Irish Local History

Tom Keith - Hours of Gladness - 40 Years of St. Laurence's Hall 1956-1996 - Waterford - PB

St Laurence's Hall is a long established village hall and venue in Ballinroad, County Waterford.  This is both a history of the hall itself, and of the community events it has hosted since it was established - and it is thus a wider history of the...

Daniel Gahan - The People's Rising : Wexford 1798 - PB - 1995

The People's Rising is already established as the definitive account of Wexford in 1798. The story of this tragic and heroic episode in Irish history, in which as many as 30,000 people may have died, is told with authority, passion and attention to...

Frank Hopkins - Ireland's Hidden Histories - PB - BRAND NEW

From the depths of our island’s past, to more recent booms and busts, Irish history is replete with mesmerising stories and intriguing tales. In this fascinating and often hilarious romp through the lesser-known facts of Irish history, Frank...

Roger Stalley - Daniel Grose : The Antiquities of ireland : A Supplement to Francis Grose 1766-1838 - HB

Published by the Irish Architectural Archive, 1991.  Small area of peel ( visible on cover as a white mark under the ND in Ireland) Now in a clear plastic removabel HERMA jacket protector. Closed tear and associated ( old)  tape repairs to...

Robert Bell - The Book of Ulster Surnames - PB - 1988

This volume has over 500 entries of the most common family names of the province of Ulster, with reference to thousands more. It gives a history of each name, its original form, where it came from - Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales or France - and why...

Joseph F. O Callaghan - The O Callaghan Family of County Cork - A Hist

This  history of a County Cork family traces its origins from Cellachan of Cashel, the tenth-century king of Munster, down to modern times. As the English extended their rule over Ireland in the 16th century, more abundant historical data presents a...

E.E O'Donnell - Father Browne's Galway ( Photography) - HB - 2006

Published by Currach Press, 2006.  Hardcover, with introduction by the author , and an excellent cololection of historic photographs of Galewy City/ Salthill and throughout the county ( east and west) taken by Frank Browne in the 1920's and 1930's...

T.J Barrington - Discovering Kerry - It's History, Heritage and Topography - HB - Illustrated - 4th Edition 1999 ( Originally 1976)

Discovering Kerry ( 4TH PRINTING), this edition by Collins Press, CORK (the initial ediitons were self published)  'A work of discovery and synthesis - the first to marry modern scholarship and acute observation to the county of Kerry, perhaps the...

Tony Gallinagh - A Long Journey in a Short Time : History, Memories and Folklore From the Finn Valley - HB - SIGNED Donegal - 2015

Hardcover, published by the author, 2015, this copy signed by the author with a dedication to the title page.  An excellent local history of the Finn Valley in Donegal - history, transport, social history, memoirs and much more. 

Eamonn McEneaney & Rosemary Ryan - Waterford Treasures - HB - 2004

A Guide to the Historic and Archaeological Treasures of Waterford   Published 2004, a large format hardcover, fully illustrated in colour, with images of the artworks and historic objects in the award winning Waterford City Museum of Treasures...

Seamus J King, Liam Ó Donnchú, Jimmy Smyth - Tipperary 's GAA Ballads - PB

A paperback edition, 2000, published by Lár na Páirce, Thurles.  Signed to title page by Liam Ó Donnchú, also signed on another page by Seamus J King and Jimmy Smyth, as well as by the previous owner ( name and address on...

Donal Cadogan - About Kilkenny - PB

A paperback guide to Kilkenny city and environs, fully illustrated throughout. 

Kevin Dwyer - Ireland : The Inner Island : A Journey Through Ireland's In;land Waterways - HB

Here is Ireland's waterway network as never seen before. This book reveals the beauty and tranquillity of these waterways as well as the surrounding countryside, villages and towns of Ireland,  Aerial photography of Ireland's canals, canal basins...

Paddy Dillon / Exploring the North of Ireland (Coffee Table Book)

A guide to exploring Northern Ireland on foot, the book contains 32 walks of varying lengths to suit serious walkers and novices alike. Ranging from coastal rambles to hill walks over the entire region. It includes details of distance, difficulty of...

Dermot Dorgan - The Chapel District of Ballyouskill Attanagh : The History and People of a Community on the Kilkenny Laois Border - PB

Paperback, 1996.  A HISTORY OF THE JOINT PARISH (known as the Chapewl District of Ballyouskill and Attanagh , straddling the borders of Laois and Kilkenny ( north of Ballyragget and south of Abbeyleix)  A detailed local history. 

A Church Centenary : O'Loughlin Memorial Church of St John the Evangelist , Kilkenny 1908-2008 - HB

Hardcover, both a history of teh church building itself, and teh widser parish and community.   

Peadar O'Dowd - A History of County Galway - PB - 2004

Galway is the second largest county in Ireland and the largest in the province of Connacht, both in area and population. It is divided in two by the great expanse of Lough Corrib, the largest lake in the Republic of Ireland. To the west lie one of the...

