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18 Apr 2025 - Cork University Press
Beating Time: The Story of the Irish Bodhran
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17 Apr 2025 - The Mercier Press
Stone Mad
50th Anniversary Edition. Paperback. 'In the sharply formal conversations of the stonemen, the bittersweet flavour of provincial Ireland is presented with neither sentiment nor adornment.' —Willia...
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17 Apr 2025 - Cork University Press
The Birds of County Donegal: Residents, Regulars and Rarities
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17 Apr 2025 - The Lilliput Press Ltd
To Avenge a Dead Glacier
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15 Apr 2025 - Natural World Publishing
Arabella Pepper: The Wild Detective
By E.R. Murray
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15 Apr 2025 - Messenger Publications
Dipping Into Hope: Reflections for a Fragile Faith
It was the great poet Seamus Heaney who lamented the loss of the sense of the transcendent in our lives. Who we are, what we do, how we interact with others is not the product of a computer chip or an...
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14 Apr 2025 - O'Brien Press Ltd
Tom Crean: Irish Antarctic Hero
By Michael Smith, David Butler
The unforgettable story of Ireland’s greatest unsung hero, Tom Crean, in graphic novel form. Tom Crean, the teenage son of a poor Kerry farmer, ran away from home in 1893 to seek adventure, and b...
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14 Apr 2025 - O'Brien Press Ltd
Irish Fairy Forts: Portals to the Past
By Jo Kerrigan
In a modern world of straight lines, these enigmatic circles in the landscape seem to call out to us from an earlier time. Fairy forts are the most numerous ancient remains in Ireland, numbering 50,00...
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14 Apr 2025 - O'Brien Press Ltd
A Little Birdie Told Me
A little birdie told me … There's going to be a party! All the birds are going, from the little robin to the graceful swan. There’ll be games, and dancing and cake – and someone very specia...
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14 Apr 2025 - O'Brien Press Ltd
Irish Fairy Forts: Portals to the Past
By Jo Kerrigan
In a modern world of straight lines, these enigmatic circles in the landscape seem to call out to us from an earlier time. Fairy forts are the most numerous ancient remains in Ireland, numbering 50,00...
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12 Apr 2025 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet Italy Planning Map
Durable and waterproof, with a handy slipcase and an easy-fold format, Lonely Planet's Italy Planning Map is your essential navigation tool. This full-colour map features accompanying images and infor...
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12 Apr 2025 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet Milan City Map
Durable and waterproof, with a handy slipcase and an easy-fold format, Lonely Planet's Milan City Map is your conveniently sized passport to travelling with ease. With this easy-to-use, full-colour na...
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12 Apr 2025 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet Pocket Milan
Lonely Planet's Pocket Milan is your guide to the city's best experiences and local life - neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Marvel at world-famous art collections, admire the awe-inspiring Duomo and ta...
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10 Apr 2025 - Gill
Your Highly Sensitive Child: Helping your child thrive in an overwhelming world
By Aoife Durcan
As a parent of a highly sensitive child, it’s often difficult to know how to respond to their emotions. You might feel overwhelmed, frustrated or unsure of how to handle your child’s big feelings....
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10 Apr 2025 - Hachette Books Ireland
Sophie: The Final Verdict
By Senan Molony
'This is the book that puts all the evidence before the people' Jean-Pierre Gazeau, uncle of Sophie Toscan du Plantier 'An outstanding and compelling read' Micheál Martin TD 'A comprehensive and co...
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10 Apr 2025 - The Mercier Press
We'd Have Told Each Other Everything
On a dark night in Berlin’s Kastanienallee, acclaimed writer Judith Hermann runs into her psychoanalyst — a chance encounter that begins an exploration of the fluid boundaries between truth and ...
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7 Apr 2025 - O'Brien Press Ltd
Fairy Hill
Strange things are happening in Fairy Hill. Thirteen-year-old Anna is upset when she is sent to stay with her dad and his new family at Fairy Hill in the west of Ireland. Hearing whispers in the w...
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7 Apr 2025 - Grey Pony Films
Aisling & Bluebell with Antonie de Pluvinel - The Old Masters
By Elaine Heney
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7 Apr 2025 - Merrion Press
Death in Derry: Martin McGuinness and the Derry IRA’s War Against the British
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7 Apr 2025 - Merrion Press
A Year In the Woods: Montalto Through the Seasons
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10 Nov 1978 - Methuen Publishing Ltd
Home Before Night
By Hugh Leonard
This title presents the memoirs of Ireland's acclaimed author and playwright, Hugh Leonard. Born in 1926 in Dublin, he was educated at Presentation College, Dun Laoghaire. He is an award winning playw...
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9 May 2002 - Methuen Publishing Ltd
Out After Dark
By Hugh Leonard
This is a companion volume to Hugh Leonard's "Home Before Night" containing anecdotes and stories of Leonard's coming of age and early adulthood in Dublin, and his subsequent move to London. Leonard a...
