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Based on the weekly series then running in the Irish Press Newspaper as 'New Irish Writing' . Contains poetry and short fiction. A slim paperback, heavy tanning to covers. MSRP: Now: £5.36 Add to Cart Quick view sku: MED393 Robert Burns - The Poems of Robert Burns - HB ( Oxford Standard Authors Edition) - 1963 Gift inscription to previous owner on the front endpages, price clipped on inside front flap. Although heavily dustdarkened on the top edges of the page block, otherwise unmarked, a solid, small format copy, this edition 1963, having been first... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: MED2871 Walter J Turner - Miss America : Altiora in the Sierra Nevada - HB -1930 A small format hardcover, published by Mandrake Press London, 1930. Pale lemon yellow/ tan covers, lacks dustjacket ( if it had one originally) , 64 pages. A poem sequence satirising the culture of the time. 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MSRP: £8.93 Now: £8.49 Add to Cart Quick view Clachan Publishing | sku: MED3498 Henry D Inglis - A Journey Throughout Ireland, During the Spring, Summer and Autumn of 1834 - Vol 1 - PB 2014 ( Originally 1835) This is an important source for historians of 19th century Ireland, and is of particular interest to those exploring local history and their family background. Asking the question, 'is Ireland an improving Country?' Inglis travelled the country meeting... MSRP: Now: £16.08 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press | sku: MED3623 Gwen Wilkinson - The Waters and the Wild - PB - BRAND NEW In 2019, Gwen Wilkinson set herself the challenge of building a canoe and paddling it the length of Ireland, along a network of inland waterways. She set out from the shores of Lough Erne and navigated a 400km journey to the tidal waters of the River... MSRP: £15.18 Now: £14.30 Add to Cart Quick view Play Pets - Vintage Children's 1930's HB - Renwick of Otley ( Green Spine) Vintage 1930s illustrated children's book - Undated, the artwork ( and depiction of clothing etc) points to an earlier date for the content, but the colur reproduction looks 1930's Published by Renwick of Otley, London, UK. Hardback with... MSRP: Now: £12.51 Add to Cart Quick view
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MSRP: Now: £17.87 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press | sku: MED541,MED542,MED543,MED544,MED545,MED546,MED547,MED548,MED549,MED3809,MED3810 Jonathan Trigg - Death in Derry : Martin McGuinness and the Derry IRA’s War Against the British - PB - BRAND NEW When civil rights protests in the 1960s gave way to armed struggle, the Provisional IRA in Derry – both city and county – led the fight against the British security forces. In the city Martin McGuinness – a young butcher’s... MSRP: £16.97 Now: £8.49 Add to Cart Quick view Lilliput Press | sku: MED1052,MED1053,MED1054,MED1055,MED1056 Lin Rose Clark - Swift Blaze Of Fire : The Life of Robert Hilliard - PB - BRAND NEW Celebrated in song by Christy Moore and affectionately recalled in many memoirs, Robert "Bob" Hilliard, the author's grandfather, is one of Ireland's best-known International Brigadistas. His short life blazed with a rare intensity; his death in Spain... MSRP: £16.93 Now: £15.19 Add to Cart Quick view Martello Press Books | sku: MED1272,MED1273 Kevin Rafter - Dillon Rediscovered : The Newspaperman Who Befriended Kings, Presidents and Oil Tycoons - BRAND NEW Emile Joseph Dillon witnessed some of the most dramatic events the world has ever seen including, the assassination of a Russian Tsar, the Dreyfus court martial and bloody massacres in Armenia. At a time of shifting geopolitics and the birth of modern... MSRP: Now: £17.87 Add to Cart Quick view Gill Books | sku: MED555,MED556 Dave Rudden - Conn of the Dead - PB - BRAND NEW ( Tales of Darkisle - Book 1 ) After one misadventure too many, 11-year-old serial miscreant Conn is sent home from school. Picked up by his professor aunt Doireann, she takes him to her office in UCD’s National Folklore Collection on the way home. Surrounded by old books and... MSRP: Now: £8.49 Add to Cart Quick view Gill Books Simon Read - The Many Murders of Michael Malloy - PB - BRAND NEW The unbelievable true story of the Irishman who refused to die. Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression and based on police reports, court records, and the colourful tabloid reporting of the day, The Many Murders of Michael... MSRP: £16.97 Now: £16.08 Add to Cart Quick view IRISH LITERATURE | sku: MED2874 David Marcus ( Editor) - New Irish Writing 1 - PB - 1970 Paperback, published by Dolmen Press, 1970. Based on the weekly series then running in the Irish Press Newspaper as 'New Irish Writing' . Contains poetry and short fiction. A slim paperback, heavy tanning to covers. MSRP: Now: £5.36 Add to Cart Quick view sku: MED393 Robert Burns - The Poems of Robert Burns - HB ( Oxford Standard Authors Edition) - 1963 Gift inscription to previous owner on the front endpages, price clipped on inside front flap. Although heavily dustdarkened on the top edges of the page block, otherwise unmarked, a solid, small format copy, this edition 1963, having been first... