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Richard Hayward - The Corrib Country - HB 1968 Reprint - Illustrated , with folding map.

A hardcover 1968 reprint from Dundalgan Press ( originally from the same publisher in 1943,  map inside back cover, internally unmarked, map is clean and free of damage, apart from dome slight age staining to the folds. Artwork internally by J...

Denis G Marnane( Editor) - Tipperary Historical Journal 2014

Paperback, in very good condition  CONTENTS -  Editor: Denis G Marnane246 Pages; New archaeological evidence for medieval Tipperary Town from excavations By Ross Drummond and Lydia Cagney The Birth and Demise of the Marlfield Distillery...

Oliver P Rafferty - Catholicism in Ulster 1603-1983 - PB - 1994

This copy from the library of the late FF Tánaiste John Wilson, and signed by him .  This book tells the story of the Roman Catholic community in north-east Ulster from the final defeat of the Ulster Irish Chieftains O'Neill and O'Donnell in...

Owen McCann - The Shell Book of the McCarthy Cup - PB - 1993

Published by Oisín Publications, 1993.  Covers the history of Senior Hurling Championship Finals up to 1992, discussions of each year, teams , with photographs throughout. 

Ciaran Brady - Worsted in the Game - Losers in Irish History - PB

Covers a diverse range of personalities from Irish history who either failed at their political mission, or whose carerrs ended without acheiving their aims - from Diarmait MacMurrough to John Redmond.   

Terence de Vere White - Kevin O'Higgins - PB 1986 Reprint ( Originally 1948) - Irish Free State

On 10 July 1927, Kevin O'Higgins was shot dead in Booterstown, County Dublin. He fell under a rain of bullets and died forgiving his enemies. He was thirty-five years of age. Born in Stradbally, he came to Dublin to study law, and, caught up in the...

Laurence J. Kettle - Material For Victory - The Memoirs of Andrew J Kettle - PB - 1958

Paperback, published by C.J Fallon , Dublin.  Andrew ( better known as Andy) Kettle was a Dubliner and the right hand man of Parnell on land question and tenant issues. He was one of the founders of the Dublin Tenants’ Defence Association, and...

Denis Gwynn - Daniel O'Connell ( Revised Centenary Edition - PB 1947 ( Originally 1929)

A 1947 reprint ( reissued fior the centenary of O'Connell's death in Rome in 1847.  Co-published by Cork University Press and Blackwell UK, ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 1929 ( for the Centenary of Catholic Emancipation. 

John Barry & Eamon Horan - Years of Glory : The Story of Kerry's All Ireland Successes - PB - 1977

Years Of Glory by John Barry and Eamon Horan is the story of Kerry’s All-Ireland successes throughout the the years (from the late 19th century)  up until 1976. It was published by The Kerryman in Tralee in April 1977. The book is packed full...

NRA - Archaeology and the National Roads Authority - Monoghraph Series 3 - Provisions of Two Seminars in 2002 on Provisions for Archaeological Work within the National Roads Programme - PB

Proceedings of Two Seminars in 2002 on the Provisions for Archaeological Work within the National Roads Programme, Dublin, 27 February 2002 and Tullamore, 29 May 2002 . 

NRA - Settlement, Industry and Ritual - Archaeology and the National Roads Authority Monograph Series 3 ( Proceedings of a Public Seminar on Archaeological Discoveries on National Road Schemes September 2005)

Edited by Jerry O’Sullivan and Michael Stanley, this monograph contains the proceedings of a seminar on recent archaeological discoveries on national road schemes held in The Gresham Hotel in September 2005.  

Tim MacGabhann / The Black Pool (Large Paperback)

Following an obsessive mind trying (and failing) to find relief, The Black Pool is a gripping thrill-ride through violent, chaotic underworlds. Tracing the roots of an illness through the failures of youth and adolescence and finally back to childhood,...

Graham Masterton / Pay Back The Devil (Large Paperback)

A DEADLY CAMPAIGNAn explosion in a house in inner-city Cork sends shock waves through the community. Two people are killed in the blast and, at first, their deaths are believed to be the tragic result of a gas leak - but the victims' pasts suggest...

Kevin Dwyer - Dwyer's Ireland : A view From Above - PB

Striking photograps of Ireland from the air, centering on both urban and rural sites. 

Martin Timoney - Dedicated to Sligo - Thirty Four Essays on Sligo's Past - HB - 2013

Hardcover , 2013 ( both editions PB & HB appear to have been issued simultaneously)  The book's full title is:"Dedicated to Sligo; Thirty-four Essays on Sligo's Past" A wide range of authors describe, analyse, interpret and re-interpret parts of...

Martin Timoney - A Celebration of Sligo - HB ( Essays for Sligo Field Club) - SIGNED

Published by Sligo Field Club, 2002, signed by the author, dated and with a dedication ( to the late noted archaeologist Peter Woodman)  This collection of 34 essays celebrates fifty years of the Sligo Field Club and reflect the interests of its...

