Irish Local History

Frank McDonald / A Little History of the Future of Dublin

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Tim Pat Coogan / The GAA and the War of Independence (Hardback)

 Founded in 1884 to promote Irish identity and revive the traditional sports of hurling, football and handball, the GAA enjoyed an intimate relationship with the nationalist movement from the turn of...

Mick O'Farrell / The 1916 Diaries of an Irish Rebel and a British Soldier

 This book contains the unpublished diaries of two men writing under fire on the streets of Dublin in April 1916.In Jacob's factory, Volunteer Seosamh de Brun wrote in his tiny diary about guard...

Seán Spellissy - The History of Limerick City - PB - 1998

This book is a chronicle of the development of  life in urban Limerick from the earliest times to the end of the 20th century. The origins of the city are Viking, the city was the subject of two...

Egan, Thomas - The Story of Ballintubber Abbey - Vintage Booklet - Mayo - 1971

A stapled tourist centered booklet, first published in 1963, here in a 1971 updated reprint, a guide to the important monastic abbey at Ballintubber, , located between Castlebar and Ballinrobe, in...

Barry McCaffrey / Alex Maskey: Man and Mayor

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Joe Barry - Ate Mate and Follow the Band - PB - Templemore

Although described on the cover as a collection of short stories' this is perhaps more of a collection of personal memories of his life in and around the military barracks ( now the Garda College)...

Oughterard Agricultural Show - Celebrating 50 Years 1962-2012 - HB - Galway

This book celebrating fifty years of the Oughterard show was launched in August 2012 at the Show Grounds Oughterard, County Galway. With history, memories and images, this publication is a wonderful...

Kathleen Clifford / Back of the Hack : Growing Up in the Liberties (Large Paperback)

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Mick McCarthy - Early Days - 1990 - Kerry Autobiography - SIGNED

Light SUNFADE to the covers, internally there is a gift inscription to the title page  'to ( name) with lots of love, Mick McCarthy 24th May 1990) An account of growing up in rural Kerry (...

Ní Bhraonáin, Eimear & Harvey, Jeff - Is Féidir Linn : A Golden Ticket to Moneygall - HB -2011

 

Anne Chambers - Granuaile : The Life and Times of Grace O'Malley 1530-1603 - PB

Grace O’Malley is unique as the only woman recorded on the famous Baptista Boazio map of Ireland (1599), a tribute to the status she achieved as a leader on land and at sea in the 16th century. In...

Ernie O'Malley - Raids and Rallies - PB - Vintage Anvil Press 1982

During the War of Independence, when Ernie O'Malley lay under sentence of death in Mountjoy prison hospital, some notes of his were smuggled out. `Most of all,' he wrote, `I would have liked to talk...

Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc - The Battle For Limerick City 1922 ( Military History of the Irish Civil War ) - PB - BRAND NEW

Battle For Limerick City descibes the full story of the vicious battle between Republican and Provisional Government forces for control of Limerick city in the early parts of the Civil War. The...

Liz Martin / Still Standing : An Irishwoman's Story of HIV and Hope (Large Paperback)

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Lyons, John ( Editor) - An Choinneal - Number 24 - 2008 - PB - Louisburgh Parish Journal

An Coinneal is Louisburgh Parish magazine, the oldest parish magazine in Ireland since 1959. It has published both Irish & English language articles over the years. It was the brainchild of Fr. Leo...

OPW - Áras an Uachtaráin : A History of the President's House - PB - 2013

Published in English and as Gaeilge ( back to back in the one book) -content is identical in both versions - this is a  full colour illustrated of Áras an Uachtaráin, the full history of the house ,...

Michael Kirby - Skelligside - PB - 1990 - Kerry Autobiography

Skelligside by Michael Kirby This is the remarkable folk autobiography of a small farmer, fisherman and poet from from the South Iveragh peninsula of Co. Kerry, part of Ireland’s western sea-board,...

