Irish Interest _______________________

Bruce Arnold - What Kind of Country - Modern Irish Politics 1968-1983 - PB

It would be comforting to claim that Ireland came of age during this period' writes Bruce Arnold... ' the evidence does not support that claim' ...   Arnold examines the relationship between the Republic and Northern Ireland and the UK from the...

MacManus, Francis - Watergate - Poolbeg PB 1980 ( Originally 1942)

A reprint Poolbeg edition, 1980, first published in 1942.  A story about an American woman coming back to the family house/farm in Ireland and upsetting the status quo. Alice Lennon had left Ireland for a bad marriage and lived an unsatisfactory...

MicheálÓ hAodha- Parley With Me : A Compendium of Fairground Speech - PB - 2006 - Linguistics

Published by A&A Farmar 2006, paperback, a detailed examination of 'fairground speech' in Ireland and England , examining its roots in a wide range of European languages, slang, and historical roots. Micheál ó hAodha is a lecturer...

Honor Tracy - The Straight and Narrow Path - Vintage Modern Library PB 1956

Honor Tracy wryly and satirically captures the different cultures of the Irish and English in the same way P G Wodehouse explores the diverse but intertwined perspectives of the British working class and the aristocracy. The foibles of the landed gentry,...

Robert Tracy - The Unappeasable Host - Studies in Irish Identities - PB ( Celtic Revival & Anglo-Irish Fiction ) - PB UCD Press - 1998

This collection looks at some of the tensions created when Anglo-Irish writers reflected upon their preferred subject matter, Ireland and their unhyphenated Catholic contemporaries. Tracey shows how Anglo-Irish writers founded modern Irish literature in...

Fintan O'Toole / Three Years in Hell : The Brexit Chronicles (Large Paperback)

 Three years in the troubled British Isles from the bestselling author of Heroic Failure. In 2011 Queen Elizabeth made her first ever state visit to the Irish Republic. It was a great, moving occasion. In settling once and for all its relationship...

Adrian Kenny - The Feast of Michaelmas - PB - 1979

Dr.Smith's School for Protestant Boys is situated in the West of Ireland. It is a cultural limbo, a place which has outlived its usefullness, and which is now falling comically asunder. Caught between a future without real possibilities and a past which...

Simon, Francesca - Dónall Dána : Lá na Máithreacha - As Gaeilge - PB ( Aistrithe ag Fearghas Mac Lochlainn) ( Horrid Henry)

Ní mó ná sásta atá Dónall Dána.  Gach bliain fágann Learaí gan Locht é in áit na leithphingine ar Lá na Máithreacha.  Ach i mbliana tá plean aige....

Simon, Francesca - Dónall Dána agus an Peileadóir Mór - PB - As Gaeilge ( Aistrithe ag Máirín Nic an Iomaire) ( Horrid Henry )

Is breá le Dónall Dána peil agus níl uaidh ach an cluiche peile ranga a bhuachan – is cuma céard is gá a dhéanamh… Ach tá Peigí Pusach í féin meáite air gur...

Begbie, Harold - The Lady Next Door - HB 1ST Edition 1914

"The Lady Next Door", in other words, Ireland, is an account of the tour of Ireland by a pro-Home Rule British Liberal journalist, published in 1914. It provides valuable interview material and personal impressions of several prominent Nationalists and...

Emma Ledden - My Daddy is My Hero - PB - Illustrated by Asya Kaznacheeva - SIGNED - BRAND NEW

With a wonderful rhyming story and beautiful illustrations, this is a book about the special relationship between father and child. The perfect gift for every family, whether for new Fathers, on Father’s Day, or at any time of the year. Paperback,...

Redmond, Garry - Sapient Colloquy : Sports Writing - PB - 2006

Though much of his working life was spent as editor of the RTE Guide, Garry Redmond's contribution to Irish sports journalism was, indeed, significant, as can be seen in Sapient Colloquy: the sports writing of Garry Redmond, which is a selection of...

Fréchet, René - Histoire de L'Irlande ( Que Sais-je?) - PB 1975 - French

Pas de quatrième de couverture ches PUF Que Sais je ?Je propose donc un extrait de l'introduction :"Il n"y a pas plus de race irlandais qu'il n'y a de race anglaise ou de race yankee : l'Irlande, c'est d'abord un climat" Ainsi s'exprime Bernard...

