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MSRP: Now: €3.50 Add to Cart Quick view New Island Publishing Steven Travers - The Bass Player : Surviving the Miami Showband Massacre - PB - BRAND NEW Stephen Travers has lived two lives. His first was as a young bass player, immersed in music, friendship, and the thrill of gigs on the road with the Miami Showband. But on July 31, 1975, that life shattered on the A1 road at Buskhill in County Down when... MSRP: Now: €17.95 Add to Cart Quick view sku: MED618 Valeric Cox, Doris Manly, Loretto Browne & Nick Lowry - The Facilitators - HB 1983 A conservative analysis of the liberal movements in Ireland in the 1980's , seeing the onset of liberal vlaueds as being a negative force in Irish society. Published by Brandsma , undated, but circa 1983 ( there are many refrences to the 8th... 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MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Lilliput Press | sku: MED1140 Gillies Macbain - The Last Footman - PB - BRAND NEW In the summer of 1964, twenty-one-year-old Gillies MacBain arrives in Dublin off the ferry from England with only his bicycle, a suitcase and a tent to his name. Young, handsome and charismatic, he begins work as a footman in one of the houses of... MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Maynooth Studies in Local History Maeve Mulryan Moloney - Nineteenth Century Elementary Education in the archdiocese of Tuam - PB - 2001 This book explores a century of memorable cultural and educational controversies in the diocese of Tuam. It also chronicles the impetus to education achieved during the first decade of the Irish Teachers Organisation (founded 1868). It is a pioneering... 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MSRP: Now: €3.50 Add to Cart Quick view New Island Publishing Steven Travers - The Bass Player : Surviving the Miami Showband Massacre - PB - BRAND NEW Stephen Travers has lived two lives. His first was as a young bass player, immersed in music, friendship, and the thrill of gigs on the road with the Miami Showband. But on July 31, 1975, that life shattered on the A1 road at Buskhill in County Down when... MSRP: Now: €17.95 Add to Cart Quick view sku: MED618 Valeric Cox, Doris Manly, Loretto Browne & Nick Lowry - The Facilitators - HB 1983 A conservative analysis of the liberal movements in Ireland in the 1980's , seeing the onset of liberal vlaueds as being a negative force in Irish society. Published by Brandsma , undated, but circa 1983 ( there are many refrences to the 8th... 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MSRP: Now: €3.50 Add to Cart Quick view New Island Publishing Steven Travers - The Bass Player : Surviving the Miami Showband Massacre - PB - BRAND NEW Stephen Travers has lived two lives. His first was as a young bass player, immersed in music, friendship, and the thrill of gigs on the road with the Miami Showband. But on July 31, 1975, that life shattered on the A1 road at Buskhill in County Down when... MSRP: Now: €17.95 Add to Cart Quick view sku: MED618 Valeric Cox, Doris Manly, Loretto Browne & Nick Lowry - The Facilitators - HB 1983 A conservative analysis of the liberal movements in Ireland in the 1980's , seeing the onset of liberal vlaueds as being a negative force in Irish society. Published by Brandsma , undated, but circa 1983 ( there are many refrences to the 8th... 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MSRP: Now: €3.50 Add to Cart Quick view New Island Publishing Steven Travers - The Bass Player : Surviving the Miami Showband Massacre - PB - BRAND NEW Stephen Travers has lived two lives. His first was as a young bass player, immersed in music, friendship, and the thrill of gigs on the road with the Miami Showband. But on July 31, 1975, that life shattered on the A1 road at Buskhill in County Down when... MSRP: Now: €17.95 Add to Cart Quick view sku: MED618 Valeric Cox, Doris Manly, Loretto Browne & Nick Lowry - The Facilitators - HB 1983 A conservative analysis of the liberal movements in Ireland in the 1980's , seeing the onset of liberal vlaueds as being a negative force in Irish society. Published by Brandsma , undated, but circa 1983 ( there are many refrences to the 8th... 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MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Lilliput Press | sku: MED1140 Gillies Macbain - The Last Footman - PB - BRAND NEW In the summer of 1964, twenty-one-year-old Gillies MacBain arrives in Dublin off the ferry from England with only his bicycle, a suitcase and a tent to his name. Young, handsome and charismatic, he begins work as a footman in one of the houses of... MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Maynooth Studies in Local History Maeve Mulryan Moloney - Nineteenth Century Elementary Education in the archdiocese of Tuam - PB - 2001 This book explores a century of memorable cultural and educational controversies in the diocese of Tuam. It also chronicles the impetus to education achieved during the first decade of the Irish Teachers Organisation (founded 1868). It is a pioneering... 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MSRP: Now: €3.50 Add to Cart Quick view New Island Publishing Steven Travers - The Bass Player : Surviving the Miami Showband Massacre - PB - BRAND NEW Stephen Travers has lived two lives. His first was as a young bass player, immersed in music, friendship, and the thrill of gigs on the road with the Miami Showband. But on July 31, 1975, that life shattered on the A1 road at Buskhill in County Down when... MSRP: Now: €17.95 Add to Cart Quick view sku: MED618 Valeric Cox, Doris Manly, Loretto Browne & Nick Lowry - The Facilitators - HB 1983 A conservative analysis of the liberal movements in Ireland in the 1980's , seeing the onset of liberal vlaueds as being a negative force in Irish society. Published by Brandsma , undated, but circa 1983 ( there are many refrences to the 8th... 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MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Lilliput Press | sku: MED1140 Gillies Macbain - The Last Footman - PB - BRAND NEW In the summer of 1964, twenty-one-year-old Gillies MacBain arrives in Dublin off the ferry from England with only his bicycle, a suitcase and a tent to his name. Young, handsome and charismatic, he begins work as a footman in one of the houses of... MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Maynooth Studies in Local History Maeve Mulryan Moloney - Nineteenth Century Elementary Education in the archdiocese of Tuam - PB - 2001 This book explores a century of memorable cultural and educational controversies in the diocese of Tuam. It also chronicles the impetus to education achieved during the first decade of the Irish Teachers Organisation (founded 1868). It is a pioneering... 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MSRP: Now: €3.50 Add to Cart Quick view New Island Publishing Steven Travers - The Bass Player : Surviving the Miami Showband Massacre - PB - BRAND NEW Stephen Travers has lived two lives. His first was as a young bass player, immersed in music, friendship, and the thrill of gigs on the road with the Miami Showband. But on July 31, 1975, that life shattered on the A1 road at Buskhill in County Down when... MSRP: Now: €17.95 Add to Cart Quick view sku: MED618 Valeric Cox, Doris Manly, Loretto Browne & Nick Lowry - The Facilitators - HB 1983 A conservative analysis of the liberal movements in Ireland in the 1980's , seeing the onset of liberal vlaueds as being a negative force in Irish society. Published by Brandsma , undated, but circa 1983 ( there are many refrences to the 8th... 