the right time’. Dating has never been more convenient, varied or... 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Quick view Royal Irish Academy Gabriel Cooney - Death in Irish Prehistory - PB - BRAND NEW 2023 - RIA This is a book about life and death over 8,500 years in Ireland. It explores the richness of the mortuary record that we have for Irish prehistory (8000 BC to AD 500) as a highlight of the archaeological record for that long period of time. Because we... MSRP: €30.00 Now: €29.00 Add to Cart Quick view John Cullinane - Aspects of Irish Dance Series | sku: MED641,MED642,MED643,MED644,MED645,MED646 John Cullinane - Aspects of the History of Irish Dancing - 6 BOOK Lot - BRAND NEW This is a collection of SIX PB books in the Aspects of the History of Irish Dancing Series, which covers the history and development of Irish dance, both in Ireland and worldwide. Published at various dates between the 1990's and 2006, ( and reissued and... 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MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Gill Books | sku: BIG400 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... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Merrion Press | sku: BIG515 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... 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MSRP: Now: €10.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books John O'Callaghan - Limerick : The Irish Revolution 1912-23 - PB - BRAND NEW Limerick was a key social, political and military battleground during the Irish revolution of 1912-23. By examining a wide range of contemporary sources, O'Callaghan reveals what life was like for people from all sectors of Limerick society during these... MSRP: €24.95 Now: €24.00 Add to Cart Quick view Four Courts Press Matthew Stout - The Irish Ringfort - PB - BRAND NEW 2023 This book, first published in 1997, examines all aspects of Irish ringforts – their shape and size, their date and function – with special attention to national distribution patterns. Reference to contemporary written sources brings to the... 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Quick view John Cullinane - Aspects of Irish Dance Series | sku: MED641,MED642,MED643,MED644,MED645,MED646 John Cullinane - Aspects of the History of Irish Dancing - 6 BOOK Lot - BRAND NEW This is a collection of SIX PB books in the Aspects of the History of Irish Dancing Series, which covers the history and development of Irish dance, both in Ireland and worldwide. Published at various dates between the 1990's and 2006, ( and reissued and... MSRP: Now: €29.00 Add to Cart Quick view Thomas J Morrissey - The Most Estimable Of Men - Judge John O'Hagan : Patriot, Poet , Scholar , Lawyer - PB - BRAND NEW Judge John O’Hagan was a Young Irelander, poet, educationist, and liberal scholar. Law lecturer, commissioner for National Education and later in charge of the Land Commission, he was a man ‘beloved and respected by all’. Thomas J... 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MSRP: €50.00 Was: €50.00 Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Maynooth Studies in Local History 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... MSRP: Now: €11.50 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press 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... MSRP: €27.99 Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Mercier Press 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... MSRP: €14.99 Now: €12.50 Add to Cart Quick view New Island Publishing | sku: MED395,MED396 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... MSRP: €16.95 Now: €15.00 Add to Cart Quick view Gill Books | sku: MED125. 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... MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Gill Books | sku: BIG400 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... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Merrion Press | sku: BIG515 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... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press | sku: MED292,MED293 Patricia Byrne - The Preacher and the Prelate - The Achill Mission Colony and the Battle for Souls in Famine Ireland - PB - BRAND NEW This is the extraordinary story of an audacious fight for souls on famine-ravaged Achill Island in the nineteenth century. Religious ferment swept Ireland in the early 1800s and evangelical Protestant clergyman Edward Nangle set out to lift the destitute... MSRP: €14.99 Now: €13.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press 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’... MSRP: €22.99 Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press 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... MSRP: €17.99 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view New Island Publishing | sku: BIG442,BIG443,BIG444,BIG445,BIG446,BIG447,BIG448,BIG449 Liadán Hynes - Courting ( Tractor Dates , Macra Babies and Swiping Right in Rural Ireland )- PB - BRAND NEW Looking for love – the most human quest of them all – has been transformed in recent years, with new technology removing the need to be in ‘the right place at the right time’. Dating has never been more convenient, varied or... MSRP: €16.95 Was: €16.95 Now: €6.