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16 Jan 2026 - The Mercier Press
The Story Of The Claddagh Ring: Legend and History from the Ancient Fishing Village in Galway City Ireland
By Sean McMahon
Two hands clasp a heart, a crown poised above. For centuries, the Claddagh ring has been a global talisman of love, loyalty, and friendship, its origins steeped in romantic folklore. But what if the c...
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15 Jan 2026 - Hachette Books Ireland
MVP: Raise Your Game. Unlock Your Potential.
'Powerful ... an essential guide for us all' Gerry Hussey In his ground-breaking new book, top performance coach Tony Óg Regan sets out how to lead and succeed as the most valuable player in work,...
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15 Jan 2026 - Hachette Books Ireland
Awaken Your Power Within: Let Go of Fear. Discover Your Infinite Potential. Become Your True Self.
By Gerry Hussey
THE PHENOMENAL NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'You are an infinite being with infinite potential. All you need to do is open yourself to a new consciousness, a true vision of who you really are and awaken to ...
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15 Jan 2026 - Hachette Books Ireland
Would You Be Well?: Cut Through the Overwhelm to Find a Happier You
Are you juggling a million things and still feel like you're dropping the ball on your wellbeing? Meditation, mindfulness, movement, manifesting-it's all a lot. Somehow wellness has become just anothe...
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12 Jan 2026 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet Washington, Oregon & the Pacific Northwest
Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime in this latest edition of our guide to Washington, Oregon & the Pacific Northwest. Discover Was...
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12 Jan 2026 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet Pocket Seattle
By Sarah Etinas
Discover twice the city in half the time as Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the ultimate short trip to Seattle. This latest edition uncovers the city'...
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12 Jan 2026 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet Best Beaches Australia
By Sarah Reid
Explore 100 of Australia's most beautiful beaches in this stunning photographic guide with insight from local writers and beach-hopping adventurers. From the red sands of Western Australia to the t...
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12 Jan 2026 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet Experience Pacific Northwest
By Bianca Bujan, Lara Dunning, Megan Hill, Michael Kohn, Jennifer Moore
This latest edition of Lonely Planet's Experience Pacific Northwest travel guide reveals exciting new ways to explore this iconic region with all the tools you need to create your own unique trip. ...
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12 Jan 2026 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet Pocket Portland & the Willamette Valley
By Margot Bigg, Brett Atkinson
Discover twice the place in half the time as Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the ultimate short trip to Portland & the Willamette Valley. This latest edit...
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12 Jan 2026 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet San Francisco
Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime in this latest edition of our guide to San Francisco. Discover San Francisco's most popular exp...
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12 Jan 2026 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet San Francisco City Map
Durable and waterproof, with a handy slipcase and an easy-fold format, Lonely Planet's San Francisco City Map is your conveniently sized passport to travelling with ease. With this easy-to-use, full-c...
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12 Jan 2026 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet Seattle City Map
Durable and waterproof, with a handy slipcase and an easy-fold format, Lonely Planet's Seattle City Map is your conveniently sized passport to travelling with ease. With this easy-to-use, full-colour ...
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12 Jan 2026 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet Experience California
This latest edition of Lonely Planet's Experience California travel guide reveals exciting new ways to explore this iconic region with all the tools you need to create your own unique trip. ...
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12 Jan 2026 - Lonely Planet Global Limited
Lonely Planet California
Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime in this latest edition of our guide to California. Discover California's most popular experienc...
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6 Jan 2026 - Julie Kennedy Fogarty
Where is my Soother?
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6 Jan 2026 - Julie Kennedy Fogarty
The Coolest Pet
Looking for a new pet? Dive into this hilarious and heartwarming story that’s perfect for anyone on the hunt for a furry friend! It’s a tale filled with big personalities, even bigger surprises, a...
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1 Jan 2026 - Corvus
Your Every Move
By Sam Blake
YOU THINK YOU'RE SAFE. BUT SOMEBODY'S WATCHING... Irish estate agent Rosie Kinsella loves her job selling high-end properties in London. But when she's targeted by a mysterious stalker her amazing ...
