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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
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Graphic Novels                              13                         Fax: +353 1 4922777
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History                                     15
                                                                     Website: www.obrien.ie
O’Brien Short Histories                     17
16 Lives                                    18
Humour                                      19
Photography                                 22
Reference                                   24
Heritage Series                             25
Sport                                       26
Travel/Guides                               28
                                                                        The front cover image is from
True Crime                                  30                          Thrills and Spills: Celebrating
                                                                               Irish Jump Racing
Brandon Books                               31                                     See page 26

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
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Architecture                                                 NEW
     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                                                    Wild Irish Women
     A Life in the IRA                                             Extraordinary Lives from History
     By Brendan Anderson                                           By Marian Broderick
     ‘I was born in a united Ireland, I want to die                From patriots to pirates, warriors to writers,
     in a united Ireland.’ Born in Belfast in 1920,                and mistresses to male impersonators, this
     Joe Cahill was a lifelong IRA man. Here Cahill                book looks at the unorthodox lives of inspiring
     gives his full and frank story.                               Irish women.
     ISBN 978-1-84717-101-6                                        ISBN 978-1-84717-368-3
     €14.99/£13.99/Paperback                                       €12.95/£11.99/Paperback
     196x130 mm/432 pages                                          196x130 mm/368 pages
     Philomena Begley                                              Bold, Brilliant and Bad
     My Life, My Music, My Memories                                Irish Women from History
     By Philomena Begley with Emma Heatherington                   By Marian Broderick
     From her happy beginnings as a bread-man’s                    From creative craftswomen to singing sensa-
     daughter in Pomeroy through the devastating                   tions, poets to sporting champions, discover
     loss of her brother Patsy and the risks of tour-              the histories of remarkable Irish Women, who
     ing Ireland at the height of the Troubles, right              paved the way for women today.
     up to her fiftieth anniversary in show business               ISBN 978-1-78849-018-4
     in 2012 – her ‘gold and silver days’.                         €16.99/£14.99/Paperback
     ISBN 978-1-84717-966-1                                        226x155 mm/304 pages
     €19.99/£17.99/Hardback
     226x155 mm/224 pages
                                                                   Kathleen Clarke
                                                                   Revolutionary Woman
     Insider                                                       By Helen Litton
     Gerry Bradley’s Life in the IRA                               A compelling and genuine first hand account
     By Gerry Bradley with Brian Feeney                            of an activist during the most exciting and
     Senior IRA man Gerry Bradley speaks out for                   turbulent period of Irish history – the only first
     the first time - without permission from the IRA.             person account of 1916 ever published.
     “A riveting read” The Sunday Times                            ISBN 978-1-84717-059-0
     ISBN 978-1-84717-258-7                                        €14.99/£13.99/Paperback
     €12.99/£7.99/Paperback                                        196x130 mm/368 pages
     196x130 mm/360 pages
                                                                   Holy Terrors
     Sold into Marriage                                            A Boy, Two Brothers, A Stolen
     One Girl’s Living Nightmare                                   Childhood
     By Sean Boyne                                                 By Michael Clemenger
     The terrifying true story of a 16-year-old girl               Chilling, passionate and unflinching, the story
     sold into marriage by her father: this took place             of how one boy survived the terrors of Ireland’s
     in 1973 in Ireland.                                           notorious institutions.
     ISBN 978-1-84717-502-1                                        ISBN 978-1-84717-187-0
     €2.99/£2.99/eBook                                             €11.99/£10.99/Paperback
                                                                   196x130 mm/424 pages
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NEW
      Paddy Cole                                             Horslips
      King of the Swingers                                   Tall Tales – The Official Biography
      By Paddy Cole with Tom Gilmore                         By Mark Cunningham
      Starting in Ireland’s 1960s Showbands, Paddy           With a timeline, interviews, previously unpub-
      has taken his clarinet and saxophone to Las            lished pictures and a wealth of memorabilia
      Vegas and worldwide playing Jazz, Dixieland            including handwritten lyrics.
      and Swing to a legion of fans. This book is full       ISBN 978-1-84717-586-1
      of great stories from the world of music, by           €24.99/£22.99/Hardback
      turns heart-warming and hilarious.                     280x220 mm/288 pages
      ISBN 978-1-78849-221-8
      €19.99/£17.99/Hardback
                                                             All Hell Will Break Loose
                                                             By Austin Currie
      226x155 mm/256 pages
                                                             ‘All Hell will break loose,and by God I will lead
      Detective                                              it’. The fascinating story of the life and work of
      A Life Upholding the Law                               a man who was a force for change in Irish and
      By Tom Connolly                                        Northern Irish politics.
      The inside story of a lifetime spent fighting          ISBN 978-0-86278-815-5
      crime, from local Garda to Detective Superin-          €22.99/£19.99/Hardback
      tendent: everything from small local crimes to         234 x156mm/464 pages
      major national and international investigations.       Mother From Hell
      ISBN 978-1-84717-772-8
                                                             Two Brothers, a Sadistic Mother, a
      €14.99/£13.99/Paperback
      228x155 mm/336 pages
                                                             Childhood Destroyed.
                                                             By Kenneth & Patrick Doyle
      Arise And Go                                           Starved, beaten and sent out to steal by their
      W.B. Yeats and the people and places                   mother, a tragic story and catalogue of abuse.
      that inspired him                                      ISBN 978-1-84717-143-6
      By Kevin Connolly                                      €11.99/£10.99/Paperback
      The idea of place runs like a river through the        196x130 mm/256 pages
      life and works of the poet and playwright W.B.         Lady of the Dance
      Yeats. This book explores the homes, land-
                                                             The Choreographer Who Helped
      scapes and people that impacted his life and
      stimulated his vast body of work.
                                                             Michael Flatley Conquer the World
                                                             By Marie Duffy with Eddie Rowley
      ISBN 978-1-78849-092-4
                                                             A behind-the-scenes view of the amazing
      €17.99/£15.99/Hardback
                                                             world of professional Irish dancing.
      216x135 mm/256 pages
                                                             ISBN 978-1-84717-926-5
      John Charles McQuaid                                   €19.99/£17.99/Hardback
      Ruler of Catholic Ireland                              228x155 mm/288 pages
      By John Cooney
      An in-depth study of the most significant Irish
                                                             Freedom of Angels
      clergyman in the history of the state.
                                                             Surviving Goldenbridge Orphanage
                                                             By Bernadette Fahy
      ISBN 978-0-86278-811-7
                                                             The inside story of one of Ireland’s most noto-
      €29.99/£27.99/Paperback
                                                             rious orphanages, where children were made
      234x156 mm/576 pages
                                                             to pay for the ‘sins’ of their parents with pain,
                                                             fear, hunger and hard labour.
      The Same Age as the State                              ISBN 978-0-86278-595-6
      By Máire Cruise O’Brien                                €7.99/£6.99/eBook
      The autobiography of a unique woman,
      spanning most of the 20th century. It is filled
                                                             Babyface Goes to Hollywood
      with famous people including revolutionaries,          Fighters, Mobsters & Film Stars. The
      writers, statesmen and many more· A com-               Jimmy McLarnin Story
      pelling insight into a time of great upheaval in       By Andrew Gallimore
      Ireland, Europe and Africa.                            At a time when the Mob ruled the prize ring,
      ISBN 978-0-86278-799-8                                 Jimmy McLarnin and his manager Pop Foster
      €24.95/£22.99/Hardback                                 just stayed out of the clutches of the gunmen!
      ISBN 978-0-86278-885-8                                 ISBN 978-1-84717-116-0
      €19.99/£17.99/Paperback                                €11.99/£10.99/Paperback
      234x156 mm/376 pages                                   216x135 mm/336 pages
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There’s An Egg in my Soup                             On the Road
... and other adventures of an Irishman               From Tara to Tiananmen Square by way
in Poland                                             of Chuck Berry
By Tom Galvin                                         By Shay Healy
An interesting and amusing account of living          There are very few people who can claim to
and working abroad, which documents a                 have sat in Tammy Wynette’s bath and sung
unique period of Polish history.                      ‘Stand By Your Man’ and had Billy Connolly
ISBN 978-1-84717-048-4                                sing one of your songs on Michael Parkinson.
€9.99/£8.99/Paperback                                 Shay Healy can.
196x130 mm/272 pages                                  ISBN 978-0-86278-949-7
                                                      €12.95/£11.99/Paperback
Our Lives Out Loud                                    196x130 mm/304 pages
In Pursuit of Justice and Equality
By Ann Louise Gilligan and Katherine                  Vet on the Loose
Zappone, Foreword by Desmond Tutu                     By Gillian Hick
When Katherine Zappone and Ann Louise                 Whether castrating horses or tending to
Gilligan met it was love. But that love had           stoned Alsatians, Gillian Hick’s sense of
consequences which brought this couple to             humour never deserts her in these engaging
the High Court, and beyond.                           accounts of her life as a vet.
ISBN 978-1-84717-066-8                                All titles €9.99/£8.99/Paperback.196x130 mm
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback                                Vet on the Loose
234x156 mm/312 pages                                  ISBN 978-0-86278-925-1/256 pages
Tony Gregory                                          Vet Among the Pigeons
By Robbie Gilligan                                    ISBN 978-1-84717-208-2/256 pages
The biography of a true Irish political legend,       Vet On A Mission
the first independent TD to achieve significant       ISBN 978-1-78849-026-9/272 pages
results for the local community that he loved.
ISBN 978-1-84717-226-6
€19.99/£17.99/Paperback
228x155 mm/264 pages

