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Eoin Ó Broin & Mal McCann - Flats and Cottages Herbert Simms and the Housing of Dublin's Working Class 1932-1948

A city gripped by an ever-worsening housing crisis. An expensive and insecure private rental sector. Rogue landlords running overcrowded and poorly maintained flats. Central and local government struggling to keep up with population growth and...

Mark Carruthers & Colin Davidosn- Colin Davidson: Twelve Paintings: Conversations with Mark Carruthers (Hardback) - BRAND NEW

Beneath Irish Seas: The Hidden Wonders of Ireland’s Amazing Marine Life - HB - BRAND NEW

Beneath the crashing waves and jagged cliffs of Ireland’s coastline lies a world few have ever seen, teeming with kaleidoscopic colour and untold beauty. Through the lens of internationally acclaimed underwater photographer Nigel Motyer –...

Rebecca Shercliff - Old Irish : A Beginner's Guide - PB - BRAND NEW

Medieval Ireland offers an unusually rich and varied corpus of literature, including saga, law, religion, pseudo-history and poetry. It was one of the earliest cultures in medieval Europe to produce extensive literature in its own vernacular, and yet...

Deirdre O'Neill - Remnants of Our Past : The Visual Clues to Our Irish Heritage - BRAND NEW

We walk past remnants of our past every day without noticing. Our ancestors left echoes of themselves all around us, if we only know where to look and how to interpret the signs. These remnants lie all over Ireland, telling us of the lives they once...

Michael B Barry & John O’Byrne- The Irish Farm in Colour - HB - BRAND NEW

TRACKED DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE COST.  HARDCOVER, Gill Books,  In this richly illustrated book, the bestselling duo of Michael B. Barry and John O’Byrne bring the story of the Irish farm vividly to life, from the late...

David Gillick - The Race - BRAND NEW

TRACKED DELIVERY VIA AN POST WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE COST David Gillick is someone who has moved from the arena of high end athletics to journalism, and as poacher turned gamekeeper in that field, his insights are always informed and to the...

Breda O'Toole & Tony Bates - Unseen : A Memoir of Trauma, Ireland’s Psychiatric System and a Lifetime spent Healing= BRAND NEW

From a childhood shaped by neglect and violence to three brutal years spent in a cold, indifferent convent, Breda O'Toole's early life was marked by abandonment. When she sought help, she entered a mental health system that continued the pattern -...

Karl Henry - The Walking Effect - BRAND NEW

If there was a pill that could improve your health, give you mental clarity, supply moments of peace, help with creativity and aid sleep and weight loss, would you take it? And yet, all of these things and more can be achieved by simply putting on your...

Suzy Byrne - P.S Gay - BRAND NEW

A nostalgic look back at stories that mattered through correspondence with the iconic Gay Byrne RTE radio show.Dear Gay was an instant bestseller when it was published in 2023. PS Gay brings readers more letters and memories from the listeners of...

Marc Ó Sé - Ó Sé : A Kerry Family, A Football Dynasty - BRAND NEW

HARDCOVER, GILL BOOKS, SEPTEMBER 2025.  TRACKED DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE.  In a county where success is weighed in medals, the Ó Sé brothers all hung up their boots with heavy hearts but even heavier...

Sophie Morris - Sophie's Swaps - HB - BRAND NEW

DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE COST When it comes to food, we all want to make the right choices. We’ve heard of ultra-processed foods and how bad they are for us, yet how much do we really know about the products in our...

Evelyn Cusack & Séamus Walsh - They Say it Might Rain : The Highs and Lows of Ireland’s Weather and Climate - BRAND NEW

The Irish weather. Subject of endless conversations, the saviour of small talk, and famously unreliable. We all know it well, as a constant, if capricious, backdrop to our lives. But how well do we really know it? While our relationship with the weather...

