General Books Catalogue 2011-2012

General catalogue

2011-2012 www.obrien.ie

CONTENTS

New Books pages A4-5 Architecture/Art A6 Biography/Memoir A6-10 Celtic A11 Business A12 Crosswords & Puzzles A12 Fiction A13-15 Food and Drink A15-16 History A17-20 Life Issues A21 Nature A21 Humour A21-23 Photography A23 Poetry A24 Politics A25 Reference A26 Sport A27-28 Storytelling/Folklore A28 Travel/Guides A28-30 True Crime A31-32 Walking Guides A32 Ordering Books & Trade Representation list C46 Rights Agents C47 All ISBNs listed in this catalogue are ISBN-13 Front cover image from An Paróiste Miorúilteach/ The Miraculous Parish

by Máire Mhac an tSaoi.

The O’Brien Press Ltd 12 Terenure Road East Dublin 6 Ireland Tel: +353 1 4923333 Fax: +353 1 4922777 E-mail: books@obrien.ie Website: www.obrien.ie

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A U T H O R IN D E X Anderson, Brendan A9 Ashe FitzGerald, Mairéad A20, A24, A29 Bacik, Ivana A25 Barrett, Betty A29 Behan, Brendan A13 Bergin, Eileen A16 Bolger, Muriel A28 Bourke, Edward J A17 Boylan, Sean A9 Boyne, Sean A10, A18 Bradley, Gerry A7 Brenock, Michael A26 Breslin, Cathy A21 Broderick, Marian A8 Byrne, Mary A6 Clarke, Howard A18 Clarke, Kathleen A8 Cleary, Catherine A32 Clemenger, Michael A9 Clerkin, Malachy A27 Clinch, Peter A12 Collins, Lorcan A29 Collins, Stephen A25 Convery, Frank A12 Cooney, John A9 Corcoran, Kevin A32 Crozier, Derek A12 Cruise O’Brien, Máire A7 Cunningham, Noreen A30 Curran, Bob A21, A28 Curriculum Development Unit A11, A14, A20, A30 Currie, Austin A9 Davis, Derek A25 Davison, Stephen A27 de Paor, Louis A11, A24 Delany, Ronnie A9 Dent, Sarah A18 Dillon, Paddy A32 Doorley, Tom A10 Dorgan, Theo A24 Doyle, Ken A9 Doyle, Patrick A9 Duggan, Barry A31 Dwyer, T. Ryle A18 Ekin, Des A13, A18 Fahy, Bernadette A10 Feeney, Brian A7, A19, A25

Foley, Michael A27 Gallimore, Andrew A8 Galvin, Tom A8 Gildea, Anne A14 Gilligan, Ann Louise A8 Gilligan, Robbie A7 Glover, Winifred A20 Gogarty, Oliver St. John A13 Goodfellow, Damien A17 Grimason, Darryl A8 Hannigan, Dave A8, A18 Harkin, Greg A25 Harte, Paddy A9 Hayden, Edward A16 Hayes, Paddy A32 Healy, Shay A10 Hennelly, Regina A31 Hennessy, Marie A30 Hick, Gillian A7 Hick, Gillian A7 Holland, Anne A27 Howard, Paul A15, A31 Hughes, Harry A29 Hunt, Gerry A17 Ingram, Martin A25 Ireland, UNICEF A10 Jeffares, A. Norman A19, A24 Jess, Mervyn A18 Johnson, Ruth A18 Johnston, Trent A28 Kelly, Deirdre A6 Kelly, Jane A31 Kelly, Michael A8 Kelters, Seamus A23 Kennedy, John A12 Kenny, John A28 Kerrigan, Jo A29 Kinsella, Thomas A24 Klaus, H Gustav A10 Kohn, Roger A6 Kostick, Conor A14, A29 Krieger, Carsten A23 Lacey, Brian A19 Lavelle, Des A30 Lennon, Tom A13 Lensmen Archive A23 Lepman, Jella A10 Llywelyn, Morgan A19 Looney, Fiona A10 Mac a’Bháird, Natasha A26

Mac Uistin, Liam A11, A20 Maclean, Malcolm A24 MacSwiney Brugha, Máire A8 Massey, Eithne A28 McAfee, Patrick A6 McAfee, Patrick A6 McCann, Sean A21 McCarthy, Justine A31 McCarthy, Kieran A30 McCoole, Sinéad A18 McEneaney, Eamonn A30 McGarry, Patsy A8 McGinn, Pat A30 McGuire, Eamon A9 McKeon, Clare A16 McMahon, Sean A13 Merriman, Brian A24 Mhac an tSaoi, Máire A24 Mills, Richard A29 Moore, Katherine A14 Morrow, Alan A29 Murphy, Ann A32 Murphy, Brendan A23 Murphy, Colin A8, A22-23 Murphy, Judy May A21 Murray, Gerard A25 Nagle, Con A26 Ní Lamhna, Éanna A21 ní Laoghaire, Ide A26 Nordass, Geoff A9 Ó hAllmhuráin, Gearóid A19 Ó hEithir, Breandán A19 O’Brien, Brendan A19, A25 O’Brien, Deborah A11 O’Brien, Mary A12 O’Carroll, Brendan A14 O’Connor, Christy A27 O’Connor, Frank A24 O’Connor, Niamh A31 O’Connor, Niamh A32 O’Connor, Ulick A10 O’Dea, Donal A22-23 O’Donnell, Daniel A10 O’Donnell, Ruan A19 O’Dowd, Niall A9 O’Driscoll, Eileen A15

O’Keeffe, Padraig A9 O’Kelly, Seumas A13 O’Leary, Olivia A25 O’Shea, Owen A25 O’Toole, Joe A10 O’Keeffe, Eroline A31 Parkes, Louise A27 Pavloff, Franck A14 Pearson, Peter A6 Pierce, Nicola A7, A9 Power, Frances A29 Preston, Pat A30 Quinn, Feargal A12 Quinn, John A9 Redican, Sue A29 Reichental, Tomi A7 Richardson, Neil A17 Riegel, Ralph A9, A27, A32 Rieley, Abigail A31 Rowley, Eddie A6 Rowley, Eddie A7 Roy, James A26 Ryan, Paul A21 Sheridan, Michael A32 Shiel, Michael A18 Shortt, Pat A21 Siggins, Gerard A27, A28 Simms, George Otto A11, A20 Slavin, Michael A27 Snell, Gordon A16 Somers, Dermot A18 Stagles, Joan A30 Stagles, Ray A29, A30 Sweeney, Eamonn A19, A27 Thomson, George L A16 Todd, Loreto A11, A26 Tonge, Jonathan A25 Touher, Patrick A10 Travers, Jane A16 Vance, Rob A30 Walsh, Brendan A12 Watson, Philip A30 Webb, Mary A26 White Lennon, Biddy A15, A16 Wilde, Oscar A13 Will, Gavin A17 Williams, Paul A31 Zappone, Katherine A8

A note from the publisher Our 2011-2012 catalogue is the biggest and most diverse in our 37 years. Despite the difficult economic climate, O’Brien Press has been bucking the trend by showing a profit for each of the last three years. Our recent titles have also received great acclaim, including Neil Richardson’s A Coward If I Return, A Hero If I Fall which picked up the coveted non-fiction award at the Irish Book Awards in 2010 – a great start for a first-time author.

New titles include Gavin Will’s The Great Atlantic Air Race, chronicling the historic scramble to cross the Atlantic, Máire Mhac an tSaoi’s The Miraculous Parish, a celebration of the work of Ireland’s finest living female poet, and Tweet Treats, an innovative collection of recipes tweeted by the great and the good. And let’s not forget biographies of Belsen survivor Tomi Reichenthal, political champion Tony Gregory and X-Factor sensation Mary Byrne – page-turners all. Oh, and 2012 will see James Joyce’s Dubliners added to our list, with our edition selected for Dublin: One City, One Book. Welcome home, James!

Creativity blooms for our authors, illustrators and staff.

Michael O’Brien, Publisher TITLE INDEX 1960s, The A23 2nd feckin’ book of Irish Slang that makes a holy show of the first one, The A23 Abbeylara A31 Afraid of the Dark A32 After the Celtic Tiger A12 After the Wake A13 All Hell Will Break Loose A9 Ambassadors on Horseback A27 And That Was ... Derek Davis A25 Aran Islands, The A30 Babyface Goes to Hollywood A8 Best of Irish Festive Cooking A15 Best of Irish Home Baking A15 Best of Irish Meat Recipes A15 Best of Irish Potato Recipes A15 Best of Irish Soups A15 Best of Irish Traditional Cooking A15 Best-Loved Yeats A24 Between the Mountains and the Sea A6 Bewitched Land, A A28 Big Book of Simplex Crosswords, The A12 Black Widow, The A31 Blasket Island Guide, The A29 Blasket Islands, The A30 Blood Upon the Rose A17 book of deadly Irish Quotations some smart fecker in the pub is always blatherin’ on about, The A23 book of feckin’ Irish Slang that’s great craic for cute hoors and bowsies, The A23 Book of Feckin’ Irish Trivia, The A22 book of Irish Songs yer oul’ fella always sang when he was jarred at a hooley, The A23 book of luvely Irish Recipes yer ma useta make when you were a little gurrier, The A23 Break-Out! A32 Brendan the Navigator A20 Brian Boru A17 Bridge of Children’s Books, A A10 Brown Morning A14 Butler’s Pantry, The A16 Castles of Ireland A29 Celtic Book of Days A11 Celtic Decorative Art A11 Celtic Magic Tales A11 Celtic Names for Children A11 Celtic Names for Children A26 Celtic Tales of Enchantment A11 Celtic Way of Life A11 Celtic Way of Life A20

Chisellers, The A14 Commando A9 Coward if I Return, A Hero if I Fall, A A17 Cracking Crime A32 Crazy Love A13 Croagh Patrick A29 Crosaire A12 Crowning the Customer A12 Cures, Hoors and Floating Voters A21 De Valera in America A18 Deadlines and D**kheads A14 Death in December A32 Death on the Hill A31 Deep Deception A31 Dirty Dozen, The A28 Discover Cork A30 Discover Waterford A30 Dublin City of Literature A28 Dublin Documentary, A A24 Dublin Wit A21 Dublinia A18 Easter Rising, The A29 Emotional Cook, The A16 Endurance A18 Enemy of the Empire A9 Exploring Newgrange A20 Exploring the Book of Kells A11 Exploring the Book of Kells A20 Exploring the Spanish Armada A20 Exploring the World of Colmcille A20 Eyewitness A23 Fatal Journey A31 Fear of the Collar A10 feckin’ book of Irish Insults for gobdaws as thick as manure and only half as useful, The A23 Feckin’ Book of Bankers, Builders, Blaggers and Bowsies that Banjaxed the Nation, The A23 Feckin’ book of Everything Irish, The A22 Feckin’ book of Irish History for anyone who hasn’t been paying attention for the last 30,000 years, The A22 Feckin’ Book of Irish Love, The A22 feckin’ book of Irish Sayings for when you go on the batter with a shower of savages, The A23 feckin’ book of Irish Sex & Love that’s not fit for dacent people’s eyes, The A23 Fire In His Head, A A11 First Citizen A8 Follow Your Dream A10

Fond Memory A26 Food to Love A16 Four Roads to Dublin A6 Freedom of Angels A10 Gangland A31 Gap of the North, The A30 General, The A31 Giant’s Causeway, The A30 Golden Book – Belfast, The A29 Golden Book – Ireland, The A29 Golden Book of Dublin, The A29 Grand National, The A27 Granny, The A14 Great Atlantic Air Race, The A17 Great Irish WritingThe Best from The Bell A13 Green English A26 Guinness Story, The A17 Gunrunners A18 Haunted Land, A A28 Heirs to the Kingdom A25 Hidden Soldier A9 History’s Daughter A8 Holy Smoke! A21 Holy Terrors A9 Hostage A31 I Was Boy in Belsen A7 I Will in me Politics A21 In The Blood A27 Insider A7 iPaddy A22 Ireland )Glorious Landscapes A23 Ireland Painted A30 Irish Bride’s Survival Guide, The A26 Irish Cooking A16 Irish Gardener’s Handbook, The A26 Irish Love Poems A24 Irish Stone Walls A6 Irish Voice, An A9 Irish Wit A21 Irish Writers Against War A14 Island Stories A14 Joe Cahill A9 Joey Dunlop A27 John Charles McQuaid A9 Joy, The A31 Kathleen Clarke A8 Kerry Walks A32 Kicking and Screaming A25 Kinane A27 Kings of September A27 Lansdowne Road A27 Last Man Standing A27 Leabhar Mòr, An A24 Legendary Ireland A28 Life Sentence A32 Long War, The A25 Looking Under Stones A10

