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24 Mar 2026 - Princeton University Press
James Joyce: A Political Life
The young James Joyce (1882–1941) was forged in the smithy of Irish political controversies, and he took into his European exile a depth of political insight unrivalled among his fellow modernists. ...
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24 Mar 2026 - W. W. Norton & Company
A Beautiful Loan
My name is Anna, and for some time now, I have been trying to account for certain events in my life—my adult life, that is—which, from this vantage point of forty-five years, I often find baffling...
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24 Mar 2026 - The Mercier Press
Crossing Over: A Propulsive Debut Legal Thriller from the Investigative Journalist Anne Cadwallader
Belfast, 1987. Lawyer, Lena thinks she understands justice, until she’s caught between loyalist paramilitaries, an IRA godfather, and a conspiracy reaching the highest levels. From journalist Anne C...
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23 Mar 2026 - O'Brien Press Ltd
A Friend for Tiny Ghost
Tiny Ghost is all alone. He’d love someone to play with, but no one can see him. Until one day Sam visits a big, old house. And he can see Tiny Ghost! Can a small boy and a tiny ghost be friends?...
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23 Mar 2026 - O'Brien Press Ltd
A Terrible Beauty: Poetry of 1916
‘A terrible beauty is born’ WB Yeats’s poignant words have come to immortalise the complex legacy of the Easter Rising, 1916. The poetry that emerged at this time of upheaval in Ireland gave ...
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23 Mar 2026 - Orla Kelly Publishing
Short But Fierce: Living Boldly with Turner Syndrome and Defying the Odds
By Triona Keane
Deciding to put pen to paper and provide an honest and frank account of my personal story was no easy task. Some revelations over the coming paragraphs I haven’t even confided in my closest friends....
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23 Mar 2026 - Orla Kelly Publishing
Self-Employed The Forgotten Community: How to build a business that serves your life - not the other way around
They are the early risers. The risk takers. The ones who sign the front of the cheque, not the back. They don’t look for sympathy. They don’t look for handouts. When they fall, they get back ...
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23 Mar 2026 - Comhar
Bilal agus Cócó
Bilal is twelve years old. His sister Salma is six years old. His father’s name is Mohammed, and his mother’s name is Mariam. They are fron Palestine. Bilal and his family are temporarily livin...
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19 Mar 2026 - Messenger Publications
The Living Image: Returning to the Heart
By Anna Burke
Dilexit Nos, the 2024 Encyclical from Pope Francis, offers an inspiring reflection on the Sacred Heart of Jesus and how this familiar image helps us reflect on how human love and divine love live as o...
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19 Mar 2026 - Cantillon
Improve, A Good Idea
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19 Mar 2026 - Little Island
The Nightmare Club: The Elsewhere Funfair
By Sarah Purcell, Annie Graves
Welcome to the Nightmare Club, the sleepover that is definitely not for wimps. Annie Graves is your host, and she only invites guests who can tell really creepy stories. Lynn thinks her granny is r...
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19 Mar 2026 - Little Island
The Nightmare Club: Guinea Pig Killer
By Deirdre Sullivan, Annie Graves
Welcome to the Nightmare Club, the sleepover that is definitely not for wimps. Annie Graves is your host, and she only invites guests who can tell really creepy stories. Sandy hates his sister's gu...
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19 Mar 2026 - The Lilliput Press Ltd
Four Night Seas
Set across liminal landscapes, this collection of fourteen stories from award-winning author Niamh Mac Cabe feature characters navigating emotional or existential thresholds—grieving, seeking meanin...
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19 Mar 2026 - Cork University Press
Beware of Imitations: The Display of Irishness at World's Fairs and Expositions, 1893-2000
By the late nineteenth century, world’s fairs became important sites that showcased the industrial and commercial prowess of Western nations while simultaneously controlling the cultural representat...
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19 Mar 2026 - Gill
The Baby-Led Feeding Cookbook
More parents than ever are turning to baby-led weaning – a natural, confidence-building approach that helps children develop a lifelong love of vegetables and real food. Nutrition expert Aileen Cox ...