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: MED2871 Walter J Turner - Miss America : Altiora in the Sierra Nevada - HB -1930 A small format hardcover, published by Mandrake Press London, 1930. Pale lemon yellow/ tan covers, lacks dustjacket ( if it had one originally) , 64 pages. A poem sequence satirising the culture of the time. MSRP: Now: £5.36 Add to Cart Quick view Gill Books | sku: MED4051 Seamus O'Rourke - Leaning on Gates - PB - BRAND NEW BRAND NEW In the sequel to Seamus O’Rourke’s popular first memoir, Standing in Gaps, this innocent Leitrim lad finally flees the nest, briefly sampling life in New York, Dublin and London – before inevitably returning to... MSRP: £16.97 Now: £13.40 Add to Cart Quick view Gill Books | sku: MED2309 Seamus O'Rourke - Standing in Gaps - BRAND NEW New edition of the bestselling independently published memoir about the comedy and calamity of growing up in Leitrim. ‘We hadn’t a clue ‘til we got the telly and then we wanted to be like Dallas. We were never happy, that we knew of. We... MSRP: £13.40 Now: £12.51 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press | sku: MED1188 James Durney - Jailbreak : Great Irish Republican Escapes, 1865–1983 -BRAND NEW ‘What has taken place here today was a carefully planned exercise to secure the release of a substantial number of POWs. The block is now under our control.’ The infamous 1983 H-Block breakout, which saw 38 IRA prisoners escape from... 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Although heavily dustdarkened on the top edges of the page block, otherwise unmarked, a solid, small format copy, this edition 1963, having been first... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: MED2871 Walter J Turner - Miss America : Altiora in the Sierra Nevada - HB -1930 A small format hardcover, published by Mandrake Press London, 1930. Pale lemon yellow/ tan covers, lacks dustjacket ( if it had one originally) , 64 pages. A poem sequence satirising the culture of the time. MSRP: Now: £5.36 Add to Cart Quick view Gill Books | sku: MED4051 Seamus O'Rourke - Leaning on Gates - PB - BRAND NEW BRAND NEW In the sequel to Seamus O’Rourke’s popular first memoir, Standing in Gaps, this innocent Leitrim lad finally flees the nest, briefly sampling life in New York, Dublin and London – before inevitably returning to... 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MSRP: £12.51 Was: £12.51 Now: £5.36 Add to Cart Quick view Maynooth Studies in Local History Seán Byrne - Poverty in Pre-Famine Westmeath : The Findings of the Poor Commission of 1833 - PB - BRAND NEW The scale of the Great Famine has overshadowed the prevalence of extreme poverty in Ireland in the period 1815-1845. In 1833 the government established the Royal Commission for Inquiring into the Condition of the Poorer Classes in Ireland, holding public... MSRP: Now: £11.57 Add to Cart Quick view O'Brien Press | sku: MED434 Marita Conlon-McKenna - Fairy Hill - BRAND NEW - PB - 2023 Thirteen-year-old Anna is upset when she is sent to stay with her dad and his new family at Fairy Hill in the west of Ireland. Hearing whispers in the wind, Anna senses she is being watched, but nobody believes her except the mysterious boy down by the... MSRP: £8.93 Now: £8.49 Add to Cart Quick view Clachan Publishing | sku: MED3498 Henry D Inglis - A Journey Throughout Ireland, During the Spring, Summer and Autumn of 1834 - Vol 1 - PB 2014 ( Originally 1835) This is an important source for historians of 19th century Ireland, and is of particular interest to those exploring local history and their family background. Asking the question, 'is Ireland an improving Country?' Inglis travelled the country meeting... MSRP: Now: £16.08 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press | sku: MED3623 Gwen Wilkinson - The Waters and the Wild - PB - BRAND NEW In 2019, Gwen Wilkinson set herself the challenge of building a canoe and paddling it the length of Ireland, along a network of inland waterways. She set out from the shores of Lough Erne and navigated a 400km journey to the tidal waters of the River... MSRP: £15.18 Now: £14.30 Add to Cart Quick view Play Pets - Vintage Children's 1930's HB - Renwick of Otley ( Green Spine) Vintage 1930s illustrated children's book - Undated, the artwork ( and depiction of clothing etc) points to an earlier date for the content, but the colur reproduction looks 1930's Published by Renwick of Otley, London, UK. Hardback with... MSRP: Now: £12.51 Add to Cart Quick view