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1 Jan 2026 - 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 the...
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31 Dec 2025 - Augustin Filon
Stronger Than Stress: How to Turn Struggles Into Strengths and Build a Life You Love
Stress has become the background noise of modern life — constant demands, racing thoughts, and the feeling that you’re always carrying too much. But stress doesn’t have to control you. In Str...
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29 Dec 2025 - Ciaran De Buitlear
Nature's Acre
What it’s really about In a small town in Ireland, during lockdown, Spring 2020, Ciaran reads a book in the greenhouse. The phone rings. What follows will change his life, the life of his family, a...
Book Reviews
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Top Searches
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2 Jun 2008 - Transworld Publishers Ltd
Founded on Fear
A tormented childhood in Letterfrack industrial school with the Christian Brothers left an enduring mark on Peter Tyrrell. Ignored by the authorities and distressed by his memories, he later burned hi...
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16 Sep 2009 - Brandon / Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
An Irish Country Village
Patrick Taylor first charmed readers with An Irish Country Doctor, a warm and enchanting novel in the tradition of James Herriot and Jan Karon. Now Taylor returns to the colorful Northern Ireland comm...
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8 Oct 2013 - The Collins Press
Forging a Kingdom: The GAA in Kerry 1884-1934
Forging A Kingdom charts the development of the GAA in Kerry and how it became the county's most popular sporting organisation. This is an absorbing insight into the world of the GAA in Kerry from its...
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14 Dec 2000 - O'Brien Press Ltd
Joey Dunlop: King of the Roads
Joey Dunlop was born in Ballymoney, County Antrim, on 25 February 1952. Joey's racing career began in 1969, and his yellow helmet and number three bike became synonymous with high-octane wins. Joey wa...
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19 Aug 2005 - O'Brien Press Ltd
'Last Man Standing: Hurling Goalkeepers'
'What is it that makes a hurling goalie tick? Why would anybody be mad enough to take the loneliest position on the pitch? With unique access to many of Ireland's top players, Christy O'Connor reveals...
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1 Mar 2009 - O'Brien Press Ltd
Belfast: Titanic City
'This photographically-led souvenir of the city and surroundings provides an overview of Belfast's history, attractions, famous landmarks and today's city. With internet links. This photographically-l...
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7 Feb 2011 - O'Brien Press Ltd
Heirs to the Kingdom: Kerry's Political Dynasties
By Owen O'Shea
An account of political dynasties in Kerry, focusing on a number of families who have successfully held political power, both locally and in the national parliament, with first-hand interviews with di...
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1 Oct 2012 - MOININ
Flying the Banner: Short Stories from Clare's Teenage Writers
By Authors Various, Ré Ó Laighléis
Flying the Banner a collection of short stories written by their fellow students in St. Patrick’s and St. Caimin’s schools. Flying the Banner was compiled and edited by Ré Ó Laighléis and he...
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31 Aug 2008 - The Collins Press
Birds of Ireland: Facts, Folklore and History
Irish bird names are rich and full of meaning. This book focuses on our interaction with birds, covering mythology and folklore, birds as omens, harbingers and food, and bird-related beliefs, proverbs...
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15 Aug 2016 - O'Brien Press Ltd
Mad Grandad and the Flying Saucer
By Oisín McGann
Lenny and Mad Grandad take their new flying saucer for its first flight. Getting into space is easy: getting home alive might be harder! Lenny and Mad Grandad buy a flying saucer and shoot into space ...
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6 Sep 2007 - Penguin Books Ltd
Eleven Houses: A Memoir of Childhood
Christopher Fitz-Simon was born into an Irish family, with Daniel O'Connell on one side and Ulster Protestants on the other, and his childhood coincided with the Second World War. This book is a memoi...
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31 Aug 2016 - Four Courts Press Ltd
The World of Thomas Ward: Sex and Scandal in late-seventeenth century Co. Antrim
By Eamon Darcy
Part of the Maynooth Studies in Local History series. Why do a number of children look like the local dean? Did you hear that the bishop did not like the communion wine and spat it out, exclaiming "th...