Brendan Fanning - Touching Distance : Touching Distance : Irish Rugby's Battle with Great Expectations - BRAND NEW

Ireland went to the 2023 Rugby World Cup as the number one ranked team in the world. They had a unique Test series win in New Zealand on their list of achievements; they were the reigning Grand Slam holders; and still they came home early. Getting to the...

Frank McNally - Not Making Hay - BRAND NEW

You could say that Frank McNally is a travel writer – he writes while the world travels by!For almost twenty years, Frank’s name has occupied the byline of the ever-present and perennially entertaining Irishman’s (or woman’s)...

Eunice Power - My Irish Kitchen Table - BRAND NEW

TRACKED DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE COST.  The kitchen table is at the centre of Irish life—a place we gather in good times and bad, to find comfort, nourishment, and good conversation. Eunice Power’s Irish Kitchen Table...

Michael Moynihan -More Than a Game : The GAA , and Where It's Going - BRAND NEW

The GAA is more than a game. It’s a cornerstone of Irish identity — woven into parishes, families, and the national psyche. But behind the passion and pride lies a question that has never really been asked. Where is the GAA going? In this...

Anja Murray - Frog Routes, Polka Dot Newts and Other Treasures of Irish Nature - BRAND NEW

Beneath our feet, in our hedgerows, trees and under our seas lies a complex community of beings that goes unseen and unheard by us humans. Soil is the stuff of life itself, bustling with microbes, fungi, beetles and earthworms that soften seeds, nature...

Colm O'Regan - Gallivanting With Words : How the Irish Speak English - BRAND NEW

Gallivanting With Words is a playful romp through the words, phrases and quirks that reflect the very soul of Ireland. From the Shakespearean roots of ‘We’ll have the tay’ to the devilish curses of old Ireland, ‘May the devil make...

John Kelly - The GAA Covered : A History of the GAA in Match Programmes - BRAND NEW

Whether it’s tightly rolled up between two nervous, wringing hands, proudly sticking out from a quick-stepping back pocket or carefully brought home to be kept for posterity, the matchday programme is part of the very fabric of the GAA and in The...

David McCullagh - From Crown to Harp - How the Anglo-Irish Treaty was Undone : 1920-1949 - BRAND NEW

The crown was the symbol of British power in Ireland, and in December 1921 opponents of the Anglo-Irish Treaty claimed that its terms tied Ireland to the Crown forever. The new Irish Free State would be within the British Commonwealth, with limited...

Kieran Fanning - Enchanted Ireland - BRAND NEW

An atlas of magical myths, legends and folktales from every county.Join master storyteller Kieran Fanning on a visit to every county in Ireland, told through 32 magical stories. From mysterious enchantments like The Stolen Bride from Galway to strange...

Stephen Walker - David Trimble: Peacemaker - BRAND NEW

TRACKED DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE .  To be published by Gill Books, September 2025, Hardcover.  In this first biography to chart Trimble’s life and death, award-winning journalist Stephen Walker vividly details how...

Gina & Karol Daly - The Daly Dish AirFryer : Deadly Dinners Made Fast and Easy - BRAND NEW

Love your airfryer but feel you could get more out of it? Gina and Karol Daly, who have been championing airfryers for years, are here to help you use it every day. The Daly Dish AirFryer will be your go-to guide for making dinners simple, delicious and...

Michael Flynn & Josephine McCaffrey - Bouncing Back : Memoirs of a Mattress Salesman - BRAND NEW

This is the inspiring story of Michael Flynn, a struggling furniture salesman from Pearse Street, who reinvented himself to become one of Ireland's most beloved national figures. Starting with Mick's formative years growing up in Dublin where he faced...

Adam Maguire - Bailout Babies - BRAND NEW

Tracked An Post delivery within Ireland is included in the cost.  Born into boom. Raised on bust. Still waiting for a break - meet the generation rewriting the rules of adulthood. The Bailout Babies dives into the lives of a generation caught...