Magic of Celtic Spirituality, The A30 Magic of Ireland, The A30 Magic of Pagan Ireland, The A30 Mammy, The A14 Mean Streets A31 Midnight Court, The A24 Miraculous Parish, The A24 Misadventures in Motherhood A10 Miseducation Years, The A15 Most Famous Irish People You’ve Never Heard Of, The A8 Mother from Hell A9 Mothers A10 Mournes Walks, The A32 Muck and Merlot A10 Munster Hurling Legends A27 No Ordinary Women A18 Nothing to Declare A32 Now That’s What I Call A Big Feckin’ Irish Book A22 O’Brien Pocket History of The Irish Famine A19 O’Brien Pocket History of Gaelic Sport A19 O’Brien Pocket History of Ireland A19 O’Brien Pocket History of Irish Rebels A19 O’Brien Pocket History of Irish Saints A19 O’Brien Pocket History of Irish Traditional Music A19 O’Brien Pocket History of Irish Writers A19 O’Brien Pocket History of the IRA A19 O’Brien Pocket History of the Troubles A19 Oliver St. John Gogarty A10 On The Road A10 Orange Mocha-Chip Frappuccino Years, The A15 Orange Order, The A18 Our Joe A7 Our Lives Out Loud A8 Paróiste Míorúilteach, An A24 Party Animals A25 People, Politics and Power A25 Perfect Name for your Baby, The A26 Peter Pearson’s Decorative Dublin A6 Picture of Dorian Gray, The A13 Politicians and Other Animals A25 Power Game, The A25 PS ... I Scored the Bridesmaids A15 Quiet Revolution, The A18

Raiders of the Caribbean A28 Reading the Water A8 Red is the Rose A24 Rhyming Irish Cookbook, The A16 Rose of Tralee, The A18 Rowan Gillespie - Looking for Orion A6 Rules of the Road A26 Saint Patrick A20 Same Age as the State, The A7 Scrapper, The A14 Selling Your Home A26 SIMPLEX Crosswords from The Irish Times A12 Single Obsession A13 Sinn Féin A25 Sinn Féin and the SDLP A25 Skellig Story, The A30 Sold into Marriage A10 Stakeknife A25 Staying the Distance A9 Stolen Village, The A18 Stone Buildings A6 Stone Heart A13 Strong Words, Brave Deeds A10 Stuff Irish People Love A22 Sudoku Solved A12 ‘S’ Word, The A26 Take a Break in Ireland A30 Tales from the Home Farm A8 Teenage Dirtbag Years, The A15 Terence MacSwiney A8 There’s an Egg in my Soup ... A8 This is My Life A6 Three Kings A27 Tony Gregory A7 Trading Paces A8 Traditional Irish Recipes A16 Tumbling in the Hay A13 Tweet Treats A16 Vet Among the Pigeons A7 Vet on the Loose A7 Weaver’s Grave, The A13 Wee Book of Irish Wit and Malarkey, The A21 West Cork Walks A32 West Cork: A Place Apart A29 West of Ireland Walks A32 What are we feckin’ like? A22 When Love Comes to Town A13 Wild Dublin A21 Wild Irish Women A8 Will to Win, The A9 Wit of Oscar Wilde, The A21 Young Tigers and Mongrel Foxes A9 Your Dinner’s Poured Out A7 Your life only a Gazillion times better A21

... NEW BOOKS ... NEW BOOKS ...

BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR: PAGE A7

I Was A Boy in Belsen

Tony Gregory

This is My Life

TOMI REICHENTAL

ROBBIE GILLIGAN

ISBN 978-1-84717-227-3 14.99 pb

ISBN 978-1-84717-226-6 19.99 pb

MARY BYRNE WITH EDDIE ROWLEY

FOOD/DRINK: PAGE A16

Food to Love

Tweet Treats

EDWARD HAYDEN

JANE TRAVERS

ISBN 978-1-84717-246-4 24.99 hb

ISBN 978-1-84717-302-7 7.99 pb

ISBN 978-1-84717-310-2 16.99 pb

HISTORY: PAGE A17

GRAPHIC NOVEL: PAGE A17

The Great Atlantic Air Race

Brian Boru

GAVIN WILL

ISBN 978-1-84717-284-6 12.99 pb

ISBN 978-1-84717-231-0 19.99 hb

DAMIEN GOODFELLOW

HUMOUR: PAGE A22

Stuff Irish People Love COLIN MURPHY AND DONAL O’DEA ISBN 978-1-84717-285-3 12.99 hb

The Feckin’ Book of Bankers, Builders, Blaggers and Bowsies that Banjaxed the Nation

Now That’s What I Call a Big Feckin’ Irish Book

COLIN MURPHY AND DONAL O’DEA

ISBN 978-1-84717-251-8 12.95 hb

ISBN 978-1-84717-241-8 6.95 hb

A4

COLIN MURPHY AND DONAL O’DEA

... NEW BOOKS ... NEW BOOKS ...

PHOTOGRAPHY: PAGE A23

POETRY: PAGE A24

The 1960s: Ireland in Pictures LENSMEN ARCHIVE

Red is the Rose A Book of Irish Love Poems

An Paróiste Míorúilteach/ The Miraculous Parish

ISBN 978-1-84717-303-4 14.99 pb

ISBN 978-1-84717-236-5 7.99 hb

THE COLLECTED POEMS

Máire Mhac an tSaoi ISBN 978-1-84717-300-3 24.99 hb

POLITICS: PAGE A25

TRAVEL: PAGE A28

Heirs to the Kingdom Kerry’s Political Dynasties

The Blasket Island Guide

Dublin City of Literature

OWEN O’SHEA

MURIEL BOLGER

RAY STAGLES AND SUE REDICAN

ISBN 978-1-84717-228-0 11.99 pb

ISBN 978-1-84717-248-8 12.99 pb

ISBN 978-1-84717-216-7 5.99 pb

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ARCHITECTURE/ART BESTSELLER

Between the Mountains and the Sea

BESTSELLER

Peter Pearson

The fifth edition of this bestseller includes a new full-colour introduction which examines the dramatic changes to Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown county over the last ten years. Illustrated with over 700 photographs, old prints, new maps and historic etchings.

A feast for the eye, celebrating the city’s decorative surfaces in ironwork, brickwork, stone, glass, plaster; its fanlights, doors and windows. Peter Pearson describes the rich and abundant decorative details that combine to make Dublin a visually rich and historically textured city. Illustrated throughout with over 100 photos.

416 pages/photographs, maps ISBN 978-0-86278-977-0 19.99 hb/Rights available W

160 pages/full colour/ 19.99 hb ISBN 978-0-86278-784-4 /Rights available W

Rowan Gillespie - Looking for Orion

Four Roads to Dublin

Roger Kohn

A History of Rathmines, Ranelagh and Leeson Street Deirdre Kelly

A fascinating glimpse into the world of renowned Irish sculptor Rowan Gillespie.

A highly illustrated, sensitively designed book which provides an insight into the creative process as well as an alluring catalogue of Rowan’s work.

A fascinating journey through the rich history, streetscape, architecture and lives of the famous inhabitants of Dublin’s most important eighteenth- and nineteenth-century suburbs. Illustrated with maps, photos and drawings.

160 pages/illustrations ISBN 978-1-84717-076-7 30.00 pb Rights available W(EL)

ACK APERB NEW P BESTSELLER

256 pages/photographs, maps ISBN 978-0-86278-702-8 14.99 pb Rights available W

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Irish Stone Walls History, Building, Conservation Patrick McAfee

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A unique guide to Ireland’s famous stone walls, from a master stone-mason. The variety and beauty of traditional walls and buildings is explained, alongside step-by-step instructions on building your own stone walls.

176 pages/illustrations ISBN 978-1-84717-234-1 17.99 pb Rights available W

Stone Buildings Conservation, Restoration, History Patrick McAfee

The follow-up book to the best-selling Irish Stone Walls. Describes how to build, conserve and renovate stone buildings using authentic, age-old techniques, including lime mortars, lime washes and other finishes.

224 pages/illustrations ISBN 978-1-84717-210-5 19.99 pb Rights available W

BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR NEW This is My Life Mary Byrne with Eddie Rowley

The remarkable life of Mary Byrne, including her early days and first signs of singing talent, her family life in Dublin, her life-changing experience on X-Factor, and subsequent success including the X-Factor tour, release of her first solo album, ‘Mine and Yours', and performing with Neil Diamond at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

256 pages photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-310-2 16.99 pb Rights available W

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Peter Pearson’s Decorative Dublin

Peter Pearson

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I Was Boy in Belsen

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Tony Gregory

Tomi Reichental with Nicola Pierce

Robbie Gilligan

Tomi Reichental, who lost 35 members of his family in the Holocaust and was the subject of the documentary ‘Till The Tenth Generation’, gives his account of being imprisoned as a child at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

The biography of a true Irish political legend, who made his name as a grass-roots community activist and went on to hold the balance of power in Ireland. A politician of rare integrity and passion, he helped to lift his people from poverty and neglect.

320 pages ISBN: 978-1-84717-227-3 14.99 pb Rights available W

224 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-226-6 19.99 pb Rights available W

Our Joe Joe Dolan by the People who Knew him Best Eddie Rowley

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Paddy Crosbie

Dublin 1913 to 1930, a tumultuous and exciting time in the city’s history. Paddy Crosbie catches that tumult and conveys that excitement in this childhood memoir of city life. A cast of brilliant characters surround the young Crosbie, all vividly etched into hilarious life. Here is a born storyteller.

A treasure trove of memories of Joe Dolan: the showbiz legend, family man, friend and devil-may-care character who never forgot his roots despite finding fame and wealth beyond his dreams.

Featuring Ben Dolan, Larry Gogan, Brian D’Arcy, Finbar Furey, Daniel O’Donnell and many more.

224 pages ISBN: 978-1-84717-304-1 9.99 pb Rights available W

368 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-275-4 11.99 pb/Rights available W

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Your Dinner’s Poured Out

Vet on the Loose

Vet Among the Pigeons

Gillian Hick

Gillian Hick

A highly amusing account of the author’s work as a vet in Dublin and in the wilds of County Wicklow. As well as animals and their ailments, she has to contend with matchmaking mothers and macho farmers who want to know ‘where is the real vet?’

A great variety of stories from the everyday life of a vet. Six-foot-long snakes, hefty bulls, tiny kittens, strange birds – and sometimes even stranger humans – they’re all here in a humorous, entertaining collection.

256 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-925-1 11.95 pb Rights available W

256 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-208-2 11.99 pb Rights available W

Insider Gerry Bradley’s Life in the IRA Gerry Bradley with Brian Feeney

For the first time, an IRA activist tells his life story without approval from the IRA. He first got involved as a young Belfast teenager after threats to his home, then became a serious activist with the IRA. 360 pages/photographs 9.99 pb ISBN 978-1-84717-258-7 Rights available W

BESTSELLER

The Same Age as the State Máire Cruise O'Brien

An eloquent and elegant memoir, spanning eighty-one years of the remarkable life of Máire Cruise O’Brien – poet, scholar and diplomat. ‘Like all good books, it becomes an instant friend and one is impatient to return to its pages.’

THE IRISH TIMES

376 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-885-8/ 17.95 pb ISBN 978-0-86278-799-8/ 24.95 hb Rights available W Rights sold US/CAN

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Terence MacSwiney

History’s Daughter

The Hunger Strike that Rocked an Empire Dave Hannigan

Máire MacSwiney Brugha

A gripping, dramatic and poignant account of one man’s courageous stand against the might of an empire.

336 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-182-5 14.99 pb Rights available W

Wild Irish Women Extraordinary Lives from History Marian Broderick

320 pages/photographs 14.95 pb ISBN 978-0-86278-986-2 Rights available W

The Most Famous Irish People You’ve Never Heard Of Colin Murphy

A marvellous collection of over seventy biographies, detailing the lives of extraordinary women from Ireland’s past – from patriots to pirates, warriors to writers and mistresses to male impersonators.

Irish people have left their mark on virtually every corner of the globe. This fascinating book tells the stories of the Irish who are justly celebrated in their adopted homelands, but virtually unknown in Ireland.

368 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-780-6 12.95 pb

424 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-163-4 12.99 pb Rights available W

First Citizen

Our Lives Out Loud

Mary McAleese and the Irish Presidency Patsy McGarry

In Pursuit of Justice and Equality Katherine Zappone & Ann Louise Gilligan

The remarkable story of a girl from Catholic West Belfast who became President of Ireland. Explores her achievements at home, including her involvement in the peace process, and her profile abroad. With family and formal photographs.

