Irish Local History

Pay Lyne - Shrouded in Mist : The Connemara Pony - HB Signed 1984

Hardcover, signed by the author 1984, first printing. Internally very good, but the dustjacket was , at some point in the bast, taped with clear tape to the book itself ( this has now been taken...

Éamon Lankford - O'Driscolls - Past and Present - PB - 2005 - Cork

Paperback, published by Cape Clear Museum, Cork ( the author was founder of the museum) The O'Driscoll clan have been largely based in west Cork , in the area known historically as Corcu Lóegde...

James M. Fitzpatrick - A City of Surprises : Hidden Treasures of Cork's Northside - PB - 2005

A 2005 photographic book on Cork's historic northside, concentrating on architecture built environment and landscape features across the city's Northside - churches, houses, public buildings, and...

Patrick Shea - Voices and the Sound of Drums - Vintage PB - 1983 - Revised Edition

Voices and the Sound of Drums' by Patrick Shea is human, honest, witty and stylish. Subtitled "An Irish Autobiography", it is a rare insight into Irish social and political history. It is also the...

Templemore, Clonmore, Killea Review 2017 - PB - Tipperary Local History

The fifth 2017 edition of the local parish based review, in larger format bound book size, illustrated in colour throughout. Some small thumbprints to the covers, light shelfwear.  180 pages, large...

Templemore, Clonmore, Killea Review 2015- PB - Tipperary Local History

The 2015 edition of the local parish based review, in larger format bound book size, illustrated in colour throughout. Some small thumbprints to the covers, light shelfwear.  160 pages, large format. 

Templemore, Clonmore, Killea Review 2018 - PB - Tipperary Local History

The 6th issued edition of the local parish based review - 2018, in larger format bound book size, illustrated in colour throughout.    The usual mix of sport, local news, business news,, and a huge...

Templemore, Clonmore, Killea Review 2022 - PB - Tipperary Local History

The 10th issued edition of the local parish based review - 2022, in larger format bound book size, illustrated in colour throughout.    The usual mix of sport, local news, business news,, and a huge...

Warren Farrell - Curious Ireland: Forgotten People and Overlooked Places - HB - BRAND NEW

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

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,...

Mary Broderick - A History of Cobh - PB - 1989

A history of Cobh town and port, published independently in 1989, illustrated.  Paperback, slightly psychedelic wave pattern design on the covers.  In excellent condition. 

Mark Tierney - Glenstal Abbey : A Historical Guide - PB 4th Edition 2001

A 96 page guide, revised 4th edition, 2001 to Glenstal Abbey, Murroe, County Limerick, focusing on the history of the building ( and the various buildings which have occupied the site).  Paperback,...

Donal Duggan (Editor) - Holycross Ballycahill Yearbook 2001 - PB

Paperback, 2001 Tipperary local history publication. Illustrated throughout. 100 pages.  Angled crease to front cover, light edgewear to covers. 

Donal Duggan (Editor) - Holycross Ballycahill Yearbook 2003 - PB

Paperback, 2003 Tipperary local history publication. Illustrated throughout. 104 pages. 

Paddy O'Dwyer & Marian Ryan (Editors) - Boherlahan-Dualla Historical Journal - 2021 (Volume 24)

Paperback, the 24th edition of the South Tipperary local history publication, 2021. Illustrated throughout. 224 pages. 

Paddy O'Dwyer & Marian Ryan (Editors)- Boherlahan-Dualla Historical Journal - 2020 (Volume 24)

Paperback, the 23rd edition of the South Tipperary local history publication, 2020. Illustrated throughout. 192 pages. 

J.J Kennedy - West Tipperary G.A.A - HB - 2001

A large format illustrated hardcover, published 2001. In excellent condition, the sole mark is a small area of rubbing and edgewear to the lower front r/h corner of the cover. Internally unmarked, no...

Templemore, Clonmore, Killea Review 2019- PB - Tipperary Local History

The 2019 edition of the local parish based review - 2019, in larger format bound book size, illustrated in colour throughout. Issued at the end of 2019, with events from November 2018- 2019     Some...

Denis G. Marnane ( Editor) - Tipperary Historical Journal 2024

Paperback , in very good condition.  Contents - New archaeological evidence for medieval Tipperary Town from excavations By Ross Drummond and Lydia Cagney The Birth and Demise of the Marlfield...

