Just In: “Cinderella Soldiers: The Irish in Liverpool in the Great War ” by Colin Cousins The Book Based on extensive research, Cinderella Soldiers uncovers the experiences of the Liverpool Irish Battalion during the Great War. The ethnic core of the battalion represented more than mere shamrock sentimentality: they had been raised within the Catholic Irish enclaves of [...]
Just In: “The Burren” by David Cabot & Roger Goodwillie The Book The Burren is one of those rare and magical places where geology, glacial history, botany, zoology and millennia of cultural history have converged to create a unique landscape of extraordinary natural history interest. In this timely addition to the New Naturalist Library, the authors examine [...]
Just In: “Ireland’s War of Independence 1919-1921″ by Lorcan Collins The Book An accessible overview of Ireland’s War of Independence 1919-21. From the first shooting of RIC constables in Soloheadbeg Co Tipperary on 21 January 1919 to the truce in July 1921 the IRA carried out a huge range of attacks on all levels of [...]
Just in is “Irish Working Lives” by Marie Louise O’Donnell The Book As a broadcaster, Marie O’Donnel has had the privilege of spending ‘work time’ with a broad array of individuals across Ireland, gaining a unique insight into the practicalities of their particular occupation and learning about what inspires or motivates them in their chosen [...]
New in stock is “Arise And Go: W.B. Yeats and the people and places that inspired him” by Kevin Connolly The Book The idea of place runs like a river through the life and works of the poet and playwright W.B. Yeats. This book focuses on his time in Dublin, London, Sligo and elsewhere in [...]
We have signed copies of “Constellations: Reflections From Life” by Sinéad Gleeson The Book How do you tell the story of a life in a body, as it goes through sickness, health, motherhood? How do you tell that story when you are not just a woman but a woman in Ireland? In the powerful and [...]
We have copies of “Introducing Moriarty” by Michael Higgins in the shop at the moment! The Book In “Introducing Moriarty”, Michael W. Higgins compiles the essential writings of Irish philosopher and mystic, John Moriarty. This distillation of Moriarty’s texts on ecology, mysticism and spirituality is a perfect introduction to the work of this complex and at [...]
New in stock is “Home: Why Public Housing is the Answer”, by Eoin Ó Broin. The Book Thousands are homeless, tens of thousands are languishing on social housing waiting lists, even more are unable to afford to rent or buy. Why is our housing system so dysfunctional? Why can it not meet social and affordable housing [...]
We have copies of ”The War of Independence” by Sean McMahon in the shop at the moment! The Book Like all guerrilla wars, the Irish War of Independence was characterised by great courage and ruthless brutality. It created many heroes and spawned two of the most hated forces that a British government had ever inflicted [...]
New in stock is “Bungalow Bliss Bias”, by Jack Fitzsimons. The Book In the latter half of the 20th century, people in Ireland sought, and were encouraged to seek, a better standard of living. This involved, above all, improved housing conditions. But in rural areas there was very limited assistance for the large numbers who [...]
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