Recounts the love relationship of these two women who took a case for equality in marital recognition to the Irish Supreme Court.

320 pages/full colour/ 24.99 hb ISBN 978-1-84717-087-3/Rights available W

312 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-066-8 24.99 hb Rights available W

Trading Paces

Tales from the Home Farm

From Rat Race to Hen Run Michael Kelly

Live More, Spend Less, Grow Your Own Food!

Michael Kelly

Michael Kelly and his wife were classic Celtic Cubs: now living happily in a leaky cottage in Dunmore East. A humorous and inspiring account of the ups and downs of letting go of the Tiger.

An invaluable guide to self-sufficiency at home – including growing your own food, cooking, storing, keeping animals, and lots more, dispensed with humour and tales of the author’s own successes and failures!

232 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-070-5 9.99 pb/Rights available W

400 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-168-9 14.99 pb Rights available W

Babyface Goes to Hollywood

Kathleen Clarke

Fighters, Mobsters & Film Stars: The Jimmy McLarnin Story Andrew Gallimore

Revolutionary Woman Kathleen Clarke

Jimmy McLarnin, ‘The Baby-Faced Assassin’, embodied the American Dream – an Irish immigrant rising to be one of the Depression era’s greatest attractions. A true, rags-to-riches story.

320 pages/photographs/ 11.99 pb ISBN 978-1-84717-116-0/Rights available W

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An intimate memoir from the only child of Terence MacSwiney, who died on hunger strike in 1920. Máire recalls her early childhood in Germany, her life in Ireland and her marriage to the son of Cathal Brugha. Includes rare photos, letters and documents.

A unique first-hand account of the most exciting period in Irish history. Widow, mother, revolutionary and Lord Mayor, this is the inside story of 1916, which Kathleen Clarke helped to plan alongside her husband, Tom Clarke.

368 pages/photographs/ 12.99 pb ISBN 978-1-84717-059-0/Rights available W

There’s an Egg in my Soup ...

Reading the Water

and other adventures of an Irishman in Poland Tom Galvin

A Life Spent Fishing Darryl Grimason

Queues for groceries, unfathomable bus timetables, inexplicable traditions and truly bizarre soup – Poland in the 1990s, viewed through the eyes of this Irish resident, was a very strange place indeed!

TV presenter Darryl Grimason conveys the passion for fishing that has inspired him since boyhood. From angling for wild brown trout on Lough Corrib to the capture of a Giant Bluefin Tuna off Donegal, his enthusiasm for the subject is infectious.

272 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-048-4 9.95 pb/Rights available W

224 pages/drawings/ISBN 978-0-86278-914-5 19.95 hb/Rights available W

The Will to Win

Staying the Distance

Seán Boylan with John Quinn

Ronnie Delany

The story of manager Seán Boylan who made Meath a potent force in Gaelic Football – winning four All-Ireland titles.

In 1956 Ronnie Delany won the gold medal in the 1500m Olympic final in Melbourne, setting a new Olympic record in the process. The life and career of one of Ireland’s best-loved sportsmen written in his own engaging style.

288 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-004-0 24.95 hb Rights available W

208 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-044-6/ 14.95 pb ISBN 978-0-86278-975-6/ 24.95 hb Rights available W

Hidden Soldier

Commando

An Irish Legionnaire’s Wars from Bosnia to Iraq Padraig O’Keeffe with Ralph Riegel

A Royal Marine’s Story The Falklands – Northern Ireland – Iraq Geoff Nordass with Ralph Riegel

The extraordinary story of life and training in the French Foreign Legion, UN and NATO missions in Cambodia and Bosnia, and security work in the killing fields of Iraq and Haiti.

The life of a Royal Marine Commando, with postings in Hong Kong and Northern Ireland and dangerous frontline action in the Falklands war and in Iraq. Other activities include security to Mohammed Al-Fayed.

400 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-032-3/ 9.99 pb Rights available W

360 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-162-7 11.99 pb/Rights available W

All Hell Will Break Loose

Young Tigers and Mongrel Foxes

Austin Currie

A Life in Politics Paddy Harte

The fascinating story of the life and work of a veteran of Irish and Northern Irish politics.

Currie gives a behind-the-scenes account of the people and the events that changed the history of Northern Ireland, as well as telling how violence was visited upon his own family.

A frank account by the former Fine Gael TD. Tells of Harte’s efforts to bring about peace in Northern Ireland, and his role in the creation of a memorial in Belgium to the Irish who died in World War l.

464 pages/photographs/ 22.99 hb ISBN 978-0-86278-815-5/Rights available W

360 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-865-0/ 24.95 hb Rights available W

Joe Cahill

Enemy of the Empire

A Life in the IRA Brendan Anderson

Life as an International Undercover IRA Activist Eamon McGuire

A unique inside story from a lifelong member of the IRA, revealing the workings of this paramilitary organisation over the past sixty years.

432 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-101-6 12.95 pb Rights available W

Eamon McGuire’s IRA activities forced him to go on the run, hiding in remote parts of Africa.

Captured by the CIA, he spent several years in various prisons in South Africa, Ireland and the US. 312 pages/photographs/ 11.95 pb ISBN 978-0-86278-909-1/Rights available W

Mother from Hell

Holy Terrors

Two Brothers. A Sadistic Mother.

A Childhood Destroyed Ken Doyle & Patrick Doyle with Nicola Pierce

Michael Clemenger

The harrowing tale of two brothers subjected to deprivation, beatings and humiliation at the hands of their own mother, which continued despite numerous official reports of abuse from social workers and health boards .

Chilling, passionate and unflinching, this is the story of how one boy survived the terrors of Ireland’s notorious institutions and made a real life for himself.

256 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-143-6 11.99 pb/Rights available W/Rights sold B/Cx IR

‘Harrowing’ The Kingdom 424 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-187-0 11.99 pb Rights available W

An Irish Voice

John Charles McQuaid

Niall O’Dowd

Ruler of Catholic Ireland John Cooney

The remarkable account of an Irish emigrant to the US who became a publisher, a leading advocate for immigration reform, played a pivotal role in the Northern Ireland peace process, and became known as ‘the authentic voice of the Irish in America’.

‘An outstanding book’ Tim Pat Coogan 320 pages/photographs/ 12.99 pb ISBN 978-1-84717-223-5/Rights available W

An important and revealing biography of the enigmatic cleric whose iron rule influenced all aspects of life in Ireland for three decades.

576 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-811-7 19.99 pb Rights available W Rights sold US/CAN

A9

Muck and Merlot

Misadventures in Motherhood

A book about food, wine and muddy boots Tom Doorley

Life with The Small Girl, The Boy and The Toddler Fiona Looney

Tom Doorley interweaves stories of his life and career as food and wine writer, uncorking hard-earned wisdom on the growing and consuming of food, wine and environmental matters.

352 pages/illustrations ISBN 978-0-86278-804-9 19.95 hb/Rights available W

224 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-929-9 11.95 pb/Rights Available W

On The Road

Follow Your Dream

Shay Healy

Daniel O’Donnell

Go ‘on the road’ with Shay, ride pillion with Roy Rogers, sing in Tammy Wynette’s bath, admire the Picasso in Andy Williams’s loo. Meet Johnny Cash and a host of other fellow travellers that Shay Healy has interviewed as an entertainer, songwriter, TV host and documentary filmmaker.

Daniel’s memories, hopes, ambitions, regrets and dreams. He talks about the early years, his success, and the things in life that mean most to him. Now updated to include Daniel’s account of his wedding day, complete with previously unseen photographs.

304 pages/photographs/ISBN 978-0-86278-949-7 12.95 pb/Rights available W

176 pages/B&W & colour photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-872-8 14.95 pb/Rights available W

Fear of the Collar

Freedom of Angels

My Terrifying Childhood in Artane Patrick Touher

Surviving Goldenbridge Orphanage Bernadette Fahy

Patrick Touher recounts the physical and sexual abuse perpetrated by the brutal Christian Brothers who ran Artane Industrial School for boys in the 1940s.

Bernadette Fahy describes the harsh regime at Goldenbridge Orphanage and its effects on her life as a child and thereafter.

288 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-727-1 11.00 pb Rights available W/Rights sold BC x IR, EU (EL)

224 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-595-6 10.95 pb Rights available W

Sold into Marriage

Mothers

One Girl’s Living Nightmare Sean Boyne

Memories from Famous Daughters & Sons Compiled by UNICEF Ireland

The true story of a sixteen-year-old Irish girl sold by her father to an elderly farmer for money, a Morris Mini car and the promise of land. A shocking account of cruelty, greed and chauvinism in 1970s Ireland.

Famous sons and daughters remember their mothers. Contributors include: Jean Kennedy Smith, Mo Mowlam, Bertie Ahern and Seamus Heaney. Introduction by Liam Neeson.

192 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-581-9/ 11.99 pb Rights available W

176 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-605-2 12.69 pb/Rights available W

Strong Words, Brave Deeds

Looking Under Stones

The Poetry, Life and Times of Thomas O’Brien, Volunteer in the Spanish Civil War Ed. H. Gustav Klaus

Roots, Family and a Dingle Childhood Joe O’Toole

Tom O’Brien (1914–1974) was co-founder of The O’Brien Press, and also father, poet and soldier. The story of his eventful life and times.

A10

A heartwarming, funny and often moving account of the tiny triumphs, epic disasters and everyday adventures of eight years of child-rearing. For parents, grandparents, aunties and uncles everywhere.

Former senator Joe O’Toole’s witty and engaging recollections of growing up in Dingle in the 1950s.

272 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-376-1 20.30 hb/Rights available W

‘A joy to read.’THE IRISH TIMES 320 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-935-0/ 14.95 pb Rights available W

A Bridge of Children’s Books

Oliver St. John Gogarty

Jella Lepman

Ulick O’Connor

The inspiring autobiography of a remarkable and determined woman, Jella Lepman, founder of the International Youth Library (IYL) and the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY).

An insightful biography of one of Ireland's most exuberent characters: the inspiration for Buck Mulligan in Ulysses, a senator, playwright, champion athlete and surgeon, Gogarty was called ‘one of the greatest lyric poets of the age' by Yeats.

168 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-783-7 14.99 hb Rights available W (EL only)

328 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-597-0 19.99 pb/Rights available W

NCH, IN FRE ABLE IL A E V A AN SE ALSO D JAP AN AN GERM

CELTIC Exploring the Book of Kells

Celtic Book of Days

George Otto Simms Illus. David Rooney

Text selected by Louis de Paor

A world-renowned authority offers a compact, illustrated guide for all ages to an outstanding national treasure.

AWARDS Bisto Book of the Decade Award RAI Special Merit Award

72 pages pb colour plates and B&W illustrations Rights available W English: ISBN 978-1-84717-077-4 9.99 French: ISBN 978-1-84717-109-2 11.99 German: ISBN 978-1-84717-107-8 11.99 Japanese: ISBN 978-1-84717-115-3 14.99

This book of days features the illuminated poetry and prose of the Celts. Each new month brings another ancient Celtic symbol, with an explanation of its importance for the days to come. The book is beautifully designed with stunning illustrations – making it a perfect gift.

136 pages/colour illustrations ISBN 978-1-84717-042-2 9.99 pb Rights available W (EL)

Celtic Tales of Enchantment

Celtic Magic Tales

Liam Mac Uistin Illus. Shane Johnson & Russell Barnett

Liam Mac Uistin Illus. Maria A Negrin

Four fascinating stories from the magical world of ancient Celtic lore about the legendary Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the Fianna.

The rich lore of magic from the ancient Celts fills these stories of the love quest of Mir and Aideen, the adventure of the sons of Tuireann, the mischievous Bricriu, and the famous love epic of Deirdre.

96 pages/illustrated ISBN 978-0-86278-692-2 4.99 pb Rights available W

96 pages/illustrated ISBN 978-0-86278-341-9 4.99 pb Rights available W

Celtic Decorative Art

Celtic Way of Life

A Living Tradition Deborah O’Brien

Curriculum Development Unit Illus. Josip Lizatovic (plus photos)

Decorative arts in the Celtic culture are world-renowned for their beauty, intricacy and symbolism. This new book uses many of the ancient sources as inspiration, creating new patterns and designs which will both inspire and encourage readers. Includes a concise history of the Celts and their art, from ancient times to today.

How the Celts lived in ancient Ireland – their houses, food, weapons, beliefs and pagan festivals and rituals. A concise introduction to a fascinating period in Ireland’s history.

