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General Books
catalogue
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Contents All ISBNs listed in this
catalogue are ISBN-13
Architecture 3
Prices are subject to change
Biography/Memoir 3 without notice
Business 8
Many of our books are also available
Celtic 8 as eBooks from www.obrien.ie and
the world’s leading eBook stores.
Crosswords 8
Fiction 9 The O’Brien Press Ltd
12 Terenure Road East
Food & Drink 11 Dublin 6, D06 HD27, Ireland
Graphic Novels 13 Tel: +353 1 4923333
Fax: +353 1 4922777
History 15 E-mail: books@obrien.ie
O’Brien Short Histories 17 Website: www.obrien.ie
16 Lives 18
Humour 19
Nature 22
Photography 22
Reference 24
Heritage Series 25
Sport 26
Travel/Guides 28 The front cover image is from
Stories from the Sea
True Crime 30
by Joe Kerrigan and Richard Mills
Brandon Books 31 See page 15
Index 37
Trade representation and rights agents 38
About The O’Brien Press
Founded in 1974, The O’Brien Press is Ireland’s leading indepen-
dent publisher of books for readers big and small. Based in Rathgar
(a stone’s throw from where James Joyce grew up), we are fami-
ly-owned and committed to putting the best writing and illustration in
to the hands of readers everywhere. We publish across many catego-
ries, both fiction and non-fiction. Our books have won many awards
and been translated into many languages.
www.obrien.ie has loads of information about all of our titles (and pre-
views of most of them), information on international rights sold, sales
and distribution, our authors and more.
Our books are available from www.obrien.ie, and wherever good
books are sold.
Architecture
Peter Pearson’s Decorative Dublin Dublin By Design
Architecture and the City Architecture and the City
By Peter Pearson Ed. Sandra O’Connell and Noel J. Brady, The
A feast for the eye, celebrating the city’s Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland
decorative surfaces in ironwork, brickwork, An illustrated history of the development of
stone, glass, plaster, its fanlights, doors and Dublin city through the last century. There is a
windows…and more. particular focus on its role as Ireland’s capital
ISBN 978-0-86278-784-4 since independence 100 years ago, as well as
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback on architectural planning.
280x210 mm/160 pages ISBN 978-1-78849-167-9
€29.99/£27.99/Hardback
Biography/Memoir 280x240 mm/240 pages
Joe Cahill NEW Wild Irish Love
A Life in the IRA Great Romances from History
By Brendan Anderson By Marian Broderick
‘I was born in a united Ireland, I want to die The greatest Irish romances from history.
in a united Ireland.’ Born in Belfast in 1920, With chapters on Inspirations, Love & War,
Joe Cahill was a lifelong IRA man. Here Cahill Love Across the Divide, Secrets & Scandals
gives his full and frank story. and When Love Goes Wrong, among others,
ISBN 978-1-84717-101-6 Marian Broderick tells of the men and women
€14.99/£13.99/Paperback whose passions drove them to be together:
196x130 mm/432 pages often in the face of society, family, and even
their own safety.
Philomena Begley ISBN 978-1-78849-182-2
My Life, My Music, My Memories €19.99/£17.99/Hardback
By Philomena Begley with Emma Heatherington
216x138 mm/288 pages
From her happy beginnings as a bread-man’s
daughter in Pomeroy through the devastating Wild Irish Women
loss of her brother Patsy and the risks of tour- Extraordinary Lives from History
ing Ireland at the height of the Troubles, right By Marian Broderick
up to her fiftieth anniversary in show business From patriots to pirates, warriors to writers,
in 2012 – her ‘gold and silver days’. and mistresses to male impersonators, this
ISBN 978-1-84717-966-1 book looks at the unorthodox lives of inspiring
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback Irish women.
226x155 mm/224 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-368-3
€12.95/£11.99/Paperback
Insider 196x130 mm/368 pages
Gerry Bradley’s Life in the IRA
By Gerry Bradley with Brian Feeney Bold, Brilliant and Bad
Senior IRA man Gerry Bradley speaks out for Irish Women from History
the first time - without permission from the IRA. By Marian Broderick
“A riveting read” The Sunday Times From creative craftswomen to singing sensa-
ISBN 978-1-84717-258-7 tions, poets to sporting champions, discover
€12.99/£7.99/Paperback the histories of remarkable Irish Women, who
196x130 mm/360 pages paved the way for women today.