Lisa Lawlor / Stardust Baby (Large Paperback)

 On Valentine's Day in 1981, a fire in the Stardust nightclub in Dublin killed 48 young people, and left behind one orphan, Lisa Lawlor. Now, on the 40th anniversary, Lisa tells her story of the tragic events of that evening and how they have shaped...

Walsh, Gabriel - Maggie's Breakfast : A Memoir (Large Paperback) - BRAND NEW

The son of dysfunctional and destitute parents secures employment as a member of the morning breakfast staff in Dublin's Shelbourne Hotel. The job affords the boy a respite from his father's profound apathy and his mother's obsession with religion. His...

Kearns, Vivienne - The Emerald Dress - PB - BRAND NEW

PRESENT DAY DUBLIN Lucy Young travels to Dublin to search for her ancestor Hugh Gavin who emigrated from Dublin to Boston in 1720. She brings with her a 300- year-old diary written by the Duchess of Alden of Boden Castle, Dublin. When Lucy contacts...

Hugh Weir - One Of Our Own - Memoirs of Change - HB - SIGNED -2001

Born in 1934 to a revolution and war experienced Irish rural ascendancy family, Hugh Weir was among the earliest of his kind to share in the evolution of modern Ireland. In spite of polio, he underwent military service and worked in London and Dublin...

Patrick Holohan / Hooligan (Large Paperback)

 When Paddy Holohan discovered mixed martial arts as a teenager, it was the first time his life settled into something approaching focus. Far removed from the chaos of the outside world, every bout reduced that maze of hardship to one simple...

John Banville / April in Spain (Large Paperback)

 When Dublin pathologist Quirke glimpses a familiar face while on holiday with his wife, it's hard, at first, to tell whether his imagination is just running away with him. Could she really be who he thinks she is, and have a connection with a crime...

Williamson, Colm - WATERFORD WHISPERS 2019 Yearbook - PB

WW NEWS - 2019 Waterford Whispers News 2019 is the sixth annual from Ireland’s leading online satirical site, featuring the funniest stories of the year. Packed with brilliant satire, sharp wit and insightful social commentary, Waterford...

David Guiney - The World Cup : A History - PB - 1990

Published before the 1990 World Cup in Italy, this is a paperback history of all teh previous world cups up until that time, as well as a brief hisory of Ireland's previous unsuccesful attempts at qualification. There are section of colour photographs of...

Wilson, Judith C - Willim Conor 1881-1968 : The Life and Work of an Ulster Artist - HB 1981

Painter and illustrator, born in Belfast, where he was especially known for his pictures of the city’s shipyards and working-class street life. Was born William Connor and sometimes signed work Liam, Liam Conor or Liam O’Conocohair. Began...

SPORTSFILE - Great Moments in Gaelic Football - HB -2016

Gaelic football is Ireland's native sport. Fast, physical, athletic and driven by local and national rivalries, it is a unique part of our heritage. Ray McManus and his team at Sportsfile are as passionate as all true sports fans, and have been taking...

GAA Matchday Programme - TIPPERARY V OFFALY - 9 March 1997 ( Nenagh NHL 1997)

52 PAGE MATCHDAY PROGRAMME , Tipperary v Offaly 9th March 1997. The opening of the new stand at McDonagh Park was also performed on this date by Seosamh Mac Donnchadha.  National Hurling League  1997. ( Offaly won 2-14 to 1-15) 

Egan, Desmond - Music : Poems - PB - 2000 Goldsmith Press

Published by Goldsmith Press, 2000, light edgewear, otherwise unmarked. A collection of poems inspired by musical themes and influences from the Athlone born poet. 

Fedamore News Magazine 2016 ( 43rd Edition) - PB - Limerick

The 43RD issue of the Fedamore Annual / Fedamore News, published 2016, cover shows Rita Gleeson , back cover shows hunting in Rural Limerick. A large format bound paperback, retailed at €10. 

Fedamore News Magazine 2014 ( 41st Edition) - PB - Limerick

The 41st issue of the Fedamore Annual / Fedamore News, published 2014, cover shows the opening ceremony of the refurbished Community Hall. A large format bound paperback, retailed at €10. Aerial photograph of the village on the back cover...