96 pages/illustrations, photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-563-5 6.99 pb Rights available W

80 pages/full colour ISBN 978-0-86278-598-7 12.95 pb Rights available W

Celtic Names for Children

A Fire In His Head

Loreto Todd

Stories of Wandering Aengus Loreto Todd

A dictionary of over 2,000 Celtic names from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany. It gives the origin and meaning of each name, plus traditional stories, myths or poems for selected names. A pronunciation guide is included.

192 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-676-2 9.99 pb Rights available W

An intriguing fusion of myth, legend and adventure centred on the quest of Aengus but incorporating numerous other stories, such as the voyage of Maeldún and the doomed love of Deirdre and Naoise.

272 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-757-8 9.99 pb Rights available W

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LL TSE

BUSINESS

ER

Crowning the Customer

After the Celtic Tiger

How to become Customer-Driven Feargal Quinn

Challenges Ahead Peter Clinch, Frank Convery, Brendan Walsh

An essential and practical business guide on how to keep your customers coming back for more, from one of Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs.

An international bestseller.

160 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-952-7 13.95 pb Rights available W Rights sold AR • CH • DA • G •FI • I • J • KO • RU • SP • SW • TH • US

Economic and environmental experts Clinch et al propose strategies to successfully tackle our changing economic circumstances.

This book is a must for anybody interested in Ireland’s future on a broad economic front.

208 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-767-7 15.00 pb Rights available W

CROSSWORDS & PUZZLES

The Big Book of Simplex Crosswords From The Irish Times Mary O’Brien

SIMPLEX 1 and 2, in one volume! Get your brain in gear with this bumper collection of the ever-popular crossword from The Irish Times. Twice as many crosswords to give you twice as much entertainment!

288 pages/ISBN 978-1-84717-179-5 9.99 pb Rights available W

SIMPLEX Crosswords from The Irish Times Mary O’Brien

Hugely popular, with a regular following, these are the perfect fix for crossword addicts. All six books have 144 pages and sixty crosswords.

Crosaire 120 Crosswords from The Irish Times Derek Crozier

The only book for those who just can’t get enough of Derek Crozier’s famous puzzles: 120 crosswords to challenge the sharpest mind.

288 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-183-2 9.99 pb Rights available W

A12

All priced at 6.99 pb SIMPLEX 1: ISBN 978-0-86278-192-7 SIMPLEX 2: ISBN 978-0-86278-226-9 SIMPLEX 3: ISBN 978-0-86278-260-3 SIMPLEX 4: ISBN 978-0-86278-409-6 SIMPLEX 5: ISBN 978-0-86278-565-9 SIMPLEX 6: ISBN 978-0-86278-669-4 Rights available W

Sudoku Solved John Kennedy

Step-by-step techniques and previously unpublished tips in an easy to use and entertaining manner, supported with a worked example. There are also sixty puzzles, graded from easy to fiendish. In case you are feeling a little brain-dead, there are even puzzles for kids of all ages!

160 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-959-6 7.95 pb Rights available W

FICTION The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde

Widely regarded as Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece, this classic work of gothic horror fiction is given a new look, with intriguing illustrations, quotable quotes and contemporaneous reviews. ‘a poisonous book ... its effeminate frivolity, its studied insincerity, its theatrical cynicism, its tawdry mysticism ...

Everything in the book is a sham.’ The Daily Chronicle ‘An excellent story. Mr Wilde’s work may fairly claim to go with that of Edgar Poe ... A vivid, carefully considered, exposure of the corruption of a soul.’ Walter Pater, The Bookman ‘a wonderful book’ W B Yeats 320 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-214-3 6.99 pb Rights available W

After the Wake

Tumbling in the Hay

Brendan Behan

Oliver St. John Gogarty

Collected stories, including previously unpublished material.

The rowdy, exuberant lifestyle of a young medical student in Dublin, as enjoyed by Gogarty at the turn of the last century. A fascinating and witty insight into the period and the city.

‘Lets us see, once again, we had a genius among us’ SUNDAY INDEPENDENT 160 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-031-9 11.99 pb Rights available W Rights sold G • DU

352 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-472-0 10.15 pb Rights available W

Great Irish Writing The Best from The Bell

The Weaver’s Grave

Ed. Sean McMahon

O’Kelly’s masterpiece, The Weaver’s Grave, and a selection of his short stories.

Extracts from The Bell, Ireland’s foremost literary magazine. Includes the work of Patrick Kavanagh, Flann O’Brien, Brendan Behan, Frank O’Connor and others.

Seumas O’Kelly

‘This is storytelling at its best. All the elements are here: love, pathos, humour, suspense’ THE BLOOMSBURY REVIEW

192 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-046-3 7.61 pb Rights available W

144 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-152-1 5.02 pb Rights available W

When Love Comes to Town

Crazy Love

Tom Lennon

This humorous and original book deals honestly with the emotional crises faced by a gay teenager in modern Dublin.

192 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-361-7 9.95 pb Rights available W Rights sold DA • DU • SP

Tom Lennon

A gritty novel of the dual lifestyle of a successful high-flyer who seems to have it all – great job, fast car, beautiful wife and child – but who is also, secretly, an active homosexual.

240 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-560-4 8.88 pb Rights available W

Stone Heart

Single Obsession

Des Ekin

Des Ekin

The secrets of the past have deadly consequences, as journalist Tara Ross discovers in her hunt for a brutal murderer. A fast-paced psychological thriller.

A prominent politician stands accused of homicide. A psychiatrist’s life is threatened. An investigative journalist is forced to put his career on the line. But where is the link?

448 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-584-0 7.61 pb Rights available W

480 pages ISBN 978-0-86278585-7 8.88 pb Rights available W

A13

Island Stories

Deadlines and D**kheads

Tales and Legends from the West Curriculum Development Unit

Anne Gildea

Mary McNice lives life at a gallop but feels like an also-ran. She's tired of faking ‘attitude' for her weekly column, of trying to keep up with what's Hot and what's NOT. Even her lover has another lover on the side. Something's got to change!

A play, stories and folklore from JM Synge, Maurice O’Sullivan and Thomas and Liam O’Flaherty.

80 pages/illustrations ISBN 978-0-86278-117-0 6.34 pb Rights available W

Irish Writers Against War Eds. Conor Kostick & Katherine Moore

224 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-963-3/ 12.95 pb Rights available IR (EL only), all other languages W Rights sold RU

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Brown Morning Franck Pavloff

This anthology of prose and poetry from leading Irish writers is an impassioned stand against war. Writers include Roddy Doyle, Peter Sheridan and Seamus Heaney. Preface by Brian Friel.

The unsettling story of Charlie and his friend, who live in France during a time marked by the rise of an extreme totalitarian regime: the Brown State.

Includes the original French text.

Royalties to the Irish Anti-War Movement.

144 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-825-4 10.00 pb Rights available W (EL)

Award-winner: IDI Design award

32 pages/illustrations ISBN 978-0-86278-838-4 4.95 pb Rights available IR • US/CAN (EL only) Rights sold US/CAN

BRENDAN O’CARROLL’S HILARIOUS ‘MRS BROWNE’ TRILOGY The Mammy Brendan O’Carroll

The life and times, joys and sorrows of Agnes Browne, mother of all the Brownes.

A book of hilarious incidents, glorious characters, and an unruly passion for life. Filmed as Agnes Browne by Anjelica Huston and a hit with audiences worldwide.

Brendan O’Carroll is the star of the BAFTA-nominated Mrs Brown’s Boys TV series and the Good Mourning Mrs Brown stage show, both based on characters in the bestselling ‘Mrs Brown’ Trilogy.

176 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-641-0 9.99 pb Talking book: Two three-hour tapes.

ISBN 978-0-86278-496-6 11.41 Rights available W Rights sold AU/NZ • CH • CZ • DU • F • H • I • IN • J • P • PO • SA • SP • SW • US/CAN • FILM

The Chisellers Brendan O’Carroll

Book 2 of the ‘Mrs Browne’ Trilogy. Continuing the hilarious saga of the ups and downs, minor scrapes and major run-ins of the seven children of Agnes Browne. Full of joy, humour, pathos and Dublinese.

192 pages 9.99 pb/ISBN 978-0-86278-414-0 Rights available W/Rights sold AU/NZ • CH • I • IN • J •PO • SA • SP • US/CAN

The Granny Brendan O’Carroll

Book 3 of the ‘Mrs Browne’ Trilogy. At forty-seven years of age, Agnes, now thirteen years happily widowed, enters the 1980s with a fruit stall in Moore Street, a French lover and seven children …

192 pages/ 9.99 pb ISBN 978-0-86278-489-8 Rights available W Rights sold AU/NZ • CH • I • IN • J •PO • SA • SP • US/CAN

A14

The Scrapper Brendan O’Carroll

Set in the rough world of the Dublin boxing circuit, Brendan introduces a new, largerthan-life character – Sparrow McCabe.

A knockout!

208 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-538-3 9.99 pb Rights available W Rights sold I

IT’S ROSS O’CARROLL-KELLY, ROYSH? The Miseducation Years

The Teenage Dirtbag Years

Paul Howard

Paul Howard

So there I was, roysh, putting the ‘in’ in ‘in crowd’, hanging out, pick of the babes, bills from the old pair to fund the lifestyle I, like, totally deserve. But being a schools rugby legend has its downsides, roysh...

So there I was, roysh, class legend, schools rugby legend, basically all-around legend, when someone decides you can’t, like, sit the Leaving Cert four times. Well that put a focking spanner in the works. I may be beautiful, roysh, but I’m not stupid, and this much I totally know: college rocks!

256 pages/illustrations ISBN 978-0-86278-852-0 9.95 pb Rights available W

272 pages/illustrations ISBN978-0-86278-849-0 9.95 pb/Rights available W

The Orange Mocha-Chip Frappuccino Years

PS ... I Scored the Bridesmaids

Paul Howard

So there I was, roysh, twenty-three years of age, still, like, gorgeous, living off my legend as a schools rugby player, scoring the birds, being the man, when all of a sudden, roysh, life becomes a total mare. Normally my head is so full of, like, thoughts, but now I’m down to just one: Sorcha. I’m playing it Kool and the Gang, but this is basically scary. For fock’s sake, Ross O’Carroll-Kelly doesn’t do love.

So there I was, roysh, enjoying college life, college birds and, like, a major amount of socialising. Then, roysh, the old pair decide to mess everything up for me. I hadn’t, like, changed or treated them any differently, but the next thing I know, roysh, I’m out on the streets. Another focking day in paradise for me!

208 pages/illustrations ISBN 978-0-86278-809-4 9.95 pb/Rights available W/Rights sold RU

Paul Howard

272 pages/illustrations/ISBN 978-0-86278-890-2 9.95 pb/Rights available W

FOOD AND DRINK BEST OF IRISH COOKERY SERIES Best of Irish Traditional Cooking

Best of Irish Potato Recipes

Biddy White Lennon

Biddy White Lennon

Sixty recipes to take you from starters to puddings. Choose from Seafood Chowder, Spiced Beef, Dublin Coddle, Kerry Apple Cakes … and many more.

Over fifty recipes featuring this most versatile vegetable: colcannon, boxty, potato breads and scones, salads and stews.

96 pages/drawings ISBN 978-0-86278-758-5 7.95 pb Rights available W

80 pages/drawings ISBN 978-0-86278-759-2 7.95 pb Rights available W

Best of Irish Home Baking

Best of Irish Soups

Biddy White Lennon

Eileen O’Driscoll

A wide range of breads, scones, tarts, cakes and biscuits is still baked every day in Irish homes. Biddy White Lennon selects over fifty of the most tempting recipes for enthusiastic bakers of every ability.

Forty mouth-watering soups for cold winter days and sunny summer brunches – each one nutritious, delicious and easy to make.

80 pages/drawings ISBN 978-0-86278-807-0 7.95 pb Rights available W

80 pages/drawings ISBN 978-0-86278-760-8 7.95 pb Rights available W

Best of Irish Festive Cooking

Best of Irish Meat Recipes

Biddy White Lennon

Biddy White Lennon

Recipes to celebrate Irish festivals, feast days and special occasions, as well as food for christenings, weddings and wakes.

Fifty inspiring recipes including favourites such as Irish Stew, Michaelmas roast goose, bacon and cabbage; local specialities; recipes from leading Irish chefs.

Delicious and easy to follow.

