Irish Authors

Liz Gillis- The Fall of Dublin 1922 - Mercier History of the Irish Civil War - PB Brand New 2011

Focusing on the people and the decisions they made,The Fall of Dublin examines the attack on the Four Courts and the subsequent fighting in Dublin in June and July 1922 which signalled the beginning of the Irish Civil War. With the use of new sources the...

Michael Forde - Company Law in Ireland - 1st Ed revised 1987

The first edition of the now standard work on Irish company law, this is currently up to the fifth edition ( 2017) - this is the first edition, 1985, here revised and reprinted from 1987.  Commercial law had long been based on the 1963 Companies...

Ó Floinn, Críostóir - Lá Dá Bhfaca Thú - HB 1st ed 1955 As Gaeilge - ÚRSCÉAL

Clo Morainn, Dublin, 1955. Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition in a faded lightly chipped dustjacket, 272 pages. The story of a young man Ruairí Ó Daill who has given up his teaching position in Dublin to...

Edmund Van Esbeck - Irish Rugby Scrapbook - Illustrated 1982

Cork born Van Esbeck was the rugby correspondent for the Irish Times since the 1960's, and also wrote the official centenary history of the IRFU .  This is a pictorial history of the highlights in Irish rugby history, centered in particular on the...

A.T.Q Stewart - Edward Carson : A Biography - ( Gill's Irish Lives Series ) PB 1981 - Unionism

A 1981 first edition , Gill & Macmillan, Ireland, of the historical biography forming part of the (updated) Gill's Irish Lives series - a biography of Edward Carson, 1854-1935 , the Dublin born barrister and politician, whose name became synonymous...

Sarah Crossan / The Weight of Water

From Carnegie Award winning author Sarah Crossan, a poetic and timely immigration story that combines first love, friendship, and persistent courage.Carrying just a suitcase and an old laundry bag filled with clothes, Kasienka and her mother are...

Wright, Finbar - Private Friends - HB Poetry Limited Edition 2001 - SIGNED & Dedicated

Finbar Wright has been a member of the Irish Tenors from 2000 to present. Private Friends is a collection of some of Wright's poetry published in 2001 and dedicated to his brother, Robert, who, at age 47, had died suddenly the same year...

Yvonne MacGrory / The Secret of the Ruby Ring (Large Paperback)

 Lucy, a rather spoiled almost-eleven-year-old, gets a very special birthday present from her grandmother. This gift, a star ruby ring, has been passed down for generations through Lucy's family. The evening before her birthday, Lucy accidently...

Taafe, Frank - Athy Golf Club Centenary History 1906-2006 - Hardcover Co. Kildare

A handsome and well produced club history of Athy Golf Club, County Kildare, published on the occasion of the club centenary in 2006. Hardcover, with photographs in both colour and black and white, and with a full history of past members, captains,...

Gibson, W.H.G & McDonald, Joseph - A Century of Golf at Carlow : From Gotham to Deerpark 1899-1999 HB

A history of golf in Carlow, covering the centenary of Carlow Golf club, from the early origins in 1899, illustrated throughout, with coverage of tHe initial course at Gotham, and the move to the modern current location at Deerpark.  illustrated...

Ó Suilleabháin, Diarmaid - Muintir - Hb As Gaeilge Gearrscéalta 1971

Foilsithe ag Sáirséal & Dill, 1971, cnuasach gearrscéalta leis un údar Diarmuid ó Suilleabháin.  As Gaeilge in iomlán atá na scéalta Ba as Béarra i gcontae Chorcaigh an...

Maeve Binchy - The Lilac Bus & Dublin 4 - Omnibus HB Edition - Irish Life Classics Collection - Best of Maeve Binchy

A hardcover copy , an omnibus edition ( including two books previously published separately) - The Lilac Bus and Dublin 4 - here issued by The Irish Life Classic Collection, 1991.  Dublin 4 comprises 4 short stories originally published in the...