Bláthnaid Raleigh ( with Niall Kelly )- Aftermath - BRAND NEW

In July 2019, Bláthnaid Raleigh travelled from Mullingar to Galway to join in the festivities at the Galway Arts Festivals. She and her friends found themselves in the company of another group from Mullingar. The hours went by as pub gave way to...

Hector Ó hEochagáin - An Irish Word a Day - HB - BRAND NEW

Many Irish people wish they could broaden their ability to speak the cúpla focal. When we lose our language, we lose a part of who we are. Here, Hector makes adding an Irish word a day to your vocabulary a habit that's as easy as brushing your...

Eimear Ní Bhraonáin - The Dodger - DJ Carey and the Great Irish Betrayal - PB - BRAND NEW

Nicknamed throughout his storied playing GAA career as The Dodger, Kilkenny's  multi award winning hurler DJ Carey's fall from grace after his retirement was a shocking one.  Eimear Ní Bhraonáin has written for local, regional,...

Elizabeth Shaw - How I Came to Berlin : A Memoir - BRAND NEW

Elizabeth Shaw, who has until now remained all but unknown in her native Ireland, was one of the most celebrated children's authors in East Germany, producing a series of masterful children's books that have stayed in print since her death in 1992. She...

Hubert Butler - Escape From the Anthill ( 40TH

In this 40th anniversary edition, discover the compelling collection of essays from one of Ireland's great essayists, Hubert Butler. 40th Anniversary edition, reprint.  Escape from the Anthill is known for its erudition, elegant prose, and the depth...

Donnchadh Ó Corráin & Fidelma Maguire - Irish Names - PB - BRAND NEW

A REPRINT/ REISSUE EDITION.  irish Names by Donnchadh Ó Corráin and Fidelma Maguire Irish Names contains just under a thousand names selected from the enormous wealth of historical sources - annals, genealogies, myth, legend and epic...

Linden MacIntyre - An Accidental Villain: A Soldier’s Tale of War, Deceit and Exile - pb - BRAND NEW

Appointed by Winston Churchill to lead Ireland’s police force during the Irish War of Independence, Major-General Sir Hugh Tudor traded the glory of the Great War for the shadows of state-sanctioned murder. Returning from the Western Front, Tudor...

Conor W O'Brien - The Living and the Dead : Tales of Extinction and Rebirth from Irish Natuew - BRAND NEW

Ireland is a land replete with amazing natural wonders, but we live in an age when our native wildlife is under threat like never before. Centuries of hunting and habitat loss have wiped out some of Ireland’s most iconic creatures, from the...

Nicola Hanney - Stronger - BRAND NEW - PB

Standard format PAPERBACK - BRAND NEW,  September 2025  In 2017, against all odds, Nicola Hanney survived a terminal cancer diagnosis and marched on to live life. When she matched with Garda Paul Moody on a dating app, she thought her dreams...

Carsten Krieger - Ten Thousand Years Deep - The Story of Ireland's Peatlands - BRAND NEW - HB

Peatlands – bogs, fens and heaths – are part of the Irish soul. Neither water nor land and yet both, they were once considered gateways to the otherworld. Bleak and beautiful, they are time capsules that hold a record of history going back...

Jane Clarke & Catherine Cleary - The Hare's Corner : Making Space for Nature -

The Hare’s Corner is a powerful celebration of the quiet, hopeful revolution taking place across Ireland – where people are making space for nature to thrive once again. In partnership with the Burrenbeo Trust in County Clare, this...

Elaine Foley ( Editor) - St Joseph's Primary School - Templemore

A detailed and high quality production , examining and chronicling the history of Saint Joseph's Primary School, Templemore in the 70 years1951-2021.  Illustrated throughout with high quality photography, class photographs, (recent and vintage) and...

Julia Kelly - Still - A Memoir

Julia Kelly’s mother, Delphine, spent much of her life in the shadows as a politician’s wife, tending selflessly to the needs of her husband, John, and five wild children. Rattling around in a draughty house, the siblings – though...