ISBN 978-1-78849-018-4
Sold into Marriage €16.99/£14.99/Paperback
One Girl’s Living Nightmare 226x155 mm/304 pages
By Sean Boyne
The terrifying true story of a 16-year-old girl
sold into marriage by her father: this took place
in 1973 in Ireland.
ISBN 978-1-84717-502-1
€2.99/£2.99/eBook
3
Dark Blue Detective
The Despair Behind the Glory – My A Life Upholding the Law
Journey Back from the Edge By Tom Connolly
By Shane Carthy The inside story of a lifetime spent fighting
Shane Carthy writes frankly and eloquently crime, from local Garda to Detective Superin-
about the downward spiral which saw him tendent: everything from small local crimes to
wake up in St Patrick’s Mental Hospital only major national and international investigations.
days after producing a man-of-the-match ISBN 978-1-84717-772-8
display in Dublin’s 2014 Leinster under-21 final €14.99/£13.99/Paperback
win over Meath. An inspiring story of resiliance 228x155 mm/336 pages
and rebuilding. John Charles McQuaid
ISBN 978-1-78849-150-1
Ruler of Catholic Ireland
€14.99/£13.99/Paperback
By John Cooney
226x155 mm/240 pages
An in-depth study of the most significant Irish
Holy Terrors clergyman in the history of the state.
A Boy, Two Brothers, A Stolen ISBN 978-0-86278-811-7
Childhood €29.99/£27.99/Paperback
By Michael Clemenger 234x156 mm/576 pages
Chilling, passionate and unflinching, the story
of how one boy survived the terrors of Ire- The Same Age as the State
land’s notorious institutions. By Máire Cruise O’Brien
ISBN 978-1-84717-187-0 The autobiography of a unique woman, span-
€11.99/£10.99/Paperback ning most of the 20th century. A compelling
196x130 mm/424 pages insight into Ireland, Europe and Africa.
Paddy Cole ISBN 978-0-86278-799-8/€24.95/£22.99/HB
King of the Swingers ISBN 978-0-86278-885-8/€19.99/£17.99/PB
By Paddy Cole with Tom Gilmore 234x156 mm/376 pages
Starting in Ireland’s 1960s Showbands, Paddy
has taken his clarinet and saxophone to Las Horslips
Vegas and worldwide playing Jazz, Dixieland Tall Tales – The Official Biography
and Swing to a legion of fans. This book is full By Mark Cunningham
of great stories from the world of music, by With a timeline, interviews, previously unpub-
turns heart-warming and hilarious. lished pictures and a wealth of memorabilia
ISBN 978-1-78849-221-8 including handwritten lyrics.
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback ISBN 978-1-84717-586-1
226x155 mm/256 pages €24.99/£22.99/Hardback
Arise And Go 280x220 mm/288 pages
W.B. Yeats and the people and places All Hell Will Break Loose
that inspired him By Austin Currie
By Kevin Connolly ‘All Hell will break loose,and by God I will lead
The idea of place runs like a river through the it’. The fascinating story of the life and work of
life and works of the poet and playwright W.B. a man who was a force for change in Irish and
Yeats. This book explores the homes, land- Northern Irish politics.
scapes and people that impacted his life and ISBN 978-0-86278-815-5
stimulated his vast body of work. €22.99/£19.99/Hardback
ISBN 978-1-78849-092-4 234 x156mm/464 pages
€17.99/£15.99/Hardback
216x135 mm/256 pages Mother From Hell
Two Brothers, a Sadistic Mother, a
Childhood Destroyed.
By Kenneth & Patrick Doyle
Starved, beaten and sent out to steal by their
mother, a tragic story and catalogue of abuse.
ISBN 978-1-84717-143-6
€11.99/£10.99/Paperback
196x130 mm/256 pages
4
Freedom of Angels Vet on the Loose
Surviving Goldenbridge Orphanage By Gillian Hick
By Bernadette Fahy Whether castrating horses or tending to
The inside story of one of Ireland’s most noto- stoned Alsatians, Gillian Hick’s sense of
rious orphanages, where children were made humour never deserts her in these engaging
to pay for the ‘sins’ of their parents with pain, accounts of her life as a vet.
fear, hunger and hard labour. All titles €9.99/£8.99/Paperback.196x130 mm
ISBN 978-0-86278-595-6 Vet on the Loose
€7.99/£6.99/eBook ISBN 978-0-86278-925-1/256 pages
Babyface Goes to Hollywood Vet Among the Pigeons
Fighters, Mobsters & Film Stars. The ISBN 978-1-84717-208-2/256 pages
Jimmy McLarnin Story Vet On A Mission
By Andrew Gallimore ISBN 978-1-78849-026-9/272 pages
At a time when the Mob ruled the prize ring,
Jimmy just stayed free of the gunmen!
