Limerick & Limerick Interest Books

J.J Hogan - From Small Beginnings - The Story of the Limerick School of Art and Design 1852-2002 - PB

Published 2004, a detailed history of the LSAD ( as it is now known) . Illustrated. 

Jeremiah Newman- Return to the Sacred : A Socio Religious Analysis ( Signed) PB -1986

An essay in socio-religious analysis. Its special interest is the impact of modern society on religion, and in particular on Irish Christianity.  Signed by the author ( a former Cathiolic...

Jim Corbett - Not While I Have Ammo : A History of Captain Connie Mackey - BRAND NEW ( 2nd Edition 2025)

During the Irish Civil War, between the 15 and 20 July 1922, the Republican-held Strand Barracks in Limerick, on what is now Clancy’s Strand, came under constant ferocious attacks from Free...

Jim Kemmy ( Editor) - Old Limerick Journal Number 22 - Winter 1987 History Magazine

A copy of issue number 22 of The Old Limerick Journal, issued in Winter 1987.  Stapled magazine format in WHITE covers,  44 pages, illustrated throughout with b&w photography...

John Murphy (Editor)- Four Limerick Plays ( Pigtown | Small One | Bingo! | The Bachelor of Kilkish ) - PB

Paperback, published by Limerick Writer's Centre, 2021 4 recent plays - with brief introductions to each.  Pigtown - Mike Finn Small One - John Murphy Bingo! - Carrie Barrett The Bachelor of...

John O'Callaghan - Limerick : The Irish Revolution 1912-23 - PB - BRAND NEW

Limerick was a key social, political and military battleground during the Irish revolution of 1912-23. By examining a wide range of contemporary sources, O'Callaghan reveals what life was like for...

John Shinnors - Adult Reading at Artists Bedtime - HB - Illustrated

“Adult Reading at Artist’s Bedtime” features illustrated stories from the sketchbooks of John Shinnors, one of Ireland’s foremost artists. His paintings often combine the...

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...

Liam Irwin - The Diocese of Limerick - Hardcover 2013 - Local History, Religious History , Parish Histories

A hardcover first edition  2013, of an illustrated history guide to the parishes of Limerick Diocese, by Liam Irwin of MIC History department, Limerick. Published by Booklink.  This book is...

LIMERICKS - 3 Book Vintage Lot - ( The Book of Irish Limericks, Armada Book of Limericks , The Pan Book of Limericks) - PB

Three vintage paperbacks -  The Pan Book of Limericks - ( 0330021125) 1972, Originally 1961. Previous owners anme on inside front endpage, as well as same name on the front cover ( overkill...

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 Carbery - The Farm by Lough Gur : The Story of Mary Fogarty - PB - BRAND NEW - Limerick

"The Farm by Lough Gur" was first published in London in 1937 and quickly reprinted. It was well received in England and a best-seller in Dublin. Some questioned its quiet recall of an elysian rural...

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 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...

Sarah Corbett Lynch / A Time for Truth (Large Paperback)

My Father Jason and My Search for Justice and Healing   'I was 12 weeks old when my mother, Mags, died.I was eight years old when my father was killed by Molly and Thomas Martens. The...

Sean Gallagher - Who's Who on Limerick County Council 1899 to 2014 - PB

Paperback, published by Limerick County Council, 2015, a full listing of all councillors and mebers of the council, since it's first meeting, and it lasted for 115 years before merging with Limerick...

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...

Thomas Toomey - Forgotten Dreams - The Life and Times of Major John Gerard 'Ged' O'Dwyer - HB - Signed - 1995

  ( HEAVY) age spotting to the page block , tanning to all pages, and light edgewear to the dustjacket. Moderate to heavy sunfade to the spine.  O'Dwyer, John Gerard (‘Ged’)...

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...

Tony Tynne - On Wellesley Pier : The History of Limerick Boat Club - PB - 2021 - SIGNED

SIGNED AND DEDICATED ( to a Gerry) by the late author.  Although “On Wellesley Pier” was printed in 2021 its birth began almost 40 years ago as an excerpt from Limerick Boat Club...

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...