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19 Mar 2026 - Gill
Ellora McGee, Trainee Banshee: The Pooka Plant
Ellora’s pooka grandad is visiting and he’s given Ellora some magical seeds to help her with her schoolwork. The seeds grow into a Listening Lily, which has petals that look like ears and grows ma...
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19 Mar 2026 - Gill
Essential Irish Myths and Legends: Ten Stories that Shaped Ireland
By Tony Potter
Step into the magical world of Essential Irish Myths and Legends, a beautifully crafted collection that brings Ireland’s ancient tales to life for a new generation. From the heroic feats of Cú Chul...
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19 Mar 2026 - Gill
It's Probably Your Period
By Mary Ryan
Renowned endocrinologist Dr Mary Ryan is back with a comprehensive guide to all you need to know about period health, from the science behind menstruation to practical advice on managing your cycle. E...
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17 Mar 2026 - Dublin Review Books
The Dublin Review: Number 102: Spring 2026
The Dublin Review is a quarterly magazine of essays, memoir, reportage and fiction. Founded and edited by Brendan Barrington, it is published in book format to a design by David Smith (Atelier, Dublin...
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16 Mar 2026 - Lettertec Publishing
Hardship & High Living: Irish Women's Lives 1808 - 1923
In the nineteenth century, Irish women lived extraordinary lives yet their testimonies are rarely heard. Using original manuscripts - diaries, memoirs, letters and signed witness statements - historia...
Book Reviews
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Book TitleAuthorPublisherIrene GrahamPublishedFebruary 2026The Memoir Writing Workbook contained everything I needed to know about writing a memoir, including brilliant exercises that spur creativity and crystalline explanations of the process. Five out of five stars! ~Randall Krause, USA
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Book TitleAuthorPublisherTRANSAT BOOKSPublishedDecember 2025'A wealthy dinner party unravels ... An extraordinary story from a hugely talented writer.' Mary McCarthy, Irish Independent 'An audacious mix of savage satire and dystopian prophecy, a compelling and original novel of modern Ireland.' Vincent Woods, RTÉ
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Book TitleAuthorPublisherIrene GrahamPublishedDecember 2018It is no exaggeration to say that Irene Graham’s Memoir Writing Workbook was transformative – both professionally and personally. I absolutely recommend this workbook to all aspiring memoir writers! ~Ian Bennett, USA
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Book TitlePublisherIrene GrahamPublishedMarch 2009At 73, the techniques in The Memoir Writing Workbook helped me gather an abundance of material and develop memories. Anyone would benefit from The Memoir Writing Workbook; it is a valuable resource. ~Jacqueline Landis, USA
Top Searches
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8 Aug 2025 - Wordwell
West Cork at War: The Forgotten Guerrilla Campaign, 1922
The Forgotten Guerilla Campaign, 1922. In January 1922 Dáil Éireann ratified a treaty with the British government, finally giving Southern Ireland the independence it had fought for years to achi...
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18 Aug 2018 - Coolim Books
The Cradle of Fenianism - Skibbereen and the Early Fenian Movement, 1850–67
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 Feni...
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17 Nov 2025 - Coolim Books
The Fenian Movement: An Account of its Origin, Progress and Temporary Collapse
Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa is one of the best known leaders of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB), better known as the Fenian Movement. This organisation emerged both in Ireland and America in the...
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18 Mar 2005 - O'Brien Press Ltd
West Cork Walks - Updated and revised edition
Experience the rugged wildness of Ireland's most southerly, and often considered most beautiful region, in the company of an expert naturalist. Experience the rugged wildness of Ireland's most souther...
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1 Apr 1996 - Duchas The Heritage Society
Archaeological Inventory of County Cork: West Cork v. 1
Dennis Power is listed as Editor.
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12 May 2020 - The Mercier Press Ltd
'Towards Ireland Free: The West Cork Brigade in the War of Independence 1917- 1921'
'An IRA brigade commander's gripping description of the struggle for freedom. In the War of Independence, military leaders such as Michael Collins, Liam Lynch and Liam Deasy secured Irish independence...
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9 May 2016 - The Collins Press
Manhattan to West Cork
By Alice Carey
As a young girl Alice Carey came to realise that 'home' can mean different things. The only child of Kerry immigrants to New York in search of a better life, Alice's isolated and sometimes violent chi...
