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THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION**NOW A MAJOR FILM BY CHLOE ZHAO STARRING JESSIE BUCKLEY AND PAUL MESCAL**'Richly sensuous... something special' The Sunday Times'A...

The Last Love Song is a compelling story of love and devastating loss set on the rural west coast of Ireland and in glamourous 1960s London, from the internationally bestselling...

Maps allow us to see how the world is organised spatially and show us relationships which cannot be understood from simply reading a text. This magnificent book highlights a vast...

You could say that Frank McNally is a travel writer - he writes while the world travels by!For almost twenty years, Frank's name has occupied the byline of the ever-present...

Widely regarded as one of the greatest Irish-language novels of the 20th century, An Beal Bocht is a classic satire in Irish by one of the century's great writers, Myles...

If home is where the heart is, where will hers take her?'I loved it - another hugely satisying read from Roisin' Sheila O'FlanaganThree great loves. Two different countries. One step...

When Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy left London four years ago, Europe was facing war and Billy Cavendish, the man she loved, had told her he could never marry her. Now, as...

A missing child. A shattered family. A mother's love that knows no bounds...1984. On board The Carousel cruise ship in the middle of the Mediterranean, two-year-old Robert vanishes from his...

'What a storyteller . . . masterful' - Donal Ryan 'Beautiful, compelling and exquisitely told. This story will haunt me' - Ruth Hogan 'To be savoured long after the last...

'Beautiful, haunting.' LOUISE KENNEDY'Vividly real . . . There's love here as well as pain.' MARIAN KEYES'I loved it.' LIZ NUGENTFROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERTwo women, wrenched apart by a terrible...

'Ireland produces writers the way some countries produce footballers, and the latest is John Patrick McHugh' Sunday Times 'One of the most exciting writers working in Ireland today' SALLY ROONEY,...

Set in a remote village in the west of Ireland, the action begins with a murder when Roarty, a publican and former priest, kills his bartender then buries his body...

In Belfast in 1973 the Troubles are raging. Two Ulstermen. Two sides. On one, British Army bomb-disposal officer Marcus Richardson; on the other, Davy MacCutcheon, Provisional IRA armourer who has...

Dear Lonely Leinster Lady, I'm not really sure how to begin . . .* * *The truth drifts out to sea, riding the waves out of sight. And then the...

'One of the smartest writers of popular fiction around' Irish Independent'Grown up, intelligent fiction' Cathy KellyNumber 24 Ulysses Crescent is an elegant three storey mansion overlooking the beautiful Dublin Bay....

'An utterly captivating insight into these fascinating women and the times they lived in ... it's an absolute page-turner' Irish Independent'Masterfully and glamorously told ... essential reading for history and...

'Chillingly good' Elizabeth Day'Her best book to date and that's really saying something' Marian Keyes'A powerfully atmospheric, darkly compelling mystery' Lucy Foley'A superior psychological thriller' Liz NugentNessa Crowley's murderer has...

** THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER **Some books are guaranteed to break your heart - and put it back together again. Letters to my Daughters is one of those wonderful books....

'I read Bessborough in one sitting, veering from fury to devastation within a matter of pages. A vitally important book.' Louise O'Neill'Vivid and powerful' CAELAINN HOGAN'I loved this book for...

In his book, Niall Breslin speaks openly about living with depression and anxiety, and his crippling journey to finally acknowledging 'Jeffrey' - the name he chose for it - years...

Karl Whitney's Hidden City: a brilliant portrait of Dublin. Dublin is a city much visited and deeply mythologized. In Hidden City, Karl Whitney - who has been described by Gorse...

Vol 10 of Winter Papers, Ireland’s annual anthology for the arts, is published by Curlew Editions. It offers fiction, non-fiction, poetry, photography, visual arts, along with craft interviews and in-conversation...

Step into Nature is a week-by-week Irish nature diary that serves as a personal invitation to explore the wonders of the natural world. Author and naturalist Rachel McKenna guides readers...

50th Anniversary Edition A beautifully presented and attractively laid out commemorative edition, with new introductions by Ivan O'Brien, MD of The O'Brien Press and best-selling author Donal Fallon.The very first...

RTE Radio 1's Sunday Miscellany is an Irish institution, a programme that has provided comfort, joy and entertainment to hundreds of thousands of listeners for over half a century. Arranged...

Lady Augusta Gregory's collection and translation of Irish folk legends brings, as Yeats observed, 'Ireland's gift of imagination to the world'.Following on from the bestselling Irish Myths and Legends: Gods...

John Creedon has always been fascinated by place names, from when he was a young boy growing up in Cork City to travelling around Ireland making his popular television show....

Soundings was first published in 1969. It was intended as an 'interim' anthology of poetry for the Leaving Certificate until such time as a more permanent volume could be devised....

'These legends are the action-packed stories - of ancient heroes, huge battles, attempted invasions, prophecies and spells, clashes between the underworld and the real world, abductions, love affairs and feasts...

When St Patrick came to Ireland in the 5th century AD, he encountered the Celtic people and a flourishing spiritual tradition that had already existed for thousands of years. He...

Call it a daily meditation on the world around us for nature-lovers and nature newbies alike, An Irish Nature Year gleefully explores the small mysteries of the seasons as they...

From Irish Hospice Foundation, who so compassionately provide end-of-life and bereavement care, this collection provides the gift of words at a time when words can be hard to find and...

Pete McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world. Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English...

A true story of murder and vengeance, a shattered community and a miscarriage of justice that echoes down the decadesOctober 1971. Nineteen-year-old Una Lynskey vanishes near her home in Co....

Joanne Hayes, at 24 years of age, concealed the birth and death of her baby in County Kerry, Ireland, in 1984. Subsequently she confessed to the murder, by stabbing, of...

A Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2023 A Spectator Book of the Year 2023 The Irish Times No.1 Bestseller 'As taut as a fictional thriller' Mail on Sunday...

*WINNER OF THE INAUGURAL PFD QUEER FICTION PRIZE**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE DISCOVERIES AWARD*An arresting, unmissable debut novel shortlisted for the Women's Prize Discoveries award - an exploration of family,...

The Sunday Times top 10 bestselling summer read from author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT*Over 380,000 copies sold*Shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Novel Award 'Addictive. Told with real humanity,...

THE HILARIOUS AND HEARTWARMING NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Classic Keyes: very funny' The Times'Made me punch the air' Independent'Funny, heart-breaking and wise' Daily Mail---After 20 years, high-flying PR Anna Walsh...

It's 1986 and 29-year-old Marlo O'Sullivan of London-Irish stock has just found out that his sister is his mother. To steady his life, he moves to Glengarriff, to a cottage...