Irish Local History

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...

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 Shannon 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. 

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 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...

Angelique Day & Patrick McWilliams (Editors) - Ordnance Survey Memoirs Ireland - Counties of South Ulster (1834-1838) - Vol 40

The Memoirs are a uniquely detailed source for the history of the northern half of Ireland immediately before the Great Famine. They were written in the 1830s to accompany the 6'' ordnance survey maps, but with one exception were not published at the...

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...

Anne Goodwyn Jones & Ray Conway - The Scattering: Images of Emigrants from an Irish County - PB - County Clare

A Project of the Shoot the Scattering Trust. Records with images the emigrant experience of people who left Clare County Ireland to make a new life scattered around the world. Published 2000. 

Silvermines Historical Society - Mining the Past : The History, People and Places of Silvermines District - PB - 2022

Volume X of the journal, edited by John Kennedy, published 2021 for 2022 Silvermines is an historic area ( mostly upland , located immediately south of the town of Nenagh in Tipperary) ISSN- 2009-955X 

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...

Carsten Krieger - Ten Thousand Years Deep - The Story of Ireland's Peatlands - BRAND NEW - HB

Peatlands – bogs, fens and heaths – are part of the Irish soul. Neither water nor land and yet both, they were once considered gateways to the otherworld. Bleak and beautiful, they are time capsules that hold a record of history going back...

Jane Clarke & Catherine Cleary - The Hare's Corner : Making Space for Nature -

The Hare’s Corner is a powerful celebration of the quiet, hopeful revolution taking place across Ireland – where people are making space for nature to thrive once again. In partnership with the Burrenbeo Trust in County Clare, this...

Elaine Foley ( Editor) - St Joseph's Primary School - Templemore

A detailed and high quality production , examining and chronicling the history of Saint Joseph's Primary School, Templemore in the 70 years1951-2021.  Illustrated throughout with high quality photography, class photographs, (recent and vintage) and...

Las Fallon - The Great Liberties Whiskey Fire - PB - BRAND NEW

On the night of June 18, 1875, a fire broke out in a whiskey warehouse in the Liberties, Dublin. As barrels of whiskey burst in the intense heat, flaming alcohol flowed through the streets, setting the city ablaze. The fire posed an unprecedented...

Joseph Robins - Custom House People - PB - 1993

Published by the IPA, 1993. A history of the Dublin Custom House and the organisations and history of the building Twilight of the Ascendancy 1781-1830 – John Beresford, James Gandon, James Napper Tandy, James Lever, The Maltons, The Sculptors,...

Thomond Archaeological and Historical Society -North Munster Antiquarian Journal -volume 48 ( 2008)

North Munster Antiquarian Journal, Volume 48, 2008A journal of history and archaeology of County Limerick and district.Description Vol. 48, 2008. ISSN 0332-0820 183 PAGES, PAPERBACK iNTERNALL VERY GOOD , THERE IS AN ANGLED CREASE TO THE FRONT COVER...

Tony Tynne - On Wellesley Pier : The History of Limerick Boat Club - PB - 2021 - SIGNED

SIGNED AND DEDICATED ( to a Gerry) by the late author.  Although “On Wellesley Pier” was printed in 2021 its birth began almost 40 years ago as an excerpt from Limerick Boat Club minutes in the 1980’s states that Tony Tynne was...

An Caislean - Annual 2022 ( Castleconnell) (Exact Copy)

The annual chronicle of Castleconnell reviewing events, achievements and everyday life in our beautiful village and in the surrounding areas ... The picture shown is the actual book you will receive. Please be aware that there will be a sticker with an...

Peter Green - Songs from the Ocean - PB - BRAND NEW

“Songs from the Ocean” A collection of Kerry based writer Peter Green’s art, photography, poetry, and illustrations, inspired by the Atlantic Ocean and the need to protect, conserve, and restore all our Oceans. 

Prospectus 1974-75 / The New University of Ulster (Exact Copy)

  The picture shown is the actual book you will receive. Please be aware that there will be a sticker with an identifying number on the spine of this book.  

Martin Byrne and the North Wall Community / Remembering who we are (Exact Copy)

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Patrick J McNamara - Their Name Liveth for Evermore - The Memorial Record of Limerick Casualties of World War II - HB - SIGNED

Published 2006, this copy is SIGNED -'' With best wishes from the author'  Patrick McNamara 2006, published by Limerick Historical Publications, Parteen.  Examines the involvement of Limerick people in the second world war, with detailed...

Seán Jennett - Connacht : HB 1970

A hardcover 1970 first edition, published by Faber UK, of Seán Jennett's guide to the counties of Connacht .  Condition - excellent, very light dustdarkening, binding tight, no marks, damage tears or inscriptions noted. 

Robin Bryans ( Robert Harbinson) - Ulster : A Journey through the Six Counties - HB - 1964

Illustrated with dozens of photographs and maps. Blue-green cloth boards; gilt title to spine. Light shelfwear to edges. Moderate rubbing and tanning to edges of dustjacket, especially at head and tail of spine. 

Kathleen Coyle / The Magical Realm - An Irish Childhood (Large Paperback)

A magical evocation of growing up in Co. Derry in the north of Ireland toward the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our...

David Herman / Hill Strollers Wicklow

This completely revised edition of a popular talkers' guideDetailed descriptions of 29 full-day walking routes in all areas of the mountainsUseful notes on maps, transport, planning your own routes, rights-of-way etcA long distance route through the...

E Estyn Evans & Brian S Turner - Ireland's Eye - Photographs of Robert Welch - HB - 1977

Lacks the original dustjacket, solid in grey cloth covers. With an introduction by E Estyn Evans, 1977.  Photographs by Welch of Ulster from the 1880's to the 1920's, almost all from Ulster. Published by Blackstaff Press. 

Templemore, Clonmore, Killea Review 2020- PB - Tipperary Local History

The 2020 edition of the local parish based review - 2014, in larger format bound book size, illustrated in colour throughout. Issued at the end of 2020, with events from November 2019- 2020  - covid times.    Some small thumbprints to the...

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)