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15 Oct 2026 - Gill

Local Gossip: Tall tales and short stories from over the road

By Bernard Casey

‘A WONDERFULLY WELL-CRAFTED PERFORMER WITH A GREAT OLD SCHOOL STYLE OF STORYTELLING’ Local Gossip is a book of short comedy stories about life in rural Ireland written by two main protagonists:...

5 Oct 2026 - O'Brien Press Ltd

Around Ireland in 80 Words

By Kunak McGann

Know your tackies from your gallybanders and your pokes from your mickey dazzlers? Fear not! This handy guide will have you away for slates. A hilarious collection of local words and phrases from a...

5 Oct 2026 - O'Brien Press Ltd

Around Ireland in 80 Words

By Kunak McGann

Know your tackies from your gallybanders and your pokes from your mickey dazzlers? Fear not! This handy guide will have you away for slates. A hilarious collection of local words and phrases from a...

2 Oct 2026 - New Island Books

THE DUBLIN QUIZ BOOK

By Des Doyle

Think you know Dublin? Think again. From the Liffey Swim and Little Italy to infamous pub lore, rebellious personalities, literary giants, vanished streets, sporting legends, and the small stories ...

24 Aug 2026 - O'Brien Press Ltd

Simplex 75: Crosswords from the Irish Times

By Mary O'Brien

For three-quarters of a century, The Irish Times Simplex Crossword has been a daily companion at kitchen tables, in cafés, on buses, trains and planes. This special anniversary compilation is dedicat...

1 Jul 2026 - The Mercier Press

LANGERS AND LASHES: A COMPENDIUM OF CORK SLANG

By Desmond MacHale

Are you way ahead of me, bai? If you know what it means to be 'all Gillette' or to give someone a 'backer', congratulations – you're fluent in one of the most colourful, inventive, and downright h...

12 Jun 2026 - New Island Books

Ulysses in Limericks

By Tom Mathews

Read Ulysses and be glad!  18 limericks and illustrations by the cartoonist, artist, writer and raconteur Tom Mathews that brilliantly and hilariously encapsulate each of the 18 episodes of th...

30 Mar 2026 - Halabatuchi Press

Housekeeping for Hallions

By Des Donnelly

27 Feb 2026 - Halabatuchi Press

Housekeeping for Hallions

By Des Donnelly

What if the secret to a good life was simply caring a great deal less? Housekeeping for Hallions is an affectionate and wickedly funny guide to the art of living simply, cutting corners with convic...

5 Feb 2026 - Hachette Books Ireland

Weird Ireland: An Unofficial Guide to the Island

By Brinsley McNamara

A hill that cars roll up. A bridge that plays music. A chair to cure madness. An underworld gateway. Bizarre foods, films, phrases and creatures. Welcome to weird Ireland. In a journey across the isl...

25 Nov 2025 - Tara Press

The Ultimate Quiz Quest

By Tim Bourke, William Scally

Following the success of their debut quiz book, The Ultimate Politics and History Quiz, authors William Scally and Tim Bourke set to work in 2025 to round up a brand new series of questions that would...

6 Nov 2025 - Gill

Dave's Bad Jokes 2

By Dave Moore

Dave Moore is back with more bad jokes! This family friendly, laugh-a-minute compilation has over 300 fresh jokes from Today FM’s No.1 morning show: I played BONOpoly last night. It’s like Mo...

30 Oct 2025 - Gill

Waterford Whispers News 2025

By Colm Williamson

Ireland, 2025: where a mortgage is required just to buy a coffee. With rents soaring higher than the price of a pint in Temple Bar and the government still trying to figure out where to sit, the year ...

23 Oct 2025 - Gill

The Gobshite Guidebook: A Survival Manual

By Jarlath Regan

Every family has one. Every WhatsApp group. Every office. You know the type – the lane-hogger, the queue-jumper, the clueless loudmouth who somehow thinks they’re the normal one. But what exactly ...

13 Oct 2025 - O'Brien Press Ltd

Irish Hunks: A Beginner's Guide

By Authors Various

A Hunk: a strong, attractive man An Irish Hunk: something even better Hollywood has long been the home of the Hunk, but there’s a new man in town and he’s got heaps of charm and an accen...