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MSRP: Now: £17.87 Add to Cart Quick view Gill Books | sku: MED555,MED556 Dave Rudden - Conn of the Dead - PB - BRAND NEW ( Tales of Darkisle - Book 1 ) After one misadventure too many, 11-year-old serial miscreant Conn is sent home from school. Picked up by his professor aunt Doireann, she takes him to her office in UCD’s National Folklore Collection on the way home. Surrounded by old books and... MSRP: Now: £8.49 Add to Cart Quick view Gill Books Simon Read - The Many Murders of Michael Malloy - PB - BRAND NEW The unbelievable true story of the Irishman who refused to die. Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression and based on police reports, court records, and the colourful tabloid reporting of the day, The Many Murders of Michael... MSRP: £16.97 Now: £16.08 Add to Cart Quick view IRISH LITERATURE | sku: MED2874 David Marcus ( Editor) - New Irish Writing 1 - PB - 1970 Paperback, published by Dolmen Press, 1970. 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Although heavily dustdarkened on the top edges of the page block, otherwise unmarked, a solid, small format copy, this edition 1963, having been first... MSRP: Now: £6.26 Add to Cart Quick view sku: MED2871 Walter J Turner - Miss America : Altiora in the Sierra Nevada - HB -1930 A small format hardcover, published by Mandrake Press London, 1930. Pale lemon yellow/ tan covers, lacks dustjacket ( if it had one originally) , 64 pages. A poem sequence satirising the culture of the time. MSRP: Now: £5.36 Add to Cart Quick view Gill Books | sku: MED4051 Seamus O'Rourke - Leaning on Gates - PB - BRAND NEW BRAND NEW In the sequel to Seamus O’Rourke’s popular first memoir, Standing in Gaps, this innocent Leitrim lad finally flees the nest, briefly sampling life in New York, Dublin and London – before inevitably returning to... 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MSRP: Now: £8.04 Add to Cart Quick view Maynooth Studies in Local History Mairead Lynch - From Carrigdrumruske to Carrick-on-Shannon - The St George Estate, 1613-1864 Beginning on the eve of the Leitrim Plantation and concluding in the wake of the Great Famine, this is the story of the St George family and their Carrick-on-Shannon estate. It explores how military prowess and political acuity helped build their wealth,... MSRP: £11.57 Now: £10.72 Add to Cart Quick view Boris Ford - The Modern Age (Pelican Guide to English Literature - Volume 7 ) This edition ( the last chronologically of 7 in the series ) covers the 20th century, the rise of modernism in literature, the impact of global literature, as well as key essays on notable figures, novels, movements in novels, poetry, literary criticism... 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MSRP: Now: £4.47 Add to Cart Quick view IRISH LITERATURE | sku: MED590 Charles C O'Connell - The Miracle Maker - HB - Vintage Talbot Press HB 1960 In this novel by Irish writer Charles O' Connell, the main character, Andy Freeman, buys some waste ground and tries to turn it into 'holy ground' and therefore valuable ground by staging a 'miracle'. First hardcover edition published by The Talbot... MSRP: Now: £5.36 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Mercier Press John O'Callaghan - The Battle For Kilmallock - PB ( Military History of the Irish Civil War ) The battle for Kilmallock took place between 25 July and 5 August 1922 in County Limerick. It was one of the largest engagements and a key turning point of the Irish Civil War. When the Free State army captured Limerick city in mid-July 1922, Republican... MSRP: £12.51 Was: £12.51 Now: £5.36 Add to Cart Quick view Maynooth Studies in Local History Seán Byrne - Poverty in Pre-Famine Westmeath : The Findings of the Poor Commission of 1833 - PB - BRAND NEW The scale of the Great Famine has overshadowed the prevalence of extreme poverty in Ireland in the period 1815-1845. In 1833 the government established the Royal Commission for Inquiring into the Condition of the Poorer Classes in Ireland, holding public... MSRP: Now: £11.57 Add to Cart Quick view O'Brien Press | sku: MED434 Marita Conlon-McKenna - Fairy Hill - BRAND NEW - PB - 2023 Thirteen-year-old Anna is upset when she is sent to stay with her dad and his new family at Fairy Hill in the west of Ireland. Hearing whispers in the wind, Anna senses she is being watched, but nobody believes her except the mysterious boy down by the... MSRP: £8.93 Now: £8.49 Add to Cart Quick view Clachan Publishing | sku: MED3498 Henry D Inglis - A Journey Throughout Ireland, During the Spring, Summer and Autumn of 1834 - Vol 1 - PB 2014 ( Originally 1835) This is an important source for historians of 19th century Ireland, and is of particular interest to those exploring local history and their family background. Asking the question, 'is Ireland an improving Country?' Inglis travelled the country meeting... MSRP: Now: £16.08 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press | sku: MED3623 Gwen Wilkinson - The Waters and the Wild - PB - BRAND NEW In 2019, Gwen Wilkinson set herself the challenge of building a canoe and paddling it the length of Ireland, along a network of inland waterways. She set out from the shores of Lough Erne and navigated a 400km journey to the tidal waters of the River... MSRP: £15.18 Now: £14.30 Add to Cart Quick view Play Pets - Vintage Children's 1930's HB - Renwick of Otley ( Green Spine) Vintage 1930s illustrated children's book - Undated, the artwork ( and depiction of clothing etc) points to an earlier date for the content, but the colur reproduction looks 1930's Published by Renwick of Otley, London, UK. Hardback with... MSRP: Now: £12.51 Add to Cart Quick view
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Quick view O'Brien Press | sku: MED434 Marita Conlon-McKenna - Fairy Hill - BRAND NEW - PB - 2023 Thirteen-year-old Anna is upset when she is sent to stay with her dad and his new family at Fairy Hill in the west of Ireland. Hearing whispers in the wind, Anna senses she is being watched, but nobody believes her except the mysterious boy down by the... MSRP: £8.93 Now: £8.49 Add to Cart Quick view Clachan Publishing | sku: MED3498 Henry D Inglis - A Journey Throughout Ireland, During the Spring, Summer and Autumn of 1834 - Vol 1 - PB 2014 ( Originally 1835) This is an important source for historians of 19th century Ireland, and is of particular interest to those exploring local history and their family background. Asking the question, 'is Ireland an improving Country?' Inglis travelled the country meeting... MSRP: Now: £16.08 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press | sku: MED3623 Gwen Wilkinson - The Waters and the Wild - PB - BRAND NEW In 2019, Gwen Wilkinson set herself the challenge of building a canoe and paddling it the length of Ireland, along a network of inland waterways. She set out from the shores of Lough Erne and navigated a 400km journey to the tidal waters of the River... MSRP: £15.18 Now: £14.30 Add to Cart Quick view Play Pets - Vintage Children's 1930's HB - Renwick of Otley ( Green Spine) Vintage 1930s illustrated children's book - Undated, the artwork ( and depiction of clothing etc) points to an earlier date for the content, but the colur reproduction looks 1930's Published by Renwick of Otley, London, UK. Hardback with... MSRP: Now: £12.51 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view Clachan Publishing | sku: MED3498 Henry D Inglis - A Journey Throughout Ireland, During the Spring, Summer and Autumn of 1834 - Vol 1 - PB 2014 ( Originally 1835) This is an important source for historians of 19th century Ireland, and is of particular interest to those exploring local history and their family background. Asking the question, 'is Ireland an improving Country?' Inglis travelled the country meeting... MSRP: Now: £16.08 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press | sku: MED3623 Gwen Wilkinson - The Waters and the Wild - PB - BRAND NEW In 2019, Gwen Wilkinson set herself the challenge of building a canoe and paddling it the length of Ireland, along a network of inland waterways. She set out from the shores of Lough Erne and navigated a 400km journey to the tidal waters of the River... MSRP: £15.18 Now: £14.30 Add to Cart Quick view Play Pets - Vintage Children's 1930's HB - Renwick of Otley ( Green Spine) Vintage 1930s illustrated children's book - Undated, the artwork ( and depiction of clothing etc) points to an earlier date for the content, but the colur reproduction looks 1930's Published by Renwick of Otley, London, UK. Hardback with... MSRP: Now: £12.51 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view Merrion Press | sku: MED3623 Gwen Wilkinson - The Waters and the Wild - PB - BRAND NEW In 2019, Gwen Wilkinson set herself the challenge of building a canoe and paddling it the length of Ireland, along a network of inland waterways. She set out from the shores of Lough Erne and navigated a 400km journey to the tidal waters of the River... MSRP: £15.18 Now: £14.30 Add to Cart Quick view Play Pets - Vintage Children's 1930's HB - Renwick of Otley ( Green Spine) Vintage 1930s illustrated children's book - Undated, the artwork ( and depiction of clothing etc) points to an earlier date for the content, but the colur reproduction looks 1930's Published by Renwick of Otley, London, UK. Hardback with... MSRP: Now: £12.51 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view Play Pets - Vintage Children's 1930's HB - Renwick of Otley ( Green Spine) Vintage 1930s illustrated children's book - Undated, the artwork ( and depiction of clothing etc) points to an earlier date for the content, but the colur reproduction looks 1930's Published by Renwick of Otley, London, UK. Hardback with... MSRP: Now: £12.51 Add to Cart Quick view
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