Big Tom
The King of Irish Country
By Tom Gilmore
A tribute to Big Tom McBride, ‘the Johnny
Cash of Irish country music’. From labourer
to music star, the journey of the singer who
brought so much joy to fans at home and to            Trading Paces
emigrants abroad over five decades.                   From Rat Race to Hen Run
ISBN 978-1-78849-064-1                                By Michael Kelly
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback                                A funny and inspiring account of the ups and
226x155 mm/256 pages                                  downs of letting go of the Tiger.
Reading the Water                                     ISBN 978-1-84717-070-5
A Life Spent Fishing                                  €9.99/£8.99/Paperback
By Darryl Grimason                                    196x130 mm/232 pages
A mesmerising account of the author’s lifelong
love affair with fishing that is both deeply          Tales From the Home Farm
personal and universally appealing.                   Live More, Spend Less, Grow Your Own
ISBN 978-0-86278-914-5
                                                      Food
€19.95/£16.99/Hardback
                                                      By Michael Kelly
216x135 mm/224 pages
                                                      The true story of a man who chucked in the
                                                      corporate life to try his hand at ‘the good life’.
                                                      You could do it too! From the founder of GIY.
                                                      ISBN 978-1-84717-168-9
                                                      €14.99/£13.99/Paperback
                                                      234x156 mm/400 pages