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1 Aug 2008 - The Collins Press
Jasper Wolfe of Skibbereen
Stories are still told about Jasper Wolfe in West Cork. Methodist, lawyer, T.D. and President of the Law Society, he led a remarkable and dangerous existence. After Easter 1916 he was appointed Crown ...
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18 Oct 2019 - The Mercier Press Ltd
Something In The Water: How Skibbereen Rowing Club Conquered the World
This book reveals what creates an environment that allows locals to excel on the national and international stages. Olympic rowers Gary and Paul O'Donovan may be the face of Irish rowing and Skibberee...
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30 Sep 2010 - The Collins Press
West Cork: The People and the Place
You can't eat scenery' is an old saying about making a living in beautiful but remote places. West Cork is such a place, remarkable for the many ways people make it work for them. Alannah Hopkin disco...
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20 Feb 2016 - Collins Press
West Cork: The People & the Place
West Cork, from Kinsale to the Beara Peninsula and from the Atlantic to the Lee Valley, is no longer an impoverished, rural backwater; it is a popular holiday destination where second homes become mai...
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10 May 2011 - The Mercier Press Ltd
The Fenians Were Dreadful Men: The 1867 Rising in Kerry and Limerick
The first new book in forty years on the Fenian Rising, the foundation of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and the background to the Rising, based on a wide spread of sources ranging from the folklore...
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10 Nov 2022 - The Mercier Press
West Cork Railways: Birth, Beauty and Betrayal
By Chris Larkin
This wonderful publication provides a unique visual and historical record of the West Cork Railway as rail enthusiast and historian Chris Larkin warmly remembers the lifetime of the rail system in a t...
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25 Nov 2021 - Sweeney and O'Donovan
Blow-In: Living Off-Grid in West Cork
By Fred Callow
The story of how a disparate group of people, many of them refugees from Thatcher's Britain in the 1980s, came to a place called Cool Mountain in West Cork in search of a more authentic way of life. T...
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1 Apr 2008 - The Collins Press
'West Cork, the People and the Place: Eating Scenery'
''You can't eat scenery' is an old saying about making a living in beautiful but remote places. West Cork is such a place, remarkable for the many ways people make it work for them. Alannah Hopkin dis...
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1 Apr 2016 - The Collins Press
'Manhattan to West Cork'
'The only child of Irish immigrants to New York in search of a better life, Alice Carey had an isolated and sometimes violent childhood. A poignant tale of a young girl raised in a difficult environme...
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1 Apr 2008 - The Collins Press
Eating Scenery: West Cork, the People and the Place
''You can't eat scenery' is an old saying about making a living in beautiful but remote places. West Cork is such a place, remarkable for the many ways people make it work for them. Alannah Hopkin dis...
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9 Sep 2021 - The Liffey Press
'A Different World: An English Vicar in West Cork'
'A quarter of a century ago, Canon Hilary Wakeman became the Rector of a Church of Ireland parish in the far southwest of Ireland, a very different world from her English home in Norwich. This book is...
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8 Dec 1998 - The Lilliput Press Ltd
'Mary Carbery's West Cork Journals (1898-1901)'
'After her husband, the ninth Lord of Carbery, died at an early age, Mary Carbery, recently arrived from England, was left the solitary mistress of the neo-medieval Castle Freke. These journals trace ...
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10 Apr 2011 - The Collins Press
Scenic Walks in West Cork
'Guide to some of the best low-level walks in West Cork with clear descriptions and engaging commentaries on natural and human history to enhance the walkers' enjoyment and appreciation of the walks. ...
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26 Mar 2026 - The Lilliput Press Ltd
The Fourth Wall
Chalandon’s novel Le Quatrième Mur (The Fourth Wall) was a literary sensation when published in France in 2013, winning the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens and going on to sell almost half a million cop...
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26 Mar 2026 - Poolbeg Press Ltd
Three Strikes
By M.A. Purcell
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30 Mar 2026 - O'Brien Press Ltd
1916: The Rising Handbook
A handbook to the events and locations of the Easter 1916 Rising. There are so many different versions of the story of Easter Week 1916. Lorcan Collins, an acknowledged expert on the subject and fo...
