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Maria Edgeworth / Castle Rackrent (World's Classics S.) (Vintage Paperback)

With her satire on Anglo-Irish landlords in Castle Rackrent (1800), Maria Edgeworth pioneered the regional novel and inspired Sir Walter Scott's Waverley (1814). Politically risky, stylistically...

Patrick J. Murphy - Patrick Tuohy : From Conversations With His Friends - HB - Irish Art - 2004

Born in Dublin in 1894 and mentored by figures like Patrick Pearse and William Orpen, Patrick Tuohy created some of the 20th century's finest portraits, though he was later overshadowed by the rise...

Micheál Ó hAodha - Travellers and Showpeople : Recovering Migrant History - HB - 2008

We live in the era of the Other, the era of “difference”, the era of migration - that “stranger” who waits silently at the border crossing, battered suitcase in hand. Travellers and Roma are the...

Ed Walsh - Upstart : Friends, Foes and Founding a University - HB - SIGNED - UL

Published by Collins Press, Cork, 2011. Hardcover first edition. Signed by the author, and there is a bookshop sticker ( from O'Mahony's who run the bookshop in UL) on the front cover.  Signed by Ed...

Paul Durcan - O Westport in the Light of Asia Minor - PB -Reprint 1995

O Westport in the Light of Asia Minor was first published by Anna Livia Books, 1975, this is a 1995 Harvill paperback reprint.  The author’s first published separate collection of poems. which...

Juanita Browne - Put the Kettle On - The Irish Love Affair With Tea - HB

Hardcover, published by Collins Press, Cork, 2013.  How do you take your tea? Tea leaves or teabag? Milk or sugar, weak or strong? Mug or fine bone china? Tea fanatic Juanita Browne investigates our...

Michael Hartnett - Collected Poems - PB - Gallery Press - 2002

Paperback, published by the Gallery Press, Meath, 2001, first paperback edition, simultaneous with the hardcover edition.  Some very light edgewear to the card covers, otherwise unmarked. Spin e...

Richard Kearney - The Irish Mind : Exploring Intellectual Traditions - PB

The book challenges the historical colonial trope—promoted by figures like Matthew Arnold and Benjamin Disraeli—which framed the "Celtic" or Irish mind as purely poetic, emotional, and imaginative,...

Oifig an tSolatháir - Gramadach na Gaeilge agus Litriú na Gaeilge : An Caighdean Oifigiuil -PB 1976

Clúdach bog, foilsithe ag Oifig an tSolatháir,1976 - an treoir oifigiúil don litriú agus don gramadach sa Nua-Ghaeilge, a fhoilsíodh ar dtús in 1958.  Cuireann sé caighdeán amháin ar fáil d’fhoinsí...

Stiofán Ó Cadhla - Rialacha Nua an Scuaine - PB - fILÍC

Cnuasach dánta, foilsithe ag Coiscéim, Baile Átha Cliath, 2017.  Sínithe ag an údar, le ainm an iar-úinéara. 

Pay Lyne - Shrouded in Mist : The Connemara Pony - HB Signed 1984

Hardcover, signed by the author 1984, first printing. Internally very good, but the dustjacket was , at some point in the bast, taped with clear tape to the book itself ( this has now been taken...

Willie Reynolds - Memories of a Music Maker - PB - 2012

Paperback, published by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí in 2022, originally published in 1990 An account by the Westmeath based musician Willie Reynolds, one of teh founders of Comhaltas in 1951. 

Sarah Rouse - Into the Light : An Illustrated Guide to the Photographic Collections in the National Library of Ireland - PB

A detailed guide to the many historic photographic collections held by the National Library of Ireland.  PB , 1998

Éamon Lankford - O'Driscolls - Past and Present - PB - 2005 - Cork

Paperback, published by Cape Clear Museum, Cork ( the author was founder of the museum) The O'Driscoll clan have been largely based in west Cork , in the area known historically as Corcu Lóegde...

Dara Ó Conaola - An Gaiscíoch Beag - PB - 1979

Clúdach bog, maisithe ag Henry J.Sharpe, finscéal ón údar Árannach Dara Ó Conaola.  Foilsithe ag Oifig an tSolatháir. 

James M. Fitzpatrick - A City of Surprises : Hidden Treasures of Cork's Northside - PB - 2005

A 2005 photographic book on Cork's historic northside, concentrating on architecture built environment and landscape features across the city's Northside - churches, houses, public buildings, and...

Ger McCarthy - Cork LGFA- Game of My Life - PB - SIGNED 2022

Edited by Ger McCarthy ( and signed by Ger to the title page) - published by Hero Books, 2022. Interviews with 25 players from the succesful Cork LGFA teams. 