96 pages/drawings ISBN 978-0-86278-930-5 7.95 pb Rights available W

96 pages/drawings ISBN 978-0-86278-931-2 7.95 pb Rights available W

A15

FOOD AND DRINK NEW

Tweet Treats Jane Travers

Food to Love

NEW

Edward Hayden

Whether you’re looking for something simple and delicious to cook on a week night, light bites for a family get-together or something more elaborate for a dinner party, then you’ll find the perfect recipe here!

Packed with tasty, quick recipes that actually work, all contributed via Twitter and less than 140 characters long. Worldwide contributions, including many high-profile celebrities and a foreword from Marco Pierre White.

All royalties to Médicins sans Frontières.

192 pages/full colour ISBN 978-1-84717-246-4 24.99 hb Rights available W

208 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-302-7 7.99 pb Rights available W

Irish Cooking Biddy White Lennon

A real taste of Ireland in recipes that showcase the fine produce of our pasturelands and seas, traditional home baking, regional specialities and dishes for special occasions. With features on Irish Cheeses and the Irish Pub. 96 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-024-8 All editions 11.99 pb Rights available W (EL)

French-language edition ISBN 978-1-84717-025-5

The Butler’s Pantry

Traditional Irish Recipes

Recipes for All Seasons Eileen Bergin

George L Thomson

This beautiful full-colour cookbook is packed with mouth-watering, easy-to-follow recipes from The Butler’s Pantry. Dishes to enjoy all year round!

192 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-061-3 14.99 hb Rights available W

A16

German-language edition ISBN 978-1-84717-026-2

Simple instructions for over seventy favourite Irish dishes, beautifully presented by an expert calligrapher.

80 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-110-1 6.95 pb Rights available EU/EL

The Emotional Cook

The Rhyming Irish Cookbook

Clare McKeon, Illus. Eva Byrne

Gordon Snell

Cook up food to match your mood, whether you are feeling high or low, need comforting, or feel like celebrating. Exotic healthy eating, meals for all occasions and humorous text make this a new approach to cooking.

Recipes in verse! Enjoyable and memorable. New and traditional dishes, from starters to desserts.

144 pages/colour and B&W illustrations ISBN 978-0-86278-488-1 12.68 pb Rights available W Rights sold CAN

64 pages/B&W illustrations ISBN 978-0-86278-292-4 5.02 pb Rights available W

HISTORY NEW

The Great Atlantic Air Race Gavin Will

The stories of aviators who challenged the Atlantic Ocean between 1919 and the end of the Second World War. It tells how these pioneers lived and, all too often, died in their quest for glory. Heavily illustrated throughout.

232 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-231-0 19.99 hb Rights available W x CAN, all languages

NEW

Brian Boru

Blood Upon the Rose

Ireland’s Warrior King Damien Goodfellow

Easter 1916: The Rebellion that Set Ireland Free Gerry Hunt

The rise of a local chieftain to become High King of Ireland, fighting native and Danish invader alike in a whirlwind of constant conflict. An enthralling graphic novel that breathes new life into Ireland’s history.

96 pages/colour ISBN 978-1-84717-284-6 12.99 pb Rights available W

Dublin 1916: Irish Republicans, led by Padraig Pearse, James Connolly and others, occupy the GPO and other key locations around the city and prepare to take on the might of the British Army … They have no real hope of victory, but their sacrifice will pave the way for Irish freedom. This ground-breaking graphic novel vividly recreates the extraordinary events that changed the course of Irish history.

48 pages/Colour ISBN 978-1-84717-217-4 9.99 pb Rights available W

AWAR

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NER The Guinness Story The Family, The Business, The Black Stuff Edward J Bourke

A story for lovers of the pint. This remarkable story, with over 100 photographs, brings to life the pivotal role that the Guinness brewery has played in Ireland for 250 years. Includes: The early days • The Guinness dynasty • The brewing process • St James’s Gate • Transport • Mansions & yachts • Philanthropy • Wartime • Advertising • Worldwide export operation • Key moments in the history of the legendary brewery.

Award: Best Food/Drink History Book, Gourmand Awards

176 pages/photographs/ISBN 978-1-84717-145-0 11.99 hb/Rights available W/Rights sold US/CAN

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‘Few other publications have brought the Rising to life as viscerally … an interesting and fresh take on a tale that most people would assume they knew by rote' Sunday Tribune

A Coward if I Return, A Hero if I Fall Stories of Irishmen in World War I Neil Richardson

In 1914-1918, two hundred thousand Irishmen went to war. At least thirty-five thousand never came home. Those that did were scarred for the rest of their lives.

A precious collection of veterans’ stories as told by the families, military records, diaries, poignant letters and telling documents. From the first battle, to Ypres, the Somme, Gallipoli and Mesopatamia (Iraq), featuring stories of courage, suffering and sacrifice..

Irish Book Awards: Non-fiction book of the year

368 pages/photographs & memorabilia ISBN 978-1-84717-131-3 19.99 pb/Rights available W

A17

The Stolen Village

De Valera in America

Baltimore and the Barbary Pirates Des Ekin

The Rebel President’s 1919 Campaign Dave Hannigan

The bestselling true story of Irish slaves, pirates and political intrigue.

In June 1631 pirates from Algiers stormed ashore at the village of Baltimore in West Cork. They captured almost all the villagers and bore them away to a life of slavery in North Africa. The prisoners were destined for a variety of fates – some lived out their days as galley slaves, while others spent years in the scented seclusion of the Sultan’s harem.

In 1919 Eamon de Valera spent eighteen months in America publicising his nation’s plight and raising $5 million for the cause.

His journey was filled with spying, personal vendettas, propaganda and assassination plots. The full story of an incredible campaign.

Shortlisted for Irish Book of the Decade award

‘An enthralling read’ THE IRISH TIMES ‘Fascinating’ GILES MILTON, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE 488 pages/illustrations ISBN 978-1-84717-104-7 12.99 pb Rights available W Rights sold US/CAN

D-WIN

NER

Irish Female Activists in the Revolutionary Years 1900–1923 Sinéad McCoole

The fascinating, almost forgotten stories of over seventy of Ireland’s female revolutionaries. As WT Cosgrave said, it is ‘not possible to consider these women as ordinary females.’ With an introduction by Dr Margaret Ward and new photographs.

288 pages/illustrations ISBN 978-0-86278-883-4/ 14.99 pb Rights available W/Rights sold US/CAN

The Orange Order

Fifty Years a-Blooming T. Ryle Dwyer Introduction by Gay Byrne

Mervyn Jess

Born out of bloodshed and shrouded in secrecy, the Orange Order is one of the most intriguing and controversial religion-based organisations in Europe. In this comprehensive history, BBC journalist Mervyn Jess strips away the Order’s mystery and myths.

128 pages/photographs/ISBN 978-1-84717-177-1 14.99 pb/Rights available W

296 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-966-1 11.95 pb Rights available W

Gunrunners

Endurance

The Covert Arms Trail to Ireland Sean Boyne

Heroic Journeys in Ireland Dermot Somers

The gripping story of how paramilitaries smuggled arms into Ireland during the Troubles, from the 1970s to decommissioning.

This deadly trade involves international intrigue, intelligence agents and arms traffickers, spy satellites, stings, moles and murder. Includes exclusive interviews with dealers, agents and traffickers.

Follows in the footsteps of the epic journeys undertaken by legendary figures including Queen Medb, the Fianna, Brian Boru, Red Hugh O’Donnell, and O’Sullivan Beare, exploring the historical periods and varying landscape revealed by their amazing travels.

496 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-908-4 19.95 hb/Rights available W

264 pages/maps & illustrations ISBN 978-0-86278-797-4 9.99 pb Rights available W

Dublinia

The Quiet Revolution

The Story of Medieval Dublin Ed. Howard Clarke, Sarah Dent, Ruth Johnson

The Electrification of Rural Ireland Michael Shiel

A visually stunning, accessible and authoritative introduction to life in the medieval city, a fascinating, dramatic and significant period in Dublin’s long history.

An entertaining and detailed account of the transformation of Ireland brought about by the introduction of electricity.

AWARD Best Museum Publication Award

A18

No Ordinary Women

The Rose of Tralee

The story of the Rose of Tralee Festival.

Illustrated with photos of the Roses from 1959 to the present day, the escorts, fireworks, entertainers and visiting personalities. Lists every entrant and winner. A nostalgic, warm, entertaining read and a great memento of this popular event.

AWAR

320 pages/photographsISBN 978-1-84717-086-6 14.99 pb Rights available W/Rights sold US/CAN

128 pages/full colour ISBN 978-0-86278-786-8 12.95 pb Rights available W

304 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-840-7 12.99 pb Rights available W

O’Brien Pocket History series From rebels and saints to music and writers, The O’Brien Pocket History series has everything you need to know about Ireland, its culture, history and people. These short and readable books are all written by experts in the field, and are ideal for tourist and native alike.

O’Brien Pocket History of Ireland Breandán Ó hEithir

Concise, insightful overview of Ireland’s history from Celtic times to the present, and including Northern Ireland.

96 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-958-9 7.99 pb Rights available W Rights sold PO

O’Brien Pocket History of the IRA

O’Brien Pocket History of Irish Saints

Brendan O’Brien

Brian Lacey

The story of the IRA from its foundation, tracing the changes and developments that have influenced the organisation.

A concise history of over 100 of the bestknown and most influential Irish saints, and the wealth of folklore, legend, tradition and literature associated with them.

200 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-080-4 7.99 pb Rights available W Rights sold PO

136 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-746-2 6.95 pb Rights available W

O’Brien Pocket History of the Troubles

O’Brien Pocket History of Irish Rebels

Brian Feeney

Morgan Llywelyn

Untangles the complex story of the Troubles over the past forty years, from the first symptoms of serious unrest in the 1960s to the aftermath of the Good Friday Agreement.

The lives and deeds of Irish rebels such as Granuaile, Wolfe Tone, Robert Emmet, Daniel O’Connell, James Connolly, Constance Markievicz, Patrick Pearse, Bobby Sands and Gerry Adams.

152 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-078-1 7.99 pb Rights available W

120 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-857-5 7.99 pb Rights available W

O’Brien Pocket History of Irish Traditional Music

O’Brien Pocket History of Gaelic Sport

Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin

A concise introduction to Gaelic sport, covering football, hurling, camogie and handball. Includes the history of the GAA, the rules of the games, and famous teams and players.

The history of Irish traditional music, song and dance from the mythological harp of the Dagda right up to Riverdance.

192 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-820-9 7.99 pb Rights available W

O’Brien Pocket History of Irish Writers A. Norman Jeffares

A concise guide that traces a long line of celebrated Irish writers, including Synge, O'Casey, Beckett, Joyce, O'Brien and Heaney, among others.

184 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-911-4 7.99 pb Rights available W

Eamonn Sweeney

120 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-854-4 7.99 pb Rights available W

O’Brien Pocket History of The Irish Famine Ruan O’Donnell

An overview of the economic and social contexts that contributed to the Irish Famine, which decimated the population and drove over a million to emigration.

152 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-019-4 7.99 pb Rights available W

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O’Brien Exploring series AWARD-WINNER AVAILABLE IN FRENCH, GERMAN AND JAPANESE

Exploring the Book of Kells George Otto Simms Illus. David Rooney

A world-renowned authority offers a compact, illustrated guide for all ages to an outstanding national treasure. He introduces the monks who made the book and guides the reader through the intricate detail of this ancient and exotic book.

AWARDS Bisto Book of the Decade Award RAI Special Merit Award

72 pages Colour facsimiles, reconstruction drawings ISBN 978-1-84717-077-4 9.99 pb French: ISBN 978-1-84717-109-2 11.99 pb German: ISBN 978-1-84717-107-8 11.99 pb Japanese: ISBN 978-1-84717-115-3 14.99 pb Rights available W

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Brendan the Navigator

Saint Patrick

George Otto Simms Illus. David Rooney

Ireland’s Patron Saint George Otto Simms Illus. David Rooney

Brendan’s famous account of his voyages and the extraordinary imagery and unusual events of this ancient story, known all over the world in the Middle Ages.

AWARD Bisto Book of the Decade Award

96 pages/illustrations ISBN 978-0-86278-960-2 6.99 pb Rights available W

104 pages/illustrations ISBN 978-0-86278-749-3 4.99 pb Rights available W

Exploring Newgrange

Celtic Way of Life

Liam Mac Uistin

Curriculum Development Unit Illus. Josip Lizatovic (plus photographs)

Older than the Egyptian pyramids, for 5,000 years the ancient Megalithic tomb at Newgrange in Meath has housed the remains of Stone Age ‘aristocracy’. An accessible, fully illustrated guide to the history of the tomb.