Fedamore News Magazine 2016 ( 43rd Edition) - PB - Limerick

The 43RD issue of the Fedamore Annual / Fedamore News, published 2016, cover shows Rita Gleeson , back cover shows hunting in Rural Limerick. A large format bound paperback, retailed at €10. 

Fedamore News Magazine 2014 ( 41st Edition) - PB - Limerick

The 41st issue of the Fedamore Annual / Fedamore News, published 2014, cover shows the opening ceremony of the refurbished Community Hall. A large format bound paperback, retailed at €10. Aerial...

Gillies Macbain / The Last Footman (Large Paperback)

 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...

Christopher Lee / This Sceptred Isle : 55BC-1901

 Based on the award-winning Radio 4 programmes THIS SCEPTRED ISLE tells the fascinating story of British history from Caesar's invasion in 55BC to Queen Victoria's death in 1901.Using extracts from...

Audrey Healy / Dubliners (Large Paperback)

 Audrey Healy's Dubliners: What's the Story? is a collection of interviews and pen pictures of more than fifty of the city's most famous sons and daughters. It ranges in scope from Arthur Guinness to...

Liam Cahill - Forgotten Revolution : The Limerick Soviet 1919 - SIGNED - Centenary Edition 2019 - Brand NEW PB

This is a completely updated, revised and enlarged edition of the author's original book on the Limerick Soviet, first published in 1990. It is the Spring of 1919. The first shots are already fired...

Richard Holmes / In the Footsteps of Churchill (Hardback)

 This remarkable new portrait of Churchill reveals the crucial influences that shaped his character - and the way his character in turn affected his decisions and actions As one of the most admired...

Sean Beecher / Day by Day: A Miscellany of Cork History (Large Paperback)

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Blackrock College Annual - 2009 School Yearbook - Dublin

SchooL college yearbook, coverage of sport, events, classes ( with photos of most senior year pupils , as well as detailed coverage of rugby, one of the school's most notable sports. Gift inscription...

C.T M'Cready - Dublin Street Names - Dated and Explained - Reprint PB Ed 1975 - PB - Topography

This is a facsimile edition, published by Carraig Books, Blackrock, Dublin 1975, of the original 1892 edition of Christoper Teeling McCready's Dublin Street names - dated and explained. A gazetteer...

Terri Kearney & Philip O'Regan - Skibbereen : The Famine Story - PB - BRAND NEW - CORK

Written by Terri Kearney and Philip O'Regan, both of Skibbereen Heritage Centre, Skibbereen: The Famine Story traces the tragic events of the crisis as it unfolded. Skibbereen was 'the very nucleus'...

William Casey - The Cradle Of Fenianism : Skibbereen And The Early Fenian Movement, 1850–67 - BRAND NEW - SIGNED

The Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), commonly known as the Fenian movement, had a profound impact on modern Irish history. This book examines how Skibbereen town became known as the 'cradle of...

John Lindsey Darling - St. Multose Church Kinsale: As It Was, And Is, And Ought To Be - PB - BRAND NEW 2021

First published in 1895, St. Multose Church Kinsale: As it was, and is, and ought to be was the work of the then rector of Kinsale, the Rev. John Lindsey Darling. It used detailed architectural...

Robert Cochrane - A List of Ancient and National Monuments in the County of Cork - PB - BRAND NEW - 2021

Originally published in 1913, A List of Ancient and National Monuments in the County of Cork by Robert Cochrane includes beautifully illustrated descriptions of the six sites then under the control...

de Paor, Liam - Divided Ulster - 2nd Edition Pelican PB 1972 - Northern Ireland

First published as a Penguin Special in 1970, this is the revised and expanded second edition from 1972, one of the darkest years of Northern Irish history.  from the blurb - ''In this skilful and...

Tom Nestor - Golfing in the Glenns : The Story of Birr Golf Club 1893-2003

Birr Golf Club by Tom Nestor, no isbn, 2003 paperback, illustrated.  In August 1893, the King's County Chronicle published an account of a game of golf which was played on the grounds of Mr...

