Limerick & Limerick Interest Books

Liam Cahill - Forgotten Revolution : Limerick Soviet 1919 - HB 1st Edition - 1990

The original first edition printing in hardcover, O'Brien Press 1990, of then RTE journalist Liam Cahill's account of the short lived Limerick Soviet 1919, and how the events in the city in that year...

Liam Cahill - Forgotten Revolution : The Limerick Soviet 1919 - SIGNED - Centenary Edition 2019 - Brand NEW PB

This is a completely updated, revised and enlarged edition of the author's original book on the Limerick Soviet, first published in 1990. It is the Spring of 1919. The first shots are already fired...

Mark Heffernan / Dead Man Talking : How One Man Brought Down The Limerick Mob

The true story of how one man took on Limerick s most feared gang and won.  For over a decade the McCarthy-Dundon gang was been a blight on Limerick. From drug dealing and armed robbery to...

Mark Tierney - Glenstal Abbey : A Historical Guide - PB 3RD Edition 1995

An 88 page guide, 1995 to Glenstal Abbey , Murroe, County Limerick, focusing on the history of the building ( and the various buildings which have occupied the site)   

Mark Tierney - Glenstal Abbey : A Historical Guide - PB 5th Edition 2009

A 96 page guide, revised 5th edition, 2009 to Glenstal Abbey, Murroe, County Limerick, focusing on the history of the building ( and the various buildings which have occupied the site)...

Mary Fennelly - Limerick Lives - HB - 1996

Published in association with the Limerick and Tipperary Samaritans, 1996 ( and as part of the Limerik 800 Celebrations, this is an illustrated guide to 78 notable people ( and some duo's) from...

Matthew Potter - Amazing Lace - A History of the Limerick Lace Industry - HB

A detailed history of the historically huge role that lacemaking and associated industries played in the 19th and 20th century in Limerick City.  Limerick is probably the most famous of all...

Maureen Sparling / A Dubious Destiny

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may...

Maureen Sparling / A Dubious Destiny (Signed by the Author) (Paperback)

This book has been signed by the author to view the signature click on the pictureTo view the book just click on the pictures. These are pictures of the actual book for sale. Removing stickers from a...

Maureen Sparling / The Gold Nugget (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...

Michael Hayes - The Irish Republican Struggle in Limerick - Personal Recollections of Captain Joe Graham - PB - 2012

Published 2012, based on the previously unpublished diaries of Joe Graham.  

Michael M Mc Namara - The Dancing Floor - HB US 1st Ed - 1978 - IRA Limerick

Michael Mc Namara  was born in Limerick in 1940, and was the author of two novels, - The Vision of Thady Quinlan ( 1974) and The Dancing Floor, in this edition, 2nd printing 1978, ...

Na Piarsaigh C.L.G - Na Piarsaigh Celebrating 50 Years 1968-2018 - HB - Limerick GAA

Hardcover, an illustrated history celebrating 50 years of Na Piarsaigh, the Caherdavin /limerick city Northside based GAA club. With many photographs of teams, youth teams, matchday photos, and a...

Nellie Ó Cléirigh & Veronica Rowe - Limerick Lace : A Social History and a Maker's Manual - PB

Large format paperwork, published by Colin Smythe UK, 1995, illustrated throughout in black and white.  Limerick is probably the most famous of all Irish laces. This book is broken into three...

Niamh Hourigan / Understanding Limerick: Social Exclusion and Change (Large Paperback)

   This edited collection features contributions from a range of leading Irish scholars in the fields of sociology, social policy, criminology and urban geography. Limerick city currently...

P.J Taylor - Who's Sorry Now : 1962-1969 - A Memoir - HB

Hardcover, published by Original Writing, Dublin 2010. This copy signed and inscribed by teh author to a former owner.  The sequel to Between The Three Bridges, the fisrt book of the author's...

