In 1948 Benedict Kiely published Poor Scholar. This is a critical study of the life and works of William Carleton. W B Yeats described Carleton "the greatest novelist of Ireland by right of the … [Read more...] about Poor Scholar by Benedict Kiely
Irish History
The Monaghan Story by Fr Peadar Livingstone
This is perhaps the greatest history of Monaghan ever written. The book was written by Fr. Peadar Livingstone. It is a massive work of scholarship at 693 pages. The Monaghan Story. This is a first … [Read more...] about The Monaghan Story by Fr Peadar Livingstone
Dublin’s Fighting Story 1916 – 1921
Major Haig ordered them to 'prepare to fire', whereupon they the fired indiscriminately, point blank, at the people in the street. Four people were killed and thirty-seven wounded. All Ireland seethed … [Read more...] about Dublin’s Fighting Story 1916 – 1921
My Fight for Irish Freedom by Dan Breen
In 1919 a group of young men barely out of their teens, poorly armed, with no money and little training, renewed the fight, begun in 1916, to drive the British out of Ireland. Dan Breen was to become … [Read more...] about My Fight for Irish Freedom by Dan Breen
The Irish Famine by Pierce Feirtear & Gail Seekamp
In 1845 there were eight million people living in Ireland. Many of these people were living almost entirely on potatoes. Then the potatoe blight came. The potatoes rotten in the ground. Over the … [Read more...] about The Irish Famine by Pierce Feirtear & Gail Seekamp
The Great Irish Famine (The Thomas Davis Lecture Series)
This book contains the most wide-ranging series of essays ever published on the Great Irish Famine. Leading historians, economists and geographers from Ireland, Britain and America have put … [Read more...] about The Great Irish Famine (The Thomas Davis Lecture Series)
Vintage Anvil Books for Christmas
Anvil Books were published by The Kerryman newspaper. The printing took place on Rock Street, about 200 yards from our shop. Anvil Books are no longer published in Tralee. We carry a large stock of … [Read more...] about Vintage Anvil Books for Christmas
Wounds by Fergal Keane
Fergal Keane has gone home to Ireland to tell a story that lies at the root of his fascination with war. It is a family story of war and love, and how the ghosts of the past return to shape the … [Read more...] about Wounds by Fergal Keane
Robert Tressell, Dubliner by Bryan MacMahon
The book tells the story of the gradual revelation of some of the details of Robert Tressell's life and the discovery of his manuscript The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists., This led to the … [Read more...] about Robert Tressell, Dubliner by Bryan MacMahon
The Capuchin Annual
The Capuchin Annual was an Irish annual publication published every year in Dublin from 1930 to 1977. The motto of the publication was Do chum Glóire Dé agus Onóra na hÉireann. Which means For the … [Read more...] about The Capuchin Annual