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Gerard Siggins / Rugby Runner ( Spirit Series - Book 5 )

 Schools rugby star Eoin Madden has never been busier - he's captain of the Junior Cup team, he's training with Leinster and hoping to be chosen for the Ireland team for the first-ever Under 16 World...

Annie M.P Smithson - Her Irish Heritage - PB Mercier Press 1988

Annie Mary Patricia Smithson was an Irish novelist, poet and nationalist. She was born into a prominent Protestant family in Sandymount in Dublin in September 1873. Her mother and father were first...

Seán Cronin - The Story of Kevin Barry - PB 2001 - War of Independence (Originally 1965)

A 2001 REPRINT - originally 1965 of the paperback pamphlet of Sean Cronin's biography of Kevin Barry, ( 1902-1920) whose execution marked the first death of a revolutionary since the executions of...

Christine Dwyer Hickey / Lives of Women

Following a long absence spent in New York, Elaine Nichols returns to her childhood home to live with her invalid father and his geriatric Alsatian dog. The house backing on to theirs is sold and as...

Michael McLaverty - Collected Short Stories - PB - Poolbeg 1978

First Poolbeg printing, 1978, one of a series of short story collections published by Poolbeg Press . With a short introduction by Seamus Heaney.  Condition - Very good, binding tight, even tanning...

Sean P. Farragher - Dev and his Alma Mater : Eamon de Valera's Lifelong Association with Blackrock College 1898-1975 - PB 1985

Dev and his Alma Mater - Eamonn De Valera's lifelong association with Blackrock College 1898-1975. A  relatively uncommon, being issued only as a single printing in 1984 by Paraclete Press. The tan...

Lauri Murray - Newbridge : My Town I Love So Well - SIGNED PB 2004 - Kildare Local History

Signed by the author - Best wishes Lauri, privately published in 2004, there is scuffing and a stain mark to the back cover, internally unmarked.  Born in 1932, Lauri Murray was intimatley involved...

Anna Carey / The Making of Mollie

   It's spring 1912, and 14-year-old Mollie Carberry lives in Drumcondra with her loving but distracted parents, her older sister Phyllis, her spoiled older brother Harry and her saintly little...

Michael O'Siadhail - The Chosen Garden : Poems - Dedalus Press 1st Ed PB 1990

A first edition paperback, issued simultaneously with the hardcover, of Michael O'Siadhail's collection, The Chosen Garden , published by Dedalus Press, Dublin 1990.  Condition, some very light...

Mary Morris / A Very Private Diary : A Nurse in Wartime

   The newly discovered diary of a wartime nurse - a fascinating, dramatic and unique insight into the experiences of a young nurse in the Second World War.'I always seem to be saying good-bye to...

AAI Irish Architecture Awards 2005 - PB - New Irish Architecture Volume 20

The best-selling and highly acclaimed NEW IRISH ARCHITECTURE  compre­hensively docu­mentis the best of contemporary Irish architecture through the buildings and projects featured in the annual AAI...

Rose Servitova- The Watsons - SIGNED PB - Brand New - Jane Austen

Emma Watson returns to her family home after fourteen years with her wealthy and indulgent aunt. Now more refined than her siblings, Emma is shocked by her sisters’ flagrant and desperate attempts to...

Re O Laighleis / Terror on the Burren

 Also published as Sceoin sa mBoireann     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing...

Molly Keane / Taking Chances

    Those who suffered because of her might think of Mary that she hurt others, herself she could not hurt; but Jer, knowing her better...knew she hurt herself perhaps most deeply. Since the...

Jeff Kinney / Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway ( Wimpy Kid, Book 12) (Hardback)

 The new hilarious story from Jeff Kinney is the best yet in the brilliant, bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series!Greg Heffley and his family are getting out of town.With the cold weather setting...

Jeff Kinney / Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel ( Wimpy Kid Book 7) (Hardback)

 Love is in the air...Share in the hilarious adventures of everyone's favourite wimpy kid, Greg Heffley, in the highly anticipated seventh book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.     All of our...

An Act for the Better Administration of Justice in New South Wales & Van Diemen's Land 1823 - Original Westminster Pariamentary Act George IV

A rebound original copy of the 1823 act relating to the administration of Australian colonies in New South Wales and Van Dienen's Land ( Tasmania) , establishing supreme courts in both territories,...