Paddy Devlin- The Fall of the N.I Executive 1974 - PB 1st Ed Northern Ireland

Published by Anvil Press /Kerryman, this is Paddy Devlin's collection of essays and commentary on the circumstances that led to the fall of the first Northern Ireland Executive in 1974. Paddy Devlin, formerly a union organiser,  was one of the...

Tipperary GAA Yearbook 2010 - Blianiris PB Illustrated Gaelic Games

Terry Wogan - 2 Book Lot : The Day Job & Chat Show Host Extraordinary - PB Biography

A lot of two books on the late Limerick born TV presenter , Terry Wogan, as follows : A paperback  copy of a biography of Terry Wogan by Gus Smith, an associate of his from the early years at RTE and  who spoke to a huge number of his...

Ross, Ian Campbell - Public Virtue, Public Love - The Rotunda : The Early Years of the Dublin Lying-in Hospital - HB 1986

Still in use as a hospital, albeit in much expanded form, the Rotunda is one of Dublin's most historic hospitals. The buildings, located at the top of O'Connell Street on Parnell Square, have over the years worked as a hospital, a centre of...

Joe Broderick - Fall From Grace : the Life of Bishop Eamonn Casey - PB 1st ed 1992

Examines the story of Eamonn Casey from his childhood in rural north Kerry to his sudden resignation as bishop of Galway in May 1992. The author traces the evolution of Casey's life , describing his work for the homeless in Britain in the 1960's, his...

Damian Corless / Party Nation : The Strokes, Jokes, Spinners and Winners

      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 we refrain from doing so. If you see a...

Sean Diffley- The Men in Green - HB Irish Rugby - 1973 - Sport History Centenary

A hardcover first edition, 1973, of Sean Diffley's The Men in Green , published by Pelham Books UK.  In good condition, no marks damage or inscriptions internally, light bumping and edgewear to the covers.  Comprehensive history of Irish rugby...

Carolyn Swift - Robbers in the Theatre - Vintage Irish HB - Children's 1984

A small format HARDCOVER published by the Children;s Press, Dublin, 1984 of Carolyn Swift's Robbers in the Theatre, the fourth ( but standalone) book in her Robbers In ..series. Cover art  by Terry Meyler.  Stoicker residue on back cover. 

Desmond O'Malley- Conduct Unbecoming - AUTOBIOGRAPHY Signed HB 2014

Desmond O’Malley’s career coincided with one of the most intense periods in Irish political life. In this landmark political memoir he offers fresh insights into the events that have shaped Ireland’s past and present – the Arms...

Mac Dhonnagáin, Tadhg - Uinseann Donn - Illustrated - Picture book - As Gaeilge Irisz Agócs

picture book, as gaeilge, by Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin, illustrated by Irisz Agócs. The story of a very grumpy brown bear.  Uinseann Donn is a grumpy bear. He hates twittering birds and fluttering butterflies. He looks forward...

Gough, Julian - Jude, Level 1 - SIGNED Hardcover 1st Edition 2007

A signed hardcover first edition, of Jude, by Julian Gough, and published by Old Street Publishing 2007.  This is the tale of Jude, a Tipperary-reared orphan, who on his 18th birthday, sets off to discover the wide world and his true parentage. If...

John Scally / Funny Sports Stories (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 we refrain from doing so. If you see a...

Raymond McClean - The Road to Bloody Sunday - PB 1st Ed 1983 - Northern Ireland Derry 1972

A paperback copy, Ward River Press, 1983, fade to spine but internally unmarked. Doctor McClean witnessed the events on Bloody Sunday in January 1972, and the book is,  in his own words - 'not a political tract, rather it offers a heartfelt...

McRory, Seamus - The Voice From the Sideline : Famous GAA Managers - 1997

Paperback some minor creases to corners on back covers.  Follows the gaelic football careers of some of teh managers who have contributed to the development of the game in the 30 years up to publication ( 1997) - Seán Boylan, Kevin...