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MSRP: Now: €3.50 Add to Cart Quick view New Island Publishing Steven Travers - The Bass Player : Surviving the Miami Showband Massacre - PB - BRAND NEW Stephen Travers has lived two lives. His first was as a young bass player, immersed in music, friendship, and the thrill of gigs on the road with the Miami Showband. But on July 31, 1975, that life shattered on the A1 road at Buskhill in County Down when... MSRP: Now: €17.95 Add to Cart Quick view sku: MED618 Valeric Cox, Doris Manly, Loretto Browne & Nick Lowry - The Facilitators - HB 1983 A conservative analysis of the liberal movements in Ireland in the 1980's , seeing the onset of liberal vlaueds as being a negative force in Irish society. Published by Brandsma , undated, but circa 1983 ( there are many refrences to the 8th... 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MSRP: Now: €3.50 Add to Cart Quick view New Island Publishing Steven Travers - The Bass Player : Surviving the Miami Showband Massacre - PB - BRAND NEW Stephen Travers has lived two lives. His first was as a young bass player, immersed in music, friendship, and the thrill of gigs on the road with the Miami Showband. But on July 31, 1975, that life shattered on the A1 road at Buskhill in County Down when... MSRP: Now: €17.95 Add to Cart Quick view sku: MED618 Valeric Cox, Doris Manly, Loretto Browne & Nick Lowry - The Facilitators - HB 1983 A conservative analysis of the liberal movements in Ireland in the 1980's , seeing the onset of liberal vlaueds as being a negative force in Irish society. Published by Brandsma , undated, but circa 1983 ( there are many refrences to the 8th... 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MSRP: Now: €3.50 Add to Cart Quick view New Island Publishing Steven Travers - The Bass Player : Surviving the Miami Showband Massacre - PB - BRAND NEW Stephen Travers has lived two lives. His first was as a young bass player, immersed in music, friendship, and the thrill of gigs on the road with the Miami Showband. But on July 31, 1975, that life shattered on the A1 road at Buskhill in County Down when... MSRP: Now: €17.95 Add to Cart Quick view sku: MED618 Valeric Cox, Doris Manly, Loretto Browne & Nick Lowry - The Facilitators - HB 1983 A conservative analysis of the liberal movements in Ireland in the 1980's , seeing the onset of liberal vlaueds as being a negative force in Irish society. Published by Brandsma , undated, but circa 1983 ( there are many refrences to the 8th... 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Quick view Details sku: 67132K Lucy Elphinstone / Dana - An Autobiography MSRP: Now: €2.50 Add to Cart Quick view Details sku: wW14181H,wW14736H George Lee & Charlie Bird / Breaking the Bank - How the NIB Scandal was Exposed (Large Paperback) MSRP: Now: €3.50 Add to Cart Quick view Details Gill Books | sku: MED1165,MED1166,MED1167 Fergus Kennedy - Ballybunion to the River Kwai : An Irishman's Story of Survival on the Death Railway MSRP: €18.99 Now: €18.00 Add to Cart Quick view Details sku: X87486K Victor Griffin / Mark of Protest - An Autobiography(Large Paperback) MSRP: Now: €3.50 Add to Cart Quick view Details sku: MED3831 Toner Quinn - What Ireland Can Teach the World About Music- and Other Essays - BRAND NEW MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view O'Brien Press Emma Byrne - Famous Irish Mariners - HB - BRAND NEW Surrounded on all sides by water, Ireland and its people have long been shaped by the sea. 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His first was as a young bass player, immersed in music, friendship, and the thrill of gigs on the road with the Miami Showband. But on July 31, 1975, that life shattered on the A1 road at Buskhill in County Down when... MSRP: Now: €17.95 Add to Cart Quick view sku: MED618 Valeric Cox, Doris Manly, Loretto Browne & Nick Lowry - The Facilitators - HB 1983 A conservative analysis of the liberal movements in Ireland in the 1980's , seeing the onset of liberal vlaueds as being a negative force in Irish society. Published by Brandsma , undated, but circa 1983 ( there are many refrences to the 8th... MSRP: Now: €10.00 Add to Cart Quick view First Editions | sku: MED617 M ó Dubhghaill ( Editor) - Insurrection Fires at Eastertide - HB 1966 Extracts from various writings on the Rising of Easter Week 1916, with commentary by the compiler. First edition. Foreword by Seán T Ó Ceallaigh. Mercier Press, Cork. 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Quick view O'Brien Press Emma Byrne - Famous Irish Mariners - HB - BRAND NEW Surrounded on all sides by water, Ireland and its people have long been shaped by the sea. Ireland has a rich history of famous – and infamous – mariners: from our earliest navigators, who may have reached North America – by currach... MSRP: Now: €17.00 Add to Cart Quick view O'Brien Press | sku: MED3258,MED3259 Eithne Massey - Where the Waters Flow : The Stories and Lore of Ireland's Rivers - HB - BRAND NEW ‘In the stories which follow I hope that the rivers will speak to you.’ Flowing from source to sea, our rivers are the life-blood of Ireland. They have shaped the landscape, history, folkore and mythology of the island. And have inspired... 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Uses origianl documentray spources ( many from the NLI) to chronicle Parnell's huge role in the latter 19th century in Irish political life... MSRP: Now: €7.00 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG548 Michael Finnegan - Banner, Emblem, Flag or Symbol : The Marching Banners of Cavan County Museum - HB - 2015 Published by Cavan County Museum, 2015, a detailed and fully illustrated look at the range of historical political and religious banners ( Loyalist, Unionist, Republican and Nationalist in their collection) MSRP: Now: €15.00 Add to Cart Quick view sku: MED3886 Cosaint Shibhialta - Bás Beatha - PB ( 1965 Irish Civil Defence booklet on Survival in a Nuclear War ) Booklet, 56 pages, stapled. The punched hole in the upper corner is part of the design. A 1965 Irish government Civil Defence booklet issued to give advice to houseowners and farmers on surving nuclear war and fallout ( the emphasis on fallout... 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MSRP: €25.00 Now: €24.00 Add to Cart Quick view Gill Books | sku: MED487,MED488 Fiona Biggs - Essential Irish History - 100 Events That Shaped Ireland - HB - 2025 Essential Irish History 100 Events that Shaped Ireland Discover the long and rich history of the island of Ireland, from the very earliest Mesolithic inhabitants to Vikings and Celts and the modern 21st-century nation of today... MSRP: €9.99 Now: €9.50 Add to Cart SALE Quick view New Island Publishing | sku: MED2208,MED3245,MED3246,MED3804,MED3805,MED3806,MED3957 Flor McCarthy - The President's Letters : An Unexpected History of Ireland - HB - BRAND NEW 2022 With over 400 letters, memos, cards, telegrams, drawings, notes and photographs, The Presidents’ Letters reveals a personal and unexpected story of Ireland since the inauguration of our first president, Douglas Hyde... 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Quick view Tipperary Books | sku: MED881 John Reynolds - 46 Men Dead : The RIC in County Tipperary 1919-22 - BRAND NEW In January 1919, at Soloheadbeg in County Tipperary, two members of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) were killed by the IRA. In the four bloody years that followed, nearly 500 RIC men were killed and hundreds more wounded. In Tipperary alone, 46... MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Lilliput Press | sku: MED1140 Gillies Macbain - The Last Footman - PB - BRAND NEW In the summer of 1964, twenty-one-year-old Gillies MacBain arrives in Dublin off the ferry from England with only his bicycle, a suitcase and a tent to his name. Young, handsome and charismatic, he begins work as a footman in one of the houses of... 