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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 ...

Jim Wilson & Simon Berrow - A Guide to the Identification of Whales and Dolphins of Ireland - 3rd Edition - PB 2014

Published by the Irish Whale andf Dolphin Group, this is teh 3rd revised edition 2014.  Illustarted tyhroughout with photographs, maps indicating where each species has been recorded in , identification notes etc. 

Antoinette Quinn - Patrick Kavanagh : Born-Again Romantic - PB

A paperback Gill Books edition reprint 1993, of Antionette Quinn's biography of Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh.  Heavy age spotting to the top of the page block, uneven foxing and age spotting elsewhere.    In this critical assessment of...

Brian P. Murphy - The Catholic Bulletin and Republican Ireland - PB - 2005

Paperback, published by Athol Books Belfast 2005.  The Catholic Bulletin and Republican Ireland with Special Reference to J.J.O'Kelly (Sceilg'') - O'Kelly was editor of the newspaper in the crucial post 1916 period. 

Eddie Keher - Hurling Heroes : Fourteen Hurling Greats Profiled - PB

Published by Blackwater Press, 2000.  An account by Kilkenny Hurler Eddie Keher of 14 other notable hurlers from the 20th century -  Tom Chesty, Joe Cooney, Ray Cummins, Tony Doran, Jimmy Doyle, Pat Fox, Len Gaynor, Pat Hartigan, Fan Larkin,...

Liam Ó Briain - Self Portrait - PB 2021 ( Originally 1950)

A 2021 reprint edition ( originally 1950 ) of Liam Ó Briain's autobiography Self Portrait.  Liam Ó Briain was a member of the Irish Volunteers, and fought in the 1916 Rising, and was subsequently a language professor in UCG from 1917...

Seamus Heaney - Door Into the Dark - PB Reprint 2002, Originally 1969

Originally published in 1969, Seamus Heaney's Door into the Dark continues a furrow so startlingly opened in his first collection, Death of a Naturalist (1966). With the sensuosness and physicality of language that would become the hallmark of his early...

Chris Lawlor - A Revolutionary Village - Dunlavin County Wicklow 1900-1925

This 2021 publication provides an overview of the whole revolutionary period in the Dunlavin region. Playwright Brendan Behan famously acknowledged the republican reputation and revolutionary tradition of the west Wicklow village when he named an old...

Mitchelstown Writers Group - Another Mitchelstown Miscellany - PB 2016

Published 2016, a collection of local history, stort stories, poetry and essays by local writers and residents of the north Cork town. 

John Bowman - De Valera and the Ulster Question 1917-73 - PB- 1989

Published by Oxford University Press, 1989 in paperback, originally 1982.  This is an interpretation of the lifelong preoccupation of Eamon de Valera, a revolutionary nationalist who defined his goal in the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin and spent the...

Gerard Shannon - Liam Lynch : To Declare a Republic & Rory O'Connor - To Defend the Republic - 2 x PB - BRAND NEW

2 books on revolutionary era figures from historian Gerard Shannon. ( both also available singly)  This order will be shipped ( BOTH BOOKS TOGETHER) when the book on Rory O'Connor is published in February 2026.  Book 1- Liam Lynch - To Declare...

Conor Forrest - Heroes of Light and Shadow - PB - BRAND NEW

Magic is real. But so are monsters.  Oisin dreams of being a hero, like theones he reads about in books. So when he overhears a plot for a midnight raid on a Dublin museum, he knows this is his chance.But Oisin soon realises that heroes must fight...

Brian Hanley - None of the Literary Type : Liam Mellows - PB - 2016

A stapled booklet, 84 pages, issued as part of the Decade of Centenary celebrations, covers the life of Mellows in the revolutionary era, up to his executrion in a reprisal during the Irish Civil War. 

Donnchadh Ó Cinnéide - In Song and Story - A Commemoration of the Centenary of Éirí Amach na CásC

A paperback collection of songs and verse relating to the revolutionary events of 1916  (and some written by those who participated) - published in association with Comhaltas , and issued as part of the decade of Centenaries.  In very good...

Seán MacBride ( Editor) - Crime and Punishment - 1982

A 1982 collection of essays  largely based on the Irish Penal System Commission Report, as well as the full text of the Ó Briain Report into the treatment of those in Garda custody  and the so called 'heavy gang' .  Published by...

