Irish - All Irish Books

The austerity that followed the recent economic and financial crisis in has led to impassioned debates across the social sciences and the public at large. Although Ireland was not its...

Brexit represents the single greatest economic and foreign-policy challenge to the Irish state since the Second World War. There is hardly any area of Irish life that won't be affected.More...

This fascinating study explores the career of Ireland's first modern diplomat, Daniel O'Daly. Born in Kilsarkan, County Kerry, in 1595, he became a significant figure in seventeenth-century ecclesiastical and political...

Through critical and creative responses, Eavan Boland: Inside History takes a fresh look at Boland's influence as a poet and critic for the twenty-first century. The essays, poems, and interviews...

In this charming book bestselling author Christopher Winn turns his attention to the Irish people, taking us on a enthralling journey around their homeland, discovering en route the intriguing and...

For millennia, the human imagination has been devoted to the Goddess, so it is hardly a surprise to find images of supernatural females like Sheela na gigs adorning sacred and...

Most books about Celtic saints are based on their legendary medieval lives. This book, however, is based upon our earliest surviving information: an examination of the sites where these early...

When Raymonde Standun set about photographing the local people of the South Connemara Gaeltacht, she quickly sensed that here were stories to be told that lay beyond the reach of...

Fifty-six Irish writers have contributed new short stories, essays and poems to this anthology inspired by art from the National Gallery of Ireland collection. It includes work by acclaimed figures...

Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Ireland.This fully revised and redesigned 11th edition of The Rough Guide to Ireland takes you into every corner of...

Ireland's beautiful landscapes and rich histories have long moved great writers and poets to capture their glory. Ranging from timeless prose to lyrical poetry, from incisive wit to thoughtful social...

Expressing the passion felt for Ireland using all 26 letters of the alphabet accompanied by rhymes, colorful illustrations, and informative text, this tribute to the Emerald Isle explores the country's...

Perfect for both first-time visitors and returning tourists, "Village Walks: Ireland" offers an intimate view of this much loved region. Each card in this deck outlines a self-guided walking adventure,...

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is Ireland's largest and best-known voluntary charitable organisation. It was established in Ireland in 1844. Today, there are 1,235 Conferences, the local unit...

In Giving Out Yards, Tara Flynn puts paid to the long-debated question of what makes us Irish, nailing it in one collective and hilarious grumble-fest. Her razor-sharp wit and keen...

My Perfect Place in Ireland brings together thirty well-known names from different walks of life, including Marian Keyes, Chris de Burgh, Anne Enright, Niall Breslin and Joanne O'Riordan, who have...

'Maeve's Times is funny and clever and kind, which are excellent qualities in both books and people' Irish Times'As someone who fell off a chair not long ago trying to...

Intimate, complex, long-lasting: the links between Ireland and US presidents extend much further and deeper than JFK. From Andrew Jackson in 1829 to Woodrow Wilson in 1913 and Joe Biden...

Images of Fingal

The tradition of awarding the Freedom of the City still lives on in cities around the world. Many of the rights or privileges associated with the award are symbolic but...

Wild Belfast tells the fascinating story of the wild creatures and plants that live within the urban environment of Northern Ireland's capital. It takes the reader on a safari around...

The Irish have always been a travelling people. In the centuries after the fall of Rome, Irish missionaries carried the word of Christianity throughout Europe, while soldiers and mariners from...

Award-winning producer and journalist Daire Whelan had reached the end of another busy week and couldn't shake the feeling that life was passing him by too quickly. Vowing to make...

365 Reasons To Be Proud To Be Irish is a year-long scenic route of jolliness taking in the quirky events, inventions, traditions, people, places and characters that make Ireland a...

The Bumper Book of Kerryman Jokes contains hundreds of jokes, riddles, one-liners, stories and inventions to thrill even the most politically-correct among us. Why do Kerry dogs have flat faces?...

Get ready for a brain-teasing trip through the best bits of Ireland: spot a couple of brightly coloured shamrocks in a hidden pair puzzle; brush up on your knowledge of...

Written by an Irish medical insider, Professor of Surgery Liam Kirwan, An Unholy Trinity is highly critical of the historic relationship between politics, the Church and the medical profession, which...

In a career spanning 41 years in the Irish diplomatic service, Ambassador Donal Denham has lived among nine very different societies, spanning three continents. With stops in France, Zambia, the...

A concise introduction to all key aspects of the Irish legal system. New to this edition: The new EU Reform Treaty New legislation on defamation, civil partnerships and criminal law...

'Child Law in Ireland' provides a comprehensive and accessible analysis of the Irish child law system. It incorporates examination of Ireland's international obligations in this area arising under the United...

This book covers all of the core legal subjects including: constitutional law, EU law, the Irish legal system, contract law, tort, criminal law, land law and equity, employment law, family...

For over two centuries, the 'Irish question' has dogged UK politics. Though the Good Friday Agreement carved a fragile peace from the bloodshed of the Troubles, the Brexit process has...

From the night when the Irish government guaranteed the debts of Irish banks in September 2008, to November 2010 when heavy hitters from the IMF and the ECB arrived in...

From the night when the Irish government guaranteed the debts of Irish banks in September 2008, to November 2010 when heavy hitters from the IMF and the ECB arrived in...

From the night when the Irish government guaranteed the debts of Irish banks in September 2008, to November 2010 when heavy hitters from the IMF and the ECB arrived in...

The emergence of Leo Varadkar in Irish politics and his election to the post of Taoiseach is a remarkable tale from any perspective. Journalists Philip Ryan and Niall O'Connor tell...