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Andy Bielenberg - The Shannon Scheme and the Electrification of the Irish Free State - PB

Ryan Tubridy & P.J Lynch - Patrick and the President ( HB - Picture Book) - DOUBLE SIGNED

From broadcaster Ryan Tubridy, and Kate Greenaway Medal-winner P. J. Lynch, comes a picture book about President John F. Kennedy's return to his ancestral home in Ireland.When the much-loved President visited Ireland in 1963, he described it as the best...

Larry Lynn Southard - Wayfaring : A Guide to Guidance - HB - SIGNED

This book (written by Cork member of the Society of Friends) Larry Lynn Southard and published in 2023 aims to provide a “handbook to help readers place themselves in a position that makes divine guidance a daily reality”. Sources of...

Jo Kerrigan - Stories From the Sea - HB - BRAND NEW

Ireland is an island nation, inextricably linked with and dependent upon the sea which surrounds us. From earliest times, ships from distant lands have brought goods, ideas, invaders, influencers. Our legends, and particularly the imramma or magical...

Harold Good & Martin O'Brien / In Good Time: A Memoir (Large Paperback)

Rev. Harold Good, ’Derry-born Methodist minister, retired Church leader and one of the oldest surviving actors in the Irish peace process, lifts the curtain on his remarkable life in this enthralling memoir. From Ian Paisley’s turbulent...

Cumann Seanchas Bhreifne : Breifne Journal 2003 - PB

The 2003 edition of Breifne, the Cavan based local history journal.  Uneven sunfade to a porton of the front cover, otherwise very good.  Volume X, Number 39. 

Jim Fogarty - The Dan Breen Cup : Tipperary County SH Finals 1931-2011 - PB

Jim Fogarty is a former Kilkenny librarian ( and GAA collector) this was his first book, detailing the history of hurling county finals in his native Tipperary.  Previous owner's name to title page, price sticker residue mark on back cover. ...

Máire Holmes ( Editor) - The Galway Review - ISSUE 6

Issue 4 of the Galway Review, published by Galway Academic Press, bound paperback anthology of poetry, shortfiction and essays and reviews.  Bright yellow covers.   

Máire Holmes ( Editor) - The Galway Review - ISSUE 4

Issue 4 of the Galway Review, published by Galway Academic Press, bound paperback anthology of poetry, shortfiction and essays and reviews.  Bright yellow covers, no title to spine.   

Máire Holmes ( Editor) - The Galway Review - ISSUE 3

Issue 3 of the Galway Review, published by Galway Academic Press, bound paperback anthology of poetry, shortfiction and essays and reviews.  Bright yellow covers, no title to spine.  Pasted isbn label on back cover. 

Cal McCarthy - In the Shadow of the Big Fellow : The Commemoration, Commercialisation, Study & Politicisation of Michael Collins - PB - BRAND NEW

**CURRENTLY AWAITING RESTOCK**Cal McCarthy is a Cork based historian and civil servant. This new book, published by Clonakilty based Michael Collins House Museum with financial aid also from Cork County Council, takes a detailed look at the legacy and...

Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin - The Dubs : Dublin GAA Since the 1940's - HB

Hardcover, published by Gill & Macmillan , 2006.  Ó Ceallacháin was the long time host of the GAA sports results on RTE radio for many years, as well as being a dual code GAA player for Dublin himself in his youth. Covers both...

Eddie Wymberry - Well Well ! - Memories of Waterford in the 1950's - PB

Paperback, an coount of local life and charcaters in Waterford city in the author's youth - 1950's and 1960's, with photographs, and a ( very good) glossary of local sland words at the back.  124 pages. 

Micheál Ó Conghaile / An Fear a Phléasc (Hardback)

Tá domhan úr cruthaithe ag Micheál Ó Conghaile anseo, domhan nach raibh riamh ann agus nach mbeidh ann go deo ach go bhfuil a fhírinne aisteach shocreidte aige ar a shon sin . . . domhan atá an-chosúil...