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Published by Veritas, 1979, partly for the centenary anniversary of the events of 1879, and probably with a view to the then current 1979 papal visit also. Both a history of the events of 1879, and the... MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Martello Press Books | sku: MED1048,MED1049,MED1050,MED1051,MED2628,MED2629,MED2630,MED1631,MED1632,MED3969 Pádraig Ó Héalaí - Snátha den Seansaol - Strands of Traditional Life - PB - BRAND NEW Cad é ról an bhéaloidis sa tsochaí thraidisiúnta in Éirinn? Conas a mhúnlaigh seantuiscintí saol an phobail? Sa bhailiúchán aistí seo a chuimsíonn cuid mhaith de... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €10.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Martello Press Books | sku: BIG364,BIG365,BIG366,BIG367,BIG368 Trevor White - Malton's Views of Dublin : The Story of a Georgian City - HB - BRAND NEW Commentary by Trevor White with essays by Diarmuid Ó Gráda, David Dickson, Graham Hickey, Merlo Kelly and Kathryn Milligan. HARDCOVER, BRAND NEW. In the 1790s a young artist decided to create a portrait of Dublin. James... MSRP: €29.95 Was: €29.95 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Martello Press Books | sku: MED332,MED337,MED338,MED339.MED340 Kevin Rafter - Taoisigh and the Arts - PB - BRAND NEW Kevin Rafter’s short book is an entertaining taste of the use and abuse of the arts in Ireland by successive Taoisigh. It covers a century of cultural policy juxtaposed with artistic responses of the times, to reveal a story of official neglect and... MSRP: €14.95 Was: €14.95 Now: €6.50 Add to Cart SALE Quick view sku: MED506,MED507,MED508,MED509,MED510,MED511 Ray Burke - Joyce County : Galway and James Joyce - BRAND NEW Foreword by Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland. Written in an accessible style for the general reader, this book contains considerable new information, such as the first detailed accounts of the suspicious grounding of a passenger ship in Galway... 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MSRP: Now: €4.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press | sku: MED1163 Paul Clements - A Year in the Woods : Montalto Through the Seasons - BRAND NEW ‘The knockings of autumn are making themselves heard in the rustle of the leaves and whistle of the chilly wind. Spiderwebs are festooned on hedges and a spider is poised at the centre of one. In the fleeting morning sunshine the webs light up in... MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press | sku: MED2914,MED4109,MED4111,MED4112,MED4122 Cormac Moore - The Root of All Evil : The Irish Boundary Commission - BRAND NEW In May 1922, James Craig described the Boundary Commission as the ‘root of all evil’ for Ulster unionists. Conversely, it ultimately bolstered the unionist cause, leaving the border unchanged and abandoning swathes of Northern nationalists... MSRP: €22.99 Now: €20.00 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: €18.99 Now: €9.50 Add to Cart Quick view Lilliput Press | sku: 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: €18.95 Now: €17.00 Add to Cart Quick view sku: VP2421 Dr Andrew Rynne / Abortion : The Irish Question (Vintage Paperback) Published 1982 ( so before the 1983 Amendment) Every year, 60 million abortions are carried out around the world. Here in Ireland, the campaign to amend the Constitution has stirred up fierce controversy. Questions of fact, opinion and motive are... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: VP2197 Oliver St. John Gogarty / As I was Going Down Sackville Street (Vintage Paperback) All of our Vintage books are Pre barcode the picture shown is the actual book you will receive. MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW6268H Mark O'Connell / A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder (Hardback) In 1982 Malcolm Macarthur, the wealthy heir to a small estate, found himself suddenly without money. The solution, he decided, was to rob a bank. To do this, he would need a gun and a car. In the process of procuring them, he killed two people, and the... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW5942H Cynthia O'Connor / The Pleasing Hours: James Caulfield, First Earl of Charlemont 1728-99 : Traveller, Connoisseur and Patron of the Arts in Ireland (Hardback) 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 damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: X90009K Fiona Biggs / The Pocket Book of Great Irish Speeches: Inspiring and Provocative Speeches from 1782 to Today (Hardback) Relive some of the most significant moments of Ireland's recent past through the feats of oration that have, time and again, inspired Ireland's people to action. All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy... 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MSRP: Now: €14.00 Add to Cart Quick view New Island Publishing | sku: MED1592,MED1593,MED1594 Gráinne Hurley - Gratefully and Affectionately - Mary Lavin and the New Yorker - HB - BRAND NEW The first ever book about Mary Lavin's 18-year working relationship with The New Yorker and a fascinating insight into the lives of two brilliant 20th-century literary women. Between 1958 and 1976, the Irish-American writer Mary Lavin published... MSRP: €27.95 Now: €27.00 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG452 Elizabeth Coxhead - Lady Gregory : A Literary Portrait - HB - 1961 A first edition, published by Macmillan UK, 1961, lacking the original dustjacket. Asolid coipy in red/maroon cloth withtitles in gilt on black panel to spine. Illustrated. Augusta Gregory was a cornerstone of the Irish Literary Revival. Her books... MSRP: Now: €10.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press Chris Moore - Kincora: Britain’s Shame – Mountbatten, MI5, the Belfast Boys’ Home Sex Abuse Scandal and the British Cover-Up - PB - BRAND NEW For over four decades the story of the extraordinary evil that occurred at the Kincora Boys’ Home in East Belfast in the 1970s and the shocking attempts by MI5 to cover it up have haunted our political and social terrain for decades. Award-winning... MSRP: €18.99 Now: €17.00 Add to Cart Quick view Mercier Press | sku: MED3942,MED3943 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 Trevor, The Guardian ‘The men who have gone before us... 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MSRP: €25.00 Now: €24.00 Add to Cart Quick view Gill Books | sku: MED487,MED488 Fiona Biggs - Essential Irish History - 100 Events That Shaped Ireland - HB - 2025 Essential Irish History 100 Events that Shaped Ireland Discover the long and rich history of the island of Ireland, from the very earliest Mesolithic inhabitants to Vikings and Celts and the modern 21st-century nation of today... MSRP: €9.99 Now: €9.50 Add to Cart SALE Quick view New Island Publishing | sku: MED2208,MED3245,MED3246,MED3804,MED3805,MED3806,MED3957 Flor McCarthy - The President's Letters : An Unexpected History of Ireland - HB - BRAND NEW 2022 With over 400 letters, memos, cards, telegrams, drawings, notes and photographs, The Presidents’ Letters reveals a personal and unexpected story of Ireland since the inauguration of our first president, Douglas Hyde... MSRP: €25.00 Was: €25.00 Now: €10.