Capuchin Annual 1937 - 8th Year of Publication - PB

Very Good. 1937 Paperback ( published November 1936) . A Very Good copy in a  FAIR to good cover - the covers show edgewear , and dustmarking, sabout a 2 cm loss of external papers over teh binding at base of spine. All the earlier Capuchin annuals...

Goldring, Maurice - L'Irlande - Ideologie d'une Revolution Nationale - PB - French Lamguage Ed 1976

Goldring was a French intellectual, former Communist and university lecturer who wrote extensievcly on Irish culture and history. Paperback, 1975, Edition Sociales, Paris In French. 

David Walliams - Buachaill an Ghúna - PB - As Gaeilge - BRAND NEW

Tá cónaí ar Dennis i dteach leadránach ar shráid leadránach i mbaile leadránach. Ach tá sé ar tí teacht ar bhealach iontach leis an saol a dhéanamh níos spleodraí...

Paula Dias Garcia & Sam Agar ( Editors) - SANS Press Anthology - Volumes 1 & 2 & 3 - The Secret Lives / Because That's Where the Heart Is / The Last Five Minutes of a Storm- Short Story Anthologies - PB - BRAND NEW - 2021

  Three BRAND NEW SHORT STORIES antologies from limerick based SansPress - for thE knockdown price of only €20  ( including postage within IRELAND)  Anthology 1 - The Secret Lives - Paperback - 2021 - BRAND NEW The Secret Lives...

Conor O'Clery - Phrases Make History Here : Political Quotations on Ireland 1886-1987 - PB

Here are the words of over one hundred years of oral history , just as they were spoken and written - in the passion of the moment- all shades of public opinion ; green, orange, right left, clerical secular , loyalist, republican, serious and...

Dias Garcia, Paula & Agar, Sam ( Editors) SANS Press Anthology 2 - Because That's Where Your Heart Is - Short Story Anthology - PB - BRAND NEW - 2021

Because That's Where Your Heart Is is a collection of short stories that are all about passion! The 16 selected writers share different perspectives on what really moves hearts and souls, with tales of love enduring, of desire, of longing, of losing...

Paula Dias Garcia & Sam Agar ( Editors) SANS Press Anthology 1 - The Secret Lives - Short Story Anthology - PB - BRAND NEW - 2021

The Secret Lives is a collection of short stories that are all about secrets. The 15 writers provide fascinating views of what may be happening behind closed curtains (or deep in the woods... or inside that mirror that never seems to stay covered.....

Tim Pat Coogan- 1916 : One Hundred Years of Irish Independence - From the Easter Rising to the Present (Hardback)

The 1916 Easter Rising and its aftermath changed Ireland for ever. The British government's execution of 14 republican rebels transformed a group hitherto perceived as cranks and troublemakers into national heroes. Those who avoided the British firing...

Donncha Ó Dulaing - Voices of Ireland - Interviews - PB - 1984

This book contains conversations - in full transcript form - with the following; Eamon De Valera, Micheal Mac Liammoir, Seamus Murphy - sculptor, Julia Grenan, Nora Connolly O' Brien and Leslie Bean de Barra, Fr. Patrick Peyton - rosary priest, Siobhan...

Emma Ledden - All the Rainbow's Colours - PB - BRAND NEW - Illustrated by Lola Svetlova - SIGNED

All The Rainbow's Colours is an inspirational and warm-hearted book exploring diversity, inclusion and belonging for children, parents and teachers. With engaging lyrical text and colourful illustrations. This book is a must have for every child’s...

Emma Ledden- My Mammy Knows Everything - PB - Illustrated by Asya Kaznacheva - SIGNED - BRAND NEW

To small children their mammies are their world, they are the fixers, the co-pilots, the movers, and shakers in their every day. They can find lost stuff, cook, comfort, cure, play, and even send their kids to sleep – sometimes! This book is a...

Paul Muldoon- Songs and Sonnets - PB - 2013 - BRAND NEW

Paul Muldoon has been interested in writing for music for at least twenty years, over which time he has collaborated with composers as various as Mark-Anthony Turnage, Warren Zevon, and Wayside Shrines, the Princeton-based musical collective of which he...

