IRISH LITERATURE

Roddy Doyle / The Guts (Signed by the Author) (Large Paperback)

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Roddy Doyle / The Snapper

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Roddy Doyle / The Van

  The Van is the story of Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr., and his best friend Bimbo, who buy an old fish-and-chip van and go into business in the Dublin of the 1990s.       To view...

Roddy Doyle / The Woman Behind the Door (Signed by the Author) (Large Paperback)

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Roddy Doyle / The Woman Who Walked Into Doors

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Roddy Doyle / The Woman Who Walked into Doors (Hardback)

 By the author of "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha", winner of the 1993 Booker Prize, this is the life history of Paula Spencer - her contented childhood, her romance with Charlo, and her sad marriage. It...

Roddy Doyle / The Women Behind the Door ( Signed by the Author) (Large Paperback)

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Roddy Doyle / The Women Behind the Door (Large Paperback)

Paula Spencer #3 Booker-Prize winner Roddy Doyle’s spectacular return to his iconic character, Paula Spencer, whom he originated in the groundbreaking The Woman Who Walked into Doors and...

Roddy Doyle / The Women Behind the Door (Signed by the Author) (Large Paperback)

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Roddy Doyle / Two for the Road (Hardback)

 The next round in the beloved Two Pints series from the ever-brilliant, always hilarious imagination of bestselling author of The Commitments and Paddy Clarke Ha Ha HaTwo men meet for a pint -...

Roisin Meaney / A Winter to Remember (Signed by the Author) (Large Paperback)

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Roisin Meaney / A Winter to Remember (Large Paperback)

 A cosy, festive page-turner from the bestselling author of It's That Time of Year Emily Feeney has always loved the festive season, so when she invites some of her favourite people to...

Roisin Meaney / It's That Time of Year (Large Paperback)

 'Warm ... uplifting -- Roisin Meaney is a gifted storyteller' Sheila O'Flanagan, bestselling authorIt's the day before the wedding ...Three strangers arrive home to Ireland to the house that...

Roisin Meaney / Life Before Us (Large Paperback)

 'Life Before Us is a wonderfully woven, beautiful book full of hope, love and characters so fully formed I feel like I know them. I adored it' Emer McLysaght 'A warm, insightful story about...

Roisin Meaney / Moving On (Large Paperback)

Three great loves. Two very different countries. One step closer to finding her way home...As a new decade begins, hopeless romantic and big dreamer Ellen is finally moving on from her hometown.In...

Ronan Bennett / Havoc, in its Third Year

    England in the 1630s: turbulent times, with fears of foreign invasion and Catholic conspiracies rife. John Brigge, a farmer and coroner, is respected in his North Country community,...

Ronan Bennett / The Catastrophist

Gillespie, an Irishman, goes to the Congo in 1959 in pursuit of his beautiful lover Inès, a passionate Italian journalist. Unlike her, Gillespie has no interest in the deepening independence crisis,...

Rory Gleeson / Rockadoon Shore

' Rockadoon Shore is terrific' Roddy Doyle'One of the most exciting Irish storytellers to have emerged in years' Gavin CorbettCath is worried about her friends. DanDan is struggling with the death of...

Ruth & Pen / Emilie Pine (Signed by the Author) (Paperback)

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Ruth Gilligan / Can You See Me? (Signed by the Author) (Large Paperback)

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Ruth Gilligan / Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan

At the start of the twentieth century, a young girl and her family emigrate from the continent in search of a better life in America, only to pitch up in Ireland by mistake. In 1958, a mute boy...

Ruth Gilligan / Nine Folds Make A Paper Swan (Hardback)

 At the start of the twentieth century, a young girl and her family emigrate from Lithuania in search of a better life in America, only to land on the Emerald Isle instead. In 1958, a mute...

Ruth Gilligan / Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan (Large Paperback)

 1901. Cork can sound very similar to New York to foreign ears and tired brains, so it's no surprise that Ruth's family - Jewish refugees fleeing the European pogroms - mistakenly disembark from...

Ruth Gilligan / Somewhere In Between (Large Paperback)

 The exams are finally over, the sun is shining and celebration is in the air. For twins Chloe and Alex the future looks bright, if a bit uncertain. But turbulence is not far from the horizon.It...

Sally Rooney / Beautiful World, Where Are You (Large Paperback)

 'Beautiful World, Where Are You is Rooney's best novel.' THE TIMES*The Sunday Times and Global number one bestseller*Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if...

Sally Rooney / Conversations with Friends

 'This book. This book. I read it in one day. I hear I'm not alone.'- Sarah Jessica Parker (Instagram)WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES / PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS...

Sally Rooney / Conversations with Friends (Large Paperback)

 Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and darkly observant. A college student in Dublin and aspiring writer, she works at a literary agency by day. At night, she performs spoken word...

Sam Hanna Bell - December Bride ( Paperback) ( Film - t

Sam Hanna Bell's classic novel of County Down, originally published 1951, this reprint 1991, Blackstaff Press.  At the beginning of the 20th century, a young servant provokes an independent...

Samuel Beckett ( Seán Lawlor & John Pilling - Editors) - The Collected Poems of Samuel Beckett - HB 2012

It was as a poet that Samuel Beckett launched himself in the little reviews of 1930s Paris, and as a poet that he ended his career. The Collected Poems is the most complete edition of Beckett’s...