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view New Island Publishing | sku: MED3405,MED3406,MED3513,MED3514,MED3807,MED3808 Nuala O'Faolain - Almost There : A Memoir - PB - BRAND NEW Nuala O’Faolain’s first memoir Are You Somebody? became a literary sensation and an international bestseller when it was published by New Island Books in 1996. It launched a new life for its author, at a time when she had long since let go of... MSRP: €14.95 Was: €14.95 Now: €6.00 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG865 Robert O'Byrne - Luggala Days : The Story of a Guinness House - HB 1st Edition 2012 Hidden inside a secluded Irish valley lies Luggala, an exquisite eighteenth-century house at the centre of a 5,000-acre estate. In 1937 Ernest Guinness presented Luggala to his youngest daughter, Oonagh – one of the three famous ‘Golden... MSRP: Now: €35.00 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG413 Conor Cruise O'Brien - States of Ireland -HB -1972 'States of Ireland is a masterly study of the whole complex Irish Situation as it existed in the early 1970's . Part history , part autobiography, part political analysis, part diary, it is a brilliant and distinctive contribution with much wit. Dr... MSRP: Now: €8.00 Add to Cart Quick view sku: MED279 Catherine Rynne - Knock 1879-1979 - HB 1979 ( Mayo History) ) The hardcover edition of an uncommon title. Published by Veritas, 1979, partly for the centenary anniversary of the events of 1879, and probably with a view to the then current 1979 papal visit also. Both a history of the events of 1879, and the... 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Quick view Maynooth Studies in Local History Maeve Mulryan Moloney - Nineteenth Century Elementary Education in the archdiocese of Tuam - PB - 2001 This book explores a century of memorable cultural and educational controversies in the diocese of Tuam. It also chronicles the impetus to education achieved during the first decade of the Irish Teachers Organisation (founded 1868). It is a pioneering... MSRP: Now: €14.00 Add to Cart Quick view New Island Publishing | sku: MED1592,MED1593,MED1594 Gráinne Hurley - Gratefully and Affectionately - Mary Lavin and the New Yorker - HB - BRAND NEW The first ever book about Mary Lavin's 18-year working relationship with The New Yorker and a fascinating insight into the lives of two brilliant 20th-century literary women. Between 1958 and 1976, the Irish-American writer Mary Lavin published... 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Published by Veritas, 1979, partly for the centenary anniversary of the events of 1879, and probably with a view to the then current 1979 papal visit also. Both a history of the events of 1879, and the... MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Martello Press Books | sku: MED1048,MED1049,MED1050,MED1051,MED2628,MED2629,MED2630,MED1631,MED1632,MED3969 Pádraig Ó Héalaí - Snátha den Seansaol - Strands of Traditional Life - PB - BRAND NEW Cad é ról an bhéaloidis sa tsochaí thraidisiúnta in Éirinn? Conas a mhúnlaigh seantuiscintí saol an phobail? Sa bhailiúchán aistí seo a chuimsíonn cuid mhaith de... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €10.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Martello Press Books | sku: BIG364,BIG365,BIG366,BIG367,BIG368 Trevor White - Malton's Views of Dublin : The Story of a Georgian City - HB - BRAND NEW Commentary by Trevor White with essays by Diarmuid Ó Gráda, David Dickson, Graham Hickey, Merlo Kelly and Kathryn Milligan. HARDCOVER, BRAND NEW. 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In the process of procuring them, he killed two people, and the... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW5942H Cynthia O'Connor / The Pleasing Hours: James Caulfield, First Earl of Charlemont 1728-99 : Traveller, Connoisseur and Patron of the Arts in Ireland (Hardback) 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 damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: X90009K Fiona Biggs / The Pocket Book of Great Irish Speeches: Inspiring and Provocative Speeches from 1782 to Today (Hardback) Relive some of the most significant moments of Ireland's recent past through the feats of oration that have, time and again, inspired Ireland's people to action. All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy... 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MSRP: Now: €35.00 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG413 Conor Cruise O'Brien - States of Ireland -HB -1972 'States of Ireland is a masterly study of the whole complex Irish Situation as it existed in the early 1970's . Part history , part autobiography, part political analysis, part diary, it is a brilliant and distinctive contribution with much wit. Dr... MSRP: Now: €8.00 Add to Cart Quick view sku: MED279 Catherine Rynne - Knock 1879-1979 - HB 1979 ( Mayo History) ) The hardcover edition of an uncommon title. Published by Veritas, 1979, partly for the centenary anniversary of the events of 1879, and probably with a view to the then current 1979 papal visit also. Both a history of the events of 1879, and the... 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MSRP: €25.00 Was: €25.00 Now: €8.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Martello Press Books | sku: MED328,MED329,MED3791,MED3792,MED3793,MED3794,MED3795 Frank McDonald - A Little History of the Future of Dublin - PB - BRAND NEW A superb analysis by Frank McDonald on the past, present and future of Dublin as imagined by various planners over its history (as well as the various ideas of the ‘future’ of the city they suggested), coinciding with an exhibition on the... MSRP: €14.95 Was: €14.95 Now: €7.50 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Four Courts Press | sku: BIG494 Tony Gaynor - Commanders of the British Forces in Ireland - 1796-1922 - HB - BRAND NEW In December 1922 General Nevil Macready sailed away from Dublin for the last time, marking the end of British rule in most of Ireland. Macready was the last in a long line of commanders of the British army in Ireland. The contribution of these men to... 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MSRP: €22.99 Now: €20.00 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: €18.99 Now: €9.50 Add to Cart Quick view Lilliput Press | sku: 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: €18.95 Now: €17.00 Add to Cart Quick view sku: VP2421 Dr Andrew Rynne / Abortion : The Irish Question (Vintage Paperback) Published 1982 ( so before the 1983 Amendment) Every year, 60 million abortions are carried out around the world. Here in Ireland, the campaign to amend the Constitution has stirred up fierce controversy. Questions of fact, opinion and motive are... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: VP2197 Oliver St. John Gogarty / As I was Going Down Sackville Street (Vintage Paperback) All of our Vintage books are Pre barcode the picture shown is the actual book you will receive. MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW6268H Mark O'Connell / A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder (Hardback) In 1982 Malcolm Macarthur, the wealthy heir to a small estate, found himself suddenly without money. The solution, he decided, was to rob a bank. To do this, he would need a gun and a car. In the process of procuring them, he killed two people, and the... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW5942H Cynthia O'Connor / The Pleasing Hours: James Caulfield, First Earl of Charlemont 1728-99 : Traveller, Connoisseur and Patron of the Arts in Ireland (Hardback) 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 damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: X90009K Fiona Biggs / The Pocket Book of Great Irish Speeches: Inspiring and Provocative Speeches from 1782 to Today (Hardback) Relive some of the most significant moments of Ireland's recent past through the feats of oration that have, time and again, inspired Ireland's people to action. All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy... MSRP: Now: €4.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books | sku: MED1425 Sharon Slater - The Little Book of Limerick - PB The Little Book of Limerick is a compendium of fascinating information about the city and county, past and present. Here you will find out about Limerick's buildings and bridges, crime and punishment, tragic accidents, and its famous (and occasionally... MSRP: €14.99 Now: €14.50 Add to Cart Quick view
