Irish Local History

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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 : Tipperary 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. ...

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...

Marcus Bourke ( Editor) - Tipperary Historical Journal 1996

Paperback , in excellent as new condition.  The Great Famine 1845 – 1852 The Famine in South Tipperary: Part I - Denis G. Marnane Memories of the Famine from the Irish Folklore CommissionIntroductiona. The Famine in Ballylooby - Tadhg...

Marcus Bourke ( Editor) - Tipperary Historical Journal 1997

Paperback , in very good condition, apart from previous owner's name and address to title page.  The Great Famine 1845 – 1852 The Famine in South Tipperary: Part II - Denis G. MarnaneThe Great Famine & Fethard Temporary Fever Hospital -...

Marcus Bourke ( Editor) - Tipperary Historical Journal 1992

Editor: Marcus Bourke244 pages; 28 Articles The IRA in West Tipperary in 1931 – The Assassination of Superintendent CurtinDenis G. MarnaneThe End of the Civil War: The Third Tipperary Brigade (1921-1923); Part IIIAn tAthair Colmcille, O. Cist.The...

Marcus Bourke( Editor) - Tipperary Historical Journal 1999

Paperback.  Condition - front and rear covers curled/ dogeared, book does not lie flat when on level surface as a result. rear cover corners creased. Signed by pervious owner on title page. Some foxing and age spotting to inside rear cover, and...

Marcus Bourke( Editor) - Tipperary Historical Journal 2001

Paperback, larger format, signed on front endpage by a previous owner. Front cover corners slightly bumped.    Tipperary town one hundred years ago: the evidence of the 1901 CensusDenis G Marnane Tipperarymen in Spain (1936 – 1937) - Pat...

Kevin A. Griffin ( Editor) - Tipperary Historical Journal 2002

Paperback , in excellent as new condition.  Marcus Bourke: An Appreciation Marcus Bourke: BibliographyMarcus Bourke: A Biographical Sketch -William NolanMarcus Bourke and his Writings -Denis G. MarnaneMarcus Bourke: His GAA Writings -Seamus J...

Kevin A. Griffin ( Editor) - Tipperary Historical Journal 2003

Paperback, in very good condition apart from previous owner's name to title page.  210 Pages; 14 Articles The Benedictine Priory of Kilcommon - Richard O’Brien The Munster Hotel, Cathedral Street, Thurles: Archaeological Excavations 1998-1999...

Carmel Quinlan( Editor) - Tipperary Historical Journal 2004

Paperback , in very good condition apart from previous owner's name and address written on inside front cover. 276 Pages; 15 Articles Excavations at Friar Street Cashel: A Story of Urban SettlementO’Donovan et al The Fennells of Cahir - Michael...

Proinsias Ó Drisceoil ( Editor) - Tipperary Historical Journal 2008

Paperback, in very good condition apart from previous owners name and address on title page.  CONTENTS -  224 Pages; 16 Articles Properties in Carrick-on-Suir Granted to the Duke of Ormond in 1668Conleth ManningStatus and Structure: Social...

Dan Finnan ( Editor) - Tipperary Historical Journal 2014

Paperback, in very good condition apart from previous owner's name and address to title page CONTENTS -  Editor: Dan Finnan230 Pages; 16 Articles The Use of Masons Templates on some Early Christian Sculpture from Lorrha, Co. Tipperary and Tisaran Co...

Matt Murphy - An Islander Looks Back ( Cork / Sherkin ) - PB - 1990

PB, 1990.  Cb40000 20250114 0006An Islander Looks Backby Matt Murphy €10.00 Buy NowGenre:Cork / Irish Biography / Irish History and Culture / Irish Interest / RARE & OUT OF PRINT Format:Paperback   Tanning to page block.  No...

Donalll P Ó Baoill - Amach as Ucht na Sliabh - PB - 1992 (Donegal - Tír Chonaill)

Cnuasach bealoidis a chruinnigh daltai sna Scoileanna Naisiunta i bParoiste Ghaoth Dobhair, Dún na nGall faoi Sceim na Scol 1937-'38.  Foilsithe ag Comharchumann Ghaoth Dobhair, 1992, le mapaí, grainghraf, agus...

Clongowes College - The Clongowes Union Centenary Chronicle - HB

Published 1997 for the centenary of the founding of the Clongowes Union  ( Clongowes is a prominent Jesuit founded College )  Hardcover, illustrated throughout. 

Terry Egan / Breifne : A Different Journey around Cavan, Fermanagh, Sligo and Roscommon (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...

Rachel Finnegan ( Editor) - Memories of Gentry Houses in Skibbereen and Douglas, County Cork - PB - BRAND NEW

This book documents life in two gentry houses in County Cork from the 1860s to the early 1900s. It is told through the memoirs, written later in life, of three of the four Fleming sisters of New Court House, Skibbereen. These recollections were initiated...

Owen O'Shea - From Bullets To Ballots: Politics and Electioneering in Post Civil War Kerry- BRAND NEW

Civil War politics has defined the Irish political landscape for generations.The parties which emerged from the divisions over the Anglo-Irish Treaty of1921 dominated elections for decades. The war cast a long shadow over partypolitics and elections in...