Scott Boldt / Hear My Voice (Large Paperback)

Hear My Voice: A Longitudinal Study of the Post-School Experiences of Early School Leavers. Dublin: Marino Institute of Education, 1997.   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the...

Patrick J. O'Connor / To Mete Out A Humanist Geography ( Large Paperback )

This volume of new and selected poems points up the quest to know the world through the perceptual lens of a humanist geography. The world that is informed by a diversity of influences passes as a stage, strange and wonderful, upon which a cast of...

Paul Williams / Crooks (Large Paperback)

For almost forty years, Paul Williams has chronicled the life and crimes of some of Ireland's most notorious godfathers, killers and thieves. In Crooks he brings his readers for a ride-along, taking us behind the scenes of his most notorious scoops,...

A Dale-Tussing & Maev-Ann Wren / How Ireland Cares (Large Paperback)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a second hand book may damage it, so we refrain...

Frances Maxwell / Walk into my Parlour (Large Paperback)

A history of Ballinlonty National School and it's contribution to the rich history of Drom and Inch parish.  The book traces the history of the school, outlines the rich and unique culture of the parish (Drom and Inch) and includes personal...

Roger Downer - Reflections from the Shannon - HB

Hardcover, published by Wordwell, 2007, with UL.  A collecvtion of speeches and essays , including conferring speeches given over the years, essays on science,. engineering, the role of the University, the scrum and much more.   

John Keenahan - St Michael's Church : Church , People and Landscape - Drumlion Roscommon 1856-2006

Hardcover, published 2006. The title is partly deceptive, it is much more than a history of the church in the parish, it's a history of the parish and surrounds in the 150 years covered - sport, industry, people, landscape, history and much more. Closed...

Roz Purcell - Natural Born Feeder - : Whole Foods | Whole Life - HB - 2016

Used, but in goodn condition - a menu plan is writtenm on the front endpage by a previous owner.    ROZ PURCELL'S APPROACH TO COOKING IS SIMPLE – USE WHOLE FOODS TO LIVE A WHOLE LIFE.Having developed a negative relationship with food that...

Angelique Day - Glimpses of Ireland's Past : The Ordnance Survey Memoir Drawings - Topography and Technique - PB - 2014 - SIGNED

Signed to the title page in neat black ink, undedicated, no other marks or damage. Slight area of uneven sunfade to the front cover.  The views of the landscape, the ancient sites and monuments, the objects and curiosities illustrated, are shown...

Stephen Callaghan & Caimin O'Brien - A History of Saint Brendan's Graveyard in Birr - HB - 2016

Large format hardcover, with a full detailing of all the graves and memorials in the historic graveyard, with photographs and transcriptions of all known gravestones and memorials, a history of the church and much more.  Gift inscription on the...

William Hayes & Joseph Kennedy - The Parish Churches of North Tipperary - Commemorating a Two-Hundred Year Heritage - PB - 2007 ( SIGNED by both Authors)

A large format illustrated paperback, with photographs thrpoughout, detailing the history of all churches in North Tipperary.  Paperback, 2007, signed by both authors , and dated 26-06-2007

Paul Daly - Creating Ireland - The Words and Events That Shaped Us (Coffee Table Book)

Since it gathered for the first time on 21 January 1919, the Dail Eireann has been at the heart of Irish life, shaping the growing nation and providing the backdrop for many of the major debates that have defined Irish society. 'Creating Ireland' is a...

Michael O'Connell, Fergus Kelly & James H. McAdam ( Editors) - Cattle in Ancient and Modern Ireland : -Farming Practices, Environment and Economy PB - 2016

A large format bound paperback, published 2016,  Cambridge Scholars Publishing , loosely laid in is a postcard addressed to one of the contributors from the editor.  Cattle have been the mainstay of Irish farming since the Neolithic began in...

T. Brady / The Brune Figure (Large Paperback)

An anthology of Poetry for Junior Certificate English.    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers...

Tom Heneghan / Faith, Hope and Paris : English Speaking Catholics in Turbulent France(Large Paperback)

When in 1869 Fr. Bernard O'Loughlin, C.P. founded St. Joseph's Church, he wrote it would be a Catholic parish "for all those at Paris who speak the English language." Over the next century and a half, this was one of the few descriptions that never...

Grace Cowley / Unexpected (Large Paperback)

A humorous, heartfelt, and honest account of growing up in Drogheda in the 90s. Grace's account of navigating childhood, friendships, and young motherhood with an unstoppable spirit will have you laughing and at times tearful. She handles serious...

Tim Ryan / Tell Roy Rogers I'm Not In - The Paddy Cole Story (Large Paperback)

Published by Blackwater Press, 1995.    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a second hand...