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Strong Words, Brave Deeds                                Nobody Will Believe You
The Poetry, Life and Times of Thomas                     A Story of Unbreakable Courage
O’Brien, Volunteer in the Spanish Civil                  By Mary Manning with Nicola Pierce
War Edited by Gustav Klaus                               The truly shocking, harrowing and finally inspi-
Poems and plays by Thomas O’Brien (1914-                 rational story of a young girl whose stepfather
1974), poet, playwright, publisher, communist,           began raping her when she was just twelve
IRA member and founding member of the                    years old and how she finally broke free.
revolutionary New Theatre Group.                         ISBN 978-1-84717-668-4
ISBN 978-0-86278-376-1                                   €11.99/£10.99/Paperback
€20.30/£15.99/Hardback                                   196x130 mm/320 pages
234x156 mm/272 pages                                     The Most Famous Irish People
The Stars Are Our Only Warmth                            You’ve Never Heard Of
By Alice Leahy with Catherine Cleary                     By Colin Murphy
The Stars Are Our Only Warmth tells power-               Irish people have left their mark on virtually
ful truths about Irish life and the people who           every corner of the globe. The stories of the
taught Alice what it is to be alive in this world.       Irish who are justly celebrated in their adopted
ISBN 978-1-78849-025-2                                   homelands, but virtually unknown in Ireland.
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback                                   ISBN 978-1-84717-163-4
226x155 mm/368 pages                                     €12.99/£11.99/Paperback
                                                         196x130 mm/424 pages
History’s Daughter                                       Fierce History
A Memoir from the only child of                          5,000 years of startling stories from
Terence MacSwiney                                        Ireland and around the globe
By Maire MacSwiney Brugha                                By Colin Murphy
The amazing life story of the daughter of                Explore the historical figures and events that
Terence MacSwiney. Taken by her mother to                have been hidden in the fringes. Full of histor-
Germany after her father’s death on hunger               ical stories which will intrigue you, captivate
strike, she was reared as a german girl for              you, revolt you and even make you laugh!
years before coming home.                                ISBN 978-1-78849-029-0
ISBN 978-0-86278-986-2                                   €14.99/£13.99/Hardback
€14.95/£13.99/Paperback                                  196x130 mm/320 pages
240x170 mm/320 pages
                                                         John Hunt
No Ordinary Women                                        The Man, The Medievalist, The
Irish Female Activists in the                            Connoisseur
Revolutionary Years 1900-1923                            By Brian O’Connell
By Sinead McCoole                                        A biography of the remarkable life of John
Spies, snipers, couriers, gun-runners, medics            Hunt, one of the world’s greatest medievalists,
– women played a major role in the fight for             brings together a host of information about
Ireland’s freedom. This book vividly recreates           one of the most remarkable figures in the 20th
the characters, personalities and courage of             century art scene.
Ireland’s revolutionary women.                           ISBN 978-1-84717-138-2
ISBN 978-1-84717-789-6                                   €19.99/£17.99/Hardback
€16.99/£14.99/Paperback                                  234x156 mm/336 pages
240x170 mm/320 pages
                                                         Living the Dream
Enemy of the Empire                                      By Daniel O’Donnell with Eddie Rowley
Life as an International Undercover IRA                  In Ireland, Daniel O’Donnell is more than just
Activist By Eamon McGuire                                a singing star: he has reached the status of
‘Looking back, my life was like riding on the            ‘national treasure’. It has been a long journey
wind with death travelling at speed not far              for the boy from Kincasslagh, County Donegal,
behind.’ The exotic, colourful and secretive life        and in Living the Dream he tells his story with
of the CIA’s most-wanted IRA man.                        his customary sense of humour and down-to-
ISBN 978-0-86278-909-1                                   earth charm.
€11.95/£10.99/Paperback                                  ISBN 978-1-84717-967-8
196x130 mm/312 pages                                     €19.99/£17.99/Hardback
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Margo: Queen of Country & Irish                        Napoleon’s Doctor
The Promise and the Dream                              The St Helena Diary of Barry O’Meara
By Margaret O’Donnell                                  By Hubert O’Connor
For fifty years now the name ‘Margo’ has been          The amazing story of the young Dublin doctor
synonymous with everything that is positive            who looked after Napoleon Bonaparte in his
and enriching in Country and Irish music.              banishment on St Helena. In one of the most
This is the story of her life, the successes and       isolated places on earth, doctor and patient
difficult times, in her own words.                     became intimate friends.
ISBN 978-1-84717-674-5                                 ISBN 978-1-84717-891-6
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback                                 €16.99/£14.99/Paperback
228x155 mm/192 pages                                   228x155 mm/224 pages
An Irish Voice                                         Quinntessential Feargal
By Niall O’Dowd                                        A Memoir
How a typical Irish emigrant rose to a position        By Feargal Quinn
of influence at the highest levels of US and           Feargal set up his first grocery store in compe-
Irish politics.                                        tition with his own family, and built Superquinn
ISBN 978-1-84717-223-5                                 into a chain employing 5,000 people with an
€12.99/£11.99/Paperback                                international reputation for customer and staff
196x130 mm/320 pages                                   satisfaction. Elected to Seanad Eireann, he
                                                       was a force for change in Ireland all his life.
Hidden Soldier                                         ISBN 978-1-84717-842-8
                                                       €24.99/£22.99/Hardback
An Irish Legionnaire’s Wars from
                                                       228x155 mm/288 pages
Bosnia to Iraq
By Padraig O’Keeffe with Ralph Riegel                  Seán Boylan
The amazing story of a young man driven by             The Will to Win
adrenalin of the most intense kind, who has            By John Quinn
cheated death on more than one occasion.               Seán’s own account of his years as manager
ISBN 978-1-84717-032-3                                 of the Meath football team is an inspiring read
€9.99/£8.99/Paperback                                  and a must for any GAA enthusiast.
216x135 mm/336 pages                                   ISBN 978-1-84717-004-0
                                                       €24.95/£22.99/Hardback
Murder, Mutiny & Mayhem                                234x156 mm/288 pages
The Blackest-Hearted Villains from Irish
History                                                I Was a Boy in Belsen
By Joe O’Shea                                          By Tomi Reichental with Nicola Pierce
Explores the most obscure and unbelievable             Tomi Reichental, who lost 35 members of his
stories of the Irish who wreaked havoc from            family in the Holocaust and was the subject of
Rio de Janeiro to China – from slaves and              the documentary “Till The Tenth Generation”,
mercenaries to drug lords and killers.                 gives his account of being imprisoned as a
ISBN 978-1-84717-299-0                                 child at Belsen concentration camp.
€12.99/£11.99/Paperback                                ISBN 978-1-84717-227-3
196x130 mm/232 pages                                   €14.99/£13.99/Paperback
                                                       228x155 mm/304 pages
Looking Under Stones                                   ISBN 9781847177933
Roots, Family & a Dingle Childhood                     €11.99/£10.00/Paperback
By Joe O’Toole                                         196x130 mm/368 pages
A witty, engaging and superbly observed
account of family, place and childhood. Its            Fear of the Collar
roots lie roots generations earlier in a ruined        My Terrifying Childhood in Artane
house by the sixth green of a Connemara golf           By Patrick Touher
course, and a complex family tree. Peopled             The inside story of eight long years spent in
with earthy, larger-than-life characters from          Artane Industrial School under the oppressive
Joe’s childhood.                                       rule of the Christian Brothers.
ISBN 978-0-86278-935-0                                 ISBN 978-0-86278-727-1
€14.95/£13.99/Paperback                                €11.99/£10.99/Paperback
234x156 mm/320 pages                                   196x130 mm/288 pagesGerry Hunt

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Business                                              Celtic
     Crowning the Customer                                     Old Ways, Old Secrets
     How To Become Customer-Driven                             Pagan Ireland: Myth * Landscape *
     By Feargal Quinn                                          Tradition
     Customer service is the competitive business              By Jo Kerrigan, Photos Richard Mills
     battleground of the twenty-first century. This            Today’s Ireland has never lost the link with
     book is a hands-on guide for people who run               its pagan past, never forgotten the old ways.
     businesses or work in them.                               This book reveals the hidden world of pagan
     ISBN 978-0-86278-952-7                                    Ireland, showing it still exists among the peo-
     €16.99/£14.99/Paperback                                   ple and in the landscape where it belongs.
     196x135 mm/160 pages                                      ISBN 978-1-84717-281-5
     Mind Your Own Business                                    €17.99/£15.99/Hardback
                                                               216x135 mm/288 pages
     Survive and Thrive in Good Times and
     Bad                                                       Follow the Old Road
     By Feargal Quinn                                          Discover the Ireland of Yesteryear
     Author, businessman and Senator Feargal                   By Jo Kerrigan, Photos Richard Mills
     Quinn uses real-life examples from the first              By turning off the main highway and discov-
     two series of RTÉ TV's hit programme,                     ering old routes, some of which have been
     Feargal Quinn's Retail Therapy, as well as                travelled for thousands of years, you will see
     valuable experiences gained in his fifty-year             Ireland in an entirely different way. Follow
     career in business, to explain exactly how to             the Old Road will take you on a tour of a
     make your business work in good times and                 variety of pathways from great river roads to
     bad.                                                      lost railways.
     ISBN 978-1-84717-547-2                                    ISBN 978-1-84717-911-1
     €14.99/£13.99/Paperback                                   €17.99/£15.99/Hardback
     196x156 mm/248 pages                                      216x135 mm/304 pages

                                                          See page 15 for Brehon Laws: The Ancient
                                                          Wisdom of Ireland by Jo Kerrigan and Rich-
                                                          ard Mills.

Crosswords                                                     The Big Book of Simplex
                                                               Crosswords from The Irish
     Simplex Crosswords From the
     Irish Times: Books 1-6                                    Times
                                                               By Mary O'Brien
     from The Irish Times
                                                               The first two bestselling titles in the Simplex
     By Mary O'Brien
                                                               crosswords series combined in a great new
     Appearing daily in the Irish Times for over
                                                               edition.
     forty years, the Simplex crossword has
                                                               ISBN 978-1-84717-179-5
     attracted a devoted following.
                                                               €9.99/£8.99/Paperback
     ISBN 978-0-86278-192-7
                                                               196x130 mm/288 pages
     €7.99/£7.50/Paperback
     177x110 mm/144 pages
                                                               Sudoku Solved
                                                               With Easy to Use Expert Tips
                                                               By John Kennedy
                                                               Everything you need to become a Sudoku
                                                               master! Clear, concise step-by-step to mas-
                                                               tering the grid.
                                                               ISBN 978-0-86278-959-6
                                                               €7.95/£7.50/Paperback
                                                               196x130 mm/160 pages