Denis G Marnane - Tipperary Historical Journal : Index 1988-2012 - PB

An Index ( booklet format, alphabetical by author) to the first 25 years of the Tipperary Historical Journal  ( NB - no articles, but a full listing of the contents of all past issues up until that date, including reviews, locations mentioned etc...

Marcus Bourke ( Editor) - Tipperary Historical Journal 1996

Paperback , in excellent as new condition.  The Great Famine 1845 – 1852 The Famine in South Tipperary: Part I - Denis G. Marnane Memories of the Famine from the Irish Folklore CommissionIntroductiona. The Famine in Ballylooby - Tadhg...

Marcus Bourke ( Editor) - Tipperary Historical Journal 1997

Paperback , in very good condition, apart from previous owner's name and address to title page.  The Great Famine 1845 – 1852 The Famine in South Tipperary: Part II - Denis G. MarnaneThe Great Famine & Fethard Temporary Fever Hospital -...

Marcus Bourke ( Editor) - Tipperary Historical Journal 1992

Editor: Marcus Bourke244 pages; 28 Articles The IRA in West Tipperary in 1931 – The Assassination of Superintendent CurtinDenis G. MarnaneThe End of the Civil War: The Third Tipperary Brigade (1921-1923); Part IIIAn tAthair Colmcille, O. Cist.The...

Marcus Bourke( Editor) - Tipperary Historical Journal 1999

Paperback.  Condition - front and rear covers curled/ dogeared, book does not lie flat when on level surface as a result. rear cover corners creased. Signed by pervious owner on title page. Some foxing and age spotting to inside rear cover, and...

Marcus Bourke( Editor) - Tipperary Historical Journal 2001

Paperback, larger format, signed on front endpage by a previous owner. Front cover corners slightly bumped.    Tipperary town one hundred years ago: the evidence of the 1901 CensusDenis G Marnane Tipperarymen in Spain (1936 – 1937) - Pat...

Kevin A. Griffin ( Editor) - Tipperary Historical Journal 2002

Paperback , in excellent as new condition.  Marcus Bourke: An Appreciation Marcus Bourke: BibliographyMarcus Bourke: A Biographical Sketch -William NolanMarcus Bourke and his Writings -Denis G. MarnaneMarcus Bourke: His GAA Writings -Seamus J...

Kevin A. Griffin ( Editor) - Tipperary Historical Journal 2003

Paperback, in very good condition apart from previous owner's name to title page.  210 Pages; 14 Articles The Benedictine Priory of Kilcommon - Richard O’Brien The Munster Hotel, Cathedral Street, Thurles: Archaeological Excavations 1998-1999...

Carmel Quinlan( Editor) - Tipperary Historical Journal 2004

Paperback , in very good condition apart from previous owner's name and address written on inside front cover. 276 Pages; 15 Articles Excavations at Friar Street Cashel: A Story of Urban SettlementO’Donovan et al The Fennells of Cahir - Michael...

Proinsias Ó Drisceoil ( Editor) - Tipperary Historical Journal 2008

Paperback, in very good condition apart from previous owners name and address on title page.  CONTENTS -  224 Pages; 16 Articles Properties in Carrick-on-Suir Granted to the Duke of Ormond in 1668Conleth ManningStatus and Structure: Social...

Irish Sword - Journal of the Military History Society of Ireland, Volume XXV Summer 2006 - Number 99

The Irish Sword is the journal of the Military History Society of Ireland, In very good condition overall, as new.  Depiction (by Seán Ó Brógáin) of soldiers of Sir Phelim O’Neill’s Regiment of Foot...

Matt Murphy - An Islander Looks Back ( Cork / Sherkin ) - PB - 1990

PB, 1990.  Cb40000 20250114 0006An Islander Looks Backby Matt Murphy €10.00 Buy NowGenre:Cork / Irish Biography / Irish History and Culture / Irish Interest / RARE & OUT OF PRINT Format:Paperback   Tanning to page block.  No...

P.L Henry - Saoithiúlacht na Sean-Ghaeilge - HB - 1976

Academic text on Old Irish , published by Oifig an tSolatháir, 1976.  Tá iarracht á dhéanamh sa leabhar seo ar a cheart a thabhairt don fhile i dtionscnamh na litríochta; tá rian an fhile le feiceáil...