12 Oct 2025 - Lonely Planet Global Limited

Lonely Planet Toilets of the World: 100 Strange and Spectacular Thrones, Commodes, Loos, and Latrines

By Authors Various

Even life's simplest moments deserve a breathtaking backdrop… Discover 100 lavish lavatories and outstanding outhouses that offer a window to our world.  Who knew the loo could offer such a view...

17 Feb 2025 - O'Brien Press Ltd

The A-Z of Being Irish

By Sarah Cassidy, Kunak McGann

Ever wondered about the healing powers of dock leaves, flat 7UP and Sudocrem? Love the sound of Miggeldy Higens but not sure who he is? Confused about the difference between ‘going out’ and ‘goi...

1 Nov 2024 - Gill

Waterford Whispers News 2024

By Colm Williamson

Is it the news or is the Waterford Whispers news? The ever-popular stocking filler is back with all the biggest stories from 2024 and tonnes of exclusive new content, Waterford Whispers style!   ...

1 Nov 2024 - Gill

Dave's Bad Jokes

By Dave Moore

Dave’s Bad Jokes contains 250 of the best jokes from Dave Moore’s long running bad jokes segment on his No.1 Today FM morning show, among them:   I just asked my wife: ‘If you won the l...

21 Oct 2024 - O'Brien Press Ltd

The A to Z of an Irish Christmas: All the Craic of the Crimbo!

By Sarah Cassidy, Kunak McGann

Everything you don't want foreigners to know about how we celebrate Christmas in Ireland. We can't be doing with Calling Birds, French Hens or Partridges in Pear Trees: but if it's Annuals, The Dinn...

4 Nov 2024 - O'Brien Press Ltd

Cage Eleven: Prison Writings from Long Kesh

By Gerry Adams

Long before he became President of Sinn Féin, Gerry Adams was a civil rights activist who took part in sit-ins, marches and protests in Northern Ireland. Along with hundreds of other men, Adams was i...

2 Aug 2021 - O'Brien Press Ltd

'Black Mountain: and other stories'

By Gerry Adams, Timothy O'Grady

'In this collection, one of Ireland's best-known political figures brings us stories of politics, of family, of love and of friendship. These are portraits of Ireland, and especially Belfast, old and ...

30 Jan 2017 - O'Brien Press Ltd

Before the Dawn: An Autobiography New introduction and epilogue

By Gerry Adams

'Gerry Adams offers his own unique, intimate account of the early years of his career, from his childhood in working-class Belfast to the more turbulent years of social activism that followed. Updated...

5 Apr 1995 - Mount Eagle Publications Ltd

'Free Ireland: Towards a Lasting Peace 2nd Revised edition'

By Gerry Adams

Free Ireland is Gerry Adams' personal statement on the meaning, importance, and inspiration of modern Irish republicanism. Adams reviews the history of Irish nationalism and British policies toward it...

15 Sep 1994 - Mount Eagle Publications Ltd

'Selected Writings'

By Gerry Adams

Gerry Adams is known as a man of strong opinions and a quirky sense of humour. Never Give Up is a varied compilation of selected, reworked pieces that Gerry has written since 2009. They cover many iss...

9 Mar 1992 - Mount Eagle Publications Ltd

'The Street and Other Stories'

By Gerry Adams

One of the world's best-known political figures shares stories that reveal the humanity and indomitable spirit of ordinary people caught up in extraordinary events. The moving accounts of the fictiona...

31 May 1990 - Mount Eagle Publications Ltd

'Cage Eleven'

By Gerry Adams

Cage Eleven is Gerry Adams' account -- sometimes passionate, often humorous -- of life in Long Kesh prison and, above all, of his fellow prisoners.

1 Dec 1988 - The Mercier Press Ltd

'A Pathway to Peace'

By Gerry Adams

21 Nov 1986 - Mount Eagle Publications Ltd

'The Politics of Irish Freedom'

By Gerry Adams

1 Nov 1982 - O'Brien Press Ltd

'Falls Memories'

By Gerry Adams, Michael McKernon

'This is a collection of personal reminiscences of local and national Irish history and an era in the history of Belfast. Gerry Adams was MP for West Belfast from 1983 to 1992 and is the author of "Th...