120 pages/illustrations, colour section ISBN 978-0-86278-981-7 9.95 pb Rights available W

The story of how the Celts lived in ancient Ireland – their houses, food, weapons, modes of transport, social structures, beliefs and their pagan festivals and rituals.

96 pages/illustrations ISBN 987-0-86278-563-5 6.99 pb Rights available W

Exploring the Spanish Armada

Exploring the World of Colmcille

Winifred Glover

also known as Columba Mairéad Ashe FitzGerald Illus. Stephen Hall

A detailed account of the Spanish Armada, this book also describes the excavations which have unearthed many treasures from the shipwrecks along the Irish coast.

136 pages/illustrations, maps, colour section ISBN 978-0-86278-646-5 11.41 hb ISBN 978-0-86278-693-9 7.61 pb Rights available W

A20

The unique life of Patrick as he wrote it in his Confession, and the legends surrounding his deeds.

A simple and accessible account of the life of this famous saint, who founded the monastery at Iona. Draws on history, art, literature and archaeology to tell his story.

112 pages/illustrations ISBN 978-0-86278-665-6 7.61 pb Rights available W

LIFE ISSUES Your life only a Gazillion times better

NATURE BESTSELLER

Exploring Nature in the City Éanna Ní Lamhna Photographs by Anthony Woods

Life Coaching for Everyone Judy May Murphy & Cathy Breslin

Find the power within and live your life a gazillion times better! If health, wealth or happiness feature on your list of goals, this is the book to show you how you can achieve your desires.

160 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-768-4 8.99 pb Rights held IR

Wild Dublin

A stunning and revealing guide to nature in the capital Dublin is not only home to a million humans but is also residence for a fascinating array of flora and fauna.

Minks in the Dodder, whales on the coastline, newts in Dundrum, badgers in Rathfarnham, bats in Raheny, otters in Ringsend – these are just some of the magnificent wildlife you’ll spot in the capital. This bestselling book is packed full of interesting facts on wildlife written in Éanna’s familiar and much-loved voice. Lavishly illustrated in full colour with photographs, illustrations and maps.

192 pages/photographs, illustrations, maps ISBN 978-1-84717-142-9 14.99 pb Rights available W

HUMOUR The Wee Book of Irish Wit and Malarkey

Holy Smoke!

Sean McCann and Paul Ryan

True Papal Stories that will Amaze and Amuse Bob Curran

Irish wit is an art form that can be sage, silly, insulting, or profound, but it’s always entertaining. This is a pint-sized draught of potent mirth and malarkey from Oscar Wilde, Jonathan Swift, Brendan Behan, and many other wags, including ‘yer man’ – your everyday son of the sod – on everything from love and marriage to death and dying and everything in between.

304 pages/cartoons ISBN 978-1-84717-181-8/ 9.99 hb Rights available W x US/CAN

Is the Pope Catholic? Well, not necessarily.

Neither is he always a he, or even always alive. A unique tour of the (un)Holy See, with some of history’s most unlikely popes.

80 pages/cartoons ISBN 978-0-86278-947-3 4.99 hb Rights available W Rights sold H,US/CA

The Wit of Oscar Wilde

Irish Wit

Sean McCann

Sean McCann

Oscar Wilde is probably the most quoted and quotable man in history. He boasted that he could talk spontaneously on any subject – a claim proved by the wicked, witty and ever-relevant examples contained in this book.

In this lively, quotable book, Sean McCann has succeeded in distilling the essence of Irish wit – on love, religion, the ‘hard stuff', the English, with a generous mix from Behan, Yeats, Swift, Moore, O'Casey, but above all from ‘yer man', the leading authority on everything that grows, breeds, thinks or computes in the land.

176 pages/cartoons ISBN 978-1-84717-067-5 9.99 hb Rights available W/Rights sold LI • US (hb only)

I Will in me Politics The Maurice Hickey Diaries Pat Shortt

It’s rare that a political diary of such significance comes along.

Councillor Maurice Hickey is a leader in his community, the man who gets things done.

224 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-084-2 12.99 pb Rights available W

160 pages/cartoons ISBN 978-1-84717-127-6 9.99 hb Rights available /Rights sold US/CAN

Cures, Hoors and Floating Voters

Dublin Wit

The Maurice Hickey Diaries Pat Shortt

Wisdom, wickedness, banter and bitching from the heart of Dublin, with overheard conversations and comments from Moore Street market.

Volume II of the exclusive behind-the-scenes diaries of Maurice Hickey, one of Ireland’s hardest-working politicians. An informative and insightful account of his political exploits.

208 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-117-7 12.99 pb Rights available W

Paul Ryan

64 pages/illustrations ISBN 978-0-86278-103-3 6.95 pb Rights available W Rights sold US/CAN

A21

HUMOUR: COLIN MURPHY & DONAL O’DEA NEW

Stuff Irish People Love

NEW

Now That’s What I Call A Big Feckin’ Irish Book 288 pages of Irish slang, insults, trivia, proverbs and surnames. Do you know your “Doss Artists” from your “Doxies?” Want to know where your Irish neighbour’s clan are from, or about their most embarrassing members? Find all that and more in this riotous, fascinating guide to Irish culture. Get reading or you’ll be in rag order!

The Definitive Guide to the Unique Passions of the Paddies

Do you love the taste of Red Lemonade, change into your swimming togs under a towel on the beach or find yourself admiring ‘the grand stretch in the evenings’?

Then this book, jammed with hilarious reflections on what it is to be Irish, will have you nodding in agreement with every turn of the page. And for those who don’t have the good fortune to come from the Emerald Isle, it will explain a lot!

288 pages/cartoons ISBN 978-1-84717-251-8 12.95 hb Rights available W x US/CAN

160 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-285-3 12.99 pb Rights available W

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D-WIN

The Feckin’ book of Irish History for anyone who hasn’t been paying attention for the last 30,000 years The Big Fella, the Long Fella and lots of English Oul’ Fellas. Gun-Running at Howth; Wind-surfing at Lahinch; Aer Lingus and the Flight of the Earls; the EEC, IRA, Celtic Tiger – RIP. You’ll never find history boring again!

Wacky cartoon illustrations.

256 pages/cartoons ISBN 978-1-84717-069-9 12.99 hb Rights available W/Rights sold US/CAN

iPaddy Irish Slang Guide

Lighter than a book, more erudite than yer average TD and more fun than a bad dose of the scutters: your iPhone can now teach you how to speak like a real Irish aul fella (or aul wan: no offence).

Over 150 phrases, cartoons, top quality audio Available worldwide from the iStore Also available for Nokia mobile devices iPaddy: Irish Slang Guide. Available worldwide from the Ovi Store.

The Feckin’ book of Everything Irish There’s more to Irish culture than shamrocks and leprechauns and acting the eejit on Paddy’s Day. Compiled from four books in the Feckin’ collection.

AWARD Benjamin Franklin Award

304 pages/cartoons ISBN 978-1-84717-052-1 12.95 hb Rights available W x US/CAN

The Book of Feckin’ Irish Trivia More trivia about Ireland than you ever needed to know!

Distract yourself from doom-and-gloom with useless information. Guaranteed to make you a hit at parties or gatherings of more than one person! Jam-packed with facts, cartoons and daft but true details that will make you say ‘Get away outta dat!’

128 pages/cartoons ISBN 978-1-84717-191-7 4.99 pb Rights available W/Rights sold US/CAN

The Feckin’ Book of Irish Love

What are we feckin’ like?

From Adultery to Virginity and all the Wobbly Bits in between

The Book of Irish Characters

From Abstinence to Viagra via Fallen Women, Bachelor Festivals and scoring in Croke Park, an uncensored romp through the morals and manners of the Irish.

A22

AWAR

128 pages/colour cartoons ISBN 978-1-84717-099-6 12.99 hb

So you believed that oul’ rubbish about the Irish being a drunken, slow-witted race of loveable male rogues and redhaired, virginal lassies? Here is the real low-down on Irish characters.

96 pages/colour cartoons ISBN 978-1-84717-060-6 12.95 hb Rights available W

THE ORIGINAL FECKIN’ COLLECTION All 64 pages hb, cartoons throughout, 6.95

The book of feckin’ Irish Slang that’s great craic for cute hoors and bowsies ISBN 978-0-86278-829-2

The 2nd feckin’ book of Irish Slang that makes a holy show of the first one ISBN 978-0-86278-961-9

The feckin’ book of Irish Sayings for when you go on the batter with a shower of savages ISBN 978-0-86278-920-6

The book of luvely Irish Recipes yer ma useta make when you were a little gurrier ISBN 978-0-86278-830-8

The book of deadly Irish Quotations some smart fecker in the pub is always blatherin’ on about ISBN 978-0-86278-831-5

NEW

The feckin' book of Irish Insults for gobdaws as thick as manure and only half as useful

The Feckin’ Book of Bankers, Builders, Blaggers and Bowsies that Banjaxed the Nation From Affluenza to Zombie Bank, complete with Bullshit Boxes full of what the messers who go us here said before we all got downsized.

ISBN 978-0-86278-962-6

The feckin’ book of Irish Sex & Love that’s not fit for dacent people’s eyes ISBN 978-0-86278-921-3

The book of Irish Songs yer oul’ fella always sang when he was jarred at a hooley

ISBN 978-1-84717-241-9 Rights available W

ISBN 978-0-86278-828-5 Rights available W/ Rights sold US/CAN

PHOTOGRAPHY NEW

The 1960s Ireland in Pictures Lensmen Archive

A decade of change caught by two of Ireland’s premier photographers, The Lensmen. Covers everything from the visits of President Kennedy and The Beatles, to lifestyle, fashion and sport, the arrival of television and the departure of Nelson’s Pillar. Will evoke memories of a bygone age.

160 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-303-4 14.99 pb Rights available W

Ireland Glorious Landscapes

Eyewitness

Carsten Krieger

Four Decades of Northern Life Brendan Murphy Text by Seamus Kelters

An atmospheric collection of over 200 wonderful photographs showing the beauty and diversity of Ireland’s landscape.

144 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-146-7 12.99 pb Rights available W

By turns poignant, beautiful and funny, this is an unparalleled personal pictorial record of daily life in Northern Ireland over the past forty years, as captured by an awardwinning photographer.

176 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-844-5 29.99 hb/Rights available W

A23

POETRY NEW

An Paróiste Míorúilteach/ The Miraculous Parish Rogha dánta/Selected Poems Máire Mhac an tSaoi ed. Louis de Paor

This collection, which includes the first ever translation of her work into English, and a comprehensive introduction by Louis de Paor, is a must-have for all fans of her marvellous poetry.

208 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-300-3 24.99 hb Rights available W

NEW Red is the Rose A Book of Irish Love Poems

Dedicated to the most inspirational of subjects, this memorable collection of poetry is sure to be the perfect companion to those in love.

88 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-236-5 7.99 hb Rights available W

Ed. A. Norman Jeffares

This memorable collection covers eleven centuries of Irish writing. Includes Swift, Goldsmith, Yeats, Beckett, Wilde and Synge, Seamus Heaney, Eavan Boland, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill and emerging Irish poets.

192 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-514-7 14.99 pb Rights available W

An Leabhar Mòr

Best-Loved Yeats

The Great Book of Gaelic Ed. Malcolm Maclean and Theo Dorgan

Selected by Mairéad Ashe FitzGerald

This major visual anthology brings together the work of poets, illustrators and calligraphers from Scotland and Ireland. The poetry spans almost every century from the 6th to the 21st. An extraordinary celebration of Gaelic culture, both ancient and modern.

336 pages/full colour ISBN 978-1-84717-113-9/ 29.99 hb Rights available W (EL/Gaelic languages)

A beautifully illustrated collection of over forty of Yeats’s best-loved poems – on love, politics, old age, myth and legend.

Includes the Lake Isle of Innisfree, Easter 1916, Sailing to Byzantium, He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven.

96 pages/photographs & illustrations ISBN 978-1-84717-148-1 12.99 hb Rights available W

A Dublin Documentary

The Midnight Court

Thomas Kinsella

Brian Merriman Trans. by Frank O’Connor Illus. Brian Bourke

A beautiful collection of poems, reminiscences and stunning photography brings Thomas Kinsella’s Dublin to life.

112 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-995-4 19.95 hb Rights available W

A24

Irish Love Poems

Award-winning edition of this outstanding translation of Brian Merriman’s eighteenth-century erotic masterpiece.

A bawdy delight from start to finish.