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Mercier Press John O'Callaghan - The Battle For Kilmallock - PB ( Military History of the Irish Civil War ) The battle for Kilmallock took place between 25 July and 5 August 1922 in County Limerick. It was one of the largest engagements and a key turning point of the Irish Civil War. When the Free State army captured Limerick city in mid-July 1922, Republican... MSRP: €14.00 Was: €14.00 Now: €6.00 Add to Cart Quick view First World War | sku: BIG414 Joe Power - Clare and the Great War - PB - 2015 This book delves in to the economic and political life during the terrible conflict of the Great War in County Clare. The Great War united thousands of Clare men and women to a cause which many of them would go out to fight and die. This book also looks... MSRP: Now: €10.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books John O'Callaghan - Limerick : The Irish Revolution 1912-23 - PB - BRAND NEW Limerick was a key social, political and military battleground during the Irish revolution of 1912-23. By examining a wide range of contemporary sources, O'Callaghan reveals what life was like for people from all sectors of Limerick society during these... MSRP: €24.95 Now: €24.00 Add to Cart Quick view Four Courts Press Matthew Stout - The Irish Ringfort - PB - BRAND NEW 2023 This book, first published in 1997, examines all aspects of Irish ringforts – their shape and size, their date and function – with special attention to national distribution patterns. Reference to contemporary written sources brings to the... MSRP: €14.95 Now: €14.50 Add to Cart Quick view Peter O'Shea - Murder Most Local Series : Cork 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... MSRP: €15.00 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart Quick view Peter O'Shea - Murder Most Local Series : Cork 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... MSRP: €15.00 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view New Island Publishing | sku: MED864,MED865,MED866,MED867,MED868,MED869,MED870,MED871,MED872,MED873,MED874 Conor Brady - Guardians of the Peace : The Early Years of the Irish Police Force - Revised Centenary Edition 2022 ( An Garda Síochana) - BRAND NEW Guardians of the Peace is a political history of the Irish police force, An Garda Síochana, from its foundation at the birth of the Irish State, through the Irish Civil War, the threat of the fascist ‘Blueshirts’, the continuing... MSRP: €19.95 Was: €19.95 Now: €7.50 Add to Cart Quick view Edward J Bourke Publishing | sku: MED561,MED562,MED563,MED564,MED565,MED566,MED567,MED568,MED569 Edward J Bourke - The Guinness Story : The Family, The Business , The Black Stuff - PB - BRAND NEW - SIGNED 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... MSRP: Now: €12.00 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view Thomas J Morrissey - The Most Estimable Of Men - Judge John O'Hagan : Patriot, Poet , Scholar , Lawyer - PB - BRAND NEW Judge John O’Hagan was a Young Irelander, poet, educationist, and liberal scholar. Law lecturer, commissioner for National Education and later in charge of the Land Commission, he was a man ‘beloved and respected by all’. Thomas J... MSRP: €19.95 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart Quick view Four Courts Press David A Fleming - Edmund Sexten Pery : The Politics of Virtue and Intrigue in Eighteeenth Century Ireland Edmund Sexten Pery was one of the great Irish parliamentarians of the eighteenth century. His political career, as a prominent patriot in the 1750s and 1760s and later as Speaker of the Irish House of Commons between 1771 and 1785, ensured that he was at... 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MSRP: Now: €11.50 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press 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... MSRP: €27.99 Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Mercier Press 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... MSRP: €14.99 Now: €12.50 Add to Cart Quick view New Island Publishing | sku: MED395,MED396 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... MSRP: €16.95 Now: €15.00 Add to Cart Quick view Gill Books | sku: MED125. 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... 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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... MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Gill Books | sku: BIG400 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... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Merrion Press | sku: BIG515 Carl Frampton - My Autobiography - HB - BRAND NEW ( WITH PAUL D GIBSON) Autobiography of Ireland’s only double-weight world champion. 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It’s said that almost everyone in Ireland, particularly in rural communities, will know of someone with a ‘cure’... MSRP: €22.99 Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press 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... MSRP: €17.99 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view New Island Publishing | sku: BIG442,BIG443,BIG444,BIG445,BIG446,BIG447,BIG448,BIG449 Liadán Hynes - Courting ( Tractor Dates , Macra Babies and Swiping Right in Rural Ireland )- PB - BRAND NEW Looking for love – the most human quest of them all – has been transformed in recent years, with new technology removing the need to be in ‘the right place at the right time’. Dating has never been more convenient, varied or... 