Janet Todd - Daughters of Ireland : The Rebellious Kingsborough Sisters and the Making of a Modern Nation - HB - 2004

They were known as the Ascendancy, the dashing aristocratic elite that controlled Irish politics and society at the end of the eighteenth century--and at their pinnacle stood Caroline and Robert King, Lord and Lady Kingsborough of Mitchelstown Castle...

Martin Holland - Clonskeagh : A Place in History - HB - 2007

Hardcover, published by Linden Books, 2007.  421 pages. Illustrated. 250x175mm. Original publisher's cloth, spine lettered silver, with original pictorial unclipped dust jacket. Modern Clonskeagh is now a fully integrated part of Dublin city but...

John Connors - Seán Hogan - His lIfe : A Troubled Journey - PB - BRAND NEW- 2019

Famously rescued by his more illustrious comrades at Knocklong railway station in May of 1919, Sean Hogan, the man central to the event did in time, become relegated to relative anonymity. This book re-rescues Sean Hogan and reveals a man that was...

John Connors - Dan Breen : The Man Behind the Myth - PB - BRAND NEW

Delivery within Ireland is included in the cost.  Dan Breen: The Man Behind the Myth - Tipperary's Famous Revolutionary.  Anyone with an interest in Irish history is aware of the legend of Dan Breen. Breen the fearless - and fearsome - warrior...

Gerard Moran & Raymond Gillespie ( Editor) - Galway - History and Society - HB 1996

The ninth published volume in the Irish County History Series, published by Geography Publications, 1996. This is the most comprehensive interdisciplinary study ever undertaken on Galway. Archaeologists, medievalists, Celtic scholars, geographers, and...

Jacqueline Creaven d'Towey - The Quaker Community in Ballymurray, Roscommon 1718-1848 - PB - BRAND NEW

  This volume considers the arrival of The Society of Friends/Quakers to Ballymurray in 1717, their relationship with local landowners the Croftons of Mote Park, and the challenges they encountered until the final discontinuance of Ballymurray...

Gerard Hannan - 'Tis in Me Ass - PB

This is the simple but honest story of life from the late 1950's to the early 1980's for one working class Limerick family who are direct descendants of the people who lived in the post-war lanes of Limerick.What became of the people who didn't run off...

James Morrissey - On the Verge of Want ( Congested District Board Reports ) - HB

Hardcover, published by Crannóg Books.  A full reproduction of a select number of 'Congested District ' reports from teh west of Irealnd, documenting poverty and social conditions in the early 1890's, as reported on by visiting inspectors...

Patrick Flanagan - The Shannon-Erne Waterway - 1994

Published 1994, just after the initial ( hugely successful) restoration of the Shannon - Erne canal link saw the first phase ) to Belturbet completeed.  this is both a history of the canal's original construction in the 19th century, and a history...

Naas Local History Group - Nás na Ríogh : From Poorhouse Road to the Fairy Flax : An Illustrated History of Naas - HB

A large format hardcover, 1990, published by Naas Local History Group on association with the Leinster Leader.  Illustrations and photographs of Naas in times past - most from the late 19th and early 20th century.  Signed by a anumber of teh...

Ciarán Tinkler - Patrician College Ballyfin 1930-2009 - HB

A large format hardcover , detailing the history of Patrician College , Ballyfin.  Formerly a family  ' big house' of the Coote family, in 1930, Ballyfin set out on a new path in its development – as a school owned and run by the...

James Fennell & Turtle Bunbury - Vanishing Ireland ( 1) - HB - 2006

Vanishing Ireland is a unique collection of portrait interviews looking at the dying ways and traditions of Irish life and taking us back to an Ireland virtually unrecognisable to today's post-boom generation. Illustrated with over a hundred evocative...

Bill Doyle & Muiris Mac Conghail - The Aran Islands : Another World - HB - 2006

Hardcover, reprint from 2006 of the 1999 edition. Doyle visited the islands ( all three are featured) many times, and most of the images here date from the 1970's ( but many have a timeless quality, without ever being twee or touristy.  Small area...

Rob Cross - The Colour of Ireland, Volume 2 - HB - 2023 - SIGNED - BRAND NEW

Breathing new life into Ireland's history once again, this carefully restored and colourised collection of wonderful black and white images captures the beauty of the nation's fascinating past. This sequel to the bestselling The Colour of Ireland...

George Cunningham - From Landlords to Genetics : The Historical and Modern Story of the Trant Estate, dovea, Thurles Co Tipperary - HB - 2019

'From Landlords to Genetics' tells the story of the historical and modern Trant estate at Dovea, Thurles, Co.Tipperary.It covers the physical and historic landscape of the area, the fortunes of the Trant generations from before and during their tenure at...

Martin Bourke & Seamus King - The History of Camogie in Tipperary - HB - 2003

The History of Camogie in Tipperary 1904-2003This book is about the story of camogie in the county of Tipperary from the earliest beginnings to 2003. It traces the earliest efforts to form teams in the years following the start ofAn Cumann...

Roisín Ingle - My Perfect Place in Ireland - HB - 2022

Delve into the minds of Ireland's extraordinary personalities as writer and podcaster Róisìn Ingle uncovers the stories behind their most treasured spaces. Including a huge array of talent such as Dara Ó Briain, Marian Keyes, Marty...