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MSRP: Now: €4.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books | sku: MED1425 Sharon Slater - The Little Book of Limerick - PB The Little Book of Limerick is a compendium of fascinating information about the city and county, past and present. Here you will find out about Limerick's buildings and bridges, crime and punishment, tragic accidents, and its famous (and occasionally... MSRP: €14.99 Now: €14.50 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view UCD PRESS Leeann Lane - Dorothy Macardle - PB - BRAND NEW Dorothy Macardle - literary teacher, propagandist journalist, political playwright, gothic fiction novelist - is a multi-faceted woman who has remained too often below the radar of historical recognition. In Dorothy Macardle Leeann Lane intends to change... MSRP: €25.00 Now: €24.00 Add to Cart Quick view Gill Books | sku: MED487,MED488 Fiona Biggs - Essential Irish History - 100 Events That Shaped Ireland - HB - 2025 Essential Irish History 100 Events that Shaped Ireland Discover the long and rich history of the island of Ireland, from the very earliest Mesolithic inhabitants to Vikings and Celts and the modern 21st-century nation of today... 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MSRP: €14.95 Was: €14.95 Now: €6.00 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG865 Robert O'Byrne - Luggala Days : The Story of a Guinness House - HB 1st Edition 2012 Hidden inside a secluded Irish valley lies Luggala, an exquisite eighteenth-century house at the centre of a 5,000-acre estate. In 1937 Ernest Guinness presented Luggala to his youngest daughter, Oonagh – one of the three famous ‘Golden... MSRP: Now: €35.00 Add to Cart Quick view sku: BIG413 Conor Cruise O'Brien - States of Ireland -HB -1972 'States of Ireland is a masterly study of the whole complex Irish Situation as it existed in the early 1970's . Part history , part autobiography, part political analysis, part diary, it is a brilliant and distinctive contribution with much wit. Dr... MSRP: Now: €8.00 Add to Cart Quick view sku: MED279 Catherine Rynne - Knock 1879-1979 - HB 1979 ( Mayo History) ) The hardcover edition of an uncommon title. Published by Veritas, 1979, partly for the centenary anniversary of the events of 1879, and probably with a view to the then current 1979 papal visit also. Both a history of the events of 1879, and the... MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Martello Press Books | sku: MED1048,MED1049,MED1050,MED1051,MED2628,MED2629,MED2630,MED1631,MED1632,MED3969 Pádraig Ó Héalaí - Snátha den Seansaol - Strands of Traditional Life - PB - BRAND NEW Cad é ról an bhéaloidis sa tsochaí thraidisiúnta in Éirinn? Conas a mhúnlaigh seantuiscintí saol an phobail? Sa bhailiúchán aistí seo a chuimsíonn cuid mhaith de... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €10.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Martello Press Books | sku: BIG364,BIG365,BIG366,BIG367,BIG368 Trevor White - Malton's Views of Dublin : The Story of a Georgian City - HB - BRAND NEW Commentary by Trevor White with essays by Diarmuid Ó Gráda, David Dickson, Graham Hickey, Merlo Kelly and Kathryn Milligan. HARDCOVER, BRAND NEW. 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MSRP: €25.00 Was: €25.00 Now: €8.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Martello Press Books | sku: MED328,MED329,MED3791,MED3792,MED3793,MED3794,MED3795 Frank McDonald - A Little History of the Future of Dublin - PB - BRAND NEW A superb analysis by Frank McDonald on the past, present and future of Dublin as imagined by various planners over its history (as well as the various ideas of the ‘future’ of the city they suggested), coinciding with an exhibition on the... MSRP: €14.95 Was: €14.95 Now: €7.50 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Four Courts Press | sku: BIG494 Tony Gaynor - Commanders of the British Forces in Ireland - 1796-1922 - HB - BRAND NEW In December 1922 General Nevil Macready sailed away from Dublin for the last time, marking the end of British rule in most of Ireland. Macready was the last in a long line of commanders of the British army in Ireland. The contribution of these men to... MSRP: €50.00 Was: €50.00 Now: €20.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Four Courts Press | sku: BIG495 Robert Collins - Noraid and the Northern Ireland Troubles 1970-1994 - HB - BRAND NEW Since the end of the eighteenth century, the United States has offered sanctuary and support to Irish men and women engaged in the struggle for Irish independence from Britain. When violence broke out in Northern Ireland in the late 1960s, the newly... MSRP: €50.00 Was: €45.00 Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view sku: X89807K Mary Kenny / 3 Days In September: When the Pope Came to Ireland (Hardback) Leading figures from the worlds of politics, entertainment, religion and the arts contribute their recollections of - and reflections on - the papal visit in September 1979. Many of those who were personally or professionally involved in the visit offer... 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Published by Veritas, 1979, partly for the centenary anniversary of the events of 1879, and probably with a view to the then current 1979 papal visit also. Both a history of the events of 1879, and the... MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Martello Press Books | sku: MED1048,MED1049,MED1050,MED1051,MED2628,MED2629,MED2630,MED1631,MED1632,MED3969 Pádraig Ó Héalaí - Snátha den Seansaol - Strands of Traditional Life - PB - BRAND NEW Cad é ról an bhéaloidis sa tsochaí thraidisiúnta in Éirinn? Conas a mhúnlaigh seantuiscintí saol an phobail? Sa bhailiúchán aistí seo a chuimsíonn cuid mhaith de... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €10.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Martello Press Books | sku: BIG364,BIG365,BIG366,BIG367,BIG368 Trevor White - Malton's Views of Dublin : The Story of a Georgian City - HB - BRAND NEW Commentary by Trevor White with essays by Diarmuid Ó Gráda, David Dickson, Graham Hickey, Merlo Kelly and Kathryn Milligan. HARDCOVER, BRAND NEW. 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In the process of procuring them, he killed two people, and the... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW5942H Cynthia O'Connor / The Pleasing Hours: James Caulfield, First Earl of Charlemont 1728-99 : Traveller, Connoisseur and Patron of the Arts in Ireland (Hardback) 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 damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: X90009K Fiona Biggs / The Pocket Book of Great Irish Speeches: Inspiring and Provocative Speeches from 1782 to Today (Hardback) Relive some of the most significant moments of Ireland's recent past through the feats of oration that have, time and again, inspired Ireland's people to action. All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy... MSRP: Now: €4.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books | sku: MED1425 Sharon Slater - The Little Book of Limerick - PB The Little Book of Limerick is a compendium of fascinating information about the city and county, past and present. Here you will find out about Limerick's buildings and bridges, crime and punishment, tragic accidents, and its famous (and occasionally... MSRP: €14.99 Now: €14.50 Add to Cart Quick view
