Drawing on archival materials, and incorporating never-before-seen images, this volume presents a spectrum of experiences from owners, to servants and tenants. It also hears from the local … [Read more...] about The Country House and the Great War edited by Dooley and Ridgway
Non-Fiction
An tOileánach (The Islandman) le Tomás Ó Criomhtain
The Islandman is superb account of life on the Great Blasket Island off the west coast of Kerry is both a shocking and captivating read. Here is the first complete translation of … [Read more...] about An tOileánach (The Islandman) le Tomás Ó Criomhtain
Voices from the Great Houses – Cork and Kerry by Jane O’Hea O’Keeffe
A rare glimpse of life in Ireland's big houses. For the first time the families still living in and descendants of families that once lived in these houses speak about the ups and downs of life in … [Read more...] about Voices from the Great Houses – Cork and Kerry by Jane O’Hea O’Keeffe
The Burning of Bridget Cleary by Angela Bourke
This is the sensational story of the disappearance of a young woman from her home in rural Tipperary in 1895. Her body was discovered in a shallow grave, burned and tortured. In this lurid … [Read more...] about The Burning of Bridget Cleary by Angela Bourke
The Counsels of Cormac Translated by Thomas Cleary
Long before Machiavelli’s The Prince, How to Win Friends and Influence People, The Japanese Book of Five Rings, Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People, and The Fifth Discipline, there was the … [Read more...] about The Counsels of Cormac Translated by Thomas Cleary
Irish Stone Walls by Patrick McAfee
A book on one of Ireland's most distinctive landscape features - the stone wall. The book covers the history of this ancient tradition. By giving illustrated examples and step-by-step instructions … [Read more...] about Irish Stone Walls by Patrick McAfee
Mars by Kevin Nolan
Mars has fascinated humans for thousands of years. Even when we knew the planets only as wanderers in the sky, Mars stood out. It was prominent and distinctively, brilliantly red. As the years passed, … [Read more...] about Mars by Kevin Nolan
Hanging from the Rafters by Kieran Shannon
This book has a sub-title The Story of Neptune and the Golden Age of Irish Basketball. In the 1908's Ireland was a much different place. Cork city has many of the problems associated with the era. … [Read more...] about Hanging from the Rafters by Kieran Shannon
The Godfather of Modern Hurling by Enda McEvoy
This books tells the story of Father Tommy Maher and the great Leinster Hurling final in 1957. Fr Maher took his unconsidered Kilkenny team to victory over the great Wexford team of the 1950s. This … [Read more...] about The Godfather of Modern Hurling by Enda McEvoy
Falling for a Dolphin by Heathcote Williams
This dramatic poem, by the writer of Whale Nation and Sacred Elephant, describes the encounter between man and dolphin. His research led him to a remote cove near Dingle where a lone dolphin, Fungie, … [Read more...] about Falling for a Dolphin by Heathcote Williams