ISBN 978-1-84717-116-0
€11.99/£10.99/Paperback
216x135 mm/336 pages
Our Lives Out Loud
In Pursuit of Justice and Equality
By Ann Louise Gilligan and Katherine
Zappone, Foreword by Desmond Tutu
The inside story of a love that had conse-
quences: including a change in Ireland’s laws. Trading Paces
ISBN 978-1-84717-066-8 From Rat Race to Hen Run
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback By Michael Kelly
234x156 mm/312 pages A funny and inspiring account of the ups and
Tony Gregory downs of letting go of the Tiger.
By Robbie Gilligan ISBN 978-1-84717-070-5
The biography of a true Irish political legend, €9.99/£8.99/Paperback
the first independent TD to achieve significant 196x130 mm/232 pages
results for the local community that he loved.
ISBN 978-1-84717-226-6 Tales From the Home Farm
€19.99/£17.99/Paperback Live More, Spend Less, Grow Your Own
228x155 mm/264 pages Food
By Michael Kelly
Big Tom The true story of a man who chucked in the
The King of Irish Country corporate life to try his hand at ‘the good life’.
By Tom Gilmore You could do it too! From the founder of GIY.
A tribute to Big Tom McBride: from labourer ISBN 978-1-84717-168-9
to music star, follow the journey of the singer €14.99/£13.99/Paperback
who brought so much joy to fans at home and 234x156 mm/400 pages
to emigrants abroad over five decades. Strong Words, Brave Deeds
ISBN 978-1-78849-064-1 The Poetry, Life and Times of Thomas
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback
O’Brien, Volunteer in the Spanish Civil
226x155 mm/256 pages
War Edited by Gustav Klaus
Reading the Water Thomas O’Brien: poet, playwright, publisher,
A Life Spent Fishing communist, IRA member and founding mem-
By Darryl Grimason ber of the revolutionary New Theatre Group.
A mesmerising account of love affair with ISBN 978-0-86278-376-1
fishing: deeply personal and universal. €20.30/£15.99/Hardback
ISBN 978-0-86278-914-5 234x156 mm/272 pages
€19.95/£16.99/Hardback
216x135 mm/224 pages
5
The Stars Are Our Only Warmth The Most Famous Irish People
By Alice Leahy with Catherine Cleary You’ve Never Heard Of
The Stars Are Our Only Warmth tells power- By Colin Murphy
ful truths about Irish life and the people who Irish people have left their mark on virtually
taught Alice what it is to be alive in this world. every corner of the globe. The stories of the
ISBN 978-1-78849-025-2 Irish who are justly celebrated in their adopted
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback homelands, but virtually unknown in Ireland.
226x155 mm/368 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-163-4
Kathleen Clarke €12.99/£11.99/Paperback
Revolutionary Woman 196x130 mm/424 pages
By Helen Litton Fierce History
The only first person account of 1916 ever 5,000 years of startling stories from
published. Compelling view of the most excit- Ireland and around the globe
ing and turbulent period of Irish history. By Colin Murphy
ISBN 978-1-84717-059-0 Explore the historical figures and events that
€14.99/£13.99/Paperback have been hidden in the fringes. Full of histor-
196x130 mm/368 pages ical stories which will intrigue you, captivate
History’s Daughter A Memoir from you, revolt you and even make you laugh!
the only child of Terence MacSwiney ISBN 978-1-78849-029-0
By Maire MacSwiney Brugha €14.99/£13.99/Hardback
Taken by her mother to Germany after her 196x130 mm/320 pages
father’s death on hunger strike, an amazing John Hunt The Man, The Medievalist,
story of a life of many parts. The Connoisseur
ISBN 978-0-86278-986-2 By Brian O’Connell
€14.95/£13.99/Paperback A biography of the remarkable life of John
240x170 mm/320 pages Hunt, one of the world’s greatest medievalists,
No Ordinary Women brings together a host of information about
Irish Female Activists in the one of the most remarkable figures in the 20th
Revolutionary Years 1900-1923 century art scene.
