Irish Authors

Bruen, Ken - A Galway Epiphany - PB BRAND NEW

A Galway Epiphany Jack Taylor has finally traded in his violent life in Galway for a quiet retirement in the country.But on a day trip back into the city, Jack is hit by a truck and left in a coma, mysteriously without a scratch on him.When he...

Henriques, Barry - (Editor) Kilkenny GAA Yearbook, 2017 - PB Annual

208 pages, large format paperback , fully illustrated in colour throughout . the 27th edition of the yearbook edited by Barrie Henriques.  A standard county GAA yearbook, with full detauiled coverage of all leagues, matches and competitions, and a...

Neil Fetherstonhaugh / They Never Came Home

      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...

Shaw, George Bernard - Saint Joan - Vintage Penguin PB Ed, 1953 - Drama

Saint Joan - In Very Good condition, wth only light wear, no sunning, 1955 ediion, Penguin Number 565. First Published 1924 , the first Penguin edition was 1946.  Condition - internally unmarked , horizontal banding, edgewear to the spine at...

Jacqueline Wilson / The Jacqueline Wilson Christmas Cracker

      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...

Darren Shan / ZOM-B Baby ( ZOM-B Series - Book 5 )

 How do you know if you're working for a lunatic? Where do you go when you've run out of people to trust? Have you ever heard an undead baby scream? B Smith is out of her comfort zone . . .      All of our books are...

Sally Rooney / Conversations with Friends

 'This book. This book. I read it in one day. I hear I'm not alone.'- Sarah Jessica Parker (Instagram)WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES / PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2018SHORTLISTED FOR THE KERRY GROUP IRISH NOVEL OF...

Ciaran Carty - Robert Ballagh : Artist - HB 1st Edition- Magill 1986

A first edition, Magill Publishing,, Dublin, 1986, of Robert Ballagh by Ciaran Carthy. Robert Ballagh.  Dublin: Magill, 1986. Hardcover in dustjacket, 223 pages.   A good copy in pictorial dust jacket, moderate dustmarking on the...

James Plunkett -Strumpet City - BRAND NEW - PB

Brand new - this edition published by Gill 2013, with an introduction by Fintan O'Toole, originally published in 1979 , and the subject of a classic RTE TV series in 1979-80.  This new edition of the epic Strumpet City marks the centenary of the...

Fintan O'Toole - A Mass for Jesse James : A Journey Through 1980's Ireland - Journalism PB 1990

A paperback first edition, Raven Arts Press 1990, collecting some of the most notable essays, journalism and srticles of Fintan O'Toole, , longtime columnist for thre Irish Times, but also thetre critic for In Dublin, editor of Magill and writer for the...

Derval O'Carroll ( Editor ) - Hoggers, Lords and Railwaymen : Custom House Docks Heritage Project 1996 - Dublin Docks Local History PB

Published by Dublin Custom House Docks Company, during the redevelopment of the area in the 1990's this is Hoggers , Lords and Railwaymen ( A hogger was one of a group of men who would drink the dregs from empty Guinness barrels left on the quays at...

Peter Sirr - Marginal Zones - Gallery Press debut PB 1984 Poetry

The debut collection from Gallery Books, 1984, of Peter Sirr's Marginal Zones. Paperback. The poems which Peter Sirr published in magazines and newspapers — and which won the Patrick Kavanagh Award and the Listowel poetry prize — generated...

Máirtín Ó Cadhain - The Road to Brightcity - Translation by Eoghan ó Tuairisc - PB - Poolbeg 1982

The Road to Brightcity and Other Stories is a translation to English from the original Gaeilge, Poolbeg, 1981, by Eoghan Ó Tuairisc of a selection of short stories by Máirtín Ó Cadhain 1906-1970, taken from two of his...

John O'Regan - James Scanlon : Sneem - Gandon Editions - Works 1 - Irish Artist

This book documents a single project by the stained-glass artist and sculptor, James Scanlon. Sited in Sneem, Co Kerry, the project was created on a piece of derelict ground along the river. The artist employed local men to build the dry-stone-wall huts,...

Michael O'Sullivan & Bernardine O'Neill - The Shelbourne Hotel and It's People - HB - Dublin 1999

  Published by Blackwater Press, 1999, this is a history of Dublin's most notable hotel - The Shelbourne on Stephen's Green - this was issued on it's 175th anniversary , its now nearly at 200 years ( in 2024, the anniversary of its opening by Martin...

Marcus De Búrca - Michael Cusack and the GAA - PB 1st Ed 1989 - GAA Founder - Clare

A first edition, Anvil Press 1989 of Marcus de Búrca's groundbreaking study of Michael Cusack, the Clare born founder of the GAA, and one of the key members of what became known as the Gaelic Revivalmovement ( although not known by this at the...

Fergus O'Ferrall - Daniel O'Connell - Gill's Irish Lives - PB 1981 - Politics 19th Century Ireland History

Daniel O'Connell (1775-1847) or King Dan was the most formidable Irish barrister of the age. In 1823 he founded the Catholic Association, which transformed the political scene and created the basis of modern Irish democracy. By involving  large...

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

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

E Charles Nelson & Wendy Walsh - The Burren : Wildflowers - A Companion to the wildflowers of an Irish Limestone Wilderness PB 1991 ( County Clare)

This botanical study of the Burren, that enigmatic, limestone region in Ireland that harbours in a seemingly barren landscape beautiful plants, ferns, orchids, gentians, mountain avens and many more which are not natural to such a habitat, is accompanied...

