BRAND NEW - September 2024

Emma Doran - Mad, Isn't It ? - PB - BRAND NEW

On a solo trip with her best friend to a Wexford caravan park, a barely 18-year-old virginal (ish) Emma Doran discovers it only takes one time to change your life forever and end up covered in stretch marks. Finding herself preparing to do her Leaving...

Martin O'Donoghue & Emer Purcell - John Redmond and Irish Parliamentary Traditions - PB - BRAND NEW

Exploring the (political) life of John Redmond and the Irish Parliamentary Party tradition, this collection offers a new perspective on the legacy of the Redmond family using a longue durée approach, spanning from the nineteenth century Land War...

Elaine Callinan, Mel Farrell & Thomas Tormey - Vying For Victory : The 1923 General Election in the Irish Free State - PB - BRAND NEW 2024

After 11 arduous months, on 24 May 1923, the guns fell silent, and the Irish Civil War finally came to an end. Twelve weeks later, all adults aged 21 or over - regardless of social status or gender - cast their vote in the State's first general election...

Martin Doyle - Dirty Linen : The Troubles in My Home Place - PB - BRAND NEW

  Martin Doyle, Books Editor of The Irish Times, offers a personal, intimate history of the Troubles seen through the microcosm of a single rural parish, his own, part of both the Linen Triangle – heartland of the North’s defining...

Dermot Bolger - Hide Away - PB - BRAND NEW

Hidden behind the walls of Grangegorman Mental Hospital in 1941, four lives collide, all afflicted by the human cost of wars, betrayals and trauma. Gus, a shrewd attendant, is the keeper of everyone’s secrets, especially his own. Two War...

Ray Lane - Only a Soldier Knows - HB - BRAND NEW

On a gloomy Sunday afternoon at the height of the Troubles, rookie bomb disposal officer Ray Lane was called to the Border to defuse a 1,000kg bomb planted by the IRA. This was the beginning of an extraordinary career. From 10 beer kegs filled to the...

Michael B. Barry & John O'Byrne - The Emergency in Colour : Ireland in Wartime - HB - BRAND NEW

The Emergency in Colour brings wartime Ireland to life in dramatic colour. Through extensive research, the photos presented here have been painstakingly hand-colourised by photographer John O’Byrne, showing what life on the island was like in...

Sinéad Moriarty - Fixing Mum and Dad - HB - BRAND NEW

Quinn is furious when her mum announces they are moving in with Grandad because her doctor dad is away working abroad again. New school, new town, new everything. She manages to make one good friend, Charlie, the goalie on her football team, who...

Ian Miller - A History of Ireland in Ten Body Parts - HB - BRAND NEW

FREE TRACKED DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE COST Skulls, heads, hands, height, legs, sex organs, blood, brains, stomachs, ears and corpses – discover Irish history through the prism of the body. From the brutal beheading of the...

Angela Byrne - Anarchy and Authority : Irish Encounters with Romanov Russia - PB - BRAND NEW

From the ascent of Peter the Great to the Russian Revolution. From the Battle of the Boyne to the Easter Rising. Between these epochal events were two astounding centuries of war, diplomacy, intrigue, innovation and international radical political...

Judi Curtin - Sally and the Lost Photograph - PB - BRAND NEW

Sally and her sister Bridget are New Yorkers now - they've settled in and feel at home in the bustling city.Life in New York is exciting enough that the girls can rise above life with Catherine, their mean cousin.At work one day, Bridget finds a...

Erika McGann - What is a Peachick - HB - BRAND NEW

I've heard of a chickpea.I've had those for lunch.Is a peachick the same?Is it something you munch?Come on a hilarious adventure with these weird and zany creatures, from the author and illustrator of Standing on One Leg Is Hard. 

Roisín Hahessy & Muireann Ní Chiobháin - Bearradh Gruaige d'Eoinín - HB - As Gaeilge

Little Eoinín needs a haircut. The only problem is, he has never been to the hairdressers before! He needs to get his hair washed, cut and dried and – oh my, what’s that noise? Ahairdryer?! A lot of new experiences for Eoinín...

Rachel McKenna - Step Into Nature - A Seasonal Irish Nature Diary - HB - BRAND NEW

Rachel McKenna’s engaging writing and captivating visuals create a personal nature diary that invites readers to connect with the natural world. Step into Nature is a captivating seasonal Irish nature diary. Rachel McKenna's writing...

Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin - Ceol na Mara - BRAND NEW - As Gaeilge

Cnuasach álainn amhrán bunaithe ar théama na farraige, curtha i láthair ag Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin, Caitlín Ní Chualáin agus páistí scoile as Scoil Sailearna, Indreabhán, Co. na...

Sarah Webb - I See the Moon and the Moon Sees Me : Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood- BRAND NEW

TRACKED DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE A wonderful collection of nursery rhymes to treasure, songs and poems to share, gathered by Sarah Webb and with joyful illustrations by Paul Delaney that jump off every page. Oranges and lemons,...

Ciarán Prior - Traces of Truth : A CSI Investigates Life and Death- PB - BRAND NEW 2024

BRAND NEW - PUBLISHED 19TH SEPTEMBER 2024 ''This book recounts some of the more significant instances of grief, tragedy and sorrow I encountered throughout my crime scene investigation career. Along with some relevant snapshots from my earlier frontline...