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Fiction                                                      When Love Comes to Town
                                                             By Tom Lennon
      Ulysses                                                Meet Neil Byrne - try-scorer on the rug-
      By James Joyce, Introduction by Bob                    by field, prizewinning student, one of the
      Joyce, Illustrated by Emma Byrne                       in-crowd at the disco, regular guy, gay.
      The Dublin Illustrated Edition of Ulysses,             Presenting one face to the world and burying
      endorsed by The James Joyce Centre,                    his true feelings in fantasy, Neil tries to keep
      meticulously recreates the 1922 text.                  his secret.
      ISBN 978-1-84717-590-8                                 ISBN 978-0-86278-361-7
      €19.99/£17.99/Hardback                                 €9.95/£8.99/Paperback
      196x130 mm/1056 pages                                  196x130 mm/192 pages
                                                             Best-loved Joyce
      Dubliners                                              By James Joyce, Introduction by Bob
      By James Joyce, Introduction by John Boyne             Joyce, Edited by Jamie O’Connell
      Dubliners is a wonderfully engaging and                A beautiful and accessible introduction to the
      accessible collection of stories by James              writings of James Joyce. Short, entertaining
      Joyce, an author famed for being difficult to          quotes from his major works, with more
      read. This beautiful new edition was chosen            from his poetry & letters, and some family
      as the One Book, One City title for Dublin in          anecdotes handed down to grand-nephew
      2012.                                                  Bob Joyce.
      ISBN 978-1-84717-556-4                                 ISBN 978-1-84717-839-8
      €9.99/£8.99/Hardback                                   €14.99/£13.99/Hardback
      196x130 mm/256 pages                                   196x130 mm/128 pages
      James Joyce                                            Best-Loved Oscar Wilde
      Portrait of a Dubliner                                 Edited by John Wyse Jackson
      By Alfonso Zapico                                      Told through his own words, this essential
      The life of James Joyce in the form of a               introduction to Oscar Wilde’s extraordinary
      graphic novel. This story is dotted with anec-         life and work is accompanied by stimulating
      dotes, as well as a captivating and beautifully        commentary and stylish design and illustra-
      drawn journey through the cities of Dublin,            tion. For new readers and devotees alike.
      Trieste, Paris and Zurich. A stunning one-of-          ISBN 978-1-78849-077-1
      a-kind publication about Joyce's life.                 €14.99/£13.99/Hardback
      ISBN 978-1-84717-363-8                                 196x130 mm/128 pages
      €18.99/£16.99/Paperback
      196x156 mm/240 pages                                   Best-Loved Swift
      The Picture of Dorian Gray                             By Jonathan Swift, Ed. John Wyse Jackson
      By Oscar Wilde                                         A fresh view of the life, work and wit of Jon-
      Dorian Gray, an extraordinarily beautiful              athan Swift, the first of Ireland’s truly great
      youth, looks at his newly-painted portrait and         writers, presented through his poetry, fiction,
      despairs at the thought of how time will alter         epigrams, social satires and personal letters.
      his looks. If only he could be beautiful forever       ISBN 978-1-84717-948-7
      - yes, he would give his soul for that! Oscar          €14.99/£13.99/Hardback
      Wilde’s masterpiece.                                   196x130 mm/128 pages
      ISBN 978-1-84717-214-3
      €7.99/£7.50/Paperback                                  Best-Loved Yeats
      196x130 mm/320 pages                                   Edited by Mairéad Ashe FitzGerald
                                                             An illustrated collection of forty of Yeats'
      After The Wake                                         best-loved works, on topics including Love,
      By Brendan Behan                                       Politics, Old Age, Myth and Legend includes
      This diverse collection is a delightful and en-        people, places and events that were impor-
      tertaining windfall from one of Ireland's most         tant to him.
      colourful writers. An essential complement to          ISBN 978-1-84717-148-1
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      €11.99/£10.99/Paperback
      196x130 mm/160 pages

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Ross O’Carroll-Kelly                                    Brendan O’Carroll
The first four books in the hugely popular
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                                                        The Mammy
                                                        The hilarious and poignant early life of
Illustrated by Alan Clarke
                                                        Agnes, star of hit international TV series Mrs
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                                                        196x130 mm/176 pages
                                                        The Chisellers
                                                        Continuing the hilarious saga of the ups and
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                                                        the seven children of Agnes Browne. Full of
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                                                        With a new introduction by the author,
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                                                        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
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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
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                                                        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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                                                        196x130 mm/208 pages

PS, I scored the bridesmaids                            The Course
So there I was, roysh, twenty-three years of            An assorted group of no-hopers sign on for
age, still, like, gorgeous and rich ... Normally        a Positive Mental Attitude course run by a
my head is so full of, like thoughts, but now           conman – but then the bona fide American
I’m down to just one: Sorcha. I’m playing               supervisor arrives, threatening to shut down
it Kool and the Gang, but this is basically             the course unless five out out of six partici-
scary. I mean, I’m Ross O’Carroll-Kelly, for            pants pass the test.
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                                                        196x130 mm/128 pages
                                                   10
Food & 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
                                                              pristine indigenous ingredients and
     Illustrated story of a remarkable family of brew-
                                                              generations-old passion for communal dining,
     ers and Ireland’s most famous export.
                                                              the leading voices in The Burren food scene
     ISBN 978-1-84717-843-5
                                                              share treasured three-course dinner-party
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                                                              menus they’d serve in their own homes.
     175x146 mm/176 pages
                                                              ISBN 978-1-78849-102-0
     Butlers Chocolate Cookbook                               €24.99/£22.99/Hardback
     60 Delicious Recipes from the Home of                    254x197 mm/304 pages
     Butlers Chocolates                                       Dingle Dinners: From the Chefs of
     From a small shop in Dublin’s Lad Lane in
                                                              Ireland’s #1 Foodie Town
     1932, Butlers Chocolate Cafes are now found
                                                              What do chefs cook for their own friends
     thoughout Ireland and abroad. This luxurious
                                                              and family? These irresistible dinners come
     cookbook is full of wonderful chocolate recipes:
                                                              from people who have made Dingle a foodie
     cakes, puddings, tarts, parfait ... perfect for
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     their legions of fans!
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                                                              ISBN 978-1-78849-176-1
     246x189 mm/160 pages
                                                              €24.99/£22.99/Hardback
     All In The Food                                          254x194 mm/280 pages
     75 Years of Cathal Brugha Street
     By Frank Cullen                                          All in the Cooking
     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
     top chefs learned their craft. With recipes from         For many decades, Ireland’s go-to book for an-
     top chefs, including Darina Allen, Michel Roux           yone studying Home Economics in secondary
     Snr, Neven Maguire, and Ross Lewis, along                school. Even today, it is a great addition to any
     with contributions by some of Ireland’s rising           cookbook collection, where you can relearn all
     stars.                                                   the classic recipes.
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     246x189 mm/224 pages                                     207x145 mm/256 pages