Samuel Beckett - Dramatische Dichtungen in Drei Sprachen

With text of dramatist Samuel Beckett's work in three languages - English,  French (Waiting for Godot was originally published in French first) and German.  Originally published 1981. 

Sara Baume / A Line Made by Walking (Hardback)

 The author of the award-winning Spill Simmer Falter Wither returns with a stunning new novel about a young artist's search for meaning and healing in rural Ireland.Struggling to cope...

Sarah Gilmartin / Dinner Party : A Tragedy (Large Paperback)

 Kate meticulously plans a dinner to mark the anniversary of a death in the family, from the fancy table setting to the perfect baked alaska waiting in the freezer. But by the end of the night,...

Sarah Gilmartin / Dinner Party: A Tragedy (Hardback)

To mark the anniversary of a death in the family, Kate meticulously plans a dinner party - from the fancy table setting to the perfect baked alaska waiting in the freezer. But by the end of the...

Sarah Gilmartin / Service (Large Paperback)

 The waitress. The chef. The chef’s wife. Three different stories, but which one contains the truth?When Hannah learns that famed chef Daniel Costello is facing accusations of sexual...

Séamas Ó Buachalla - The Literary Writings of Patrick Pearse - Vintage PB

All of Pearse's published short stories, poetry and plays, translated into English by Séamas ó Buachalla, Mercier Press, 1979 Edgewear to covers. 

Seamus Deane / Reading in the Dark

A haunted childhood, lived out in two dimensions. One is legendary: the Sun-fort of Grianan, home of the warrior Fianna; the Field of the Disappeared, over which no gulls fly; the house in Donegal...

Seamus Deane / Reading in the Dark (Hardback)

  A boy's childhood is lived out in two dimensions. One is legendary: the Sun-Fort of Grianan; where children are stolen away by demonic forces. The other is actual: the city of Derry in the...

Seamus Heaney - North - Vintage Faber Poetry 1978

In North Seamus Heaney found a myth which allowed him to articulate a vision of Ireland - its people, history and landscape. Here the Irish experience is refracted through images drawn from different...

Sean McCann / The Wit of Oscar Wilde (Hardback)

 `I can resist everything except temptation' Oscar Wilde is probably the most quoted and quotable man in history. His genius manifested itself in his plays and poetry but he is equally...

Sean O'Casey - Blasts and Benedictions : Articles and Stories ( Selected by Ronald Ayling ) HB 1967

Hardcover first edition, Macmillan UK, 1967, selected by Ronald Ayling ( with the assistance of  O'Casey's wife) and published 3 years after the author's death.  Biographical essays, essays...

Sean O'Casey - I Knock at the Door - Autobiography Volume 1 - Vintage Pan PB 1971

Sunning and fade to spine, small previous owners name to inside title page.  The first volume ( of 6 ) in this PB format of dramatist Sean O'Casey's autobiography, dealing with his early...

Sean O'Casey - Pictures in the Hallway : Autobiography Volume 2 - Vintage Pan PB

Light tanning to the page block, fade to the spine ( common to all this series) light creasing to the covers, and previous owner's name to the title page.  This takes up where the first book ( I...

Sean O'Casey - The Plough and the Stars - Faber Drama - BRAND NEW

This educational edition, with the full play text and an introduction to the playwright, features a detailed analysis of the language, structure and characters of the play, and textual notes...

Sean O'Casey / Autobiographies 2 ( Omnibus) (Vintage Paperback)

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Sean O'Casey / Three Dublin Plays: Shadow of a Gunman

Three early plays by Sean O'Casey--arguably his three greatest--demonstrate vividly O'Casey's ability to convey the reality of life and the depth of human emotion, specifically in Dublin before and...

Seán O'Casey / Three Plays : "Juno and the Paycock", "Shadow of a Gunman" and "Plough and the Stars"

The classic plays of the quintessential Dublin playwright Three early plays by Sean O'Casey--arguably his three greatest--demonstrate vividly O'Casey's ability to convey the reality of life and...

Sean O'Reilly / Love and Sleep (Large Paperback)

Sean O’Reilly’s debut 2002 novel is a journey into the dark and uncomfortable psyche of Niall, a young man on the run from the past and denying himself a future. In the nineties, soon...

Sebastian Barry / A Thousand Moons

 From the Costa Book of the Year-winning author of Days Without EndEven when you come out of bloodshed and disaster in the end you have got to learn to live.Winona is a young Lakota orphan...

Sebastian Barry / A Thousand Moons (Large Paperback)

 From the Costa Book of the Year-winning author of Days Without EndEven when you come out of bloodshed and disaster in the end you have got to learn to live.Winona is a young Lakota orphan...

Sebastian Barry / Old God's Time

Recently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the quiet of his new home, a lean-to annexed to a Victorian castle overlooking the Irish Sea. For months he has barely seen a soul, catching...

Sebastian Barry / Old God's Time (Large Paperback)

 From the two-time Booker Prize finalist author, a dazzlingly written novel exploring love, memory, grief, and long-buried secrets Recently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the...

Sebastian Barry / On Canaan's Side

 'As they used to say in Ireland, the devil only comes into good things.' Narrated by Lilly Bere, On Canaan's Side opens as she mourns the loss of her grandson, Bill. The story then goes...