72 pages/illustrations ISBN 978-0-86278-205-4 8.88 pb Rights available W (EL)

POLITICS NEW

People, Politics and Power From O’Connell to Ahern Stephen Collins

A gripping account of Irish politics over two hundred years – the personalities and political organisations that have shaped contemporary Ireland from the evolution of Irish democracy to the present day.

Heirs to the Kingdom Kerry’s Political Dynasties Owen O’Shea

An account, in twelve chapters, of political dynasties in Kerry focusing on a number of families who have successfully held political power, both locally and in the national parliament, with first-hand interviews from different generations within the political families in power and out.

References to other political dynasties, nationally and internationally.

240 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-985-5 9.95 pb

Kicking and Screaming Dragging Ireland into the 21st Century Ivana Bacik

Examines the nature of modern Ireland, discussing such contentious topics as the modern family, religion, sexuality, equality, racism, censorship and the environment, and the role of the legal system.

320 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-228-0 11.99 pb/Rights available W

256 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-860-5 12.95 pb

And That Was ... Derek Davis

The Power Game

Derek Davis

Ireland under Fianna Fáil Stephen Collins

In this collection of his RTÉ Radio 1 columns, Derek speaks about topics he knows well and feels strongly about. His passion and joie de vivre, as well as his distinctive turn of phrase, are all retained from the original transcripts.

An uncompromising analysis of the history of the Fianna Fáil party, this updated edition also examines the most recent disclosures concerning the arms crisis of 1970 and information released from the military archives.

208 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-057-6 11.95 pb Rights available W BESTSELLER

Politicians and Other Animals

BESTSELLER

Party Animals

Olivia O’Leary

Olivia O’Leary

Casts a sharp eye at modern Irish life.

Corrupt alliances between business and politics, election-poster shenanigans and political serial leader-killing. Explores who really controls our lives and the likelihood of Ireland having a ‘baldy taoiseach’.

Political analyst Olivia O'Leary captures party animals of all colours: frontbench lions and backbench lambs; opposition hounds and government foxes. A collection of political, social and cultural sketches, originally broadcast on RTÉ Radio One's ‘Five-Seven Live'.

60 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-880-3 11.95 pb Rights available W

240 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-970-1 11.95 pb/Rights available W

Sinn Féin

The Long War

A Hundred Turbulent Years Brian Feeney

The IRA & Sinn Féin Brendan O’Brien

The complete story of a party that repeatedly reshaped its identity over a hundred years, moving from dual monarchy to dual strategy – the Armalite and the ballot box.

An authoritative account of the development of the IRA and Sinn Féin, focusing on the IRA war strategy; the rise of Gerry Adams; the secret peace negotiations; prospects for a lasting peace.

‘A brilliant analysis’ IRISH INDEPENDENT

488 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-770-7 19.99 pb Rights available W Rights sold SP • US/CAN

BESTSELLER

368 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-720-2 19.99 pb/Rights available W

448 pages/photographs and maps ISBN 978-0-86278-606-9/ 15.22 pb

Stakeknife

Sinn Féin and the SDLP

Britain's Secret Agents in Ireland Greg Harkin & Martin Ingram

From Alienation to Participation Gerard Murray & Jonathan Tonge

An explosive exposé of British military intelligence – the story of a republican informer told by journalist Greg Harkin, and Martin Ingram, a former British intelligence officer and FRU handler.

This new political history of the SDLP and Sinn Féin from 1970 to the present day outlines the ideological rivalry between the two parties and assesses the contribution of each to the reshaping of modern politics in Northern Ireland.

280 pages/photographs/ISBN 978-0-86278-843-8 12.99 pb Rights available W Rights sold US/CAN

320 pages/ISBN 978-0-86278-918-3 19.99 pb Rights available IR

A25

REFERENCE The Irish Gardener’s Handbook

BESTSELLER

How to Grow Vegetables, Herbs, Fruit Michael Brenock Introduction by Darina Allen

Tells you exactly how to grow your own vegetables, herbs and fruit in Irish conditions. Based on years of experience in a market garden, as a horticulture advisor, advising allotment holders, and in his own home garden, Michael has tried and tested all the plants that grow best and shows you how to achieve good results.

288 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-193-1 9.99 pb Rights available W

‘A brilliant, simple guide for those of us who want to grow their own ... packed with excellent down-to-earth advice and cultural techniques clearly based on years of experience’ IRISH EXAMINER

‘a perfect starting point for beginners who want to grow their own fruit, herbs and vegetables’ IMAGE INTERIORS

232 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-222-8 5.00 pb Rights available W (EL and Irish)

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The Irish Bride’s Survival Guide Plan Your Perfect Wedding Natasha Mac a’Bháird

Everything you need to know about planning your wedding, from hen night to honeymoon.

Flowers, music, legalities, cars, cakes, invitations, photography and dresses, plus a handy budget planner and countdown to the Big Day. 304 pages/illustrated ISBN 978-1-84717-259-4 14.99 pb/Rights available W

The Perfect Name for your Baby

Celtic Names for Children

Beautiful Names from Around the World Loreto Todd

Loreto Todd

Thousands of beautiful names – traditional, unusual, exotic, historical and significant, from Ireland and around the world. Also stories of the origins of the names, suggestions for twins and triplets, names from Shakespeare, and notable namesakes.

Over 2,000 Celtic names from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany, with the origin and meaning of each name plus traditional stories, myths or poems for selected names. Includes a pronunciation guide and variant names.

400 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-008-8 9.99 pb/Rights available W

192 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-676-2 9.99 pb Rights available W

Selling Your Home

Fond Memory

The complete Irish guide to giving your home that winning edge Con Nagle

Consoling Words from the Irish Tradition Ide ní Laoghaire & Mary Webb

An authoritative yet easy-to-read guide.

Includes advice on when to sell, how to work out the value of your home, choosing the best estate agent and advertising your property, and explains the legal process.

From the Irish tradition, old and modern poetry, prayers, hymns, songs, phrases, blessings – fitting words to express heartfelt grief and to bring solace and healing. For times of sorrow and remembrance or to be read at funerals.

208 pages/illustrated ISBN 978-1-84717-037-8 10.95 pb/Rights available W

176 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-926-8 12.95 hb/Rights available W

The ‘S’ Word

Green English

A Boys’ Guide to Sex, Puberty and Growing Up James Roy

Ireland’s influence on the English language Loreto Todd

Growing up can be difficult, especially the bit between being a boy and being a man.

A frank look at sex, puberty and relationships, with the help of Richard the Wise, that shows that becoming a man doesn’t have to scare the pants off you!

A26

Rules of the Road Written in straightforward language and aimed at all road users – drivers, pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and horse-riders – the Rules of the Road sets out the laws, and details best driving practice.

160 pages/cartoons ISBN 978-1-84717-056-9 11.99 pb/Rights available EU(EL)

An exploration of the evolution of a nation and a language: how English was grafted onto a Gaelic stem and the influence of the English language in Ireland.

176 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-677-9 11.41 pb Rights available W Rights sold US/CAN

SPORT Lansdowne Road

Joey Dunlop

The Stadium; the Matches; the Greatest Days Gerard Siggins & Malachy Clerkin

King of the Roads Stephen Davison

In this history of Ireland’s oldest stadium, the authors bring to life the memorable characters, rugby and soccer matches, triple crowns, stirring victories, famous goals and tries, as well as fascinating stories about the various sporting events held there down through the years.

352 pages/photographs/ISBN 978-0-86278-910-7 17.99 pb/Rights available W

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NER D-WIN AWAR

10th Anniversary Edition, updated throughout and with 16 new pages. Captures Joey in action, his triumphant racing moments, with his family and on his relief missions to Romania. A fitting record of one of the greatest motorcyclists the sport has ever seen.

144 pages/full colour ISBN 978-1-84717-201-3 19.99 hb/Rights available W

Kinane

Ambassadors on Horseback

A Remarkable Racing Family Anne Holland

The Irish Army Equitation School Michael Slavin and Louise Parkes

Although the name of Mick Kinane is known worldwide, in fact, twenty members of the immediate Kinane family from Tipperary have been jockeys; their story illustrates the evolution of Irish racing for three generations. Full of anecdotes and memories. With family and professional photographs.

The wonderful story of Ireland’s Army equestrian school. The highs and lows, the training and techniques, the heartbreaks and excitement of top-level international showjumping competition from the 1920s to today. Lavishly illustrated with many historical photographs.

256 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-291-4 11.99 pb/Rights available W

256 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-213-6 29.99 hb Rights available W

In The Blood

The Grand National

Irish Racing Dynasties Anne Holland

The Irish at Aintree Anne Holland

There are Irish families for whom horseracing truly is in the blood. Families of jockeys and trainers like the Walshes and Geraghtys. Families who photograph, commentate, and take the bets on racing, like the O’Hehirs, Healys and Grahams.

Lavishly illustrated with over a hundred colour photographs.

The Aintree Grand National is the world’s most famous horserace, and from its earliest years Irish horses, jockeys, trainers and breeders have been prominent. A lavishly illustrated and compulsively readable account of a beloved institution.

192 pages/photographs/ISBN 978-1-84717-180-1 24.99 hb/Rights available W

Kings of September The Day Offaly Denied Kerry Five in a Row Michael Foley

A heartfelt account of the most famous All-Ireland final in Gaelic football history – 1982. The year and the game from the players on both sides.

AWARD: BoyleSports Sports Book of the Year

328 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-118-4 11.99 pb/Rights available W

Three Kings Cork Kilkenny Tipperary.

The Battle for Hurling Supremacy Ralph Riegel

The full story of the ‘Three Kings’ of hurling: Cork, Kilkenny and Tipperary; their hurling history and ability to rise to the top so often.

Illustrated with action-packed photos.

256 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-102-3 12.99 hb/Rights available W

192 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-074-3 24.99 hb/Rights available W

Last Man Standing Hurling Goalkeepers Christy O’Connor

Based on interviews with twelve goalkeepers, this book vividly conveys the pressures, passion and heroic dedication to the game that marks their lives as their teams battle to win the All-Ireland hurling championship.

328 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-922-0 9.99 pb/Rights available W

Munster Hurling Legends Seven Decades of the Greatest Teams, Players and Games Eamonn Sweeney

In Munster, hurling is a religion. This superbly illustrated book is a unique celebration of the star players, the incredible games and the legends of the fastest field game in the world.

176 pages/colour photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-846-9 12.99 pb Rights available W

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The Dirty Dozen

Raiders of the Caribbean

Ireland's Motorsport Legends John Kenny

Ireland’s Cricket World Cup Trent Johnston and Gerard Siggins

Twelve of Ireland’s motor-sports stars reveal the highs and lows of their sport, whether scorching up the stages in rallying, the perilous thrills of motorbikes or the glamour and high stakes of circuit racing.

Alongside some spectacular and intimate photographs, this book reveals the triumphs and heartbreaks of the Irish cricket team’s meteoric rise, their amazing wins in the Caribbean and the tragic events which unfolded afterwards.

272 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-050-7 9.99 pb Rights available W

208 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-064-4 14.95 pb Rights available W

STORYTELLING/FOLKLORE Legendary Ireland

A Bewitched Land

Myths and Legends of Ireland Eithne Massey

Ireland’s Witches Bob Curran

A journey through the places and legends of ancient Ireland, featuring the heroic characters of Celtic lore. Beautifully illustrated with haunting photographs and elegant engravings.

A unique insight into the fascinating overlap between witch belief and the vast range of fairy lore that once held sway throughout the land.

240 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-155-9 14.99 pb Rights available W Rights sold U • US/CAN

192 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-899-5 9.95 pb Rights available W/Rights sold US/CAN

A Haunted Land Ireland’s Ghosts Bob Curran

A chilling collection of stories of supernatural occurrences gathered from all around Ireland. Curran has written a haunting portrayal of a land and a people steeped in the lore of death and the afterlife.

208 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-859-9 9.95 pb Rights available W/Rights sold US/CAN

TRAVEL/GUIDES NEW

Dublin City of Literature Muriel Bolger

An accessible, entertaining guide to literary Dublin and the writers associated with it, from Swift to the present day.

The book records in words and pictures where the writers lived and worked, key events and locations associated with them, and includes literary walks, extracts, and information on events, awards and literaturerelated organisations. Also includes quotes from contemporary writers, maps, information on Bloomsday and Nobel Laureates.

Illustrated throughout with photographs and new photography showing places, events and people related to literary Dublin today.

224 pages/full colour/maps ISBN 978-1-84717-248-8 12.99 pb Rights available W

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The Blasket Island Guide

West Cork: A Place Apart

Ray Stagles and Sue Redican

Jo Kerrigan and Richard Mills

The Blasket Islands are famous for their writers, lore and unique location off the south-west tip of Ireland. This guide is perfect for anyone who wants to explore the Great Blasket Island, learn its history and discover what has captivated visitors and residents in this special place.

