Mercier Press

Liz Gillis - The Hales Brothers and the Irish Revolution - PB - BRAND NEW 20126

The story of the Hales family from Bandon epitomises the whole revolutionary period in Ireland. They were involved from the establishment of the Irish Volunteers in West Cork and were closely...

Liz Gillis- The Fall of Dublin 1922 - Mercier History of the Irish Civil War - PB Brand New 2011

Focusing on the people and the decisions they made,The Fall of Dublin examines the attack on the Four Courts and the subsequent fighting in Dublin in June and July 1922 which signalled the beginning...

Michael Lenihan - Cork Burning - PB - BRAND NEW - War of Independence 1920

A tale of arson, loot and murder' was how one source described the events that would befall Cork city on the night of 11-12 December 1920. In a scene of almost unprecedented destruction, members of...

Micheál Ó Conghaile - An Island Christmas - HB - BRAND NEW ( Nollaig Oileanách )

In 'An Island Christmas - Nollaig Oileánach', celebrated Irish author Micheál Ó Conghaile takes readers on a heartfelt journey through his childhood memories of...

Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc - The Battle For Limerick City 1922 ( Military History of the Irish Civil War ) - PB - BRAND NEW

Battle For Limerick City descibes the full story of the vicious battle between Republican and Provisional Government forces for control of Limerick city in the early parts of the Civil War. The...

Peadar Ó Riada - Ceoltóirí Chualann : The Band that changed the course of Irish Music - HB - BRAND NEW

A lively and engaging account of the legendary Irish folk music ensemble Ceoltóirí Chualann, and the first time that readers can see the groundbreaking concepts used by Seán...

Seamus Murphy - STONE MAD ( 50th Anniversary Edition ) - Mercier PB ( BRAND NEW)

    ‘In the sharply formal conversations of the stonemen, the bittersweet flavour of provincial Ireland is presented with neither sentiment nor adornment.‘ —William...

Synge, J.M - The Playboy of the Western World - PB - Mercier - BRAND NEW

John Millington Synge's classic work set in Mayo. A mysterious traveller, Christy Mahon, arrives in the village believing he has killed his father. He is looked upon as a hero by the locals and falls...

Theo Dorgan - Camarade - PB - BRAND NEW

‘All things considered, I wonder if shooting that policeman made me the man that I am?’   In this masterful new work, award-winning author Theo Dorgan has written a...

Tom Doyle - The Summer Campaign in Kerry 1922 - ( Mercier Military History of The Irish Civil War ) - PB - BRAND NEW

Follows the military course of the Civil War in Kerry in August and September 1922, focusing on specific engagements and tactics. Because of the defence line of the Munster Republic overland during...

Tomás Mac Conmara - The Scariff Martyrs : War Murder and Memory in East Clare - PB - 2021 - BRAND NEW

In November 2008, Tomás Mac Conmara sat with a 105 five-year-old woman at a nursing home in Clare. While gently moving through her memories, he asked the east Clare native; ‘Do you...

Máirtín Ó Direáin - Spring Seaweed ( Feamainn Bhealtaine) - PB - BRAND NEW ( Translated by Micheál Ó hAodha)

Through masterful essays and twenty poems, one of Ireland's greatest twentieth-century poets captures the soul of Aran Island life - from keening women's haunting songs to seaweed dancing on the tide...