Cian Manning - I Love Me County : Waterford Sporting Stories - PB - BRAND NEW

BRAND NEW - SEPTEMBER 2024 - TRACKED DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE COST The book's title is from a famous ( and heartfelt) quote from GAA player John Mullane after the Waterford vs Cork Munster Hurling Final in 2004.  Waterford has seen...

Sheena Wilkinson - First Term at Fernside - PB - BRAND NEW

It’s a new term at Fernside boarding school, and Robin can’t wait for fun in the dorm, playing games and maybe even winning the coveted Form Shield. But for new girl Linnet, Robin’s younger cousin, there are just too many new faces and...

Martina Devlin - Charlotte : A Novel - PB - BRAND NEW

Charlotte Brontë, who dazzled the world with some of literature’s most vital and richly-drawn characters, spent her brief but extraordinary life in search of love. She eventually found it with Arthur Bell, a reserved yet passionate Irishman...

John Scally - Together Standing Tall : 150 Years of Irish Rugby- HB - BRAND NEW

Irish rugby: it’s an epic tale of guts, grit and glory.Its story is one of great moments – Grand Slams, Triple Crowns, Munster’s historic win over the All Blacks, European triumphs for Ulster and Leinster, Connacht’s day to drink...

Rita Ann Higgins - The Long Weekend - Poems - HB - BRAND NEW ( September 2024)

Rita Ann Higgins’ poetry became a national salve during the pandemic, uniquely capturing the mood of the country as read live from RTÉ’s Brendan O’Connor radio show. This collection of poetry, containing the bank holidays poems...

Seamus O'Rourke - Standing in Gaps ( BRAND NEW EDITION)

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...

Hayley Kilgallon - Unladylike - A History of Ladies Gaelic Football - GAA - BRAND NEW ( SEPTEMBER 2024)

The first recorded game of ladies’ Gaelic football was played in St James’ Park, Dublin, in 1920. Players competed in ankle-length skirts, watched by a sizeable crowd. But the game was not authorised by the GAA, as it was branded...

Ian Hannigan - Timeless Colours - Waterford - BRAND NEW ( September 2024)

Timeless Colours: Waterford celebrates the rich history of the Déise and its people through the meticulous colourisation of over 100 stunning images. From architectural gems like the Dromana Gate to the tranquil beauty of the River Suir, each...

Éamonn MacThomáis - Me Jewel and Darlin' Dublin - O'Brien Press - Illustrated 50th Anniversary Edition - BRAND NEW

50th Anniversary Edition  A beautifully presented and attractively laid out commemorative edition, with new introductions by Ivan O’Brien, MD of The O’Brien Press and best-selling author Dónal Fallon. The very first book...

Edward Burke - Ghosts of a Family : Ireland’s Most Infamous Unsolved Murder and the Origins of the Troubles - PB - BRAND NEW

The gripping historical true crime story of Ireland’s most infamous unsolved murder, the sectarian massacre of six Catholic civilians in their north Belfast home in 1922.      At 1.20am on 24 March 1922, five men, four dressed in...

Gérard Moncomble & Fréderic Pillot - Cé a ghoid mo chuid bia? ( Mise Máire Treasa Mí-abha ) - PB - Brand New - As Gaeilge

Is fuath le Máire Treasa nuair a bhíonn daoine ag goid a cuid rudaí – go háirithe a cuid bia. Ach cé hé an gadaí gránna? Le cúnamh ó Shibéal, tugann Máire...

Warren Farrell - So Once Was I : Tales From Glasnevin Cemetery - PB - BRAND NEW ( With author Signed adhesive bookplate)

‘Remember now as you go by, as you are now so once was I, and as I am now so you shall be, so prepare for death and follow me.’ Every grave has a story to tell. Glasnevin Cemetery is the final resting place of over one million souls, with...

Estelle Birdy - Ravelling - PB - BRAND NEW - MAY 2024

Ravelling, the debut novel from Estelle Birdy   This explosively original debut novel by Estelle Birdy, set in Dublin’s Liberties, channels the energies and agonies of young men let loose in the city, navigating between drug-dealers, the...

Donal Hall & Eoin Magennis - Armagh The Irish Revolution, 1912-23 - BRAND NEW

County Armagh was one of the most controversial theatres of political and military conflict during the 1912–23 period. The county’s long-standing antipathy between unionism and nationalism intensified during the third home rule crisis of...

John O'Beirne Ranelagh - The Irish Republican Brotherhood 1914-1924 - HB ( June 2024 )

Using original interviews with key figures from the era, and extensive  use of documentation from the UCD archives. Ranelagh unravels the true influence of the oath-bound society without which the 1916 Rising might have never taken shape.  This...

John B. Keane - Sive ( New Edition with Notes) - PB - BRAND NEW

This is a story of greed, sex and bitterness, of a scheming matchmaker and a resentful woman forcing a beautiful young girl to marry an old man for money. Sive is a young and beautiful orphan who lives with her uncle Mike, his wife Mena and his mother...

Peadar O'Donnell - Salud ! An Irishman in Spain - PB BRAND NEW 2020 - Spanish Civil War - 9781527274068

First published in 1937, and unavailable in the main since then, this book is an essential eye-witness account of the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. Peadar O'Donnell was a veteran campaigner, with an established reputation for his republican,...