Patrick Shea - Voices and the Sound of Drums - Vintage PB - 1983 - Revised Edition

Voices and the Sound of Drums' by Patrick Shea is human, honest, witty and stylish. Subtitled "An Irish Autobiography", it is a rare insight into Irish social and political history. It is also the...

John Scally - The Gift Book of Irish Rugby - PB - BRAND NEW

Paperback, brand new, published by Red Stripe, November 2026.  This is a compelling compendium of the great players, characters and moments that have lit up Irish rugby from Jack Kyle to Andy Farrell...

Michael Charlie McGee - Never Forget : The Tribulations of Dún Dermott - PB - BRAND NEW - SIGNED

Paperback, published October 2026, signed by the author to the title page, paperback BRAND NEW.  Within his fine premises on the upper east side of Manhattan in 1897. an elderly gentleman called...

Frank O'Brien (Eagarthóir) - Duanaire Nuafhilíochta - PB - 1969

Clúdach bog, foilsithe ag An Clóchomhar Teoranta, 1969. Eagraithe ag Frank O'Brien. Cnuasach filíochta do fhilíocht na Gaeilge ón 20ú aois    .

Paul Hackney - Stewart & Corry's Flora of the North-East of Ireland - 3rd Edition - 1992

Anm expanded and uptaed 1992 edition of Stewart & Corry's Flora of the North-East of Ireland . The first edition was 1888, and the second was 1938.  419pp. 14 colour plates. B&W figs and photos. The...

Tipperary GAA County Board - Tipperary GAA Yearbook 2020 - Blianiris PB Illustrated Gaelic Games

The Tipperary GAA Yearbook, 2020 ( Blianiris Thiobraid Árann, 2012) published by Tipperary County Board, Thurles.  240 pages, large format paperback, excellent copy. Colour photography throughout,...

Templemore, Clonmore, Killea Review 2017 - PB - Tipperary Local History

The fifth 2017 edition of the local parish based review, in larger format bound book size, illustrated in colour throughout. Some small thumbprints to the covers, light shelfwear.  180 pages, large...

Templemore, Clonmore, Killea Review 2015- PB - Tipperary Local History

The 2015 edition of the local parish based review, in larger format bound book size, illustrated in colour throughout. Some small thumbprints to the covers, light shelfwear.  160 pages, large format. 

Templemore, Clonmore, Killea Review 2018 - PB - Tipperary Local History

The 6th issued edition of the local parish based review - 2018, in larger format bound book size, illustrated in colour throughout.    The usual mix of sport, local news, business news,, and a huge...

Templemore, Clonmore, Killea Review 2022 - PB - Tipperary Local History

The 10th issued edition of the local parish based review - 2022, in larger format bound book size, illustrated in colour throughout.    The usual mix of sport, local news, business news,, and a huge...

Joseph Mary Plunkett - Poems by Joseph Mary Plunkett - HB -Talbot Press

Hardcover, published by Dublin's Talbot Press, undated but circa 1918-19 ( in the aftermath of the poet's execution as part of the 1916 Rising)  With a foreword by the poet's sister, Geraldine...

James Hawes - The Shortest History of Ireland - HB - 2026

Although only published in 2026, these are copies we purchased from a former bookshop so they each have a medium sized residue mark from previous bookshop stickers on the front and back cover...

John Ryan - Remembering How We Stood - Bohemian Dublin at the Mid Century - PB

John Ryan was born in 1925 in Dublin, with Tipperary roots,  and was deeply involved in the immediate postwar literary scene in the city. He was involved in founding the magazine Envoy and editing...

Kevin Myers - Ireland's Great War - PB - BRAND NEW

Here, name by name, parish by parish, province by province, Kevin Myers details Ireland's intimate involvement with one of the greatest conflicts in human history, the First World War of 1914 to...

An Gúm - Focloir Póca - English to Irish Gaeilge to Béarla Dictionary - PB - BRAND NEW

This is the most popular dictionary used

Warren Farrell - Curious Ireland: Forgotten People and Overlooked Places - HB - BRAND NEW

Mark Hampton, Illustrated by Estrela Lourenço - Smile, Crocodile!

Sam has a crocodile. And Nile McCroc O’Dile has a Sam. And everything they do, they do together. Until one day at Dublin zoo, something changes. Nile loses his smile and Sam loses his best friend...

Marian Broderick - Wid Irish Love : Great Romances from History

The greatest Irish romances from history. With chapters on Inspirations, Love & War, Love Across the Divide, Secrets & Scandals and When Love Goes Wrong, among others, Marian Broderick tells of the...