Jean McMann - Loughcrew : The Cairns - A Guide - PB - 1984

This guide is intended as an introduction to a little known yet uniquely important landmark, the Neolithic cairns at Loughcrew in County Meath, Ireland. The site is a key monument not only in the history of Ireland, but in the world's history of...

Margaret Ward - Fearless Woman : Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, Feminism and the Irish Revolution - PB - BRAND NEW - 2019

This full-length biographical study - substantially rewritten and updated from the 1997 edition - of one of the most important women in Irish political life in the 20th century.  Hanna Sheehy Skeffington, part of a pioneering generation, played a...

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne - The Dancers Dancing - PB - 2010

 It is 1972: a group of teenagers are spending a month in a Donegal Gaeltacht, learning Irish language and culture from their teachers and the local community. Liberated for the first time from the restricting reins of parental control, they respond...

Patrick Lonergan - Druid Theatre - 50 Years- BRAND NEW

This fully-illustrated and authorised history marks 50 years of Ireland's most ground-breaking and successful theatre company. Founded in 1975, Druid is a touring theatre company, anchored in the West of Ireland and looking to the world.   Druid...

Sarah Binchy - Sunday Miscellany : A Selection 2023-2025 - BRAND NEW

A beloved Irish institution, RTÉ Radio 1's Sunday Miscellany has been woven into the lives of listeners for over half a century. Following on from the bestselling 2023 anthology, this collection brings together some of the best broadcasts of the...

Jonathan Bardon - A Short History of Ulster - HB - BRAND NEW

A new version of Jonathan Bardon's definitive tome, A History of Ulster, this book provides a comprehensive account of the province from the earliest settlements nine thousand years ago to the turmoil of the Troubles, and the fragile peace period that...

Méabh McDonnell - Any Way You Slice It - BRAND NEW

Sieve. Measure. Mix … Win For Carrie Quinn, baking isn't just a hobby: it's her future. Winning the Castlecreagh baking competition and becoming best young pastry chef in the country is the first step towards her dream. But when she and Dara...

Erika McGann & Gerry Daly - Puffling & The Stormy Sea - PB - BRAND NEW

A brave little puffling lives on Skellig Michael. It's a windy, stormy day - a perfect day for a wild adventure. But she ends up far from home! Can her new animal friends help her find her way back?

Jamie Carroll - Milo and the Mountain - HB - BRAND NEW

Milo wants to climb The Mountain. He really does. But The Mountain is HUGE and Milo is scared. Can he ever reach the top? Yes, he can. With just a little help from his friends!

W.B Yeats - The Stolen Child ( Illustrated by Erin Brown) - HB - BRAND NEW

Written when W.B. Yeats was just twenty-one, 'The Stolen Child' remains one of his most popular poems. At this time, the young poet was inspired by the landscape of County Sligo and the legends and superstitions he heard from the locals there. 'The...

Erika McGann & Conor Busuttil - Tír na nÓg : A Favourite Irish Legend - HB - BRAND NEW

Niamh lives in the magical land of Tìr na nÓg, where no one ever grows old or feels sad. She invites Oisìn to join her and they are happy until he misses his home in the human world. When sadness strikes, Niamh learns the strength...

The Irish Sword - Journal of the Military History Society of Ireland - PB Vol XXVIII- No. 113 - Summer 2012

Contents -  Return of the 69th (Irish) Regiment, N.Y.S.M. from the Seat of War’ (1862), by Louis Lang  Camp California, Virginia: where Meagher’s men steeled themselves for war (illustrated) by Niall R. Brannigan  Captain...

The Irish Sword - Journal of the Military History Society of Ireland - PB Vol XXVIII- No. 114 - Winter 2012

Contents -  Soldiers Three – A visit to the Royal Hospital’: a painting of 1899 by The Mac Egan [Darius Joseph MacEgan] (1856-1939)  A description of the painting by F. Glenn Thompson  A note on the artist by James...