William Nolan - Tipperary : History and Society - HB 1985

Nineteen Interdisciplinary Essays on the History of an Irish County (The Irish County History & Society Series, published by Geography Publications ( the full series on all counties was recentlhy...

John G. O'Dwyer - Stories Beneath Our Feet : Best Walks Through Irish History - PB - BRAND NEW

Paperback, Brand New 2026.  A collection of 36 essays by the author on 36 nationwide historic sites which can be visted by the walker, discussing the context behind each site, notes on walks etc...

John G. O'Dwyer - 50 Best Irish Walks (Easy to Moderate) - PB - BRAND NEW ( 2025 2nd Edition)

John G. O’Dwyer’s Irish walks have become famous through his column in The Irish Times. Now his 50 favorite rambles are gathered here in one pocket-sized volume.A must read for anyone interested in...

Down Memory Lane : St.Felim's Hospital Cavan - Cavan - PB

Undated ( but 1992-93) , no isbn, paperback , illustrated. 

Limerick Civic Trust - The Limerick We Don't See - PB - 2002

Paperback, published by Limerick Civic trust 2002, - a collection of 100 notable and quirky architectural features from Limerick city at the time, most are historical architectural features, many...

Cumann Seanchais Bhreifne - Breifne Journal 2000 - Vol. IX, No. 36 PB

Table of Contents (Vol. IX, No. 36) • Tenant applications to Lord Farnham 1832–60Jacqueline Breiden• Richard Brady OFM, Bishop of Kilmore 1580–1607Ignatius Fennessy• Religious diversity in Cootehill...

Philomena McCarthy - Kenmare and Its Storied Glen - PB 2000 ( Originally 1993) Kerry

Internally very good, unmarked, but externally there are creases to the back covers, and back cover corners.  3rd printing, 2000, revised, originally published in 1993. Illustrated. 

Dudley Levistone Cooney - Asses' Colts & Loving People : The Story of the People Called Methodists on the Carlow Circuit - HB - 1998

A 1998 historical monograph on th ehistory of Methodism in south Leinster written by Dudley A. Levistone Cooney.It documents the history, circuit life, chapels, and communities of Methodism in County...

Maurice Leyden - Boys and Girls Come Out to Play : A Collection of Irish Singing Games - 1993 - PB - PB

Published by Appletree Press, a collection ofg historic children's songs , games songs (such as skipping rhymes) , withintroduction, words, and musical notation. 

Martin Coen - The Wardenship of Galway - HB - 1984

Hardcover, published by Kennys Bookshop, Galway 1984.  1984 was the quincentennial of the foundinga nd granting of the Wardenship of Galway to the Catholics of the city, it was a form of early local...

J.F O'Keeffe - Down the Derpark Road Outside Lismore - HB - SIGNED

Hardcover, privately published, no isbn or date. Signed by the author to the blank endpage, illustrated with period b&w photographs.  J.F O'Keefe left Lismore, Waterford in his teens, travelled the...

Aubrey Twomey - Ballincollig G.A.A : A Century in Action 1886-1986 - PB

Paperback, published 1986, the mid 1980's saw a host of club histories in the era of the GAA Centenary . 262 pages, illustrated with b&w photographs throughout and a host of period ads for local...

Mary E. Daly - 1930s Ennis: Hidden Lives - PB - BRAND NEW

Mary E. Daly offers a glimpse into daily life in Ennis, Co. Clare during the 1930s. 1930s Ennis: Hidden Lives reveals the extraordinary complexity of a small town in the west of Ireland, drawing on a...

J.W.H Carter - Murder in the Midlands 1862-1915 - PB - SIGNED - 2005

Published independently, 2005, signed by the author. Covers 69 19th century historical crime cases across a number of Irish counties - Offaly, Laois, Tipperary, Kilkenny and West Wicklow among those...

Rob Goodbody - Dublin's Industrial Heritage : From Sandymount Strand to Crumlin Road - PB - BRAND NEW

Unpacking the history of Dublin’s industrial heritage down through the ages, this book covers a specific geographical area - Dublin South-East The series builds on the Dublin City Industrial Heritage...

Anthony Barrett - West Cork at War : The Forgotten Guerilla Campaign , 1922 - PB - BRAND NEW

In January 1922 Dáil Éireann ratified a treaty with the British government, finally giving Southern Ireland the independence it had fought for years to achieve. But the peace did not last, and within...

