Irish Authors

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,...

John O'Regan - Tony O'Malley - Gandon Editions - Works 14 - Irish Artist

Published by Gandon Editions, 1994 , this is part of the Gandon Editions Works series , this being number 14. 32 pages, illustrated in colour, with reproductions of the author's work and art, and a conversation between the editor John O'Regan and the...

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...

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...

Tully Cross ICA - Portrait of a Parish - Ballynakill Connemara- PB Galway local History 1985

The civil parish of Ballynakill is located i northwest Conamara, County Galway, and holds a wealth of historic and Natural history sites of interest as well as encompassing most of what is now the Connemara national Park based in Letterfrack.  This...

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...

John B. Keane - Letters of an Irish Matchmaker - PB - Vintage Mercier

From the back cover: "These are the letters of a country matchmaker faithfully recorded by John B. Keane, whose knowledge of matchmaking is second to none. In these letters is revealed the unquenchable, insatiable longing that smolders unseen under the...

Seumas MacManus - The Rocky Road to Dublin - PB - Reprint - Donegal

The Rocky Road to Dublin, subtitled  'The story of the Donegal man Seumas MacManus'. Told in the third person, thinly disguised, it is the tally of its authors own life almost from conscious babyhood to the time when a measure of real success came...

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,...

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...

Denis McKenna ( Editor) - A Social and Natural History of Sandymount, Irishtown & Ringsend - PB 1993 Dublin Local History

This anthology of essays and images proposes to do exactly what the title says: within its pages are 32 essays on the history and environment of the historic Dublin 4 neighbourhoods named in the title. A collaborative project, published in 1993, A...

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...

Joseph Brady ( Maurice Browne) - In Monavalla - HB - 1963 - Wicklow Interest

A hardcover first edition, Gill , Dublin, 1963 of the second novel by Joseph Brady, after the debut Big Sycamore. This is a similar biographical novel, taking the young Martin Fitzgerald from the foot of Slievenamon Tipperary, to the USA on a dangerous...

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...

Seán Ó Tuama - Caoineadh Art Uí Laoghaire - PB As Gaeilge Filíocht 2002

Athchló 2002, ar an mbunleagan a rinne Seán ó Tuama ar an gcaoineadh a scríóbh Eibhlín Dubh nuair a bhásaigh a fear céile, Art ó Laoghaire.  92 pp, foilsithe ag An Clóchomhar...

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,...

Seosamh Mac Grianna, - An Druma Mór - PB Donegal As Gaeilge

An Druma Mor, Seosamh Mac Grianna's famous novel, is set in a small Donegal village and explores the clash of local pride with nationalist politics, through the story of the demise of the local pipe and drum band, whose most prized possession is a drum...

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...

Séamus Mac Grianna - Cith is Dealán - PB Mercier 1976 As Gaeilge

A Mercier press, 1985 (reprint) edition of Cith is Dealán by Donegal author Séamus Mac Grianna ( aka '' Máire''), with an afterword by Peadar Ó Donnell.  Text entirely in Irish - as gaeilge san iomlán...

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...

Shelagh Jones - The Derrynalushca Dragon - PB Children's Press 1991 - Illustrated - Clare

A very tall tale indeed, and a delightful one involving shrinking powder which really works on people, as well as on a flame-throwing dragon afraid of tiny humans. It all begins during a Christmas vacation in the romantic tower-house in County Clare...

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...

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...

Eric Cross - The Tailor and Ansty - Kerry - Vintage PB - Frank O'Connor Introduction

This is a Mercier Press reprint edition, 1992, the 12Th reprint of this hugely popular title , which, as bizarre as it now seems, was banned by the absurd Censorship Laws in Ireland on initial publication in 1942. This edition has an introduction by...

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...

Tom McCaughren - Run With the Wind - HB Children's Nature Classic - 1990 Reprint Ed ( Book 1 of the Series)

The multi-award-winning `Run With the Wind' series established the name of Tom McCaughren as a bestselling author. There are now 7 books in the series, this is the first book in the series , in hardcover, originally  published by Wolfhound , Dublin...

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...

Des Ekin - The Stolen Village : Baltimore and the Barbary Pirates - PB - BRAND NEW

In June 1631 pirates from Algiers and armed troops of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, led by the notorious pirate captain Morat Rais, stormed ashore at the little harbour village of Baltimore in West Cork. They captured almost all the villagers and bore them...

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...

Joseph Lee & Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh - The Age of deValera - PB 1982 History TV Tie

A TV tie in edition with RTE, 1982 , of the book version of The Age of de Valera, published by Ward River Press, illustrated throughout with a number of unique and not previously printed photographs, some taken from vintage newsreel film.  Lee and...

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. 

Patrick McCabe / Breakfast on Pluto (Hardback)

Set in Ireland in the 1970s, Breakfast on Pluto follows the exploits of Patrick "Pussy" Braden, an endearing but deceptively tough young man. Abandoned as a baby in his small Irish hometown and aware from a very early age that he is different,...

Eamon Kelly - Rub of a Relic - PB 1st Ed Mercier 1978 - Kerry Seanchaí

An uncommon first edition paperback, Mercier Press, 1978. Kerry native Eamon Kelly was a noted actor, performer, storyteller and seanchaí.  Cover art and illustrations by Kevin Scally Internally unmarked, small format paperback. - 96...

Julian Gough - 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...