By Sinead McCoole ISBN 978-1-84717-138-2
Spies, snipers, couriers, gun-runners, medics €19.99/£17.99/Hardback
– the characters, personalities and courage of 234x156 mm/336 pages
Ireland’s revolutionary women. Living the Dream
ISBN 978-1-84717-789-6 By Daniel O’Donnell with Eddie Rowley
€16.99/£14.99/Paperback In Ireland, Daniel O’Donnell is more than just
240x170 mm/320 pages a singing star: he has reached the status of
Enemy of the Empire ‘national treasure’. It has been a long journey
Life as an International Undercover IRA for the boy from Kincasslagh, County Donegal,
and in Living the Dream he tells his story with
Activist By Eamon McGuire
his customary sense of humour and down-to-
‘my life was like riding on the wind with death
earth charm.
travelling at speed not far behind.’ The life of
ISBN 978-1-84717-967-8
the CIA’s most-wanted IRA man.
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback
ISBN 978-0-86278-909-1
228x155 mm/256 pages
€11.95/£10.99/Paperback
196x130 mm/312 pages Margo: Queen of Country & Irish
Nobody Will Believe You The Promise and the Dream
By Margaret O’Donnell
A Story of Unbreakable Courage
For fifty years now the name ‘Margo’ has been
By Mary Manning with Nicola Pierce
synonymous with everything that is positive
The truly shocking, harrowing and finally inspi-
and enriching in Country and Irish music.
rational story of a young girl whose stepfather
This is the story of her life, the successes and
began raping her when she was just twelve
difficult times, in her own words.
years old and how she finally broke free.
ISBN 978-1-84717-674-5
ISBN 978-1-84717-668-4
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback
€11.99/£10.99/Paperback
228x155 mm/192 pages
196x130 mm/320 pages
6
An Irish Voice Napoleon’s Doctor
By Niall O’Dowd The St Helena Diary of Barry O’Meara
How a typical Irish emigrant rose to a position By Hubert O’Connor
of influence at the highest levels of US and The amazing story of the young Dublin doctor
Irish politics. who looked after Napoleon Bonaparte in his
ISBN 978-1-84717-223-5 banishment on St Helena. In one of the most
€12.99/£11.99/Paperback isolated places on earth, doctor and patient
196x130 mm/320 pages became intimate friends.
ISBN 978-1-84717-891-6
Hidden Soldier €16.99/£14.99/Paperback
228x155 mm/224 pages
An Irish Legionnaire’s Wars from
Bosnia to Iraq Quinntessential Feargal
By Padraig O’Keeffe with Ralph Riegel A Memoir
The amazing story of a young man driven by By Feargal Quinn
adrenalin of the most intense kind, who has Feargal set up his first grocery store in compe-
cheated death on more than one occasion. tition with his own family, and built Superquinn
ISBN 978-1-84717-032-3 into a chain employing 5,000 people with an
€9.99/£8.99/Paperback international reputation for customer and staff
216x135 mm/336 pages satisfaction. Elected to Seanad Eireann, he
was a force for change in Ireland all his life.
Murder, Mutiny & Mayhem ISBN 978-1-84717-842-8
The Blackest-Hearted Villains from Irish €24.99/£22.99/Hardback
History 228x155 mm/288 pages
By Joe O’Shea
Explores the most obscure and unbelievable I Was a Boy in Belsen
stories of the Irish who wreaked havoc from By Tomi Reichental with Nicola Pierce
Rio de Janeiro to China – from slaves and Tomi Reichental, who lost 35 members of his
mercenaries to drug lords and killers. family in the Holocaust and was the subject of
ISBN 978-1-84717-299-0 the documentary “Till The Tenth Generation”,
€12.99/£11.99/Paperback gives his account of being imprisoned as a
196x130 mm/232 pages child at Belsen concentration camp.
ISBN 978-1-84717-227-3
A Quarter Glass of Milk €14.99/£13.99/Paperback
The rawness of grief and the power of 228x155 mm/304 pages
the mountains ISBN 9781847177933
By Moire O’Sullivan €11.99/£10.00/Paperback
A Quarter Glass of Milk details the twelve 196x130 mm/368 pages
months after mountain runner Moire O’Sulli-
van’s husband, Pete, took his own life, leaving Fear of the Collar
Moire with a stark choice: to weep forever over My Terrifying Childhood in Artane
the glass of milk that had just spilt or to get on By Patrick Touher
with the quarter that was still remaining. The inside story of eight long years spent in
ISBN 978-1-78849-227-0 Artane Industrial School under the oppressive
€14.99/£13.99/Paperback rule of the Christian Brothers.