     Edward Hayden                                            Brian McDermott
     Food To Love                                             Brian McDermott's Donegal Table
     Whether you’re looking for something simple              Delicious Everyday Cooking
     and delicious to cook on a week night, light             Brian believes that tasty, healthy food based
     bites for a family get-together, or something            around local produce is something every family
     more elaborate for dinner party, then this book          can enjoy through this collection of achievable,
     has the perfect recipe for you!                          affordable and accessible recipes.
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     €14.99/£13.99/Paperback                                  €19.99/£17.99/Hardback
     246x189 mm/192 pages                                     246x189 mm/192 pages
     Food for Friends                                         Traditional Irish Cooking for
     Food for Friends shows you how to entertain              Today
     at home in any situation, from casual brunches           From black pudding dipping fritters to Mammy's
     and cosy suppers to more formal dinner                   Irish stew, from mackerel on toast to Atlantic
     parties, large family events and festive get             fish pie, from shortbread to scones, this book
     togethers.                                               will bring you the many tastes of Ireland and a
     ISBN 978-1-84717-364-5                                   warm sense of home.
     €22.99/£20.99/Hardback                                   ISBN 978-1-78849-047-4
     246x189 mm/192 pages                                     €9.99/£8.99/Paperback
                                                              210x148 mm/80 pages
                                                         11
The 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
Irish Whiskey, the lifeblood of the people! The           Irish cook book bursting with the colours and
history, the difference between single malts              flavours of Irish food.
and blends, the art of distilling and blending,           ISBN 978-1-84717-024-8
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how to taste as well as drink the water of life!          260x196 mm/96 pages
ISBN 978-1-84717-781-0                                    Available in French ISBN 978-1-84717-025-5
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback
216x135 mm/192 pages                                      Best of Irish Cookery
Valerie O’Connor                                          Best of Irish Potato Recipes
                                                          By Biddy White Lennon
Val's Kitchen                                             The potato has long been a staple of the Irish
Real Food, Real Easy                                      diet. With flavours ranging from sweet to spicy,
A comprehensive book by seasoned baker                    savoury to sumptuous, Biddy White Lennon
Valerie O’Connor, which covers all areas of               brings out the best in this versatile vegetable.
cooking.                                                  ISBN 978-0-86278-759-2
ISBN 978-1-84717-721-6                                    €8.99/£7.99/Paperback
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback                                    196x130 mm/80 pages
246x189 mm/160 pages                                      Best of Irish Home Baking
Irish Bread Baking for Today                              By Biddy White Lennon
Irish Bread Baking for Today shows visitors               These sixty tempting recipes are a selection
to Ireland how easy it is to whip up a batch of           of the best from the tradition and will delight
griddle cakes, bake a gorgous Irish soda loaf,            visitors and Irish people alike.
even make your own butter. Recipes include:               ISBN 978-0-86278-807-0
boxty and other potato breads, guinness                   €8.99/£7.99/Paperback
bread, spotted dog, griddle scones, spelt                 196x130 mm/80 pages
bread, and many, many more.
ISBN 978-1-84717-722-3                                    Best of Irish Traditional Cooking
€9.99/£8.99/Paperback                                     By Biddy White Lennon,
210x148 mm/96 pages                                       Biddy White Lennon brings out the real flavour
                                                          of Ireland in these recipes from around the
Fruit on the Table                                        country, featuring the finest and the favourites
Seasonal recipes from The Green Apron                     of traditional Irish cooking.
kitchen                                                   ISBN 978-0-86278-758-5
By Theresa Storey                                         €8.99/£7.99/Paperback
Drawn on three decades of experience of The               196x130 mm/96 pages
Green Apron farm, Fruit on the Table shows
the versatility of fruit for jams, pickles, sauces        Best of Irish Soups
and full meals!                                           By Eileen O'Driscoll
ISBN 978-1-84717-777-3                                    Soup has been part of the Irish cooking tradi-
€19.99/£17.99/Hardback                                    tion for generations. Eileen O'Driscoll presents
196x189 mm/208 pages                                      a selection of mouth-watering and unusual
                                                          soups.
Wild Food                                                 ISBN 978-0-86278-760-8
Nature's Harvest: How to Gather, Cook                     €8.99/£7.99/Paperback
and Preserve                                              196x130 mm/80 pages
By Biddy White Lennon and Evan Doyle
Wild Food reveals the secrets of how to identi-
                                                          Best of Irish Meat Recipes
                                                          By Biddy White Lennon
fy, pick, preserve and cook the wild foods that
                                                          Fifty inspiring recipes feature beef, lamb, pork,
grow in our hedgerows, woodlands, hillsides or
                                                          poultry, game, and dishes using cured, spiced
seashore.
                                                          and smoked meats. Contains details of cus-
ISBN 978-1-84717-467-3
                                                          toms, folklore and regional food traditions.
€16.99/£14.99/Hardback
                                                          ISBN 978-0-86278-931-2
196x130 mm/256 pages
                                                          €8.99/£7.99/Paperback
                                                          196x130 mm/96 pages
                                                     12
Graphic Novels                                                  Big Jim
                                                                Jim Larkin and the 1913 Lockout
     Damien Goodfellow                                          By Rory McConville and Paddy Lynch
                                                                Over four months from August 1913,
     Brian Boru                                                 James Larkin would lead the workers of
     Ireland's Warrior King                                     Dublin against William Martin Murphy and
     The stirring tale of the rise of a local chieftain         the Employers Federation in a conflict that
     to become High King of Ireland, fighting native            would change the face of Irish society.
     and Danish invader alike in a whirlwind of                 ISBN 978-1-84717-306-5
     constant conflict. Brian’s wife, Gormfhlaith, a            €14.99/£13.99/Paperback
     woman caught between the ever shifting forc-               297x210 mm/80 pages
     es of destruction, battles to save her family.
                                                                Granuaile
     ISBN 978-1-84717-284-6
                                                                Queen of Storms
     €14.99/£13.99/Paperback
                                                                By Dave Hendrick & Luca Pizzari
     297x210 mm/96 pages
                                                                The astounding and sometimes tragic tale
     Black '47                                                  of Ireland's own Queen of Storms brought
     A Story of Ireland's Great Famine                          to stunning life here in this beautiful retell-
     The story of The Great Hunger told from the                ing of one Ireland's greatest stories.
     perspectives of Irish men, women and children              ISBN 978-1-84717-671-4
     from June 1987 onward. Brings the suffering                €12.99/£11.99/Paperback
     and immediacy of the Irish Famine to life.                 259x168 mm/64 pages
     ISBN 978-1-84717-365-2
                                                                Celtic Warrior
     €14.99/£13.99/Paperback
                                                                The Legend of Cú Chulainn
     297x210 mm/96 pages
                                                                By Will Sliney
                                                                An epic saga of greed, sorcery and one
                                                                man’s heroic sacrifice. This unique and
     see also Alfonso Zapico’s James Joyce:                     powerful graphic novel, by an artist/writer
     Portrait of a Dubliner on page 9.                          who has worked with some of the biggest
     A remarkable graphic novel telling the story               names in the industry, brings to life the leg-
     of Ireland’s most famous author.                           endary figure that is Cú Chulainn, Ireland's
                                                                mythological hero.
                                                                ISBN 978-1-84717-338-6
                                                                €14.99/£13.99/Paperback
                                                                259x168 mm/128 pages
     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
     An unlikely band of freedom fighters –                     Big Jim Larkin – organised themselves into
     teachers, poets, writers, patriots, trade                  Unions to insist on better conditions. The
     unionists – declare an Irish Republic. From                business world retaliated by locking them
     this dramatic gesture, a nation is born…                   out of their jobs without pay … how long
     ISBN 978-1-78849-147-1                                     could they hold out?
     €12.99/£11.99/Paperback                                    ISBN 978-1-84717-583-0
     259x182 mm/48 pages                                        €14.99/£13.99/Paperback
                                                                297x210 mm/64 pages
     At War With the Empire
     Ireland's Fight for Independence                           Bobby Sands
     From the author of Blood Upon the Rose                     Freedom Fighter
     comes a graphic novel depicting the War of                 ‘Bobby’ Sands was a member of the
     Independence, a gruelling guerilla war against             Provisional Irish Republican Army who
     British rule in Ireland that pitted brother against        died on hunger strike while imprisoned at
     brother.                                                   HM Prison Maze. See Bobby Sands’ story
     ISBN 978-1-84717-816-9                                     brought to life in a whole new way.
     €9.99/£8.99/Paperback                                      ISBN 978-1-84717-815-2
     234x165 mm/64 pages                                        €14.99/£13.99/Paperback
                                                                297x210 mm/64 pages
                                                           13
History                                                           1916: The Rising Handbook
                                                                  By Lorcan Collins
      Saint Patrick                                               A handbook to the events and locations of the
      Life, Legend and Legacy                                     Easter 1916 Rising. This ‘1916 bible’ will be
      By Marian Broderick                                         invaluable to anyone with an interest in recent
      Drawing from recorded histories, ‘tall tales’               Irish history who wants to separate the facts
      from all four provinces and beautiful illustra-             from the fiction.
      tions, this is a light-hearted look at the global           ISBN 978-1-84717-599-1
      phenomenon of Saint Patrick, his life and his               €14.99/£13.99/Hardback
      legacy, the facts and the fiction of his incredi-           196x130 mm/240 pages
      ble journey from slave to international saint.              Ireland’s War of Independence
      ISBN 978-1-84717-928-9
                                                                  1919-21 The IRA’s Guerrilla Campaign
      €17.99/£15.99/Hardback
                                                                  By Lorcan Collins
      216x138 mm/208 pages
                                                                  An accessible overview from the first shoot-
NEW
      Best-Loved Irish Ballads                                    ing of RIC constables in Soloheadbeg, Co
      By Emma Byrne & Eoin O’Brien                                Tipperary, on 21 January 1919 to the truce in
      A collection of Ireland’s greatest and best-                July 1921, the IRA carried out a huge range of
      loved ballads, including the lyrics, music and              attacks on all levels of British rule in Ireland.
      chords, along with an introductory piece on                 ISBN 978-1-84717-950-0
      each song. Illustrated with photographs and                 €16.99/£14.99/Hardback
      woodcuts.                                                   196x130 mm/224 pages
      ISBN 978-1-78849-220-1
      €14.99/£13.99/Hardback                                      Des Ekin
      196x130 mm/160 pages                                        The Stolen Village
      Dublin and the Viking World                                 Baltimore and the Barbary Pirates
      By Howard Clarke, Ruth Johnston, Sheila                     In 1631 Barbary pirates kidnapped almost all
      Dooley                                                      of the inhabitants of Baltimore, West Cork in a
      A unique blend of the familiar and the unfamil-             daring night time raid: only two ever returned.
      iar, the broad generalisation and the rarefied              The acclaimed story of their kidnap, sale in the
      detail, the well-known historical character and             slave markets of Algiers and the political fallout
      the ordinary Dubliner.                                      from the attack.
      ISBN 978-1-78849-016-0                                      ISBN 978-1-84717-104-7
      €12.99/£11.99/Paperback                                     €12.99/£11.99/Paperback
      260x197 mm/144 pages                                        196x130 mm/488 pages
      Dublin                                                      Ireland's Pirate Trail
      The Making of a Medieval City                               A Quest to Uncover Our Swashbuckling
      By Howard Clarke, Sarah Dent, Ruth Johnston                 Past
      Dublin: The Making of a Medieval City is the                A roadtrip around the entire coast of Ireland, in
      story of a unique period in Irish history told with         search of our piratical heritage, uncovering an
      passion, imagination and accuracy.                          amazing history of swashbuckling bandits, both
      ISBN 978-1-78849-120-4                                      Irish-born and imported.
      €12.99/£11.99/Paperback                                     ISBN 978-1-84717-958-6
      260x197 mm/128 pages                                        €16.99/£14.99/Paperback
                                                                  226x155 mm/368 pages
      Lansdowne Road
      The Stadium; the matches; the greatest                      Hell or Some Worse Place
      days                                                        Kinsale 1601
      By Malachy Clerkin & Gerard Siggins                         A fascinating new insight into the epic conflicts
      The Lansdowne Road stadium was at the                       between Spain’s Philip III and Elizabeth I of
      heart of so much of Irish sport for over a cen-             England, culminating in the Spanish invasion
      tury -- from athletics to rugby and soccer. This            of Ireland, the fateful Battle of Kinsale and
      lavishly-illustrated history covers it all, right up        the downfall of the Gaelic insurgent chieftains
      to the new Aviva stadium.                                   O’Neill and O’Donnell.
      ISBN 978-0-86278-910-7                                      ISBN 978-1-84717-959-3
      €16.99/£14.99/Paperback                                     €12.99/£11.99/Paperback
      240x170 mm/352 pages                                        196x130 mm/432 pages