Brinsley MacNamara - The Clanking of Chains ( A story of Sinn Féin) - Anvil Press Vintage PB

A paperback REPRINT edition, Anvil Press, of Brinsley Macnamara's The Clanking of Chains, first published in 1919- 20 by Maunsel. Originally titled as The Clanking of Chains - A Story of Sinn Féin. John Weldon, who used the penname Brinsley...

John B. Keane - Letters of a Civic Guard - Vintage PB - 1st 1976

A first paperback edition originally published 1976 Leo Molair is a longtime Garda, writing letters to his nephew who is also a guard, but of only two years standing..  

Peadar O'Donnell - Proud Island - PB - 1985 ( Originally 1975)

A 1985 O'Brien Press reprint of the 1975 original. Light spotting to pages, binding tight, otherwise unmarked. 

Sean Curtin - Limerick : A Stroll Down Memory Lane - Volume 11 ( 2011)

Volume 11 in the ongoing series of photographs by Sean Curtin of Limerick City's history, streets, and people.  104 pages, photographs from newspaper and previously unpublished sources.  Condition - Good, internally unmarked, slight dogear to...

Tom Christoph McDermott - A Little Town in Ireland - PB - Roscommon

Paperback, publsihed by Nelson, 2011, signed by teh author with a dedication, and dated 2012.  An account of the author's life and youth in his native Roscommon town, followed by a long career with RTE.   

Brendan O'Neill - Irish Cathedrals, Churches and Abbeys - HB - 2002

Hardcover, published by Caxton Books, 2002.  An illustrrated guidebook to Ireland's notable churches  and cathedrals ( ancient and modern )   

Tom Ferris - The Gleam of the Lines - An Illustrated Journey Through Two Centuries of Irish Railway History - HB - 2009

Hardcover, illustrated throughout with artwork, painted reconstructions of trains and stations, period and modern photography, maps of train networks, etc.  Gill & Macmillan , 2011. 

John Duffy - Barrow Bridges and Related Subjects - PB - 2007

Large format paperback, illustrated throughout, with modern photography, period images, and line drawings.  Introduction by Dick Warner.  "No one person can be a historian and an archaeologist, an engineer and a zoologist and a master of all...

John Broderick - London Irish - Vintage PB - 1981

A Pan paperback, 1981, of the 1979 novel from John Broderick. sunfade to the spine, page block tight, tanning to pages.  'At seventy-two, men are apt to behave oddly, especially where pretty blonde secretaries are concerned..'Among the Irish in...

Donn McClean - Flat Out - Celebrating Irish Flat Racing - HB - 2021

A thrilling collection of 200 photographs from the high-octane, glamourous world of flat racing, from the Irish Derby and the Irish Guineas at The Curragh, to the many local race meets, and reaching internationally to the highlights in the racing...

Patricia Craig ( Editor) - The Ulster Anthology - HB - 2006

Hardcover, published by the Blackstaff Press, 2006.  Condition - heavy dustdarkening to the upper page block, otherwise good, small closed tears to edges of the dustjacket.  This major new anthology of writing about Ulster presents a complex,...

Roisin McAuley / Emerald Greens (Large Paperback)

Emerald greens: The essential guide to holiday golf in Ireland Emerald Greens is for golfers who like sightseeing and adventure and want their non-golfing partners and companions to have a good time too. It gives detailed descriptions of charming...

Biddy Jenkinson / Poetry Ireland Review Spring 2001 (Large Paperback)

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Micháel Ó Nualláin / Kilroy is Here - Cartoons (Coffee Table Book)

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Emer Ryan ( Editor) / The Phoenix - Uncovered (Coffee Table Book)

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Martyn Turner / Railings : Political Cartoons, 1998-2000 (Coffee Table Book)

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Rachel Allen / Home Cooking (Coffee Table Book)

Bestselling TV cook Rachel Allen feeds her family and yours with a collection of easy and delicious recipes that everyone will love, plus handy kitchen tips and tricks to make your life easier.In this, her sixth cookbook, Rachel shows how easy it is to...

Dermot Layden / A Life's Catch (Coffee Table Book)

Built around impressions of life in Ireland in the decades between 1930 and 1960, this book contains musings on a rich variety of life's aspects.   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition...