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Conas a mhúnlaigh seantuiscintí saol an phobail? Sa bhailiúchán aistí seo a chuimsíonn cuid mhaith de... MSRP: €24.99 Was: €24.99 Now: €10.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Martello Press Books | sku: BIG364,BIG365,BIG366,BIG367,BIG368 Trevor White - Malton's Views of Dublin : The Story of a Georgian City - HB - BRAND NEW Commentary by Trevor White with essays by Diarmuid Ó Gráda, David Dickson, Graham Hickey, Merlo Kelly and Kathryn Milligan. HARDCOVER, BRAND NEW. In the 1790s a young artist decided to create a portrait of Dublin. James... MSRP: €29.95 Was: €29.95 Now: €12.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Martello Press Books | sku: MED332,MED337,MED338,MED339.MED340 Kevin Rafter - Taoisigh and the Arts - PB - BRAND NEW Kevin Rafter’s short book is an entertaining taste of the use and abuse of the arts in Ireland by successive Taoisigh. It covers a century of cultural policy juxtaposed with artistic responses of the times, to reveal a story of official neglect and... 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MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press | sku: MED2914,MED4109,MED4111,MED4112,MED4122 Cormac Moore - The Root of All Evil : The Irish Boundary Commission - BRAND NEW In May 1922, James Craig described the Boundary Commission as the ‘root of all evil’ for Ulster unionists. Conversely, it ultimately bolstered the unionist cause, leaving the border unchanged and abandoning swathes of Northern nationalists... MSRP: €22.99 Now: €20.00 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... 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Quick view sku: MED279 Catherine Rynne - Knock 1879-1979 - HB 1979 ( Mayo History) ) The hardcover edition of an uncommon title. Published by Veritas, 1979, partly for the centenary anniversary of the events of 1879, and probably with a view to the then current 1979 papal visit also. Both a history of the events of 1879, and the... MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart SALE Quick view Martello Press Books | sku: MED1048,MED1049,MED1050,MED1051,MED2628,MED2629,MED2630,MED1631,MED1632,MED3969 Pádraig Ó Héalaí - Snátha den Seansaol - Strands of Traditional Life - PB - BRAND NEW Cad é ról an bhéaloidis sa tsochaí thraidisiúnta in Éirinn? Conas a mhúnlaigh seantuiscintí saol an phobail? Sa bhailiúchán aistí seo a chuimsíonn cuid mhaith de... 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MSRP: €50.00 Was: €45.00 Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view sku: X89807K Mary Kenny / 3 Days In September: When the Pope Came to Ireland (Hardback) Leading figures from the worlds of politics, entertainment, religion and the arts contribute their recollections of - and reflections on - the papal visit in September 1979. Many of those who were personally or professionally involved in the visit offer... MSRP: Now: €4.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press | sku: MED1163 Paul Clements - A Year in the Woods : Montalto Through the Seasons - BRAND NEW ‘The knockings of autumn are making themselves heard in the rustle of the leaves and whistle of the chilly wind. Spiderwebs are festooned on hedges and a spider is poised at the centre of one. In the fleeting morning sunshine the webs light up in... 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Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: X90009K Fiona Biggs / The Pocket Book of Great Irish Speeches: Inspiring and Provocative Speeches from 1782 to Today (Hardback) Relive some of the most significant moments of Ireland's recent past through the feats of oration that have, time and again, inspired Ireland's people to action. All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy... MSRP: Now: €4.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books | sku: MED1425 Sharon Slater - The Little Book of Limerick - PB The Little Book of Limerick is a compendium of fascinating information about the city and county, past and present. Here you will find out about Limerick's buildings and bridges, crime and punishment, tragic accidents, and its famous (and occasionally... MSRP: €14.99 Now: €14.50 Add to Cart Quick view
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Quick view sku: X89807K Mary Kenny / 3 Days In September: When the Pope Came to Ireland (Hardback) Leading figures from the worlds of politics, entertainment, religion and the arts contribute their recollections of - and reflections on - the papal visit in September 1979. Many of those who were personally or professionally involved in the visit offer... MSRP: Now: €4.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press | sku: MED1163 Paul Clements - A Year in the Woods : Montalto Through the Seasons - BRAND NEW ‘The knockings of autumn are making themselves heard in the rustle of the leaves and whistle of the chilly wind. Spiderwebs are festooned on hedges and a spider is poised at the centre of one. In the fleeting morning sunshine the webs light up in... MSRP: Now: €20.00 Add to Cart Quick view Merrion Press | sku: MED2914,MED4109,MED4111,MED4112,MED4122 Cormac Moore - The Root of All Evil : The Irish Boundary Commission - BRAND NEW In May 1922, James Craig described the Boundary Commission as the ‘root of all evil’ for Ulster unionists. Conversely, it ultimately bolstered the unionist cause, leaving the border unchanged and abandoning swathes of Northern nationalists... MSRP: €22.99 Now: €20.00 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: €18.99 Now: €9.50 Add to Cart Quick view Lilliput Press | sku: 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: €18.95 Now: €17.00 Add to Cart Quick view sku: VP2421 Dr Andrew Rynne / Abortion : The Irish Question (Vintage Paperback) Published 1982 ( so before the 1983 Amendment) Every year, 60 million abortions are carried out around the world. Here in Ireland, the campaign to amend the Constitution has stirred up fierce controversy. Questions of fact, opinion and motive are... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: VP2197 Oliver St. John Gogarty / As I was Going Down Sackville Street (Vintage Paperback) All of our Vintage books are Pre barcode the picture shown is the actual book you will receive. MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW6268H Mark O'Connell / A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder (Hardback) In 1982 Malcolm Macarthur, the wealthy heir to a small estate, found himself suddenly without money. The solution, he decided, was to rob a bank. To do this, he would need a gun and a car. In the process of procuring them, he killed two people, and the... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW5942H Cynthia O'Connor / The Pleasing Hours: James Caulfield, First Earl of Charlemont 1728-99 : Traveller, Connoisseur and Patron of the Arts in Ireland (Hardback) 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 damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: X90009K Fiona Biggs / The Pocket Book of Great Irish Speeches: Inspiring and Provocative Speeches from 1782 to Today (Hardback) Relive some of the most significant moments of Ireland's recent past through the feats of oration that have, time and again, inspired Ireland's people to action. All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy... MSRP: Now: €4.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books | sku: MED1425 Sharon Slater - The Little Book of Limerick - PB The Little Book of Limerick is a compendium of fascinating information about the city and county, past and present. Here you will find out about Limerick's buildings and bridges, crime and punishment, tragic accidents, and its famous (and occasionally... MSRP: €14.99 Now: €14.50 Add to Cart Quick view