The Irish Sword - Journal of the Military History Society of Ireland - PB Vol XXVIII- No. 112 - Winter 2011

Contents -  James Kirkland and other Potsdam Grenadiers of Irish birth (Illustrated) by Kenneth Ferguson  Beheaded at Cork and buried with a piper: the traditional fate (and strange afterlife) of Captain Súgán ––...

The Irish Sword - Journal of the Military History Society of Ireland - PB Vol XXVIII- No. 111 - Summer 2011

Contents -  Heinrich Trajektin von Solms–Braunfels (1638-93): Williamite General in Ireland (Illustrated) by Daniel Herbert  The artillery train of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, 1640 by Malcolm Mercer  The Ulster Army of the...

The Irish Sword - Journal of the Military History Society of Ireland - PB Vol XXVII- No. 110 Winter 2010 ( Essays on the Irish War of Independence)

Contents -  DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THEWAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1919-1921No. 110 (Winter 2010) Aerial Mail, 1919-22: records of the Post Office and AirMinistry touching the carriage of mail by aeroplane duringthe conflict in Ireland - Douglas N. Muir...

The Irish Sword - Journal of the Military History Society of Ireland - PB Vol XXVII- No. 109 Autumn 2010 ( Essays on the Irish War of Independence)

Contents -  ESSAYS ON THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1919-1921PART II - No. 109 (Autumn 2010) Leo Whelan’s painting of the I.R.A. G.H.Q. staff, 1921 -Risteárd Mulcahy  Enlistment of ex-soldiers in the Royal Irish Constabulary ..............

The Irish Sword - Journal of the Military History Society of Ireland - PB Vol XXVII - No. 107 - SPRING 2010

A special issue on 'the Irish Rebellion ( Irish War of Independence) in the 6th Divisional Area ( ie Munster - 6th Divisional Area was teh Britiah Army designation for Munster in this period.  An account compiled in 1922 by Sir Peter Strickland, and...

The Irish Sword - Journal of the Military History Society of Ireland - PB Vol XXX - No. 120 - Winter 2015

Irish Faces on the Plains of Abraham: West’s painting; the letters home of Lieutenant Henry Browne; and the ancestry of Major-General James Wolfe by Kenneth Ferguson 121AppendicesThe Genealogy of James Wolfe by Anthony R. Wagner (1908-1995) 141Some...

The Irish Sword - Journal of the Military History Society of Ireland - PB Vol XXX - No. 119 - Summer 2015 ( Battle of Waterloo)

WaterlooSergeant James Graham (1791-1845) of Clones, Hougoumont, and the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham by Kenneth Ferguson 1Ireland and the Waterloo Campaign by Peter Molloy 13A fabricated speech put into the mouth of the Duke of Wellington by Kenneth...

The Irish Sword - Journal of the Military History Society of Ireland - PB Vol XXIX - No. 118 - Winter 2014

Irish Command Headquarters, Parkgate, Dublin’ by Anthony Kinsella 361The Duke of Parma's Company of Irish Guards, 1702-1733 by Eoghan Ó hAnnracháin 363John Ryan of Ballynakill (1768-1811): an elusive Wild Goose by N. H. H. Adams...

The Irish Sword - Journal of the Military History Society of Ireland - PB Vol XXIX - No. 117 - Summer 2014

  As well as the usual queries, replies, book reviews, shorter notes on military history ETC. 

The Irish Sword - Journal of the Military History Society of Ireland - PB Vol XXIX - No. 116 - Winter 2013

  As well as the usual queries, replies, book reviews, shorter notes on military history ETC. 

The Irish Sword - Journal of the Military History Society of Ireland - PB Vol XXIX - No. 115 -Summer 2013

  As well as the usual queries, replies, book reviews, shorter notes on military history ETC. 

The Irish Sword - Journal of the Military History Society of Ireland - PB Vol XXVI - No. 105 - Summer 2009

Detail from the Trinity College painting of the battle of Kinsale facing page 241Towards a new interpretation of the Nine Years’ War by Eoin Ó Néill 241The battle of Kinsale and other military associations with the Library of Trinity...