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3 Nov 2014 - Onstream Book Publications
Lettercollum Cookbook
By Karen Austin, Arna Rún Rúnarsdóttir
The Lettercollum Kitchen Project, run by Karen Austin and Con McLoughlin, is a West Cork institution. For ten years it has been the jewel in the crown of Clonakilty; a bakery and delicatessen that is ...
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9 Oct 2014 - HarperCollins
The Year I Met You
Winner of the Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year*
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31 Jan 2013 - educate.ie
'Nifty Notes on Home Before Night'
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18 Dec 2024 - Dublin University Press
Closer to Walking Again
The launch of Closer to Walking Again celebrates the publication of the book that brings the reader on the author’s journey following a rugby accident which left him paraplegic, and his involvement ...
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17 Aug 2014
Little Lamb
From Joseph Black, the author of Happy Little Pig, comes another tale of the darker side of human nature
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1 Oct 2013 - Troubador Publishing Ltd
Fadó: Tales of Lesser Known Irish History
With Fadó, long forgotten about episodes from Irish history are presented in easy to follow short chapters. Who was Crom Cruach and what are Holy Wells? Who were the priest catchers and why were ...
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1 Feb 1996 - The Mercier Press Ltd
'Best Irish Humorous Quotations'
'This is a collection of humour from Irish authors, including Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, Jonathan Swift, Brendan Behan, Spike Milligan, Samuel Beckett, Keane, Flann O'Brien, Niall Toibin and Hu...
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9 Apr 2013 - The Lilliput Press Ltd
'Intimacy with Strangers: A Life of Brief Encounters'
'Film critic and journalist Ciaran Carty has assembled a collection of a lifetime of celebrity interviews of among others Harold Pinter, Beyonce Knowles, Brian Friel, Pedro Almodovar, Doris Lessing, W...
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30 Sep 1994 - Gill
'Contemporary Irish Drama: From Beckett to McGuinness<br>New edition'
'A study of the revival of Irish drama in the last 30 years, this book comprises three main sections. The first examines playwrights who emerged in the 1950s; the second looks at the careers of certai...
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30 Sep 1994 - Gill
'Contemporary Irish Drama: From Beckett to McGuinness'
'A study of the revival of Irish drama in the last 30 years, this book comprises three main sections. The first examines playwrights who emerged in the 1950s; the second looks at the careers of certai...
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2 Mar 2004 - Gill
'Irish Ghost Stories'
'In Irish Ghost Stories, Padraic O'Farrell has included both well-known stories and some lesser-known tales, most of them previously unpublished.<br>Unexplained psychic phenomena fascinate people from...
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30 Sep 2000 - The Mercier Press Ltd
'Dear Paule'
By Hugh Leonard
'On 13th April 2000 the earth opened under Hugh Leonard and devastated his life. His wife Paule died suddenly as a result of an asthmatic attack. By writing letters in his newspaper column, he felt it...
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31 Jul 2015 - Gandon Editions
Irish Theatrescapes: New Irish Plays, Adapted European Plays and Irish Classics
IRISH THEATRESCAPES is a large-format 280-page hardback book, with 680 illus, featuring 34 productions of new Irish plays, adapted European plays and Irish classics. Each play is comprehensively docum...
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5 Mar 2011 - Mercier Press
Dublin Wit
By Des MacHale
A hilarious collection of rich Dublin wit, including jokes, quotations, graffiti, malapropisms, sayings, and anecdotes from internationally famous wits such as Behan, Swift, Shaw, Wilde, and a host of...
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1 Sep 2013 - The Stinging Fly
Young Skins
A recovering addict drifts closer to the oblivion he’d hoped to avoid by returning to his home town; two estranged friends hide themselves away in a darkened pub, reluctant to attend the funeral of ...
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1 Nov 2000 - New Island Books
'Donal McCann Remembered'
The Irish actor Donal McCann is probably best remembered by U.S. audiences from film performances he gave in John Huston's The Dead or Bertolucci's Stealing Beauty, or perhaps his performance on Broad...
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23 Sep 2011 - Gill
Straight From The Heart: Irish Love Letters
'Straight from the Heart is both a beautiful gift book and a piece of fascinating social history. It comprises more than 60 love letters ranging in time from 1694 to 1998.<br>From the early Gaels to ...
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12 Sep 2008 - Gill
'Slanguage: A Dictionary of Irish Slang and Colloquial English in Ireland<br>3rd Revised edition'
'Doolally, on the batter, Belfast confetti, pure mule, crawthumper, flag hopper and fecker...come here till I tell you! Hiberno-English is the common speech of Ireland at all social levels. Its contin...
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1 Jan 2098 - Transworld Publishers Ltd
'Fields of Fire: The Inside Story of Hurling's Great Renaissance'
'These are exceptional times for the game of hurling. The skill, speed and summer long drama of recent All Ireland championships has led many to conclude that something very special is happening in th...