John Creedon / That Place We Call Home (Hardback)

 John Creedon has always been fascinated by place names, from when he was a young boy growing up in Cork City to travelling around Ireland making his popular television show. In this brilliant new...

Michael Viney / Reflections of Another Life (Large Paperback)

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Glenn Patterson / Backstop Land (Large Paperback)

 'Funny, wise, entertaining and illuminating, this book is one of the best things to come out of the Brexit saga' FINTAN O'TOOLE. 'Read this absorbing book to understand why, since 2016, we have been...

Charlie Connelly / Our Man In Hibernia (Large Paperback)

 If you think you know Ireland, this book will make you think again. Each year on St Patrick's Day the eighty million people around the world claiming Irish ancestry celebrate their spiritual...

Patrick Guinness / Arthur's Round (Large Paperback)

 Ireland's best-known Irishman, his name and signature in every household and village in Ireland, and many abroad, is also the least known. Part of Dublin life for over two centuries, both family and...

Brendan Power / From the Heart of Ireland (Large Paperback)

  This unique collection boasts a wide range of contributors drawn from the four corners of Ireland. Some are well-known as broadcasters, politicians, writers and journalists; others are...

Uí Ógain, Ríónach ( Eagarthóir) - Béaloideas - Journal of the Folklore of Ireland Society - HB - 2014- Volume 82

The object of the society as stated in the editorial of the first issue of Béaloideas, which appeared in June 1927, was to collect, preserve and publish the folklore of Ireland. The Society’s...

Gavin Mortimer / The Men Who Made the SAS

 Established in June 1940, the Long Range Desert Group was the inspiration of scientist and soldier Major Ralph Bagnold, a contemporary of T.E Lawrence who, in the inter-war years, explored the North...

Denis O'Shaughnessy - A Spot so fair : Tales From St Mary's - Limerick

First published in 1998, Denis O'Shaughnessy's local history of St Mary's Parish in the heart of Limerick city - covering the parish itself, Abbey Fishermen, historic events , parish personalities,...

Martin Fletcher / Silver Linings : Travels Around Northern Ireland (Hardback)

  Northern Ireland has made headlines around the world for three decades. The province has become synonymous with conflict, terrorism and tortuous efforts to forge peace. But what is life there...

Antony Miall / The Xenophobe's Guide to the English

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Alice Taylor / The Women (Hardback)

 'We walk in the footprints of great women, women who lived through hard times on farms, in villages, towns and cities. The lives of these women are an untold story. This book is a celebration of the...

Erica James / Letters From the Past (Hardback)

 The captivating new drama of family secrets and second chances, from Sunday Times bestselling author Erica JamesIt's the autumn of 1962 in the idyllic Suffolk village of Melstead St Mary. Evelyn...

Paddy Crosbie / Your Dinner's Poured Out (Large Paperback)

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Tim Brannigan / Where Are You Really From? (Large Paperback)

 Reminiscent of a storyline from Call the Midwife, Peggy Brannigan - part of a devout Catholic family - was devastated when she became pregnant as a result of an extra-marital affair with a black...

Éamonn Mac Thomáis - Me Jewel and Darlin' Dublin - PB Reprint 1988 - Local History

First published in hardcover in 1974, this is the third edition,  paperback edition from 1988, in good condition, brief gift inscription on the title page, otherwise internally unmarked, a larger...

Darach O Seaghdha / Craic Baby : Dispatches from a Rising Language (Hardback)

 From the author of the bestselling Motherfocloir, Non-fiction Irish Book of the Year. A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR.What do we talk about when we talk about Irish? When we talk about saving or supporting a...

Tomás Mac Conmara - The Scariff Martyrs : War Murder and Memory in East Clare - PB - 2021 - BRAND NEW

In November 2008, Tomás Mac Conmara sat with a 105 five-year-old woman at a nursing home in Clare. While gently moving through her memories, he asked the east Clare native; ‘Do you remember the time...