                                                             14
Sinn Féin                                                The Invincibles
              A Hundred Turbulent Years                                The Phoenix Park Assassinations and
              By Brian Feeney                                          the Conspiracy that Shook an Empire
              The fascinating story of one of the oldest and           By Shane Kenna
              most controversial parties in Irish politics over        In an Ireland still reeling from years of famine,
              the last hundred years.                                  with tenant farmers being evicted and left to
              ISBN 978-0-86278-770-7                                   starve, revolutionary fervour was growing. An
              €19.99/£17.99/Paperback                                  inner circle of the IRB was formed, a secret
              234x156 mm/488 pages                                     assassination squad within a secret society –
                                                                       the Irish National Invincibles.
        ION                                                            ISBN 978-1-78849-060-3
NEW EDIT      The Bloodied Field                                       €24.99/£22.99/Hardback
              Croke Park. Sunday 21 November 1920                      228x155 mm/336 pages
              By Michael Foley
              Bloody Sunday. A gaelic football match in                Brehon Laws
              Dublin’s Croke Park became the scene of a                The Ancient Wisdom of Ireland
              massacre of 14 people by the Royal Irish Con-            By Jo Kerrigan, Photographs by Richard Mills
              stabulary, following the IRA assassination of            Celtic Ireland was a land of tribes and warriors;
              British military agents. Updated edition of this         but a sophisticated & enlightened legal system
              exceptional and prizewinning book.                       was widely accepted. The brehons kept these
              ‘the definitive history of the event’ Irish Times        laws, which dealt with every aspect of life: land
              ISBN 978-1-78849-196-9                                   disputes; theft or violence; marriage & divorce;
              €16.99/£14.99/Paperback                                  the care of trees & animals.
              196x130 mm/352 pages                                     ISBN 978-1-78849-107-5
                                                                       €17.99/£16.99/Hardback
              Inside the GPO 1916                                      216x135 mm/176 pages
              A First-hand Account
              By Joe Good, Edited by Maurice                           The Easter Rising
              Good, Introduction by Robert Ballagh                     A Guide to Dublin in 1916
              A gripping personal account of the revolu-               By Conor Kostick & Lorcan Collins
              tionary years 1916 to 1921. This captivating             Defying all the odds 1600 men, women and
              journal is written with wry, down-to-earth               children went out on 24 April, Easter Monday,
              humour and gives the reader a real insight into          1916 to fight for an independent Ireland. Vividly
              Ireland's fight for freedom, from the inside.            illustrated, this book takes you through the
              ISBN 978-1-84717-718-6                                   battle-torn streets of Dublin.
              €14.99/£13.99/Paperback                                  ISBN 978-0-86278-638-0
              196x130 mm/320 pages                                     €9.99/£8.99/Paperback
                                                                       196x130 mm/144 pages
              Dublin 1913
              Lockout & Legacy                                         Strongbow
              By Gary Granville                                        The Norman Invasion of Ireland
              An examination of the events of 1913, the                By Conor Kostick
              biggest labour dispute in Ireland’s history.             Ambitious, skilled and ruthless, the arrival of
              ISBN 978-1-84717-361-4                                   Strongbow and the Normans changed the
              €9.99/£8.99/Paperback                                    course of Irish history, forever. A powerful and
              196x129 mm/176 pages                                     absorbing account of an extraordinary era.
                                                                       ISBN 978-1-84717-200-6
                                                                       €16.99/£14.99/Paperback
              De Valera in America                                     234x153 mm/256 pages
              The Rebel President’s 1919 Campaign.
              By Dave Hannigan                                         Irish Rebellions
              Reveals an intriguing and largely unknown                1798-1921
              episode in the career of Ireland’s most famous           By Helen Litton
              politician – the incredible journey that would           With eyewitness accounts, speeches and illus-
              resonate through Irish history for a century.            trative material, Helen Litton describes these
              ISBN 978-1-84717-086-6                                   most important Irish rebellions.
              €14.99/£13.99/Paperback                                  ISBN 978-1-84717-969-2
              196x138 mm/320 pages                                     €9.99/£8.99/Paperback
                                                                       196x130 mm/192 pages