Una Leavy / Bróga Thomáis ( Sraith SOS)

Is fuath le Thomás bróga a chaitheamh. Is maith leis a bharraicíni beaga. Is breá leis siúl ar an bhféar agus ar na duilleoga. Ach, cad faoin sneachta? Cad a dhéanfaidh sé ansin?Tomás just...

Mary Hannigan / Green Devils: The Irish and Manchester United (Coffee Table Book)

A fascinating look at the history of the world's favourite soccer club through the eyes of the Irish who played at Old Trafford.   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture...

Liam Ó Tuama / Jack Lynch - Where He Sported and Played (Coffee Table Book)

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Gerard Shannon - Rory O'Connor : To Defend the Republic - PB - BRAND NEW - SIGNED

Best remembered for his tragic fate during the Irish Civil War, Rory O’Connor was in fact one of the most indispensable IRA leaders in the fight for Irish freedom in early twentieth-century Ireland. He had several key roles in the revolutionary...

Karen Farrington / The Music, Songs, & Instruments of Ireland (Coffee Table Book)

Throughout the centuries the allure of the Emerald Isle has spread far and wide through the joyful melodies and haunting refrains of its music. In recent years Irish music, in its many forms, has enjoyed a resurgence. Focusing mainly on the traditional...

Irish Civil Defence - Survival : A Handbook for Householders - PB - Learn how to Protect Yourself and Your Family in a Nuclear War - PB 1987

Booklet, 66 pages, replaced the 1965 Bás/ Beatha guide, and also includes guidance on accidents from nuclear causes ( Chernobyl and Sellafield being much on the minds at the time of publication)  Issued to give advice to houseowners and...

George William Russell Æ - Co-operation and Nationality | The National Being - 2 X PB

In his two books on the co-operative movement led by Horace Plunkett, AE Russell developed his ideas on rural and urban Irish civilisation, synthesised his ideas on co-operationa nd his ideas of nationhood.  Irishmen should aspire 'to carve an...

Frank O'Connor - The Cornet Player Who Betrayed Ireland - Vintage PB 1981

Published by Poolbeg Press, Dublin , 1981.  Collects 21 previously uncollected works of short fiction by O'Connor, most from magazines and journals throughout his long career from the 1920's to his death in 1966.   

David Brett - A Book Around the Irish Sea - PB - 2009

The subject of this book is that stretch of water generally called the Irish Sea, and its shores, considered as a place of exchange and meeting, as a zone of interaction, as a fact of geography and history that precedes mere nations. We are accustomed to...

Denis O'Shaughnessy - Limerick - 100 Stories of the Century - PB

Paperback, published October 2000, for the end of the century - a collection of 100 short essays on various aspects of Limerick history in the 20th century - the focus is mainly on the city, but aslso includes stories from rural county Limerick...

Deirdre Nuttall - A People's History of Dún Laoghaire Rathdown - PB

In ' as new' condition, bookshop price label to back cover.  Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown is known for its incredible diversity in geography, socio-economic status, industries, religion and occupations. From coastal areas to modern suburbs,...

Stephen J. Costello / The Irish Soul : In Dialogue (Coffee Table Book)

Does modern Ireland still have a soul? From the evidence of the sixteen deeply personal interviews in this book, the answer is a resounding ""yes."" Representing a cross-section of the contemporary Irish scene, from Gerry Adams to Desmond Cardinal...

Carolina P. Amador Moreno / An Introduction to Irish English (Coffee Table Book)

This book is a general introduction to the English spoken in Ireland, its most characteristic features, and its historical development. It provides a practical introduction to the topic of Irish English (also known as Hiberno-English), the variety of...

Richard Douthwaite ( Editor)/ Growth : The Celtic Cancer (Coffee Table Book) ( FEASTA Review, Number 2)

Has the growth of the Irish economy improved our lives? Surely the fact that the average Irish income has doubled must be good for our well-being - but is it? Consider these sobering facts:Only 30% of Irish people report themselves satisfied with their...

Hugh Farrelly / Munster - Rugby Giants (Coffee Table Book)

In this work, Hugh Farrelly examines the rise and rise of Munster and their place in the pantheon of rugby greats. Unique full-colour photographs set out to capture the determination, stamina, strength and skill of the Red Wave.   This book is...