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Quick view Merrion Press | sku: MED2914,MED4109,MED4111,MED4112,MED4122 Cormac Moore - The Root of All Evil : The Irish Boundary Commission - BRAND NEW In May 1922, James Craig described the Boundary Commission as the ‘root of all evil’ for Ulster unionists. Conversely, it ultimately bolstered the unionist cause, leaving the border unchanged and abandoning swathes of Northern nationalists... MSRP: €22.99 Now: €20.00 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: €18.99 Now: €9.50 Add to Cart Quick view Lilliput Press | sku: 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: €18.95 Now: €17.00 Add to Cart Quick view sku: VP2421 Dr Andrew Rynne / Abortion : The Irish Question (Vintage Paperback) Published 1982 ( so before the 1983 Amendment) Every year, 60 million abortions are carried out around the world. Here in Ireland, the campaign to amend the Constitution has stirred up fierce controversy. Questions of fact, opinion and motive are... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: VP2197 Oliver St. John Gogarty / As I was Going Down Sackville Street (Vintage Paperback) All of our Vintage books are Pre barcode the picture shown is the actual book you will receive. MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW6268H Mark O'Connell / A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder (Hardback) In 1982 Malcolm Macarthur, the wealthy heir to a small estate, found himself suddenly without money. The solution, he decided, was to rob a bank. To do this, he would need a gun and a car. In the process of procuring them, he killed two people, and the... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW5942H Cynthia O'Connor / The Pleasing Hours: James Caulfield, First Earl of Charlemont 1728-99 : Traveller, Connoisseur and Patron of the Arts in Ireland (Hardback) 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 damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: X90009K Fiona Biggs / The Pocket Book of Great Irish Speeches: Inspiring and Provocative Speeches from 1782 to Today (Hardback) Relive some of the most significant moments of Ireland's recent past through the feats of oration that have, time and again, inspired Ireland's people to action. All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy... MSRP: Now: €4.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books | sku: MED1425 Sharon Slater - The Little Book of Limerick - PB The Little Book of Limerick is a compendium of fascinating information about the city and county, past and present. Here you will find out about Limerick's buildings and bridges, crime and punishment, tragic accidents, and its famous (and occasionally... MSRP: €14.99 Now: €14.50 Add to Cart Quick view
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: €18.99 Now: €9.50 Add to Cart Quick view Lilliput Press | sku: 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: €18.95 Now: €17.00 Add to Cart Quick view sku: VP2421 Dr Andrew Rynne / Abortion : The Irish Question (Vintage Paperback) Published 1982 ( so before the 1983 Amendment) Every year, 60 million abortions are carried out around the world. Here in Ireland, the campaign to amend the Constitution has stirred up fierce controversy. Questions of fact, opinion and motive are... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: VP2197 Oliver St. John Gogarty / As I was Going Down Sackville Street (Vintage Paperback) All of our Vintage books are Pre barcode the picture shown is the actual book you will receive. MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW6268H Mark O'Connell / A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder (Hardback) In 1982 Malcolm Macarthur, the wealthy heir to a small estate, found himself suddenly without money. The solution, he decided, was to rob a bank. To do this, he would need a gun and a car. In the process of procuring them, he killed two people, and the... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW5942H Cynthia O'Connor / The Pleasing Hours: James Caulfield, First Earl of Charlemont 1728-99 : Traveller, Connoisseur and Patron of the Arts in Ireland (Hardback) 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 damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: X90009K Fiona Biggs / The Pocket Book of Great Irish Speeches: Inspiring and Provocative Speeches from 1782 to Today (Hardback) Relive some of the most significant moments of Ireland's recent past through the feats of oration that have, time and again, inspired Ireland's people to action. All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy... MSRP: Now: €4.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books | sku: MED1425 Sharon Slater - The Little Book of Limerick - PB The Little Book of Limerick is a compendium of fascinating information about the city and county, past and present. Here you will find out about Limerick's buildings and bridges, crime and punishment, tragic accidents, and its famous (and occasionally... MSRP: €14.99 Now: €14.50 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view Lilliput Press | sku: 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: €18.95 Now: €17.00 Add to Cart Quick view sku: VP2421 Dr Andrew Rynne / Abortion : The Irish Question (Vintage Paperback) Published 1982 ( so before the 1983 Amendment) Every year, 60 million abortions are carried out around the world. Here in Ireland, the campaign to amend the Constitution has stirred up fierce controversy. Questions of fact, opinion and motive are... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: VP2197 Oliver St. John Gogarty / As I was Going Down Sackville Street (Vintage Paperback) All of our Vintage books are Pre barcode the picture shown is the actual book you will receive. MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW6268H Mark O'Connell / A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder (Hardback) In 1982 Malcolm Macarthur, the wealthy heir to a small estate, found himself suddenly without money. The solution, he decided, was to rob a bank. To do this, he would need a gun and a car. In the process of procuring them, he killed two people, and the... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW5942H Cynthia O'Connor / The Pleasing Hours: James Caulfield, First Earl of Charlemont 1728-99 : Traveller, Connoisseur and Patron of the Arts in Ireland (Hardback) 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 damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: X90009K Fiona Biggs / The Pocket Book of Great Irish Speeches: Inspiring and Provocative Speeches from 1782 to Today (Hardback) Relive some of the most significant moments of Ireland's recent past through the feats of oration that have, time and again, inspired Ireland's people to action. All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy... MSRP: Now: €4.