Joe P. Plant - The Adventures of a Soldier's Wife - Ireland | India | England - 1915-1974 - PB

IRELAND  INDIA  ENGLAND 1915 - 1974 A story based on the memoirs of Pte. Sarah Kathleen Cunningham A memoir entrusted to and written by Joe P. Plant 1915. The true story of a young Irish Colleen. Sarah, eldest daughter of the Cunningham family...

J.P Mallory, Eiméar Nelis & Barrie Hartwell - Excavations on Donegore Hill Co. Antrim - PB

Report and discussions on the findings of archaeological excavations at the Co. Antrim site.  Published by Wordwell, 2011.  Large format paperback, illustrated throughout. 

Birr Year Review 2016 - PB - Offaly Annual

The Birr Review is an annual publication supported by Birr Lions Club, launched every December, chronicling the social events which have taken place in the Offaly town over the previous 12 months.

Birr Year Review 2014 - PB - Offaly Annual

The Birr Review is an annual publication supported by Birr Lions Club, launched every December, chronicling the social events which have taken place in the Offaly town over the previous 12 months.

Birr Year Review 2012 - PB - Offaly Annual

The Birr Review is an annual publication supported by Birr Lions Club, launched every December, chronicling the social events which have taken place in the Offaly town over the previous 12 months.

Birr Year Review 2011 - PB - Offaly Annual

The Birr Review is an annual publication supported by Birr Lions Club, launched every December, chronicling the social events which have taken place in the Offaly town over the previous 12 months.

Birr Year Review 2007 - PB - Offaly Annual

The Birr Review is an annual publication supported by Birr Lions Club, launched every December, chronicling the social events which have taken place in the Offaly town over the previous 12 months.

Birr Year Review 2006 - PB - Offaly Annual

The Birr Review is an annual publication supported by Birr Lions Club, launched every December, chronicling the social events which have taken place in the Offaly town over the previous 12 months.

Birr Year Review 2008 - PB - Offaly Annual

The Birr Review is an annual publication supported by Birr Lions Club, launched every December, chronicling the social events which have taken place in the Offaly town over the previous 12 months.

Michael Viney - Ireland : Smithsonian Natural History - HB - 2003

Published by Blackstaff , 2003.  Hardcover, illustrated throughout, colour section of photographs to centre pages. Ireland conjures up images of nature's majesty: sweeping coastlines, rolling green hills, and secluded peat bogs and marshlands. A...

Proinséas Ní Chatháin & Siobhán Fitzpatrick & Howard Clarke - Pathfinders to the Past - The Antiquarian Road to Irish Historical Wrtiting - HB- 2012

Compiled in celebration of the 150th anniversary of one of Ireland’s most distinguished and long-lived cultural institutions – the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland – this collection of essays by distinguished scholars in a...

Tom Ryan / The Cuppa Sugar Days - Warmhearted Days of a Newspaperman (Large Paperback)

Tom Ryan's tales of a newspaper man celebrate a cross section of Irish society. This monumental work encapsulates everything from light-hearted tales from another era against the backdrop of County Tipperary to attitudes to life, living, love and the...

Fearghal McGarry - The Abbey Rebels of 1916 - A Lost Revolution - HB - 2015

The Abbey Theatre played a leading role in the politicisation of the revolutionary generation that won Irish freedom, but comparatively little is known about the men and women who formed the lifeblood of the institution: those whose radical politics...

Graham Davis ( Editor) - In Seach of a Better Life : British and Irish Migration - HB - 2011

In Search of a Better Life challenges the traditional histories of British and Irish migration, the stories of oppression and exile that form an essential part of the existing literature. By no means were all migrants forced to leave their country by...

Blindboy Boatclub - The Gospel According to Blindboy - HB - Short Stories - 2017

 The Gospel According to Blindboy is a surreal and genre-defying collection of short stories and visual art exploring the myths, complacencies and contradictions at the heart of modern Ireland. Covering themes ranging from love and death to sex and...

Chantal Conneller & Graeme Warren - Mesolithic Br

With notes, underlining and marks from some page corners turned down.  Published by Tempus , 2006   The general perception of the archaeology of the Mesolithic in Britain and Ireland is that the period is somewhat impoverished. Often assumed to...

John O'Donovan & Eugene Curry - The Antiquities of County Clare : Ordnance Survey Letters 1839 -

Published in this edition by CLASP , Ennis, 2003, originally published in 1997, based on transcribed letetrs and sources collected in 1924-28, and themselves based on the originbal letters, memoirs and notes collecetd by O'Donovan and Curry in Clare in...

Daniel Ford - Michael's War - HB - 2003

Kevin C. Kearns - Dublin Street Life and Lore - An Oral History - PB 1997 ( Originally 1991)

A paperback reprint , 1997, originally 1991 in hardcover. Gill & Macmillan.  Kevin Kears publsihed a number of valuable social records of life in a rapidly changing Dublin, coincentrating on collecting the biographies of ordinray Dubliners ...