Lorcan Collins - James Connolly - A Revolutionary Life - PB - BRAND NEW

James Connolly (1868-1916) was one of the leaders in Ireland's quest for freedom from British rule in 1916. Written in a detailed but accessible style, this biography is an accurate and...

Jenny McCartney / The Ghost Factory (Hardback)

A powerful debut set in Belfast and London in the latter years of the twentieth century. The Troubles turned Northern Ireland into a ghost factory: as the manufacturing industry withered, the death...

Pat Nolan - Flashbacks : A Half Century of Cork Hurling - SIGNED

Introduction by Jimmy Barry Murphy, published by the Collins Press, 2000, signed by the author to the title page, undedicated.  A large format trade paperback. A history of Cork GAA hurling since...

Daniel Gahan - The People's Rising : Wexford 1798 - PB

The People's Rising is already established as the definitive account of Wexford in 1798. The story of this tragic and heroic episode in Irish history, in which as many as 30,000 people may have died,...

A. Norman Jeffares - Images of Invention : Essays on Irish Writing - HB 1996 ( Irish Literary Studies 46)

Hardcover, published by Colin Smythe UK, 1996, a standalone volume in their multivolume Irish Literary Studies series ( this being 46)  Uneven sunfade to spine and covers, internally as new, unmarked...

Mary Lavin - The House in Clewe Street - PB 1987 (Originally 1945)

This absorbing family saga, first published in 1945, reveals the poignancies of an Irish Catholic upbringing, and is a testimony to Mary Lavin's considerable power as a storyteller. Theodore Coniffe,...

Bill Cooke - The Bishop's Peach and Other Stories - PB

We have this categorised as both fiction - short stories and Biography & Memoiur as it is a mix of both , as well as having elements of local history also.  Published by Thurles author Bill Cooke,...

Mary Broderick - A History of Cobh - PB - 1989

A history of Cobh town and port, published independently in 1989, illustrated.  Paperback, slightly psychedelic wave pattern design on the covers.  In excellent condition. 

Geraldine Grogan - The Noblest Agitator : Daniel O'Connell and the German Catholic Movement 1830-50 - PB

Published by Veritas 1991, a detailed history of the links and influence of Daniel O'Connell on German Catholicism in the 20 years from 1820-1850, linked with his movement for Catholic emancipation,...

Mark Tierney - Glenstal Abbey : A Historical Guide - PB 4th Edition 2001

A 96 page guide, revised 4th edition, 2001 to Glenstal Abbey, Murroe, County Limerick, focusing on the history of the building ( and the various buildings which have occupied the site).  Paperback,...

James Hawes - The Shortest History of Ireland (Hardback)

Although these are new and unread copies - they are copies we purchased from a former bookshop so they each have previous bookshop stickers on the back cover.  Published by Old St, 2026, clean...

Alen Macweeney - Anthology - HB - BRAND NEW

Discover the definitive collection of one of the world's most compelling photographers. Alen MacWeeney: Anthology is the first comprehensive retrospective, spanning seventy years of the acclaimed...

G.L Herries & Nicholas Stephens - Ireland ( Geomorphology Series) - PB - 1978

Paperback, published by Methuen UK, 1978.  Summarizes knowledge on the geomorpic history of the island of Ireland, Contains chapters on the geological background, the structure, geomorphic regions,...

Matthew Stout - Remote From Adventure A Young American’s Cycling Tour of Ireland in 1973 - PB - BRAND NEW

Remote From AdventureA Young American’s Cycling Tour of Ireland in 1973 This book is the story of Matthew Stout’s trip to Ireland in 1973, based on his journals from the time and his long letters...

Eilís Ní Dhuibhne - The Pale Gold of Alaska - PB - BRAND NEW

From one of Ireland’s most acclaimed storytellers, and the current Laureate for Irish Fiction, this beautifully crafted collection brings together three remarkable short stories by Éilís Ní Dhuibhne...

Salvador Ryan (Editor) - Birth and the Irish : A Miscellany - PB - BRAND NEW

Following the success of Death and the Irish: a Miscellany (2016), and Marriage and the Irish: a Miscellany (2019), this third volume in the series 'Birth, Marriage and Death among the Irish'...

Salvador Ryan - Death and the Irish - PB - BRAND NEW 2026 ( 10th Anniversary Edition)

As a race, the Irish have historically had the reputation of ‘doing death well’. Taking its cue from this somewhat dubious distinction, this volume explores the relationship of the Irish people with...