Emmet O'Connor - War to the Death! The Waterford Farm Strikes of 1922 and 1923 - PB- BRAND NEW

Tracked delivery within Ireland is included in the cost.  In War to the Death! The Waterford Farm Strikes of 1922 and 1923, leading labour historian Emmet O’Connor delves into an intense local...

Salvador Ryan (Editor) - Childhood and the Irish : A Miscellany - PB - BRAND NEW

In eighty short essays, historians, folklorists, archaeologists, theologians, anthropologists, poets, novelists, artists, literary scholars, and educationalists explore diverse facets of the...

Cork Historical and Archaeological Society - Journal - Volume 102 - 1997 -

Paperback, solid copy in light card covers, internally unmarked. Illustrated.  Main Contributed Papers The Irish Brigade at Lafelt 1747: Pyrrhic victory and aftermath (pp. 1–22) — Eoghan Ó...

Brian Mercer Walker - Shadows on Glass : A Portfolio of Early Ulster - PB - 1977

Paperback, reprintpublished by Appletree Press, 1977 A collection of early vintage photographs of Northern Ireland ( taking the province of Ulster as the focus, so also inclding counties such as...

Kathleen Villiers-Tuthill - History of Kylemore Castle and Abbey - PB - 2002

Paperback, 2002, a detailed history of the castle in the heart of Conamara, built as a home in 1862, and subsequently a school, Benedictine Abbey and now a hugely popular tourist attraction with...

Eugene Daly - Heir Island : It's History and People - HB - Cork

The relatively uncommon first and sole edition of Eugene Daly's detailed book on Heir Island, located in Roaringwater Bay off the Cork coastline.  A history and celebration of the island and it's...

Niall Byrne - The Waterford Leper Hospital of St. Stephen & the Waterford County and City Infirmary: A History of Institutional Medicine in Waterford - HB - 2011

Hardcover, published by Linden Books, 2011. Internally very good, there is a small closed 1 cm tear to the lower rear edge of the dustjacket. 

Bernard Kelly & Karen de Lacey - Politics, War and Revolution : A Timeline of Fingal History 1912-1923 - PB 2023

Published 2023 by Fingal Libraries, issued as part of the Decade of Centenaries Programme, illustrated throughout, a detailed chronology of events in the years , with national and local events as...

Mick O'Neill - Tralee's Old Stock Reminisce - Part IV - PB - 2007 - SIGNED

Described as ' an oral history of Tralee and its surroundings , signed by the author - as M O'Neill. With black and white photographs throughout.  The 4th book in the series. 

Cecil Woodham-Smith - The Great Hunger : Ireland 1845-9 - PB 1963

Cecil Woodham Smith was also the author of The Reason Why ( a biography of the figures involved in the infamous Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War, as well as a bestselling biography...

Dunkerrin Parish History Society - Under Crimblin Hill - Volume I 2018 - PB

The 2018 edition of the local history journal - the area covered is centered on the Moneygall area on the immediate Offaly / Tipperary border, and includes content from both counties ( as the county...

William K. Parke - A Fermanagh Childhood - PB - 1988

A Fermanagh Childhood describes with remarkable clarity village life in Ulster over 80 years ago. PB - Friar's Bush Press, 1988

Kieran Devenish - Factory Life in Industrial Yarns Ltd, Bray 1958-98 - BRAND NEW

Industrial Yarns Ltd, a large textiles factory and one of Seán Lemass’s flagship industrial projects, provided well-paid employment for hundreds of workers in Bray for many years. This contextualized...

Susan Marie Martin - Dublin's Women Street Traders 1882-1932 : Civic Evil and Civil Disobedience - PB - BRAND NEW

A ballad about a woman street trader is widely regarded as Dublin's anthem, yet the city's relationship with those who traded on its streets was often acrimonious. From 1882 onwards efforts commenced...

Richard S. Grayson - Cork : The Irish Revolution, 1912-23 - BRAND NEW

TRACKED DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE Events in County Cork during the Irish Revolution point to there being many Corks between 1912 and 1923. The county contributed some of the...

Brendan Lynch - City of Writers : The Lives and Homes of Dublin Writers - PB

For its size, Dublin has produced more writers than any other city in the world. These range from Jonathan Swift, Charles Maturin, William Carleton and Thomas Moore to Lafcadio Hearn, Oscar Wilde,...

A & C Black - Black's Guide to Ireland - 1906

A very solid copy in green cloth with titles in embossed gilt to front and spine ( spine cloth faded slightly)  Maps, both integral and foldout throughout as well as period photographs of tourist...