Pat Doran - A Clune's Lane Fisherman : My Life as a Shannon Estuary Fisherman & Boatbuilder - PB - LImerick City - 2008

  The life of ordinary working people is often not the content of history books. This book is a unique contribution to the social history of Limerick , looking as it does at the life of dock...

Patrick J McNamara - Their Name Liveth for Evermore - The Memorial Record of Limerick Casualties of World War II - HB - SIGNED

Published 2006, this copy is SIGNED -'' With best wishes from the author'  Patrick McNamara 2006, published by Limerick Historical Publications, Parteen.  Examines the involvement of...

Patsy Peril & Deirdre Nuttall - Swimming Upstream : One Man's Fight to Save Wild Atlantic Salmon

Patsy Peril was born in 1943 in Coonagh, a small fishing community on the Shannon, not far from Limerick. His family fished from a traditional gandelow boat, using hemp nets. Further upriver was...

Paul M O'Reilly & Mike Fitzpatrick - EV+A - OPEN 2005 - Limerick Art

Running until 2010, e v+ a was Ireland's pre-eminent annual exhibition of contemporary art, featuring artists from home and abroad selected by a leading international curator. Each e v+ a exhibition...

Paula Dias Garcia & Sam Agar ( 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...

Roger Downer - Reflections from the Shannon - HB

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

Seán Spellissy - The History of Limerick City - PB - 1998

This book is a chronicle of the development of  life in urban Limerick from the earliest times to the end of the 20th century. The origins of the city are Viking, the city was the subject of two...

Seighín Ó Ceallaigh - Robert Byrne and the Limerick Soviet - SIGNED PB

In April 1919 in the city of Limerick, IRA volunteer Robert Byrne is shot in his hospital bed by the RIC during a rescue attempt. He had been on hunger strike for his rights as a political prisoner...

Seighín Ó Ceallaigh - The Half Mile Road - PB - SIGNED - BRAND NEW

Inspired by a real border and a real political crisis.Brian McKee is a widowed farmer, still farming his beef and dairy herds on his farm that straddles the border between Monaghan and Fermanagh...

Sharon Slater - 366 Days of Limerick - PB - BRAND NEW

Sharon Slater - The A-Z of Curious County Limerick : Strange Stories of Mysteries, Crimes and Eccentrics - BRAND NEW PB

Limerick's history stretches back over 1,000 years. It is famed for pigs and poetry, but only the surface of the history has been scratched. This book looks at the forgotten past such as the story of...

Steve Smallman / Santa is Coming to County Limerick (Children's Coffee Table book)

Have you been good Are you ready to go to sleep Then Santa is coming to your town! It's Christmas Eve. Santa's packed up all the presents and set the Santa-nav to Limerick. So what could possibly go...

Terry Wogan - 2 Book Lot : The Day Job & Chat Show Host Extraordinary - PB Biography

Two books on the late Limerick born TV presenter , Terry Wogan, as follows : A paperback copy of a biography of Terry Wogan by Gus Smith, an associate of his from the early years at RTE and who spoke...

The Limerick Writers Centre / Revival (Large Paperback)

Issue 26 - April - June 2013.    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...

Thomond Archaeological and Historical Society -North Munster Antiquarian Journal -volume 48 ( 2008)

North Munster Antiquarian Journal, Volume 48, 2008A journal of history and archaeology of County Limerick and district.Description Vol. 48, 2008. ISSN 0332-0820 183 PAGES, PAPERBACK iNTERNALL VERY...

Tracey Corbett-Lynch / My Brother Jason : The Untold Story of Jason Corbett's Life and Brutal Death (Large Paperback)

   On 2 August 2015, Limerick father-of-two Jason Corbett was savagely beaten to death in the bedroom of his luxury North Carolina home. His killers were his wife Molly Martens and his...

Valerie O'Sullivan - Glenstal Abbey Through the Seasons - HB - 2019

Hardcover, published by Columba Books, 2019, with large format colour photography throughout by Valerier O'sullivan Both a focus on the building and teh woodland grounds, as well as ' behind the...