Mount Sackville Annual 2015-16 - School Yearbook Chapelizod Dublin

The school annual/yearbook for the academic tear 2015-16, issued by Mount Sackville School, Chapelizod, dublin.  PB, with every class pictured, school tours, sports, events, staff and school buildings. Small section of paper curl to back corner of...

Goldstone, Herbert - in Search of Community : The Achievement of Seán O'Casey PB Mercier

Published by Mercier, cork 1972, a critical study and commentray of the dramas of Seán O'Casey, including detailed analaysis of his three great early worsk, The Plough and teh Stars, Juno and the Paycock, and Shadow of a Gunman. 

Cronin, John - Somerville & Ross - Irish Writers Series PB 1972

A critical and biographical survey on the work and life of Edith Somerville & Violet Martin, the creators of some of the most popular and enduring Irish fiction of the late 19th and early 20th century, including the Irish RM series.  This is...

Peig Sayers - ( Translated by Bryan MacMahon ) - Peig - The Autobiography Great Blasket

A translation from the original Irish of Peig Sayers autobiography - ( simpy titled Peig) , translated by the fellow Kerry author Bryan MacMahon, and published by Talbot Press, Dublin, originally 1974, in this edition 1981  Light spotting to the...

Paddy Doyle - The God Squad - HB 1st Edition 1988 - Irish Industrial Schools

Paddy Doyle's mother died from cancer in 1955. His father committed suicide shortly thereafter. Paddy Doyle was sentenced in an Irish district court to be detained in an industrial school for eleven years. He was four years old...Paddy Doyle's...

Ó Grádaigh, Eoghan - An Siondacáit - PB Crime Gaeilge Vintage 1969

A short crime novel as gaeilge, published by Sáirséal & Dill, 1969. An Chéad chló.  Light edgewear , and two inner book stamps - from a school library  -i nside both covers.   

Mainchín Seoighe - Portrait of Limerick - 1982 Local County History HB 1st Ed

A hardcover 1985 reprint of Mainchín Seoighe's Portrait of Limerick , originally published by Robert Hale Publishing in 1982.  Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine, there's a small nick at the top edge of the spine, no...

Patrick C Power - A Literary History of Ireland - Vintage Mercier Press PB 1969

 A paperback first edition, Mercier Press, Cork,  1969, of Patrick Power's study of Irish literature and writing ( mostly concentrating ON Irish writing as Gaeilge, from circa 900 to the 1950'S . Also includes an outline study of Irish writing...

David J O'Donoghue - The Life of William Carleton - Vol 1 -1896 HB Literary Biography

A hardcover first edition, Downey & Company , London, 1896, of the biography of William Carleton ( issued as two seperate volumes, this being volume 1 ONLY covering his youth and rise to fame as an author. Includes full list of all his publications,...

Mike McCormack - Solar Bones - PB - Tramp Press - BRAND NEW

A large format paperback edition of the award winning novel from Mike McCormack, Solar Bones. Later printing,  Winner of the 2016 Goldsmiths Prize, and the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year 2016. Winner of the...

Ruth Dudley Edwards - The Seven - Signatories 1916 - HB 1st Ed 2016

On Easter Sunday, 23 April 1916, the seven members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood's military council met to proclaim an Irish Republic with themselves as the provisional government. After a week of fighting with the British army on the streets of...

Chris O'Dowd / Moone Boy 2: The Fish Detective (Hardback)

Successful film and TV star Chris O' Dowd collaborates with friend and fellow screenwriter Nick Vincent Murphy on Moone Boy 2: The Fish Detective, the second in this hilarious illustrated series inspired by the Sky TV series they co-wrote.Martin's...

Tipperary GAA Yearbook 2006 - Bliainiris Thobraid Árann PB

A paperback large format ( a4) sized, of the annual GAA Tipperary Yearbook, illustrated throughout. The 2006 edition, as is the norm with annuals, covers the events and matches of 2005. Creasing to the back cover, internally unmarked...