A beautiful, informative and lyrical book on West Cork. It explores the area through four routes: first inland, then three coastal routes along the famous indented coastline and the much-loved peninsulas of Mizen and Beara. It tells wonderful stories and offers insights and intimate details which encourage the reader to explore … and revisit.

96 pages/full colour ISBN 978-1-84717-216-7 5.99 pb Rights available W

160 pages/full colour ISBN 978-1-84717-166-5 24.99 hb Rights available W

Croagh Patrick A Place of Pilgrimage, A Place of Beauty Harry Hughes

With a wonderful mix of old and new photographs and illustrations, Westport man Harry Hughes describes the pilgrimage, history, archaeology, ancient traditions and folklore associated with Ireland’s Holy Mountain, Croagh Patrick. Includes a guide to other places of interest.

80 pages/full colour/ISBN 978-1-84717-198-6 9.99 pb/Rights available W

The Golden Book – Ireland Frances Power Photos by Ghigo Roli

A glorious pictorial guide to Ireland and its landmarks, both man-made and natural. With informative text on ancient monuments, great houses, cities, churches and monasteries, as well as lakes, mountains, seashore and moorlands.

128 pages/full colour photographs All editions 11.99 pb ISBN 978-0-86278-510-9 (English language edition) ISBN 978-0-86278-520-8 (German) ISBN 978-0-86278-710-3 (Spanish) Rights available W (EL only)

ISBN 978-0-86278-519-2 (French) ISBN 978-0-86278-521-5 (Italian) ISBN 978-1-84717-018-7 (Polish)

The Golden Book of Dublin

The Golden Book – Belfast

Betty Barrett

Alan Morrow

A guidebook and beautiful souvenir in one. From the Custom House to the city’s Millennium Spire, all major buildings and landmarks are pictured and described, with information on their history.

Everything you could want to see and do in Belfast’s City, Cathedral, Titanic and University Quarters: historic buildings, noted pubs, shopping, culture, the famous murals. A full-colour guide as well as a wonderful souvenir.

Also available in French and German.

64 pages/full colour photographs All editions 9.99 pb ISBN 978-0-86278-812-4 (English language) ISBN 978-0-86278-861-2 (French) ISBN 978-0-86278-862-9 (German) ISBN 978-0-86278-863-6 (Italian) ISBN 978-1-84717-007-1 (Spanish)

64 pages/full colour photographs All editions 9.99 pb ISBN 978-1-84717-150-4 (English language) ISBN 978-1-84717-151-1 (French) ISBN 978-1-84717-152-8 (German)

Castles of Ireland

The Easter Rising

Mairéad Ashe FitzGerald

A Guide to Dublin in 1916 Conor Kostick and Lorcan Collins

Ireland’s castles each have a fascinating and individual story to tell. Many have been beautifully restored and are open to the public. Their lore abounds in stories of sieges, takeovers, betrayals and daring escapes.

48 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-988-6 7.99 pb Rights available W

This vividly illustrated book takes the reader through the battle-torn streets of Dublin during Easter 1916. A concise and accessible guide to one of the most dramatic episodes in Irish history.

144 pages/illustrations, photos, maps ISBN 978-0-86278-638-0 9.95 pb Rights available W

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The Gap of the North

The Giant’s Causeway

The Archaeology & Folklore of Armagh, Down, Louth and Monaghan Pat McGinn & Noreen Cunningham

and the North Antrim Coast Philip Watson

A comprehensive guide to forty-eight archaeological sites. Includes history, folklore and customs associated with each site.

An illustrated tour of the history, folklore, people, geology, wildlife and stunning landscape of this unique place, which has captured the imagination of visitors for centuries.

152 pages/illustrations, maps, photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-707-3 9.99 pb Rights available W

112 pages/photos, colour sections ISBN 978-0-86278-675-5 9.99 pb Rights available W

The Skellig Story

The Aran Islands

Ancient Monastic Outpost Des Lavelle

A World of Stone Curriculum Development Unit

The past, present and future, as well as plant, animal and sea life, of Skellig Michael and Small Skellig, from an expert who is passionate about these fascinating islands.

Explores the history, traditions, landscape and stories of Inis Mór, Inis Meáin and Inis Oírr.

Highlights include the poetry of Seamus Heaney, an extract from Liam O’Flaherty’s Famine and previously unpublished photos.

112 pages/illustrations, colour photos ISBN 978-0-86278-882-7 9.95 pb Rights available W

The Blasket Islands

Take a Break in Ireland

Next Parish America Joan & Ray Stagles

Short Breaks for Native and Visitor Pat Preston

A beautifully illustrated history of the life, traditions and customs of an isolated community that has now disappeared.

Ireland is brimming with fun-filled travel experiences, spectacular scenery, awesome attractions and friendly people. Pat Preston opens the door to Ireland’s many travel trails.

144 pages/photos, maps, drawings ISBN 978-0-86278-973-2 14.95 pb Rights available W

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104 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-810-0 9.99 pb/Rights available W

400 pages/illustrations, photos, maps ISBN 978-0-86278-839-1 14.95 pb/Rights available W

Discover Waterford

Discover Cork

Eamonn McEneaney

Kieran McCarthy

Waterford is Ireland’s oldest city, founded by Viking pirates in AD914. This comprehensive guide contains gems of information on this lively, often under-estimated city, which should surprise the visitor and native alike.

This book explores the history of Cork through its key historical events, and visits the city’s most interesting buildings and sites. Includes a map of the city, illustrations throughout and a full-colour picture section.

128 pages/illustrations, colour section ISBN 978-0-86278-656-4 12.68 pb Rights available W

144 pages/illustrations, colour section ISBN 978-0-86278-817-9 12.95 pb Rights available W

Ireland Painted

The Magic of Ireland

Marie Hennessy

Rob Vance

A beautiful collection of atmospheric paintings from all over Ireland: green fields, grazing cattle, interesting buildings, people at work and play.

Discover the magic of the wonderful places of Ireland through Rob Vance’s evocative words and photographs. Full colour photography throughout.

76 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-957-2 4.99 hb Rights available W

76 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-001-9 4.99 hb Rights available W

The Magic of Pagan Ireland

The Magic of Celtic Spirituality

Rob Vance

Rob Vance

Many pagan sites awaken in us something primitive, recalling a mysterious past as ceremonial places or reminding us of longforgotten gods or goddesses. An atmospheric tour of pagan Ireland in words and pictures.

The magical sites of Celtic Ireland evoke a vibrant blend of early Christian and pagan belief. Atmospheric photographs of Ireland’s holy wells, monasteries and high crosses.

60 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-933-6 4.99 hb Rights available W

60 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-932-9 4.99 hb Rights available W

TRUE CRIME Death on the Hill

Deep Deception

The Killing of Celine Cawley Abigail Rieley

Ireland’s Swimming Scandals Justine McCarthy

The case that had everything: lies, betrayal, sex. The full story of the killing of Celine Cawley and her husband’s increasingly erratic attempts to hide his guilt.

The sexual abuse scandals in the world of Irish swimming shocked the nation. This book examines the depth of corruption within the sport, considers the reasons the abusers escaped justice for so long and looks at the complaints of paedophilia that fell on deaf ears — paving the way for the abuse of still more victims.

312 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-218-1 11.99 pb Rights available W

304 pages ISBN 978-1-84717-204-4 11.99 pb Rights available W

Mean Streets

The Black Widow

Limerick’s Gangland Barry Duggan

The Catherine Nevin Story Niamh O’Connor

Journalist Barry Duggan reveals how the vibrant, modern, sporting city that is Limerick became home to a ruthless criminal underworld.

The unbelievable true story of the woman who hired a hitman to kill her husband, Tom, in cold blood. A compelling mix of sex, violence and scandal.

304 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-144-3 11.99 pb Rights available W

262 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-687-8 12.99 pb Rights available W

The General

Gangland

Godfather of Crime Paul Williams

The Shocking Exposé of the Criminal Underworld Paul Williams

The twenty-year career of Martin Cahill, gangster and criminal mastermind, was marked by obsessive secrecy and brutality, and netted him over £40 million – until a bullet from a hitman ended it all.

The inside story of a dark and sinister world of Irish gangland and the way in which their net has spread across the globe. Chilling and unforgettable.

264 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-433-1 12.99 pb/Rights available W Rights sold CR • SP • US/CAN • FILM

224 pages ISBN 978-0-86278-576-5 12.99 pb Rights available W

Abbeylara

The Joy

The Tragic Shooting of John Carthy Regina Hennelly

Mountjoy Jail – the shocking true story of life inside Paul Howard

The tragic story of John Carthy, shot dead by gardaí in Abbeylara, Co. Longford after a 25-hour stand-off.

288 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-017-0 12.99 pb Rights available W

A riveting account of the reality of living behind bars as a prisoner in Mountjoy – one of the State’s most notorious prisons. Frank, shocking and brutal.

200 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-491-1 11.99 pb Rights available W

Fatal Journey

Hostage

The Murder of Trevor O'Keeffe Eroline O'Keeffe with Jane Kelly

Notorious Irish Kidnappings Paul Howard

Eroline O'Keeffe's sixteen-year quest to bring her son’s murderer – a serial killer – to justice. An extraordinary story of love, dedication and heroic determination.

In this compelling book, Paul Howard reveals never-before-published details of Ireland's most infamous abduction cases including Tiede Herrema, Ben Dunne, Don Tidey and Shergar.

240 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-913-8 12.99 pb Rights available W

264 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-769-1 12.99 pb Rights available W

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Afraid of the Dark

Nothing to Declare

The Tragic Story of Robert Holohan Ralph Riegel

The Drug Smugglers' Deadly Trade Ann Murphy

Ralph Riegel describes the tragic story of the disappearance and death of elevenyear-old Robert Holohan, from the search through the court case and the DPP appeal.

Examines the massive drug seizures within Irish territorial waters including a 440 million consignment of cocaine, the increase in drug use in Ireland and the damage caused by cocaine abuse.

240 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-999-2 12.99 pb Rights available W

320 pages/photographs ISBN 978-1-84717-106-1 11.99 pb/Rights available W

Life Sentence

Cracking Crime

Murder Victims and their Families Catherine Cleary

Jim Donovan – Forensic Detective Niamh O’Connor

Based on personal interviews with victims’ families, Cleary tells the horrific stories of twelve murders and how the families survived the ordeal.

The extraordinary first-hand account of Dr Jim Donovan’s life and work. A unique insight, fascinating stories and amazing detail.

248 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-858-2 12.99 pb Rights available W

312 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-715-8 12.99 pb Rights available W

Break-Out!

Death in December

Famous Prison Escapes Paddy Hayes

The story of Sophie Toscan du Plantier Michael Sheridan

Bizarre, daring and sometimes downright farcical - the incredible true stories of Ireland’s famous jailbreakers.

The gripping story of the life and brutal death of Sophie Toscan du Plantier and the investigation that followed. Including an account of the Ian Bailey libel case.

232 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-875-9 11.99 pb Rights available W

272 pages/photographs ISBN 978-0-86278-893-3 12.99 pb Rights available W

WALKING GUIDES The Mournes Walks

West Cork Walks

Paddy Dillon

Text & illus. Kevin Corcoran

A walker’s guide to all parts of the Mourne Mountains, from the Silent Valley to the Brandy Pad, and from the Mourne Coastal Path to the Tollymore and Castlewellan Forest Parks. A comprehensive guide for all abilities.

Ten walks in rugged West Cork, from Macroom to Allihies and the coast. Clear instructions and maps, plus interesting features to look out for and nature information.

112 pages/maps, illustrations ISBN 978-1-84717-140-5 8.99 pb Rights available W

160 pages/maps, photos ISBN 978-1-84717-141-2 9.99 pb Rights available W

West of Ireland Walks Text & illus. Kevin Corcoran

A guide to walks in Clare, Galway and Mayo, exploring the different types of landscape and the variety of wildlife. Short and long walks, easy and difficult.

192 pages/maps, illustrations ISBN 978-1-84717-097-2 9.99 pb Rights available W

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Kerry Walks Text & illus. Kevin Corcoran

Twenty walks through beautiful and wild Kerry, including a special section on Killarney – one of the most popular destinations in Ireland. Caters for all levels of walkers and all types of terrain, including mountain, beach, island, river and lakeside walks.

160 pages/maps, iIlustrations ISBN 978-1-84717-233-4 8.99 pb Rights available W

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