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30 Mar 2026 - O'Brien Press Ltd
Small Magics
By Alex Dunne
‘Magic isn’t only found in old ancient forests or dusty old castles … it’s everywhere, all the time …’ Molly Flynn never had a place to call home until she was sent to live above a mys...
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31 Mar 2026 - TKG Press
The Accidental Survivor: A Life of Accidents, Near Misses and a Lot of Luck
By Gavin Teakle
What happens when curiosity, bad timing and sheer optimism collide - repeatedly - over several decades? This is not a heroic memoir. It’s a brutally honest, often ridiculous account of a life spent...
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31 Mar 2026 - Picador
The News from Dublin: Stories
By Colm Tóibín
In The News from Dublin, a beautiful collection of short stories from the bestselling author of Brooklyn and Long Island, Colm Tóibín delves into the days and nights of those living far from home: l...
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1 Apr 2026 - Irish Manuscripts Commission
Analecta Hibernica No: 54
Includes a report to the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for 2018 and the following papers: Three surveys of the Londonderry plantation, 1613–16 (David Heffernan); Documents apperta...
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1 Apr 2026 - Salmon Poetry
Throat Full of Feathers
New poetry from Lorna O'Mahony.
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1 Apr 2026 - GaeilgeBheo
Irish Roulette
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1 Apr 2026 - Mental Health Commission
Guide Guidance for staff providing mental health services to persons with intellectual disabilities: Promoting Quality, Safety, and Human Rights in Mental Health
The MHC has launched guidance document and training resource designed to support staff working across all mental health services - ranging from inpatient units to community-based settings - in deliver...
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1 Apr 2026 - Salmon Poetry
Dodder Daughter
New poetry work from Nessa O'Mahony.
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1 Apr 2026 - Salmon Poetry
Unsinkable: Poetry Inspired by the Titanic
Unsinkable gathers an international chorus of poets, both emerging and renowned, in a luminous act of remembrance. The poems in this anthology bring back to the surface long-submerged voices and instr...
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2 Apr 2026 - Viking
The Keeper
By Tana French
On a cold night in a remote Irish village, a girl goes missing. Sweet, loving Rachel Holohan was about to be engaged to the son of the local big shot. Instead, she’s dead in the river. In a pl...
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2 Apr 2026 - Manilla Press
Everything that is Beautiful
For Niamh Ryan, the Foleys are family. Her childhood flew by on their farm, playing with her best friend Peter and his sister Kate - all the while being doted on by their mother Helen and coached by t...
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2 Apr 2026 - Poolbeg Press Ltd
Tell The Truth: A Gripping Psychological Thriller About Secrets, Lies and a Murder Trial
A woman is accused of murdering her husband. Twelve jurors must decide her fate. Marion McMahon lies in her cell, guarding a secret that could set her free. But she will never tell. She is safer...
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2 Apr 2026 - O'Brien Press Ltd
What's That Spooky Sound?
By Gerry Daly
It’s the morning after a big storm. Badger, red deer, owl and pygmy shrew hear a strange sound. It’s coming from across the stream, beyond the big tree, over the rocks … Maybe it’s from the bi...
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2 Apr 2026 - Little Island
The Eternal Return of Clara Hart
By Louise Finch
Louise Finch’s Carnegie shortlisted time-loop YA sensation ‘tackles sexual assault, toxic masculinity, and grief with precision and courage’ (Kirkus starred review). Wake up. Friday. Clara Ha...
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2 Apr 2026 - Hachette Books Ireland
A Time for Truth: My Father Jason and My Search for Justice and Healing - as seen in documentary A Deadly American Marriage
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2 Apr 2026 - Hachette Books Ireland
Intensive Care: Stories of Heartache, Healing and Hope from a Children's Hospital
IT ALL RESTS ON A STORY. THIS IS ONE YOU WON'T FORGET. In these pages, Dr Suzanne Crowe opens the doors to a world few ever see: the charged and fragile realm of paediatric intensive care. From her e...
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2 Apr 2026 - Orion
A Strange Kind of Brave
What doesn't kill you makes you ... stronger? A poignant and gripping story about the power of fear, the resilience of love and the magic of food from bestselling Waterstones Children's Book Prize and...