226x155 mm/272 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-727-1
€11.99/£10.99/Paperback
Looking Under Stones 196x130 mm/288 pages
Roots, Family & a Dingle Childhood
By Joe O’Toole
A witty, engaging and superbly observed
account of family, place and childhood.
Peopled with earthy, larger-than-life characters
from Joe’s childhood.
ISBN 978-0-86278-935-0
€14.95/£13.99/Paperback
234x156 mm/320 pages
7
Business Mind Your Own Business Survive
and Thrive in Good Times and Bad
Crowning the Customer By Feargal Quinn
How To Become Customer-Driven Real-life examples from the first two series
By Feargal Quinn of RTÉ TV's hit programme, Feargal Quinn's
Customer service is the competitive business Retail Therapy, combined with experiences
battleground of the twenty-first century. This gained in his fifty-year career in business,
book is a hands-on guide for people who run explain exactly how to make your business
businesses or work in them. work in good times and bad.
ISBN 978-0-86278-952-7 ISBN 978-1-84717-547-2
€16.99/£14.99/Paperback €14.99/£13.99/Paperback
196x135 mm/160 pages 196x156 mm/248 pages
Celtic Crosswords
NEW The Turning of the Year Simplex Crosswords From the
Lore and Legends of the Irish Irish Times: Books 1-6
Seasons from The Irish Times
By Eithne Massey By Mary O'Brien
This fascinating book draws us into the world Appearing daily in the Irish Times for over
of stories and lore associated with the sea- forty years, the Simplex crossword has
sons and the customs that marked the year’s attracted a devoted following.
turning, some of which still exist today. ISBN 978-0-86278-192-7
ISBN 978-1-78849-211-9 €7.99/£7.50/Paperback
€17.99/£16.99/Hardback 177x110 mm/144 pages
216x135 mm/272 pages
Old Ways, Old Secrets
Pagan Ireland: Myth * Landscape *
Tradition
By Jo Kerrigan, Photos Richard Mills
Today’s Ireland has never lost the link with
its pagan past, never forgotten the old ways.
This book reveals the hidden world of pagan
Ireland, showing it still exists among the peo-
ple and in the landscape where it belongs.
ISBN 978-1-84717-281-5 The Big Book of Simplex
€17.99/£15.99/Hardback
Crosswords from The Irish
216x135 mm/288 pages
Times
Follow the Old Road By Mary O'Brien
Discover the Ireland of Yesteryear The first two bestselling titles in the Simplex
By Jo Kerrigan, Photos Richard Mills crosswords series combined in a great new
By turning off the main highway and discov- edition.
ering old routes, some of which have been ISBN 978-1-84717-179-5
travelled for thousands of years, you will see €9.99/£8.99/Paperback
Ireland in an entirely different way. Follow 196x130 mm/288 pages
the Old Road will take you on a tour of a
variety of pathways from great river roads to Sudoku Solved
lost railways. With Easy to Use Expert Tips
ISBN 978-1-84717-911-1 By John Kennedy
€17.99/£15.99/Hardback Everything you need to become a Sudoku
216x135 mm/304 pages master! Clear, concise step-by-step to mas-
tering the grid.
See page 15 for Brehon Laws: The Ancient ISBN 978-0-86278-959-6
Wisdom of Ireland by Jo Kerrigan and Rich- €7.95/£7.50/Paperback
ard Mills. 196x130 mm/160 pages
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Fiction When Love Comes to Town
By Tom Lennon
After The Wake Neil Byrne – try-scorer on the rugby field,
By Brendan Behan prizewinning student, one of the in-crowd
This diverse collection is a delightful and en- at the disco, regular guy, gay. Can he hold
tertaining windfall from one of Ireland’s most himself together with two sides to his life?
colourful writers. An essential complement to ISBN 978-0-86278-361-7
Behan’s master works. €9.95/£8.99/Paperback
ISBN 978-0-86278-031-9 196x130 mm/192 pages
€11.99/£10.99/Paperback NEW Best-Loved Bernard Shaw
196x130 mm/160 pages By Anthony Roche
Ulysses An attractive and approachable selection of
By James Joyce, Introduction by Bob the work of George Bernard Shaw. Includes
Joyce, Illustrated by Emma Byrne extracts from his fiction, plays, essays and
The Dublin Illustrated Edition of Ulysses, personal letters.