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8 Oct 2012 - O'Brien Press Ltd
And Time Stood Still
By Alice Taylor
An extended memoir with reminiscences about the Author's friends, family members and even beloved animals that have passed away. A therapeutic book demonstrating a compassionate way of dealing with be...
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14 Sep 1999 - Mount Eagle Publications Ltd
Open Cut - New edition
The story of a man living in that part of London respectable people are careful not to see; a bleak, desolate world of whisky-dulled pain, casual brutality and corruption.
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15 Jun 2000 - O'Brien Press Ltd
The Giant's Causeway: And the North Antrim Coast
The Giant's Causeway takes the reader on an illustrated tour of the history, folklore, people, geology, wildlife, and stunning landscape of this unique place. The Giant's Causeway on Ireland's north A...
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19 Mar 2016 - Elizabeth Watson
Flying by the Seat of My Knickers
By Eliza Watson
Why run from your troubles when you can fly instead? When Caity Shaw is fired from her first job that doesn’t require an elf uniform, her older sister, Rachel, an event planner, hires her to work a ...
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5 Mar 2018 - O'Brien Press Ltd
'The Giant's Causeway: And the North Antrim Coast 4th Revised edition'
'The Giant's Causeway takes the reader on an illustrated tour of the history, folklore, people, geology, wildlife, and stunning landscape of this unique place. New updated edition. The Giant's Causewa...
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7 Feb 2019 - Hachette Books Ireland
Violet Hill
December 1918: Post-War London is grieving, the city a wound whose dressing was taken off too soon. Violet Hill, the only female private detective in the city, is hired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's bus...
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18 Apr 2016 - Amberley Publishing
Belfast Through Time
Belfast (Irish: Beal Feirste ‘mouth of the sandbank ford’) is the capital city of Northern Ireland. The site of Belfast has been described as ‘not built on a perfect site’ given that the origi...
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27 Sep 2017 - New Island Books
Bang Bang: & other Dublin Monologues
In blind old age, Dublin’s most famous gunslinger, the legendary street character Bang Bang, recalls decades roaming the streets of Dublin, which became Dodge City in his mind as he fought imaginary...
Coming Soon
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19 Jan 2026 - Poolbeg Press Ltd
The Sky is not Enough
In 1928, newlywed and titled Lady Mary Heath embarks on her most daring adventure yet: a solo flight from Cape Town to Croydon. Already a trailblazer—Britain’s first woman to parachute from a plan...
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20 Jan 2026 - The Mercier Press
Brigit Lady of the Irish Otherworld: Where Goddess, Saint and Fairy Meet
Could Brigit have been Queen of the Leinster Fairies? Step into the mystical heart of Ireland and uncover the hidden essence of Brigit, a figure revered as both goddess and saint, yet shrouded in m...
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22 Jan 2026 - Joe Philpott Publishing
All Roads Lead To Where You Are: From Bishopstown to The Beatles
By Joe Philpott
"All Roads Lead To Where You Are: From Bishopstown to The Beatles" is a memoir by Irish musician Joe Philpott, a founding member of the band Rubyhorse. The book chronicles his life in music, from his ...
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26 Jan 2026 - OUP Oxford University Press
Late Heaney
Late Heaney follows Seamus Heaney through the landscapes, friendships and events that shaped his last four collections, The Spirit Level, Electric Light, District and Circle, and Human Chain, all set ...
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26 Jan 2026 - Irene Graham
The Memoir Writing Workbook: Memories into Memoir
By Irene Graham
The Memoir Writing Workbook is a comprehensive, high-quality, 230 page, full colour workbook. It utilizes a unique ‘memoir map’ that guides the reader through the a to z of writing memoir. The ...
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29 Jan 2026 - The Lilliput Press Ltd
The Moving Land: Ireland in Image and Verse
By Billy Mundow
This selection of documentary photography by Billy Mundow matches monochrome images of Ireland from the 1960s to the words of Irish poets, recalling lost generations. Themes of a vanished world spool ...