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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... MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Gill Books | sku: BIG400 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... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Merrion Press | sku: BIG515 Carl Frampton - My Autobiography - HB - BRAND NEW ( WITH PAUL D GIBSON) Autobiography of Ireland’s only double-weight world champion. 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It’s said that almost everyone in Ireland, particularly in rural communities, will know of someone with a ‘cure’... MSRP: €22.99 Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press 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... MSRP: €17.99 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view New Island Publishing | sku: BIG442,BIG443,BIG444,BIG445,BIG446,BIG447,BIG448,BIG449 Liadán Hynes - Courting ( Tractor Dates , Macra Babies and Swiping Right in Rural Ireland )- PB - BRAND NEW Looking for love – the most human quest of them all – has been transformed in recent years, with new technology removing the need to be in ‘the right place at the right time’. Dating has never been more convenient, varied or... 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MSRP: Now: €10.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books John O'Callaghan - Limerick : The Irish Revolution 1912-23 - PB - BRAND NEW Limerick was a key social, political and military battleground during the Irish revolution of 1912-23. By examining a wide range of contemporary sources, O'Callaghan reveals what life was like for people from all sectors of Limerick society during these... MSRP: €24.95 Now: €24.00 Add to Cart Quick view Four Courts Press Matthew Stout - The Irish Ringfort - PB - BRAND NEW 2023 This book, first published in 1997, examines all aspects of Irish ringforts – their shape and size, their date and function – with special attention to national distribution patterns. Reference to contemporary written sources brings to the... MSRP: €14.95 Now: €14.50 Add to Cart Quick view Peter O'Shea - Murder Most Local Series : Cork 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... MSRP: €15.00 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart Quick view Peter O'Shea - Murder Most Local Series : Cork 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... 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MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Gill Books | sku: BIG400 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... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Merrion Press | sku: BIG515 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... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press | sku: MED292,MED293 Patricia Byrne - The Preacher and the Prelate - The Achill Mission Colony and the Battle for Souls in Famine Ireland - PB - BRAND NEW This is the extraordinary story of an audacious fight for souls on famine-ravaged Achill Island in the nineteenth century. Religious ferment swept Ireland in the early 1800s and evangelical Protestant clergyman Edward Nangle set out to lift the destitute... MSRP: €14.99 Now: €13.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press 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’... 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MSRP: €16.95 Was: €16.95 Now: €6.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Mercier Press John O'Callaghan - The Battle For Kilmallock - PB ( Military History of the Irish Civil War ) The battle for Kilmallock took place between 25 July and 5 August 1922 in County Limerick. It was one of the largest engagements and a key turning point of the Irish Civil War. When the Free State army captured Limerick city in mid-July 1922, Republican... MSRP: €14.00 Was: €14.00 Now: €6.00 Add to Cart Quick view First World War | sku: BIG414 Joe Power - Clare and the Great War - PB - 2015 This book delves in to the economic and political life during the terrible conflict of the Great War in County Clare. The Great War united thousands of Clare men and women to a cause which many of them would go out to fight and die. This book also looks... MSRP: Now: €10.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books John O'Callaghan - Limerick : The Irish Revolution 1912-23 - PB - BRAND NEW Limerick was a key social, political and military battleground during the Irish revolution of 1912-23. By examining a wide range of contemporary sources, O'Callaghan reveals what life was like for people from all sectors of Limerick society during these... MSRP: €24.95 Now: €24.00 Add to Cart Quick view Four Courts Press Matthew Stout - The Irish Ringfort - PB - BRAND NEW 2023 This book, first published in 1997, examines all aspects of Irish ringforts – their shape and size, their date and function – with special attention to national distribution patterns. Reference to contemporary written sources brings to the... MSRP: €14.95 Now: €14.50 Add to Cart Quick view Peter O'Shea - Murder Most Local Series : Cork 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... MSRP: €15.00 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart Quick view Peter O'Shea - Murder Most Local Series : Cork 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... 