Bruce Arnold - A Concise History Of Irish Art - PB 1969 ( Thames & Hudson History of Art) Illustrated

Bruce Arnold traces the complex evolution of Irish art through three millennia, showing how it has drawn on Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Norman and Mediterranean sources. The author repatriates Irish artists who are frequently regarded as "English"--including...

Hugh Oram - Bygone Limerick - The City & County in days gone by - PB Illustrated Mercier 2010

A paperback first edition, Mercier Press 2010, of Hugh Oram's illustrated guide to historic Limerick county and city - with a host of black and white photographs. In excellent condition, as new ( although 2010)  Has images of many rural...

Gerry Adams - Hope and History : Making Peace in Ireland HB - Brandon

A hardcover edition, Brandon, 2003 of IRA and Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams's account of the peace process and the Belfast Agreement -  'Hope and History - Making Peace in Ireland' . From the blurb -  Hope and History is a...

Maeve Binchy / Chestnut Street (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 we refrain from doing so. If you see a price sticker on a...

Smith, Gus - 'Terry Wogan, Chat Show Host Extraordinary' - Biography 1986

A paperback  copy of a biography of Terry Wogan by Gus Smith, an associate of his from the early years at RTE and  who spoke to a huge number of his colleagues and fellow broadcasters to form the basis of the book. Includes transcripts and...

Shane Hegarty / Darkmouth ( Darkmouth Series - Book 1 )

A monstrously funny debut from the new star of middle-grade adventure. THEY'RE COMING! Legends (also known as terrifying, human-eating monsters) have invaded the town of Darkmouth and aim to conquer the world. But don't panic! The last remaining Legend...

Roddy Doyle / Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (Hardback) - Booker Prize Winner 1993

Paddy Clarke, a ten-year-old Dubliner, describes his world, a place full of warmth, cruelty, love, sardines and slaps across the face. He's confused; he sees everything but he understands less and less. This novel won the 1993 Booker Prize.All of our...

Ronan O'Gara / My Autobiography (Hardback)

Ronan O'Gara is quite simply one of the greatest sportsmen Ireland has ever produced. A brilliant kicker both from the hand and at penalty goals, a sublime orchestrator of play from the out-half position he has made his own, and a cool head in the...

Moss Keane/ Rucks, Mauls and Gaelic Football - SIGNED HB 1ST Ed Rugby

Kerry native Moss Keane, who moved from GAA in his native county to playing rugby for Munster and Ireland, including being part of te 1978 win over the All Blacks and part of the 1982 triple Crown win. Moss Keane is undoubtedly one of the great...

Ruth Field / Get Your Sh!t Together: Your Prescription for a Simpler Life (Large Paperback)

THE B!TCH IS BACK ...and she's brought The Grit Doctor along for the ride WHAT'S IN YOUR HANDBAG? *To Do lists scrawled on the back of receipts *An unpaid bill *Half a chocolate bar, covered in fluff Is your handbag a metaphor for the rest of...

Shane Hegarty / Darkmouth (Large Paperback) ( Darkmouth Series - Book 1 )

A monstrously funny debut from the new star of middle-grade adventure. THEY'RE COMING! Legends (also known as terrifying, human-eating monsters) have invaded the town of Darkmouth and aim to conquer the world. But don't panic! The last remaining Legend...

Emma Donoghue / Room (Large Paperback)

This is the story of a mother, her son, a locked room and the outside world. Jack is five and, like any little boy, excited at the prospect of presents and cake. He's looking forward to telling his friends it's his birthday, too. But although Jack is a...

Fintan O'Toole / Enough is Enough: How to Build a New Republic (Large Paperback)

The Republic of Ireland, which declared itself in 1949, allowed the Catholic Church to dominate its civil society and education system. Investment by American and European companies, and a welcoming tax regime, created the 'Celtic Tiger' of the...