Las Fallon - The Great Liberties Whiskey Fire - PB - BRAND NEW

On the night of June 18, 1875, a fire broke out in a whiskey warehouse in the Liberties, Dublin. As barrels of whiskey burst in the intense heat, flaming alcohol flowed through the streets, setting the city ablaze. The fire posed an unprecedented...

Paul O'Flynn - Joe the Great ( Joe Canning : Irish Sporting Legend) - HB - BRAND NEW

Joe Canning played hurling for as long as he could remember, and by the age of 15 he’d won an All-Ireland medal for Galway minors. Joe’s career should have been perfect after that, but things changed when he reached the senior hurling team...

Toner Quinn & Jerry White ( Editors) - The Radical Thinking of Desmond Fennell - HB - BRAND NEW 2025

TRACKED DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE COST COPIES ARE SIGNED BY THE CO-EDITOR, TONER QUINN.  How can we create a more vibrant public discourse in Ireland? How do we organise Irish society so that it prospers culturally and economically?...

Jolene & Lily Mae Cox - Now You're Cooking - HB - BRAND NEW

Jolene Cox is an award-winning food writer on a mission to teach kids how to cook real food they’ll love to eat. Her daughter, Lily Mae, is 11. They’ve been cooking together ever since Lily Mae could sit up in a feeding chair. Jolene launched...

Michael McDowell - The Definite Article : Collected Writings - HB - BRAND NEW

Politician and barrister Michael McDowell has, for many years, been a widely published columnist and regular commentator on a broad range of social and political issues, both domestic and international. Spanning thirty years, this is the first collection...

Justin Dolan Stover - Enduring Ruin : Environmental Destruction During the Irish Revolution - PB - BRAND NEW

The Irish Revolution inflicted unprecedented damage to built-up and natural landscapes between 1916 and 1923. Destruction transcended national and ideological divisions and remained a fixture within Irish urban and rural landscapes years after...

Eoin Hamilton - Great Irish Walks and Hikes - HB - BRAND NEW

Great Irish Walks and Hikes is your ultimate guide to exploring the breathtaking landscapes of Ireland on foot. This book is a treasure trove for both seasoned hikers and casual walkers, offering a curated selection of fifty trails on the island of...

Eamon Carr - Pure Gold : Memorable Conversations with Remarkable People -PB - BRAND NEW

In the late 1980s Horslips lyricist and drummer Eamon Carr began his journalistic career by conducting interviews with an eclectic mix of famous people. Told in Carr’s immediate, entertaining style, Pure Gold is a portal to a time before practised...

Ivan O'Riordan - To the Brave and Faithful : Celebrating Fifteen Years of Munster Rugby 2010–2025 - HB - BRAND NEW

‘To the brave and the faithful, nothing is impossible’The triumph and the heartbreak of the Munster Rugby men’s team, their victories and defeats from 2010 to 2025. Beginning with the spectacular URC winning 2010–2011 season,...

Éanna Ní Lamhna - Wild Dublin - HB - BRAND NEW

A new and updated edition ( originally published 2008) .  Final cover image may differ. 

Emma Byrne - Famous Irish Mariners - HB - BRAND NEW

Surrounded on all sides by water, Ireland and its people have long been shaped by the sea. Ireland has a rich history of famous – and infamous – mariners: from our earliest navigators, who may have reached North America – by currach...

Eithne Massey - Where the Waters Flow - HB - BRAND NEW

‘In the stories which follow I hope that the rivers will speak to you.’ Flowing from source to sea, our rivers are the life-blood of Ireland. They have shaped the landscape, history, folkore and mythology of the island. And have inspired...

Nicola Pierce - Great Irish Wives - BRAND NEW

Throughout history, the stories of women's lives and work have been pushed behind those of male figures. Wives, especially, disappear, unacknowledged as patrons and champions of the men’s work, as collaborators, muses, secretaries, research...