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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... MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Gill Books | sku: BIG400 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... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Merrion Press | sku: BIG515 Carl Frampton - My Autobiography - HB - BRAND NEW ( WITH PAUL D GIBSON) Autobiography of Ireland’s only double-weight world champion. 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MSRP: Now: €10.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books John O'Callaghan - Limerick : The Irish Revolution 1912-23 - PB - BRAND NEW Limerick was a key social, political and military battleground during the Irish revolution of 1912-23. By examining a wide range of contemporary sources, O'Callaghan reveals what life was like for people from all sectors of Limerick society during these... MSRP: €24.95 Now: €24.00 Add to Cart Quick view Four Courts Press Matthew Stout - The Irish Ringfort - PB - BRAND NEW 2023 This book, first published in 1997, examines all aspects of Irish ringforts – their shape and size, their date and function – with special attention to national distribution patterns. Reference to contemporary written sources brings to the... MSRP: €14.95 Now: €14.50 Add to Cart Quick view Peter O'Shea - Murder Most Local Series : Cork 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... MSRP: €15.00 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart Quick view Peter O'Shea - Murder Most Local Series : Cork 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... 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MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Gill Books | sku: BIG400 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... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Merrion Press | sku: BIG515 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... 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MSRP: Now: €10.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books John O'Callaghan - Limerick : The Irish Revolution 1912-23 - PB - BRAND NEW Limerick was a key social, political and military battleground during the Irish revolution of 1912-23. By examining a wide range of contemporary sources, O'Callaghan reveals what life was like for people from all sectors of Limerick society during these... MSRP: €24.95 Now: €24.00 Add to Cart Quick view Four Courts Press Matthew Stout - The Irish Ringfort - PB - BRAND NEW 2023 This book, first published in 1997, examines all aspects of Irish ringforts – their shape and size, their date and function – with special attention to national distribution patterns. Reference to contemporary written sources brings to the... MSRP: €14.95 Now: €14.50 Add to Cart Quick view Peter O'Shea - Murder Most Local Series : Cork 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... MSRP: €15.00 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart Quick view Peter O'Shea - Murder Most Local Series : Cork 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... 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MSRP: €19.95 Was: €19.95 Now: €7.50 Add to Cart Quick view Edward J Bourke Publishing | sku: MED561,MED562,MED563,MED564,MED565,MED566,MED567,MED568,MED569 Edward J Bourke - The Guinness Story : The Family, The Business , The Black Stuff - PB - BRAND NEW - SIGNED 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... MSRP: Now: €12.00 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view Gill Books | sku: MED125. 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... MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Gill Books | sku: BIG400 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... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Merrion Press | sku: BIG515 Carl Frampton - My Autobiography - HB - BRAND NEW ( WITH PAUL D GIBSON) Autobiography of Ireland’s only double-weight world champion. 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It’s said that almost everyone in Ireland, particularly in rural communities, will know of someone with a ‘cure’... MSRP: €22.99 Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press 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... MSRP: €17.99 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view New Island Publishing | sku: BIG442,BIG443,BIG444,BIG445,BIG446,BIG447,BIG448,BIG449 Liadán Hynes - Courting ( Tractor Dates , Macra Babies and Swiping Right in Rural Ireland )- PB - BRAND NEW Looking for love – the most human quest of them all – has been transformed in recent years, with new technology removing the need to be in ‘the right place at the right time’. Dating has never been more convenient, varied or... MSRP: €16.95 Was: €16.95 Now: €6.