                                                                  15
ION
1014: Brian Boru & the Battle for                  NEW EDIT      A Coward if I Return, A Hero if I
Ireland                                                          Fall
By Morgan Llywelyn                                               Stories of Irishmen in World War I
On Good Friday, April 23rd 1014 the most                         By Neil Richardson
ferocious battle ever fought in Ireland was                      IRELAND’S FORGOTTEN LEGACY In 1914-
about to begin...Read about the e battle that                    1918, two hundred thousand Irishmen from
changed the course of Irish history.                             all religions and backgrounds went to war. At
ISBN 978-1-84717-557-1                                           least thirty-five thousand never came home. An
€12.99/£11.99/Paperback                                          award-winning collection of veterans’ stories
198x128 mm/256 pages                                             as told by the families, with military records,
Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth                                      surviving documents and letters.
                                                                 Winner Irish Book Awards Non-Fiction Book of
Exploring the Majestic Passage Tombs
                                                                 the Year
of Ancient Ireland                                               ‘a moving collection of stories about Irishmen
By Liam Mac Uistin
                                                                 who fought in that war, backed up by photos,
Older than the Egyptian pyramids, older than
                                                                 diaries and documents that bring us closer to
Stonehenge, the ancient megalithic tomb at
                                                                 these men than any book I have read before’
Newgrange in County Meath has housed the
                                                                 Sunday Independent
remains of Stone Age ‘aristocracy’.
                                                                 ISBN 978-1-78849-173-0
ISBN 978-0-86278-981-7
                                                                 €18.99/£17.99/Paperback
€9.99/£8.99/Paperback
                                                                 220x155 mm/368 pages
216x135 mm/120 pages
                                                                 Dark Times, Decent Men
The Priest Hunters The True Story of                             Stories of Irishmen in World War II
Ireland's Bounty Hunters                                         By Neil Richardson
By Colin Murphy
                                                                 At least 130,000 Irish – from north and south
In Ireland after Cromwell Catholicism and
                                                                 – served during the Second World War. 7,000
nationalism became linked and priests were
                                                                 never returned. This poignant yet detailed book
outlawed. Shines a light on four of the men
                                                                 documents veterans’ stories with personal
who hunted them: Sean na Sagart, Edward
                                                                 interviews, military records, diaries and letters.
Tyrrell, Barry Lowe and John Garzia, the most
                                                                 ISBN 978-1-84717-297-6
hated men in Ireland.
                                                                 €19.99/£17.99/Paperback
ISBN 978-1-84717-311-9
                                                                 240x170 mm/352 pages
€12.99/£11.99/Paperback
196x130 mm/368 pages                                             Taney Progress of a Parish
                                                                 By Carol Robinson Tweed
The Long War                                                     A social and historical profile of the Parish of
The IRA and Sinn Féin from Armed                                 Taney in Dublin and how it has developed over
Struggle to Peace Talks                                          the years. Explores the origins and culture of
By Brendan O'Brien                                               this close knit parish and how it engages with
An essential book on the journey made by the                     the heart of a community.
Irish Republican movement from the 1970s,                        ISBN 978-1-78849-013-9
which eventually led to the end of the troubles                  €19.99/£17.99/Hardback
in Northern Ireland.                                             216x135 mm/192 pages
ISBN 978-0-86278-606-9
€19.99/£17.99/Paperback                                          The Quiet Revolution
216x135 mm/448 pages                                             The Electrification of Rural Ireland
                                                                 By Michael Shiel
Titanic: True Stories of her                                     An entertaining and detailed account of the
Passengers, Crew and Legacy                                      transformation of Ireland brought about by the
By Nicola Pierce                                                 introduction of electricity.
Explore the enduring legacy of the world’s                       ISBN 978-0-86278-840-7
most famous ship, TITANIC, and of all those                      €12.99/£11.99/Paperback
bound together on that fateful voyage: writers,                  216x148 mm/304 pages
artists, honeymooners, sportsmen, priests,
reverends, fashion designers, aristocrats,
millionaires, children, crew and emigrants.
ISBN 978-1-84717-947-0
€10.99/£9.99/Hardback
196x130 mm/240 pages
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Exploring the Book of Kells                               On The Banks of the Dodder
                   By George Otto Simms                                      Rathgar & Churchtown: An Illustrated
                   A beautiful and simple introduction to the                History
                   Book of Kells. George Otto Simms, a world-re-             By Ged Walsh, Introduction by Peter
                   nowned authority on the Book of Kells, reveals            Pearson, Illustrated by Michael O’Brien
                   the mysteries hidden in this magnificent manu-            Take a trip along the Dodder and see the two
                   script, and the lives of the monks who made it.           suburbs, Rathgar and Churchtown, nestling on
                   Newly-expanded colour plate section.                      opposite banks. Their evolution gives a unique
                   ISBN 978-1-84717-796-4                                    view on the development of Dublin and Ireland
                   €9.99/£8.99/Paperback                                     through the centuries: from fields and farms
                   216x138 mm/80 pages                                       to the densely-populated, busy suburbs of the
                   Endurance                                                 21st century.
                   Heroic Journeys in Ireland                                ISBN 978-1-84717-133-7
                   By Dermot Somers                                          €29.99/£27.99/Hardback
                   Stories of heroic and historic travels from the           246x189 mm/208 pages
                   mythic legends of prehistory to the dawn of               The Great Atlantic Air Race
                   modern Ireland.                                           By Gavin Will
                   ISBN 978-0-86278-797-4                                    The stories of aviators who challenged the At-
                   €9.99/£8.99/Paperback                                     lantic Ocean between 1919 and the end of the
                   234x156 mm/264 pages                                      Second World War. It tells how these pioneers
                                                                             lived and, all too often, died in their quest for
                                                                             glory. Heavily illustrated throughout.
                                                                             ISBN 978-1-84717-231-0
                                                                             €24.99/£22.99/Hardback
                                                                             255x190 mm/232 pages