endorsed by The James Joyce Centre, ISBN 978-1-78849-053-5
meticulously recreates the 1922 text. €14.99/£13.99/Hardback
ISBN 978-1-84717-590-8 196x130 mm/128 pages
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback
Best-loved Joyce
196x130 mm/1056 pages
By James Joyce, Introduction by Bob
Joyce, Edited by Jamie O’Connell
Dubliners An accessible introduction Joyce. Short, en-
By James Joyce, Introduction by John Boyne tertaining quotes from his major works, with
Dubliners is a wonderfully engaging and poetry & letters, and some family anecdotes.
accessible collection of stories by James ISBN 978-1-84717-839-8
Joyce, an author famed for being difficult to €14.99/£13.99/Hardback
read. This beautiful new edition was chosen 196x130 mm/128 pages
as the One Book, One City title for Dublin in
Best-Loved Oscar Wilde
2012.
Edited by John Wyse Jackson
ISBN 978-1-84717-556-4
Told through his own words, this essential
€9.99/£8.99/Hardback
introduction to Oscar Wilde’s extraordinary
196x130 mm/256 pages
life and work is accompanied by stimulating
James Joyce commentary and stylish design and illustra-
Portrait of a Dubliner tion. For new readers and devotees alike.
By Alfonso Zapico ISBN 978-1-78849-077-1
The life of James Joyce in the form of a €14.99/£13.99/Hardback
graphic novel. This story is dotted with anec- 196x130 mm/128 pages
dotes, as well as a captivating and beautifully Best-Loved Swift
drawn journey through the cities of Dublin, By Jonathan Swift, Ed. John Wyse Jackson
Trieste, Paris and Zurich. A stunning one-of- A fresh view of the life, work and wit of Jon-
a-kind publication about Joyce's life. athan Swift, the first of Ireland’s truly great
ISBN 978-1-84717-363-8 writers, presented through his poetry, fiction,
€18.99/£16.99/Paperback epigrams, social satires and personal letters.
196x156 mm/240 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-948-7
The Picture of Dorian Gray €14.99/£13.99/Hardback
By Oscar Wilde 196x130 mm/128 pages
Dorian Gray, an extraordinarily beautiful Best-Loved Yeats
youth, looks at his newly-painted portrait and Edited by Mairéad Ashe FitzGerald
despairs at the thought of how time will alter An illustrated collection of forty of Yeats'
his looks. If only he could be beautiful forever best-loved works, on topics including Love,
- yes, he would give his soul for that! Oscar Politics, Old Age, Myth and Legend includes
Wilde’s masterpiece. people, places and events that were impor-
ISBN 978-1-84717-214-3 tant to him.
€7.99/£7.50/Paperback ISBN 978-1-84717-148-1
196x130 mm/320 pages €14.99/£13.99/Hardback
196x130 mm/96 pages
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Ross O’Carroll-Kelly Brendan O’Carroll
The first four books in the hugely popular
series featuring the legendary RO’CK.
The Mammy
The hilarious and poignant early life of
Illustrated by Alan Clarke
Agnes, star of hit international TV series Mrs
All books €9.99/£8.99/Paperback
Brown’s Boys. Widowed young with a clutch
196x130 mm
of kids and a love of Cliff Richard’s music,
can she find love for herself while caring for
her six children?
ISBN 978-1-84717-322-5
€9.99/£8.99/Paperback
196x130 mm/176 pages
The Chisellers
Continuing the hilarious saga of the ups and
downs, minor scrapes and major run-ins of
the seven children of Agnes Browne. Full of
joy, humour, pathos and Dublinese.
With a new introduction by the author,
Brendan O’Carroll.
ISBN 978-1-84717-323-2
The Miseducation Years €9.99/£8.99/Paperback
'So there I was, roysh, putting the ‘in’ in ‘in 196x130 mm/192 pages
crowd’ ... But being a schools rugby legend
has its downsides.' This is where it all began: The Granny
the formation of the phenomenon that is Becoming a grandmother is a terrible shock
Ross O'Carroll-Kelly. to her system, especially as Agnes suffers
With a new introduction by Paul Howard, every one of her daughter-in-law’s labour
Ross's representative on, loike, earth? pains! And as the family expands so do the
ISBN 978-1-84717-840-4/256 pages problems. But Agnes Browne is nothing if not
a fighter, and she squares her shoulders and
The Teenage Dirtbag Years sets about getting things back on an even
So there I was, roysh, class legend, schools keel - or as even as things ever get in the
rugby legend, basically all-round legend, Brown household!