Mary Minihan / Dail Spats

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may damage it, so...

Sally Rooney / Normal People

 THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES AND TOP FIVE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA BBC ONE DRAMA ADAPTATION CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTIONWINNER OF THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2018WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL...

Frances Finnegan - Do Penance or Perish - A Study of Magdalen Asylums in Ireland - 2001-HB

Do Penance or Perish is a history of four of Ireland's Convent Magdalen Asylums, established in the mid-nineteenth century for the ' detention of prostitutes undergoing reform'. It traces the...

Gemma Tipton ( Editor) - des/IRE - Designing Houses for Contemporary Ireland - PB -2008 - Architecture & Design

Should the standard of housing in Ireland reassure us or be a cause for grave concern? Against the 'luxury lifestyle' backdrop of Celtic Tiger Ireland, did we really build the right sort of homes and...

Raymond Smith - The Greatest Hurlers of our Time - PB 1990 GAA

Paperback, 1990, published by the author, one of the most prolific writers on GAA history , this sets ' the advance of the national game into the 1990's and to place in perspective the all time...

Liam Ó Tuama - Jack Lynch : Where He Sported and Played - A sporting Biography HB Illustrated GAA 2000

Published by Blackwater Press, 2000, this is a hardcover larger format book covering the entire GAA career of Jack Lynch, former Taoiseach and Cork stalwart, and winner of 6 All Ireland medals in a...

Maurice Manning - The Blueshirts - HB 1st Edition, 1970 - Fascism , Ireland 1930's

In the original dustjacket, solid in blue (naturally) cloth with titles in gold to spine. Apart from the letter M written on the spine externally, there are no other marks, damage or inscriptions...

Séamus Ó Loingsigh - The 1798 Rebellion in Meath - PB 1997

Published 1987, the first and only edition issued, this is an account by Séamus ó Loingsigh of the events surrounding the 1798 Rebellion in Meath.  In excellent condition, as new, no isbn, larger...

Angela O'Connell - The Servants Church - A History of the Church of the Three Patrons in the Parish of Rathgar - PB Dublin Local History

An illustrated history of the historic church, published 2000, and detailing the development of the Rathgar parish, and at the building itself - decoration, architecture,  and wider parish history...

Selina Guinness / The Crocodile by the Door : The Story of a House, a Farm and a Family

   The Crocodile by the Door by Selina Guinness - shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award - is a remarkable, compelling and moving memoir of a farm, a family and a home.When Selina Guinness and...

Eoghan Corry / The Nation Holds Its Breath

    JACK CHARLTON; NIALL QUINN; JOHNNY GILES; GEORGE BEST; EAMON DUNPHY; LIAM BRADY; GEORGE HAMILTON; ROY KEANE; RAY HOUGHTON; PAUL MCGRATH; NORMAN WHITESIDE Ireland's soccer players may never...

Diarmaid Ó Muirithe - The English Language in Ireland - PB Mercier 1977 - Thomas Davis lectures - Linguistics

Essays include; Emergence of modern English dialects in Ireland, Anglo-Irish and its Irish background, The Anglo-Normans and their English dialect of South-East Wexford,  The dialects of Ulster, The...

Nick Larter - Irish Tales - Hardcover 1st Edition 2019 -SIGNED - Fantasy Collection

You’ve seen fairies before. Of course, you have. But not this. You’ve never seen anything like this.  Peadar Ó Guilín (from his foreword)   

Lorraine Tuck - The Whistle Blowing - Nature Photography -Limited Edition - Galway Clifden Rail Line - Conamara

Thie photography for this book began in the late 90's when Lorraine Tuck started to photograph areas along the former Connemara railway line which ran from Galay city westwards via

Capuchin Annual 1959 - 26th Year of publication - Features on Irish Missions - History, Religion & Irish Society

Closed tear to lower edge of spine, Light edgewear only, solid in slightly oversize covers, as issued. There is a previous owner's name to the blank front endpaper.   The Capuchin Annual was...

Ronnie Drew / Ronnie (Hardback)

Tim Pat Coogan - Ireland in the 20th Century - HB 1st US Edition 2004

A rousing history of Ireland in its most tumultous century by one of the most well-known Irish history writers of our time. Tim Pat Coogan's Ireland in the Twentieth Century will be a must-read for...