Michael Prior - Cork - HB - BRAND NEW

From Ballycotton to Baltimore, Mizen Head to Mallow, explore the unique beauty of Ireland’s Rebel County. With its wild Atlantic beaches and bustling city, from the grandeur of Cobh in the east to tranquil Garnish Island in the west, every corner...

Tom Keith - The Christian Brothers in Dungarvan - 1807-1992 - PB

Published by the author, 1996, Tom Keith details the long history of the Christain Brothers in an educational role in Dungarvan, and who played a key role in eduction for Waterford in the long period since their foundation .  With a wide range of...

Dear Land, Native Place - Monsea & Dromineer : A History - HB 1998

This book traces the history of a Half-Parish by the Shannon northeast of Nenagh in rural Tipperary from earliest times, surveying the existing landmarks of ancient sites and shattered ruins. Hardcover, published by the Nenagh Guardian in 1998...

Denis G Marnane - St Michael's Church Tipperary Town - PB - 1999

A paperback illustrated booklet, published 1999 on the history and architecture of St Michael's Church, Tipperary, a notable Pugin inspired gothic church.  Illustrated throughout in colour. 

Liam Bane - The Bishop in Politics : The Life and Career of John McEvilly - PB

A biography of John MacEvilly, who served as archbishop of Galway 1857-1881 and of Tuam Diocese from 1881-1902. MacEvilly was friend to his mentor Paul Cullen, but had a long professional rivalry with John MacHale .   

Leanne Calvert - Pious and Promiscuous : Life, Love and Family in Presbyterian Ulster- BRAND NEW

Step into the intimate worlds of Presbyterian women and men who lived, loved and laboured in long-eighteenth-century Ulster. Drawing on letters, diaries, newspapers and church court records, this book reveals the personal moments that shaped the rhythms...

W.R Hutchison - Tyrone Precinct ( A History of the Plantation Settlement of Dungannon and Mountjoy to Modern Times) - HB - 1951

Hardcover, Dundalgan Press, 1951.  Edgewear to the dustjacket - closed tears at corners, small area of chipped loss to head of dustjacket spine. The dustjacket is now in a modern removable Herma plastic cover.  A good copy of the scarce first...

Christian Brothers School - O'Connell School Centenary Record 1828-1928 - HB

Published by  O'Connell School, North Richmond Street Dublin, June 1928, as a centenary publication,  Larger format hardcover, illustrated, with a range of essays from a wide range of contributors - two areas of focus - Daniel O'connell and his...

Eoin Ó Broin & Mal McCann - Flats and Cottages Herbert Simms and the Housing of Dublin's Working Class 1932-1948

A city gripped by an ever-worsening housing crisis. An expensive and insecure private rental sector. Rogue landlords running overcrowded and poorly maintained flats. Central and local government struggling to keep up with population growth and...

Michael B Barry & John O’Byrne - The Irish Farm in Colour - HB - BRAND NEW

TRACKED DELIVERY WITHIN IRELAND IS INCLUDED IN THE COST.  HARDCOVER, Gill Books,  In this richly illustrated book, the bestselling duo of Michael B. Barry and John O’Byrne bring the story of the Irish farm vividly to life, from the late...

Terry Reilly - Ballina : One Town, Three Wars and More - HB - SIGNED - 2014 ( Mayo)

Hardcover as issued without dusthacket in illustrated boards, signed by the author.  Covers the history of the north Mayo town from the late 19th century to the aftermath of the cIvil War ( the three wars of the title being the First World War, the...

Paul Daly & Richard Mills - Reflections of Cork : An Insight Into Cork Life by Cork People -PB -2005

A photography based guide to notable Cork people, with insights into life in city and county. Published 2005 ( Linked to Cork City of Culture 2005)  Small area of staining to lower r/h corner, otherwise unmarked. 

Michael V Duignan & Lord Killanin ( Updated by Peter Harbison) - The Shell Guide to Ireland - PB - 1995

''The book remains, a general guide which pays particular attention to antiquities and to things of historic, artistic and literary interest. The amin part of the guide is presented in the form of a gazetteer''- the subjects are grouped...

Michael B Barry & John O'Byrne - A Nation is Born - HB

A Nation Is Born celebrates a formative period in the history of the Irish state: the fifteen years during which we emerged from the rubble of wars and violence and set up as a fledgling country while establishing a diplomatic presence on the world stage...

John Breslin & Sarah-Anne Buckley - Old Ireland in Colour ( Book 1 ) - HB

Old Ireland in Colour celebrates the rich history of Ireland and the Irish through the colour restoration of stunning images of all walks of Irish life, and the Irish abroad, throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. From the chaos of the...

Gordon D'Arcy - The Natural History of the Burren - HB - 1992

Hardcover, 1992, published by Immel Publishing. Internally very good, but the back cover in unevenly sunned.  Photography by John Hayward.  An unexpected facet of the Emerald Isle is revealed to the reader in this study of a unique environment...