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books | sku: MED1425 Sharon Slater - The Little Book of Limerick - PB The Little Book of Limerick is a compendium of fascinating information about the city and county, past and present. Here you will find out about Limerick's buildings and bridges, crime and punishment, tragic accidents, and its famous (and occasionally... MSRP: €14.99 Now: €14.50 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view sku: VP2421 Dr Andrew Rynne / Abortion : The Irish Question (Vintage Paperback) Published 1982 ( so before the 1983 Amendment) Every year, 60 million abortions are carried out around the world. Here in Ireland, the campaign to amend the Constitution has stirred up fierce controversy. Questions of fact, opinion and motive are... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: VP2197 Oliver St. John Gogarty / As I was Going Down Sackville Street (Vintage Paperback) All of our Vintage books are Pre barcode the picture shown is the actual book you will receive. MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW6268H Mark O'Connell / A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder (Hardback) In 1982 Malcolm Macarthur, the wealthy heir to a small estate, found himself suddenly without money. The solution, he decided, was to rob a bank. To do this, he would need a gun and a car. In the process of procuring them, he killed two people, and the... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW5942H Cynthia O'Connor / The Pleasing Hours: James Caulfield, First Earl of Charlemont 1728-99 : Traveller, Connoisseur and Patron of the Arts in Ireland (Hardback) 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 damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: X90009K Fiona Biggs / The Pocket Book of Great Irish Speeches: Inspiring and Provocative Speeches from 1782 to Today (Hardback) Relive some of the most significant moments of Ireland's recent past through the feats of oration that have, time and again, inspired Ireland's people to action. All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy... MSRP: Now: €4.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books | sku: MED1425 Sharon Slater - The Little Book of Limerick - PB The Little Book of Limerick is a compendium of fascinating information about the city and county, past and present. Here you will find out about Limerick's buildings and bridges, crime and punishment, tragic accidents, and its famous (and occasionally... MSRP: €14.99 Now: €14.50 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view sku: VP2197 Oliver St. John Gogarty / As I was Going Down Sackville Street (Vintage Paperback) All of our Vintage books are Pre barcode the picture shown is the actual book you will receive. MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW6268H Mark O'Connell / A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder (Hardback) In 1982 Malcolm Macarthur, the wealthy heir to a small estate, found himself suddenly without money. The solution, he decided, was to rob a bank. To do this, he would need a gun and a car. In the process of procuring them, he killed two people, and the... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW5942H Cynthia O'Connor / The Pleasing Hours: James Caulfield, First Earl of Charlemont 1728-99 : Traveller, Connoisseur and Patron of the Arts in Ireland (Hardback) 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 damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: X90009K Fiona Biggs / The Pocket Book of Great Irish Speeches: Inspiring and Provocative Speeches from 1782 to Today (Hardback) Relive some of the most significant moments of Ireland's recent past through the feats of oration that have, time and again, inspired Ireland's people to action. All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy... MSRP: Now: €4.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books | sku: MED1425 Sharon Slater - The Little Book of Limerick - PB The Little Book of Limerick is a compendium of fascinating information about the city and county, past and present. Here you will find out about Limerick's buildings and bridges, crime and punishment, tragic accidents, and its famous (and occasionally... MSRP: €14.99 Now: €14.50 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view sku: wW6268H Mark O'Connell / A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder (Hardback) In 1982 Malcolm Macarthur, the wealthy heir to a small estate, found himself suddenly without money. The solution, he decided, was to rob a bank. To do this, he would need a gun and a car. In the process of procuring them, he killed two people, and the... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: wW5942H Cynthia O'Connor / The Pleasing Hours: James Caulfield, First Earl of Charlemont 1728-99 : Traveller, Connoisseur and Patron of the Arts in Ireland (Hardback) 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 damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: X90009K Fiona Biggs / The Pocket Book of Great Irish Speeches: Inspiring and Provocative Speeches from 1782 to Today (Hardback) Relive some of the most significant moments of Ireland's recent past through the feats of oration that have, time and again, inspired Ireland's people to action. All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy... MSRP: Now: €4.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books | sku: MED1425 Sharon Slater - The Little Book of Limerick - PB The Little Book of Limerick is a compendium of fascinating information about the city and county, past and present. Here you will find out about Limerick's buildings and bridges, crime and punishment, tragic accidents, and its famous (and occasionally... MSRP: €14.99 Now: €14.50 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view sku: wW5942H Cynthia O'Connor / The Pleasing Hours: James Caulfield, First Earl of Charlemont 1728-99 : Traveller, Connoisseur and Patron of the Arts in Ireland (Hardback) 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 damage it, so we refrain from doing so. If you see a... MSRP: Now: €4.50 Add to Cart Quick view sku: X90009K Fiona Biggs / The Pocket Book of Great Irish Speeches: Inspiring and Provocative Speeches from 1782 to Today (Hardback) Relive some of the most significant moments of Ireland's recent past through the feats of oration that have, time and again, inspired Ireland's people to action. All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy... MSRP: Now: €4.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books | sku: MED1425 Sharon Slater - The Little Book of Limerick - PB The Little Book of Limerick is a compendium of fascinating information about the city and county, past and present. Here you will find out about Limerick's buildings and bridges, crime and punishment, tragic accidents, and its famous (and occasionally... MSRP: €14.99 Now: €14.50 Add to Cart Quick view
Quick view sku: X90009K Fiona Biggs / The Pocket Book of Great Irish Speeches: Inspiring and Provocative Speeches from 1782 to Today (Hardback) Relive some of the most significant moments of Ireland's recent past through the feats of oration that have, time and again, inspired Ireland's people to action. All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy... MSRP: Now: €4.00 Add to Cart Quick view Limerick & Limerick Interest Books | sku: MED1425 Sharon Slater - The Little Book of Limerick - PB The Little Book of Limerick is a compendium of fascinating information about the city and county, past and present. Here you will find out about Limerick's buildings and bridges, crime and punishment, tragic accidents, and its famous (and occasionally... MSRP: €14.99 Now: €14.50 Add to Cart Quick view
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