when someone decides you can’t, like, sit ISBN 978-1-84717-324-9
the Leaving Cert four times. Well that put a €9.99/£8.99/Paperback
focking spanner in the works. 196x130 mm/192 pages
ISBN 978-0-86278-849-0/272 pages
The Scrapper
Dublin boxer Sparrow McCabe has the
World Featherweight title for the taking: but
The Orange Mocha-Chip he can’t throw that final punch and suddenly
Frappuccino Years it’s all over. Fast forward fifteen years and
'So there I was, roysh, enjoying college Sparrow is working as a driver for gangsters.
life, college birds and, like, a major amount But when murder enters the picture, there’s a
of socialising.' Can Ross survive outside new fight he can’t afford to lose.
Castlerock College? ISBN 978-0-86278-538-3
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10Food & Drink Trevis Gleason
The Guinness Story: The Family, Burren Dinners: From the Chefs and
The Business and The Black Stuff Artisan Food Producers of North Clare
Influenced by their rugged surroundings,
By Edward J. Bourke
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Illustrated story of a remarkable family of brew-
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75 Years of Cathal Brugha Street
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A celebration of contemporary Irish cooking By Josephine B. Marnell, Nora M.
from Cathal Brugha Street, where most of our Breathnach, Ann A. Martin, Mor Murnaghan
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Brian McDermott
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Food for Friends
Food for Friends shows you how to entertain Traditional Irish Cooking for
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11The Whiskeys of Ireland Irish Cooking
By Peter Mulryan By Biddy White Lennon
Everything you always wanted to know about At last a definitive, entertaining and easy to use
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Valerie O’Connor Best of Irish Potato Recipes
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12Graphic Novels Big Jim
Jim Larkin and the 1913 Lockout
Damien Goodfellow By Rory McConville and Paddy Lynch
Over four months from August 1913, James
Brian Boru Larkin would lead the workers of Dublin against
Ireland's Warrior King William Martin Murphy and the Employers
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Granuaile
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The Legend of Cú Chulainn
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Gerry Hunt
Blood Upon the Rose 1913
Easter 1916: The Rebellion That Set Larkin's Labour War
Ireland Free Low-paid workers – under the leadership of Big
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At War With the Empire
Ireland's Fight for Independence Bobby Sands
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13History Ireland’s War of Independence
1919-21 The IRA’s Guerrilla Campaign
Saint Patrick By Lorcan Collins
Life, Legend and Legacy An accessible overview from the first shoot-
By Marian Broderick ing of RIC constables in Soloheadbeg, Co
Drawing from recorded histories, ‘tall tales’ Tipperary, on 21 January 1919 to the truce in
from all four provinces and beautiful illustra- July 1921, the IRA carried out a huge range of
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NEW This Day in Irish History
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The Bloodied Field
1916: The Rising Handbook Croke Park. Sunday 21 November 1920
By Lorcan Collins By Michael Foley
A handbook to the events and locations of the Bloody Sunday. A gaelic football match in
Easter 1916 Rising. This ‘1916 bible’ will be Dublin’s Croke Park became the scene of a
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14Des Ekin De Valera in America
The Rebel President’s 1919 Campaign.
The Stolen Village By Dave Hannigan
Baltimore and the Barbary Pirates Reveals an intriguing and largely unknown
In 1631 Barbary pirates kidnapped almost all episode in the career of Ireland’s most famous
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196x130 mm/488 pages The Invincibles
The Phoenix Park Assassinations and
Ireland’s Pirate Trail A Quest to the Conspiracy that Shook an Empire
Uncover Our Swashbuckling Past By Shane Kenna
A roadtrip around the entire coast of Ireland, in In an Ireland still reeling from years of famine,
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Hell or Some Worse Place NEW Stories from the Sea
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Inside the GPO 1916 Brehon Laws
A First-hand Account The Ancient Wisdom of Ireland
By Joe Good, Ed. Maurice Good By Jo Kerrigan, Photographs by Richard Mills
A gripping personal account of the revolu- Celtic Ireland was a land of tribes and warriors;
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Lockout & Legacy
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15Strongbow NEW O’Connell Street
The Norman Invasion of Ireland The History and Life of Dublin’s Iconic
By Conor Kostick Street
Ambitious, skilled and ruthless, the arrival of By Nicola Pierce
Strongbow and the Normans changed the O’Connell Street is at the heart of Dublin.