Kinsellla, Thomas - Late Poems - Carcanet Press - PB - 2013 - BRAND NEW

This book collects the poems of Thomas Kinsella from his five most recent Peppercanister pamphlets. As he has throughout his writing, here Kinsella sets himself, clear-eyed, to face hard truths: 'the waste and the excess' of the living process; ageing...

Geoffrey Elborn - Francis Stuart : A Life - PB Biography -1990

Published by Raven Arts PRESS, 1990, paperback.  A biography of the frequently controversial Irish author, who broadcasted from Nazi Germany during WW2. 

Blackrock College Annual - 2009 School Yearbook - Dublin

SchooL college yearbook, coverage of sport, events, classes ( with photos of most senior year pupils , as well as detailed coverage of rugby, one of the school's most notable sports. Gift inscription on inside front cover, otherwise unmarked. ...

Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society - Volume 22 - 1989 PB

Paperback, 193 pages with index, Light edgewear to covers Articles featured: The Pattern of Kilmakilloge (Gerard J. Lyne)  The Godfrey Papers: Abstracts and Deeds, 1840-1848 (Valerie McK. Bary and Jane Spring) The Kenmare Estates...

Journal of the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society, Volume 10 1977- PB

Paperback, 169 pages with index, excellent condition Articles featured: Excavation of a Fulacht Fiadh at Dromkeen East, Causeway (Dermot C. Twohig) An Ogham Stone and Cross-Slab from Ratass Church, Tralee (Thomas Fanning) Land Tenure in Kenmare and...

Villiers-Tuthill, Kathleen - Beyond the Twelve Bens - A History of Clifden & District : 1860-1923 - PB - 2nd Edition 1992

First published in 1986, this is the second printing of the second book on the history of Clifden, County Galway, by Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill. Paperback, 252 pages,  Illustrated throughout - this was a particularly succeSsful local history title,...

Claire Keating & Sinéad Dore - Bea's Polar Express SOS - ( A Book About Empathy and Dealing With Sadness ) - PB - BRAND NEW

Bea’s Polar Express SOS’ is the third book in the Breathe with Bea series. It is a book about empathy and dealing with sadness. Bea’s Best Pals find themselves in situations where they feel sad and lonely. All children can relate to...

J.C Beckett - A Short History of Ireland - Vintage PB - 5th Edition 1973

A revised fifth 1973edition. light edgewear , some slight curling to corners . First published in 1952. The main areas of focus are the 19th and early 20th centuries.  One of the standard authorities and historians of Ireland. Primarily a political...

Áine Ní Ghlinn - I Mo Chroí Istigh - PB - As Gaeilge

Cailín fíor-éirimiúil í Millí. Níl uaithi ach a bheith ina hinnealtóir róbataice agus a saol a chaitheamh ag obair lena hathair, Leo. Croíthe, scamhóga agus...

Uí Fhoghlú, Áine - Fóir Orm! - PB - BRAND NEW - As Gaeilge - 2021

Tá daltaí rang a sé ag dul ar thuras eitleáin ar saoire go hInis Mór, mar chríoch lena dtréimhse sa bhunscoil. Ina measc tá Eoin Ó Dálaigh, buachaill dhá bhliain déag...

Ó Scolaí, Darach - Súil an Daill - HB - As Gaeilge - BRAND NEW - 2021

Tir Eoghain 1539: Conn Bacach ina thiarna agus a chlann mhac in iomaíocht lena fhábhar a thuilleamh. Seo é scéal Chonchúir Mhic Ardail: cléireach, ardfheidhmeannach, athair. Is í forbairt agus cur chun...

Johnson, Diarmuid - Seacht dTír Seacht dTeanga - Scéal file agus Fanaí ó Ghaillimh go Bucairist 1980-2020 - PB - As Gaeilge - BRAND NEW

Foilsithe ag Leabhar Breac, 2021, clúdach bog Leabhar taistil, leabhar teangacha, leabhar amhrán agus ceoil, leabhar ilghnéitheach bríomhar faoi dhaoine a casadh don údar ar a sheachrán dó ar fud na...

De Breffny, Brian - In The Steps of Saint Patrick - HB - 1982

A detailed  historical examination and description of tje life of St. Patrick, following his travels through Ireland, depicting his life and examining the wide body of folklore and writings that have surrounded him and the places he visited...