Robert Gibbings - Sweet Cork of Thee - Hardcover Illustrated 1952

A HB 1964 reprint edition of Kinsale born Robert Gibbings Sweet Cork of Thee, first published by Dent in1951.  Gibbings was a master illustrator, the artwork in this is evocative, and captures the...

St Mel's Cathedral : A Glorious Undertaking - The History and Restoration of Saint Mel's Cathedral, Longford 1840-2015 - PB

Paperback - illustrated throughout in full colour. Published by the St. Mel's Cathedral Project Committee, 2015Used, but in Very Good condition, no isbn , oblong paperback.  Both a history of the...

James H Murphy ( Editor) - Nos Autem : Castleknock College & its Contribution

A hardcover first edition, of Nos Autem, a history of Castleknock College edited by James H Murphy, published by Gill & Macmillan. 1996. Established in 1835, Castleknock college grew rapidly to...

Darren Shan / ZOM-B Gladiator ( ZOM-B Series - Book 6 )

Terry Coleman - The Railway Navvies - A History of the Men who made the Railways - Vintage Pelican PB 1970

This is the definitive story of the men who built the railways - the unknown Victorian labourers who blasted, tunnelled, drank and brawled their way across nineteenth-century England. Many were...

Leon Ó Broin - Michael Collins : A Biography - ( Gill's Irish Lives Series ) - PB 1980

A concise and deservedly popular biography of Michael Collins, 1890-1922, who fought in the Easter Rising in Dublin and quickly rose to prominence among Ireland's new revolutionary leaders. As...

Patrick O'Donnell - The Irish Faction Fighters of the 19th Century - PB Anvil Press 1975

Published by Anvil Press, 1975, this is an important (and somewhat hard to find) copy of Patrick O'Donnell's history of Irish Faction fights in the early and mid 19th century - examining the effects...

Ken Bruen - A Galway Epiphany - PB BRAND NEW

A Galway Epiphany Jack Taylor has finally traded in his violent life in Galway for a quiet retirement in the country.But on a day trip back into the city, Jack is hit by a truck and left in a...

Brian Moore / Black Robe

    To Father Paul, the Algonkian Indians are pagans in need of salvation. To the Indians, Catholic priests are greedy and selfish. Accompanying Father Paul on his mission to relieve a priest in...

Mike McCormack / Solar Bones (Large Paperback)

Barry Henriques - (Editor) Kilkenny GAA Yearbook, 2017 - PB Annual

208 pages, large format paperback , fully illustrated in colour throughout . the 27th edition of the yearbook edited by Barrie Henriques.  A standard county GAA yearbook, with full detauiled coverage...

William H. Gibson - Early Irish Golf : The First Courses, Clubs and Pioneers - PB 2004

This is the only history of the development of the game in Ireland in the 19th and 20th centuries, with a focus on it's links to military units in Ireland First edition was 1988, this reprint 1989...

John O'Donohue / Eternal Echoes : Exploring Our Hunger to Belong (Hardback)

Gus Smith - Festival Glory in Athlone - All Ireland Drama Finals PB 1977

Since 1953, the annual competition for the amateur Drama Festival was held in Athlone, this is a history of it up to 1977, the year of publication - including the first performance of Sive in 1959,...

John B Keane - Love Bites and Other Stories - PB Mercier Press, 1991

There are more shades to John B. Keane's humour than there are colours in the rainbow. Compassion, shrewdness and a glorious sense of fun and roguery are evident in this collection. Here, in a...

Shaw, George Bernard - Saint Joan - Vintage Penguin PB Ed, 1953 - Drama

Saint Joan - In Very Good condition, wth only light wear, no sunning, 1955 ediion, Penguin Number 565. First Published 1924 , the first Penguin edition was 1946.  Condition - internally unmarked ,...

Brian D'Arcy - Another Little Bit of Religion ( PB 1988) -

PUblished by Brophy Books, 988, this takes a number of the articles and essays that Brian D'arcy wrote for the Irish Sunday World from 1978 to 1988 , - very popular in their time, the articles were...

Michael O'Connell- Shadows : An Album of the Irish People 1841-1914 - Photography - Social Life & Customs

Published by O'Brien Press in association with RTE in 1985, this is a themed collection of vintage and early Irish photography, from earliest days to the advent of WW1, and based on the TV series...