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1798-1921
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By Helen Litton
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With eyewitness accounts, speeches and illus-
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Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth IRELAND’S FORGOTTEN LEGACY In 1914-
1918, two hundred thousand Irishmen from
Exploring the Majestic Passage Tombs
all religions and backgrounds went to war. At
of Ancient Ireland least thirty-five thousand never came home. An
By Liam Mac Uistin
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Older than the Egyptian pyramids, older than
as told by the families, with military records,
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Newgrange in County Meath has housed the
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the Year
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The Priest Hunters The True Story of Dark Times, Decent Men
Ireland's Bounty Hunters Stories of Irishmen in World War II
By Colin Murphy
By Neil Richardson
In Ireland after Cromwell Catholicism and
At least 130,000 Irish – from north and south
nationalism became linked and priests were
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outlawed. Shines a light on four of the men
never returned. This poignant yet detailed book
who hunted them: Sean na Sagart, Edward
documents veterans’ stories with personal
Tyrrell, Barry Lowe and John Garzia, the most
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hated men in Ireland.
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16Exploring the Book of Kells Endurance
By George Otto Simms Heroic Journeys in Ireland
A beautiful and simple introduction to the By Dermot Somers
Book of Kells. George Otto Simms, a world-re- Stories of heroic and historic travels from the
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216x138 mm/80 pages UPDATED On The Banks of the Dodder
Rathgar & Churchtown: An Illustrated
Icebound In The Arctic History
The Mystery of Captain Francis Crozier By Ged Walsh, Introduction by Peter
and the Franklin Expedition Pearson, Illustrated by Michael O’Brien
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A Short History of the Troubles A Short History of Irish Traditional
By Brian Feeney Music
From the first symptoms of serious unrest to By Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin
the tortuous political manoeuvrings culminating The history of Irish traditional music, song and
in the 2003 Assembly elections, the book trac- dance from the mythological harp of the Dagda
es the reality of life in Northern Ireland during to Riverdance, Lord of the Dance and beyond.
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A Short History of Ireland’s A Short History of Ireland’s
Rebels Famine
By Morgan Llywelyn By Ruán O’Donnell
The stirring story of eighteen of Ireland’s great- A comprehensive and accessible history of the
est rebels, from the sixteenth century to today. events that led up to the famine, the politics
Includes Grace O’Malley, Theobald Wolfe and mistakes made, and the horrors endured
Tone, Daniel O’Connell, Countess Markievicz, by the people of Ireland.
Patrick Pearse and Michael Collins. ISBN 978-1-84717-371-3/144 pages
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A Short History of the IRA A Short History of Ireland
By Brendan O’Brien By Breandán Ó hEithir, Revised by Brendan
an accessible, clearly-written account of the O’Brien
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1716 Lives The Easter Rising of 1916 was an attempt by armed revolutionaries to overthrow British rule in
Ireland. A small group of Irishmen and Irishwomen seized key buildings in Dublin and fought a
All titles 196x130mm pitched battle with British soldiers for one week. The execution of sixteen men awakened a gener-
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James Connolly Sean Heuston Thomas Clarke Joseph Plunkett
By Lorcan Collins By John Gibney By Helen Litton By Honor O Brolchain
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368 pages 240 pages 272 pages 448 pages
John MacBride Michael Mallin Edward Daly
By Helen Litton
Con Colbert
By Donal Fallon By Brian Hughes By John O'Callaghan
ISBN 978-1-84717-270-9 ISBN 978-1-84717-266-2 ISBN 978-1-84717-272-3
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320 pages 272 pages 240 pages
256 pages
Seán MacDiarmada Thomas MacDonagh Roger Casement
By Shane Kenna By Angus Mitchell Patrick Pearse
By Brian Feeney By Ruán O'Donnell
ISBN 978-1-84717-263-1 ISBN 978-1-84717-336-2 ISBN 978-1-84717-264-8
320 pages 432 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-262-4
352 pages 336 pages
Eamonn Ceannt Michael O'Hanrahan Willie Pearse
By Conor Kostick By Róisín Ní Ghairbhí Thomas Kent
By Mary Gallagher By Meda Ryan
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272 pages 320 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-265-5
416 pages 400 pages
18Humour Gift of the Gab
The Irish Conversation Guide
By Tadhg Hayes, Illustrated by Terry Willers
Sarah Cassidy & Kunak McGann For the unprepared visitor Irish conversation
can be a minefield. ‘How’s the craic?’ is not
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