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29 Jan 2026 - Harper Collins
Nothing Good Happens After 2 am
By Niamh Hargan
From London to Los Angeles, Berlin and Tokyo, Nothing Good Happens After 2 a.m. is a story of friendship, ambition, passion – and something more. London, 2005 Behind the unmarked door of Love ...
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29 Jan 2026 - Bantry Design Studios (Publications) Ltd
Esther Is Following You
You have one new follower. Esther first sees Ted walking in a park in London. They lock eyes and for a fraction of a second, she feels something she’s never felt before. She starts by reading ...
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29 Jan 2026 - Hachette Books Ireland
Should I Be Worried?: A No-Panic Guide to Your Child's Health
'Should I be worried?' is a question that pops into the heads of most parents of young children every day. Often several times per day. It may be a concern that a newborn is crying too much, that a t...
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30 Jan 2026 - Anne Prendergast
Sooty & Blackie’s Magical Farm Adventure: Book 3 of the Sooty & Blackie’s Adventure Series
When Ms. Anne Prendergast, aka Nanny Anne, brings the grandchildren to Farmer Paddy’s farm, a simple day in the country becomes filled with wonder – fairies in the breeze, a friendly Leprechaun, a...
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30 Jan 2026 - New Island Books
An Asylum for my Affections: Sketches of Maeve Brennan
By Maeve Brennan, Molly Hennigan
On the occasion of her mother’s birthday, the Irish writer Maeve Brennan wrote a letter to William Maxwell describing the emotional landscape provided by her mother. She wrote: ‘She gave me an “...
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30 Jan 2026 - Four Courts Press Ltd
Captain Francisco de Cuéllar: The Armada, Ireland, and the Wars of the Spanish Monarchy, 1578–1606
Captain Francisco de Cuéllar was an officer who served with the ill-fated Spanish Armada. He was shipwrecked on the coast of Co. Sligo in September 1588. Known to Irish history for the extraordinary ...
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31 Jan 2026 - Temple Dark Books
Nematodes
By David Smith
All the adults are dead...or dying. Those who remain won't last long in the wake of a deadly pandemic born from genetically modified nematodes marketed as a game-changing pest killer - it turns adults...
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1 Feb 2026 - Four Courts Press Ltd
Adomnán's Lex Innocentium and the Laws of War
This book studies the Irish law dating from AD 697, called Lex Innocentium or the Law of the Innocents. It is also known as Cáin Adomnáin, being named after Adomnán (d. 704), ninth abbot of Iona, w...
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1 Feb 2026 - DCU Press
A Grammar of Gaddi
By Preeti Kumari, Shreya Mehta, Anjali Nair, Anusuya Nayak, Yangchen Roy, Vyom Sharma
This is the first long-form descriptive grammar of the Pahari Indo-Aryan language, Gaddi (also called Bharmauri), spoken by the Gaddi people, a traditionally pastoral community now undergoing rapid oc...
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2 Feb 2026 - Brazen Head Production
Seven Days in Tibet: A photo essay on Buddhism in Tibet
By Lee Fulmer
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2 Feb 2026 - The Mercier Press
Get Real: The Courage to Be Wrong in Your Relationships and the Power to Change
By Carmel Wynne
‘Get Real’ offers a refreshingly honest approach to nurturing lasting partnerships. Drawing from over two decades of experience as a life coach and retreat facilitator, Carmel Wynne provides insig...
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2 Feb 2026 - Dedalus Press
Uncertain Passage
By Paddy Bushe
In "The Intensive Care Unit as Rainforest", a central poem which provides the title of this new collection, Paddy Bushe snatches a morphine-induced glimpse of a world far from County Kerry's Iveragh P...
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2 Feb 2026 - ACN Church Resources DAC
Irish Catholic Directory 2026: The Official Directory of the Irish Catholic Church
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2 Feb 2026 - The National Irish Visual Arts Library (NIVAL)
Toolkit for Artists' Archiving