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Mercier Press John O'Callaghan - The Battle For Kilmallock - PB ( Military History of the Irish Civil War ) The battle for Kilmallock took place between 25 July and 5 August 1922 in County Limerick. It was one of the largest engagements and a key turning point of the Irish Civil War. When the Free State army captured Limerick city in mid-July 1922, Republican... MSRP: €14.00 Was: €14.00 Now: €6.00 Add to Cart Quick view First World War | sku: BIG414 Joe Power - Clare and the Great War - PB - 2015 This book delves in to the economic and political life during the terrible conflict of the Great War in County Clare. The Great War united thousands of Clare men and women to a cause which many of them would go out to fight and die. This book also looks... MSRP: Now: €10.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books John O'Callaghan - Limerick : The Irish Revolution 1912-23 - PB - BRAND NEW Limerick was a key social, political and military battleground during the Irish revolution of 1912-23. By examining a wide range of contemporary sources, O'Callaghan reveals what life was like for people from all sectors of Limerick society during these... MSRP: €24.95 Now: €24.00 Add to Cart Quick view Four Courts Press Matthew Stout - The Irish Ringfort - PB - BRAND NEW 2023 This book, first published in 1997, examines all aspects of Irish ringforts – their shape and size, their date and function – with special attention to national distribution patterns. Reference to contemporary written sources brings to the... MSRP: €14.95 Now: €14.50 Add to Cart Quick view Peter O'Shea - Murder Most Local Series : Cork 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... MSRP: €15.00 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart Quick view Peter O'Shea - Murder Most Local Series : Cork 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... 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MSRP: €19.95 Was: €19.95 Now: €7.50 Add to Cart Quick view Edward J Bourke Publishing | sku: MED561,MED562,MED563,MED564,MED565,MED566,MED567,MED568,MED569 Edward J Bourke - The Guinness Story : The Family, The Business , The Black Stuff - PB - BRAND NEW - SIGNED 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... MSRP: Now: €12.00 Add to Cart Quick view
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Quick view Merrion Press | sku: MED292,MED293 Patricia Byrne - The Preacher and the Prelate - The Achill Mission Colony and the Battle for Souls in Famine Ireland - PB - BRAND NEW This is the extraordinary story of an audacious fight for souls on famine-ravaged Achill Island in the nineteenth century. Religious ferment swept Ireland in the early 1800s and evangelical Protestant clergyman Edward Nangle set out to lift the destitute... MSRP: €14.99 Now: €13.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press 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’... MSRP: €22.99 Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press 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... MSRP: €17.99 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view New Island Publishing | sku: BIG442,BIG443,BIG444,BIG445,BIG446,BIG447,BIG448,BIG449 Liadán Hynes - Courting ( Tractor Dates , Macra Babies and Swiping Right in Rural Ireland )- PB - BRAND NEW Looking for love – the most human quest of them all – has been transformed in recent years, with new technology removing the need to be in ‘the right place at the right time’. Dating has never been more convenient, varied or... MSRP: €16.95 Was: €16.95 Now: €6.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Mercier Press John O'Callaghan - The Battle For Kilmallock - PB ( Military History of the Irish Civil War ) The battle for Kilmallock took place between 25 July and 5 August 1922 in County Limerick. It was one of the largest engagements and a key turning point of the Irish Civil War. When the Free State army captured Limerick city in mid-July 1922, Republican... MSRP: €14.00 Was: €14.00 Now: €6.00 Add to Cart Quick view First World War | sku: BIG414 Joe Power - Clare and the Great War - PB - 2015 This book delves in to the economic and political life during the terrible conflict of the Great War in County Clare. The Great War united thousands of Clare men and women to a cause which many of them would go out to fight and die. This book also looks... MSRP: Now: €10.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books John O'Callaghan - Limerick : The Irish Revolution 1912-23 - PB - BRAND NEW Limerick was a key social, political and military battleground during the Irish revolution of 1912-23. By examining a wide range of contemporary sources, O'Callaghan reveals what life was like for people from all sectors of Limerick society during these... MSRP: €24.95 Now: €24.00 Add to Cart Quick view Four Courts Press Matthew Stout - The Irish Ringfort - PB - BRAND NEW 2023 This book, first published in 1997, examines all aspects of Irish ringforts – their shape and size, their date and function – with special attention to national distribution patterns. Reference to contemporary written sources brings to the... MSRP: €14.95 Now: €14.50 Add to Cart Quick view Peter O'Shea - Murder Most Local Series : Cork 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... MSRP: €15.00 Now: €14.00 Add to Cart Quick view Peter O'Shea - Murder Most Local Series : Cork 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... 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