O’Brien Short Histories
All titles €9.99/£8.99/Paperback/196x130 mm
                   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.
                   the Troubles.                                             Featuring the tradition’s finest musicians and
                   ISBN 978-1-84717-644-8/168 pages                          international names.
                                                                             ISBN 978-1-84717-873-2/208 pages
                   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
                   ISBN 978-1-84717-370-6/128 pages
                   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
                   IRA from its beginnings to today. It covers the           A short and entertaining history from earliest
                   origins and history of the organisation, its aims,        times to the present by one of Ireland’s best-
                   the political and military thinking which has             loved writers. It clearly shows the development
                   driven its activities.                                    of Ireland to the present time.
                   ISBN 978-1-78849-078-8/224 pages                          ISBN 978-1-84717-688-2/112 pages

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16 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-
paperback/€14.99/£12.99   ation to the cause of Irish freedom. 16Lives records the full stories of those executed leaders.

James Connolly            Sean Heuston                   Thomas Clarke                  Joseph Plunkett
By Lorcan Collins         By John Gibney                 By Helen Litton                By Honor O Brolchain
ISBN 978-1-84717-160-3    ISBN 978-1-84717-268-6         ISBN 978-1-84717-261-7         ISBN 978-1-84717-269-3
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
                                                                                        ISBN 978-1-84717-334-8
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
ISBN 978-1-84717-271-6    ISBN 978-1-84717-335-5         ISBN 978-1-84717-267-9
                          272 pages                      320 pages                      ISBN 978-1-84717-265-5
416 pages                                                                               400 pages
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Humour                                                                                                                                     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
NEW      The A-Z of an Irish Christmas                                                                                                     an assumption that you are well versed in the
         Everything you don’t want foreigners to know                                                                                      properties of narcotics substances, merely an
         about how we celebrate Christmas in Ireland. If                                                                                   enquiry after your health and general well-be-
         it’s Annuals, The Dinner, The Big Shop or The                                                                                     ing …
         Wexford Carol you’re looking for, you’ve come                                                                                     ISBN 978-1-84717-289-1
         to the right book!                                                                                                                €8.99/£7.99/Hardback
         ISBN 978-1-78849-213-3                                                                                                            177x110 mm/96 pages
         €7.99/£6.99/Hardback
         132x99 mm/80 pages                                                                                                                Essential Norn Irish: Yer Man’s
                                                                                                                                  F        A to Z Guide to Everyday Banter
            F                                                        family row
                                                                     /fam-il-ee row/
                                                                                                                                           By Owen Kelly
            Fairytale of New York
                                                                     noun. Christmas tradition
                                                                     Spending hours on end trapped indoors with your
                                                                                                                                           Self-proclaimed Norn Irish expert Owen Kelly
                                                                                                                                           has compiled the definitive introduction to
            /feyr-ee-tayl uv nyoo yawrk/
                                                                     family, overtired from an early start with the kids and
            song. controversial carol
                                                                     possibly feeling a little the worse for wear are the ideal
            Sung by Shane McGowan and Kirsty McColl, ‘Fairytale of   conditions to start a family row. It can be over anything
            New York’ has been voted Ireland’s favourite Christmas
            song of all time. Move over Mariah, Noddy and Shakin’
                                                                     – from not wanting to watch The Snowman again to
                                                                     somebody leaving the cream off the shopping list, but                 local Northern Ireland lingo, helping readers
                                                                                                                                           everywhere to tell the difference between an
            Stevens, there is no other song that unites a crowd in   there’s a good chance it’s because someone forgot to

            a bar at Christmas time like this one can. Altogether    remind Santa Claus to buy batteries or robbed all the
                                                                     money from the Monopoly bank. Merry Christmas one
            now: ‘And the boys from the NYPD choir were singing

                                                                                                                                           ‘Absolutely!’ and a ‘Wise’: square crack!
                                                                     and all!
            “Galway Bay”, and the bells were ringing out for
            Christmas Day!’

                                                                                                                                           ISBN 978-1-84717-882-4
            32                                                                                                                 33          €5.99/£4.99/Hardback
                                                                                                                                           177x110 mm/80 pages
         The A to Z of Being Irish
         From the Angelus to Zig & Zag                                                                                                     Irish Wit: From Behan and Wilde to Yer
         This handy A to Z is packed with insider                                                                                          Man in the Pub
         knowledge and quirky Irishisms for locals and                                                                                     By Sean McCann, Illustrated by Tom Mathews
         blow-ins alike. Read it or we’ll tell your Mammy                                                                                  Irish wit is an art form, centuries old yet up-to-
         you left the immersion on!                                                                                                        the-minute wise, inculting, obscure, profound
         ISBN 978-1-78849-059-7                                                                                                            and idiotic. For years the Irish have mixed wit
         €9.99/£8.99/Hardback                                                                                                              with wisdom, as they have porter and whiskey.
         196x130 mm/192 pages                                                                                                              ISBN 978-1-84717-127-6
                                                                                                                                           €9.99/£8.99/Hardback
         Irish Mammy in Your Pocket                                                                                                        177x110 mm/160 pages
         World–renowned for her unique look at life
         there is no-one quite like the Irish Mammy.                                                                                       The Wit of Oscar Wilde
         From the weather to your choice of clothing,                                                                                      By Sean McCann
         she has something to say on every subject.                                                                                        Oscar Wilde is probably the most quoted and
         This handy collection will ensure you are never                                                                                   quotable man in history. A fantastic selection of
         without your mam’s words of wisdom.                                                                                               hundreds of his most memorable insults, quips
         ISBN 978-1-78849-129-7                                                                                                            and quotations.
         €6.99/£6.50/Hardback                                                                                                              ISBN 978-1-84717-067-5
         132x99 mm/160 pages                                                                                                               €9.99/£8.99/Hardback
                                                                                                                                           177x110 mm/176 pages
         The Little Book of Irish Beards
         By The Five O’Clock Shadows                                                                                                       The Wee Book of Irish Wit &
         This little book aims to celebrate the hersute
         amongst us, by taking a look at these gentle-
                                                                                                                                           Malarkey
         men, and their bewhiskered arrangements.                                                                                          A Rake of Clever Craic and Wisdom for
         Legends such as Ned Kelly, George Bernard                                                                                         Jackeens, Culchies and Eejits
         Shaw, The Dubliners, Colin Farrell and even                                                                                       By Sean McCann & Paul Ryan
         Graham Norton put in an appearance. So sit                                                                                        A pint-sized draft of mirth and malarkey from
         back relax and enjoy the celebration of the                                                                                       Oscar Wilde, Jonathan Swift, Brendan Behan,
         Irish Beard!                                                                                                                      and many other wags, on love and marriage to
         ISBN 978-1-84717-792-6                                                                                                            death and dying and everything in between.
         €4.99/£4.50/Hardback                                                                                                              ISBN 978-1-84717-830-5
         149x114 mm/80 pages                                                                                                               €9.99/£8.99/Paperback
                                                                                                                                           196x130 mm/304 pages

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