Ó Floinn, Criostóir ( Criostoir O'Flynn ) Banana - SIGNED HB Poetry 1st ed 1979 Signed to Damien ó Muirí

A signed copy, FNT 1979, of Limerick born author Criostóir ó Floinn *( Criostor o'Flynn's Banana - signed and dedicated by the author to the author and critic Damien Ó Muirí, and dated 1990, ( The book itself is the first...

Jack Fennell - A Brilliant Void : A Selection of Classic Irish Science Fiction - PB Anthology - Tramp Press

These fifteen darkly funny stories illuminate a side of Irish literary history that is often overlooked. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the winds of change came rushing in Ireland’s direction. Science and technology would transform everything:...

Dublin in the Coming Times : An Anthology of Imagined Futures - PB - Short Fiction

The book features a selection of short stories, poetry and prose from members of Dublin City Libraries Creative Writing Groups alongside writings from well known established authors. In his 1893 collection, ‘The Rose’, WB Yeats included the...

Phyllis Clinch & R. Charles Mollan ( Editors) - A Profit and Loss Account of Science in Ireland - HB RDS 1983

A collection of essays on industrial and resource development in Ireland, published by the RDS , 1983, with cover design by Brian ó Nualláin , heavy sun fade to spine, some closed tears to dustjacket edges.  Large format hardcover,...

John B. Keane - Letters of an Irish Publican - Vintage PB - Mercier 1974 - Kerry - Humour

A 1974 1st paperback of John B Keane's Letters of an Irish Publican, by Mercier Press , Cork.  Cover art by John Skelton.  Heavy edgewear and dustdarkening to the covers, internally good. In this book we get a complete picture of life in the...

Patrick Kavanagh - Collected Poems - PB Edition - ( Originally 1964 ) - Monaghan

Monaghan born Patrick Kavanagh was one of modern Ireland's greatest poets. From a harsh, humble background that he himself described so brilliantly, Kavanagh burst through immense constraints to redefine Irish poetry - a poetry appropriate for a fully...

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...

Mary Brigid Pearse - The Home Life of Pádraig Pearse - Vintage Mercier PB

Originally published in 1934, and here in a Mercier Press reprint from 1979 ( issued for the centenary of Pearse's birth in 1879) this is The Home Life of Pádraig Pearse , by Brigid Pearse, his sister.  This book was originally serialised in...

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...

Darren Shan / Demon Apocalypse (Large Paperback) Demonata - Book 6

 Hell is revealed in the sixth nail-biting, hair-rending, creepy cool episode of the Demonata... Fire! It's all around me, fierce, intense, out of control. I feel the hair on my arms singe and know I have only seconds before I burst into flames...

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...

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...

Pauline Hall - Grounds - HB - 1st Edition - Brandon 1983 Dublin 1950's 1950's

Pauline Hall was born in Dublin, Ireland. She spent periods of time in France, Italy, Spain and the United States before returning home to live in Ireland permanently. Having originally worked in the Irish public service, she now writes full-time, both...

Jacqueline O'Brien & Ivor Herbert - Vincent O'Brien's Great Horses - HB - Ballydoyle 1984

A hardcover first edition Pelham Books, 1984, on the hugely successful business built by Vincent O'Brien at Ballydoyle, Tipperary - in breeding and raising some of the best horses in racing history. Co-written by Jacqueline O'Brien, who also took all the...

Augustine Martin ( Editor) - Soundings : Poems we did for our Leaving Cert PB

Soundings was first published in 1969. It was intended as an ‘interim’ anthology of poetry for the Leaving Certificate until such time as a more permanent volume could be devised. Twenty six years later it was replaced. In the meantime...

Nell McCafferty / Nell (Hardback)

   For over three decades Nell McCafferty has been Ireland's most provocative and interesting activist and commentator. As a member of that brilliant 1960s generation of working-class idealists politicized by class,war and sex,McCafferty, in...

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

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 colleagues and fellow...

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...

Pat Lynch - Clane's Golden Era : Gaelic Games 1985 - 2000 HB Kildare GAA

A hardback 1st edition history of Clane GAA, 1985-2000, by Pat Lynch - covering the County Kildare club. No ISBN, unpriced, hardcover with pictorial covers with titles in white to spine and front. Published by Clane GAA in 2007, illustrated in colour...

Muiris Ó Suilleabháin - Fiche Blian ag Fás - PB Kerry As Gaeilge - 1995 Edition Blaskets

As gaeilge in iomlán atá an leabhar ( the book is in the Irish language only) Published in English as Twenty Years a Growing.  Previous owner's name on front endpages, no underlining. The back cover is creased.  This is the 1995...

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...

Eamon Dunphy / Strange Kind of Glory : Life of Sir Matt Busby and Manchester United (Hardback)

 This biography of Sir Matt Busby is, in many ways, also the story of Manchester United and the parallel rise and fall of English football over the last 50 years. The book contains revelations about the Munich Air Crash and the strained relationship...

Dermot Bolger / The Picador Book of Contemporary Irish Fiction (Hardback)

 This volume features fiction published since 1970. Arranged in chronological order, the volume moves from the traditional to the futuristic. Authors featured include Samuel Beckett, Sean O'Faolain, Mary Lavin, Patrick McCabe, Edna O'Brien, John...

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.