Adrian Hendroff - From High Places : A Journey Through Ireland's Great Mountains - PB

From High Places is a photographic celebration of Ireland's great mountains, from the quartzite giants of Connemara to the towering peaks of Kerry. Adrian Hendroff, mountaineer and photographer, has taken these images from the trails and peaks, creating...

James O'Toole & Mary Coman O'Neill - A Century of Golf in Thurles - HB -2009

A large format hardcover, illustrated throughout, published as part of the centenary celebrations for Thurles Golf Club, 2009.  This copy signed with a dedication by then club captain Pat Murray. 

Dónal Murray - Tracks of the City : An Introduction to the Railways, Tramways and Metro in Dublin - PB

Published by Colourpoint Books, 2014.  A history and exploration of Dublin's public transport, particularly the tram system which was onec one of teh largest city systems in Europe, which began to be renewed with the arrival of the DART, and in the...

Helen Livingston - Ireland Photographic Memories - PB ( Francis Frith Photographic Collection)

Paperback, publsihed by Frith Book Company, 2018.  Photographs ( mostly landscape, scenic attractions and tourist themed) taken throughout Ireland from the late 19th to the mid 20th century, north and south

Paul Kelly - Return to Sender : Revisiting John Hinde's Ireland - HB

An ingeniously clever idea for a book - taking the classic (and brighly colourised in some instances) postcards from the John Hinde company that were the staple of every Irish tourist resort in the 20th century, and take modern photographs from the exact...

Templemore Tidy Towns Committee - Templemore Through the Lens of Time - PB - 2010

A large format paperback, published 2010.  A wealth of historic photographs of the town of Templemore in North Tipperary, with a particular focus on past residents , hundreds of black and white photographs , most from the early to late 20th century...

Joe Ó Muircheartaigh & T.J Flynn - Princes of Pigskin : A Century of Kerry Footballers - HB - 2007

At the time of writing, Kerry had played in 52 football All-Irelands and won 34, making it the most successful county in Gaelic football. It has a long and storied history and many fabled heroes. This collection of interview-based essays surveys Kerry...

Bryony Fuller - Vincent O'Brien - The National Hunt Years -

Hardcover, published by Punchestown Books - 1992. Foreword by Brough Scott - concentrates on Vincent O'Brien's youth and career as jockey sportsman and trainer - leading to his three in a row Grand National Winners - Quare Times, Royal Tan, Early Mist...

Alan McGuire, Christopher J Wilson & Don Conroy - Wexford's Wild Heritage - HB - 2014 - ( Triple Signed by All Authors)

Think of Ireland and what comes to mind. Forty shades of green? This ancient mystic land is much more colourful than that – with a stunning variety of flora and fauna waiting to be enjoyed. And Co. Wexford, located in the southeast corner of the...

Jim Kemmy / The Limerick anthology (Large Paperback)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a second hand book may damage it, so we refrain...

Ronald Cox & Philip Donald - Ireland's Civil Engineering Heritage - PB - 2013

Until the early eighteenth century, life for the majority of people in Ireland had not changed greatly since the Middle Ages, but then the pace of change began to accelerate. New sources of power heralded the Industrial Revolution in Britain, although...

Andy Bielenberg - The Shasnnon Scheme and the Electrification of the Irish Free State - PB

Jo Kerrigan - Stories From the Sea - HB - BRAND NEW

Ireland is an island nation, inextricably linked with and dependent upon the sea which surrounds us. From earliest times, ships from distant lands have brought goods, ideas, invaders, influencers. Our legends, and particularly the imramma or magical...

Cumann Seanchas Bhreifne : Breifne Journal 2003 - PB

The 2003 edition of Breifne, the Cavan based local history journal.  Uneven sunfade to a porton of the front cover, otherwise very good.  Volume X, Number 39. 

Jim Fogarty - The Dan Breen Cup : Tippereary County SH Finals 1931-2011 - PB

Jim Fogarty is a former Kilkenny librarian ( and GAA collector) this was his first book, detailing the history of hurling county finals in his native Tipperary.  Previous owner's name to title page, price sticker residue mark on back cover. ...

Thomas J Culhane - The Barony of Shanid : A Short History of Shanagolden, Foynes and Robeststown ( Limerick ) - PB - 2003

Paperback, 2003. A very detailed and original work on West Limerick, the author gained a lot of content from his father on local history, townlands, placenames and much more.  Particularly strong on local estates, big houses, townlands and much...

Eddie Wymberry - Well Well ! - Memories of Waterford in the 1950's - PB

Paperback, an coount of local life and charcaters in Waterford city in the author's youth - 1950's and 1960's, with photographs, and a ( very good) glossary of local sland words at the back.  124 pages. 

Denis G Marnane - Tipperary Historical Journal : Index 1988-2012 - PB

An Index ( booklet format, alphabetical by author) to the first 25 years of the Tipperary Historical Journal  ( NB - no articles, but a full listing of the contents of all past issues up until that date, including reviews, locations mentioned etc...