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1 Jan 2098 - Transworld Publishers Ltd
Benedictus: A Book of Blessings
'Offers blessings intended to shelter us as we confront challenges on our journey through life. This book covers areas such as Beginnings, Desires, States of the Heart, Callings and Beyond Endings.<br...
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10 Jan 2089 - Transworld Publishers Ltd
'Was It For This?: Why Ireland Lost the Plot'
'Ireland stands at a defining moment, unprecedented in the period of its Independence. This title explores Ireland's political, social and existential identity crisis, delving into the Irish psyche in...
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1 Jan 2029
Test Book
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27 Nov 2025 - Cork University Press
Who Do You Think You Are?: Using the building blocks of Schema Therapy to improve your life
In language that is clear and accessible, this book explains how the 'building blocks' of Schema Therapy, a relatively new approach, can be used by everyone to answer the question: "Who do you think y...
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6 Nov 2025 - Transworld Publishers Ireland Ltd
Bluff
Joanie, 2013. Desperate to flee the claustrophobia of St Rule, Joanie has long been planning her escape. But on the night of her high-school graduation this dream is shattered by a betrayal. Devastate...
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6 Nov 2025 - The Lilliput Press Ltd
Druid Theatre: 50 Years
By Patrick Lonergan, Barry Holohan
This fully-illustrated and authorised history marks 50 years of Ireland’s most ground-breaking and successful theatre company. Founded in 1975, Druid is a touring theatre company, anchored in the We...
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31 Oct 2025 - Four Courts Press Ltd
Moynagh Lough Studies I
Moynagh Lough is one of the most significant archaeological sites ever discovered in Ireland. From 1980 to 1998 excavations were directed by John Bradley. This exceptional multi-period wetland site yi...
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31 Oct 2025 - Four Courts Press Ltd
Medieval Dublin XX
This volume presents a rich variety of new scholarly explorations of life in medieval Dublin, including an analysis by Bruce Campbell of the occupational profile of medieval Dubliners as revealed by r...
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30 Oct 2025 - Cork University Press
The Irish Pub: Invention and Reinvention
Immerse yourself in the rich history and cultural significance of the Irish pub, from its humble beginnings in the 17th century to its modern incarnation as a global phenomenon. This book offers a com...
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23 Oct 2025 - Penguin Books Ltd
Being Myself: The Autobiography
By Andy Farrell
At the age of 16, a boy amongst men, Andy Farrell made his first-team debut for Wigan Warriors – and became a father for the first time. At 18, he won his first senior international cap. At 21, he w...
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16 Oct 2025 - The Lilliput Press Ltd
Dublin Coffee Guide
By Patrick Kirk
The Essential Guide to the Cafes and Coffee Shops of Dublin. For over 5 years, Patrick Kirk has been visiting the cafes and coffee shops of Dublin, chatting with the owners, photographing the uni...
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16 Oct 2025 - Cork University Press
Irish Revolution: Diplomacy and reactions, 1919-1923
This groundbreaking study reveals the fascinating international dimension of the Irish Revolution (1919-1923), exploring how a small nation's fight for independence reverberated across the globe. The ...
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9 Oct 2025 - The Lilliput Press Ltd
Scribendi: Irish Writers 1982-2025
By Steve Pyke
A landmark book of portraits of Irish writers by internationally renowned photographer Steve Pyke. Featuring over 60 captivating portraits of many of Ireland’s greatest contemporary writers, alongsi...
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3 Oct 2025 - Four Courts Press Ltd
Dublin's Stained Glass: a guide to the finest twentieth century windows
This book features thirty eight sites which contain collections of the finest and most interesting – and in several instances, little known – twentieth-century stained glass in Dublin city and cou...
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1 Oct 2025 - Little Island
Making It Up as You Go Along
Laureate na nÓg (Ireland's children's literature laureate) and author of The Wordsmith Patricia Forde offers a master class in creative writing. In this fun and practical illustrated guide to creat...
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30 Sep 2025 - Columba Books
Kerry On the Edge of Europe
Defined by the Atlantic Ocean - it's people and cultural heritage that has shaped the landscape for millennia. It charts through images and words the richness of 'The Kingdom of Kerry'. From ancien...
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26 Sep 2025 - The Lilliput Press Ltd
The Language of Light: Writings, Lectures, Interviews 1981 – 2021
By Sean Scully
The Language of Light is an authorised selection from Sean Scully’s lectures, notebooks and interviews, over the course of forty years, and provides an intimate overview of his work as painter, prin...
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18 Sep 2025 - The Lilliput Press Ltd
Injury Time
By Kevin Smith
Businessman Fenton Conville has it all sewn up, coasting through life with his mates and his money in a sleepy Northern Irish village. Until, that is, he wakes on his 50th birthday to an unexpec...
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12 Sep 2025 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet Epic Runs of the World
Discover 200 of the greatest runs on the planet, across all seven continents, in this beautiful paperback edition of our bestselling hardback, featuring easy-access park runs and city loops to iconic ...