Irish Interest Books 2026

Manchán Magan''s final book a luminous journey into Ireland''s ancient ways of knowing, myth and landscape. Shop now at Chapters Bookstore, free delivery."As transcendent and miraculous as you''d expect the...

Buy Housing a Nation by Lorcan Sirr, tracing one Irish family across seven generations of land, politics and power. Order online now at Chapters Bookstore.Following seven generations of a family...

To experience Ireland at its very best, you need Cassie Stokes. As the host of the hugely popular Best of Ireland series, Cassie has spent years travelling Ireland on a...

A fearless, incisive biography of Charlie Haughey by one of Ireland''s mostformidable journalists, Vincent Browne.Vincent Brow ne turns his renow ned intellect and investigative skill to the life andlegacy of...

December, 2018. The aftermath of a night of revelry. The promise of a party. And then, a journey into darkness that would change the course of Nikita Hand’s life –...

IRELAND’S FAVOURITE GAEILGEOIR EMPOWERS YOU TO SPEAK IRISH EVERY DAY IN THE THIRD BOOK IN HIS TRILOGY Have you ever wanted to order a round at your local — as...

In Setting the Land Free, award-winning author and rewilder Eoghan Daltun explores the state of rewilding in Ireland, as the beginnings of a mass movement - the like of which...

'Scrupulous and humane . . . Enlarges the world of McGahern's fiction' EDMUND GORDONOn his death in 2006, John McGahern was hailed as the most important Irish novelist since Samuel...

Buy Brittle by Ronan Lyons, the Trinity economist’s urgent account of how Ireland built a housing crisis and how to fix it. Shop now at Chapters Bookstore.Over 50% of Irish...

'How did you get so old?'The morning when Ann Ingle's grandson asked her that question led to musings on ageing and a life well lived.Told with warmth and humour, Ann...

This book is not just the story of a magazine. It's the history of a crucial and contentious decade in Irish life. The 1980s were years of political turbulence, economic...

Journey through the raw and rugged beauty of Ireland, with 100+ stunning photographs of the breathtaking places and hidden gems.Northern lights, humpback whales, incredible islands, scenic drives, wildlife, hikes and...

What do Daniel O''Donnell, pint baby, iodine tablets, Irish reality television,moral panics around sex, Nadine Coyle''s missing passport, housewives of theyear, bachelor festivals and the Aliv e- O religion programme...

Gary Murphy''s major new biography of Taoiseach Brian Cowen Ireland''s banking crisis and bailout, up close. Shop now at Chapters Bookstore, free delivery."A searching, clear-eyed portrait of the Taoiseach who...

For nearly three decades, Joe Duffy sat behind the mic as host of RTÉ''s Liveline, the radio show that became Ireland''s national sounding board. In this walk down memory lane,...

''Gripping, even-handed and forensic ... Part political thriller, part fiscal horror,this book should be a must-read for every taxpayer and policymaker'' MIRIAMO''CALLAGHANIt was meant to be a symbol of how...

Flat roofs, clean lines, bold ideas. THIS MODERN LOVE travels across Ireland's early- to mid-twentieth-century modernist landmarks - buildings that broke from tradition and imagined a different future. From civic...

This Boy''s Voice is a memoir that picks up where This Boy’s Heart left off, recalling formative scenes from John’s adolescence and early adulthood. A rapidly changing Ireland of the...

As Ireland's iconic Edna O'Brien confronts the brutal realities of old age - pain, confusion, hospitals, carers, the battle to keep writing - the world she built through language begins...

An epic journey on foot from Dingle to Burr Point in search of Ireland's lost footpaths, and a quest to unravel the complexities of countryside access in Ireland and Britain....

Corragunnagalliaghdoo - Brickeens - Muggort's Bay - Leggs - Wheelam Across Ireland, you'll find a host of curious and quirky place names. Dig a little and you'll discover anglicisations of...

HANDWRITTEN HISTORIES OF THE IRISH IN AMERICAA Letter Home is a beautiful, illustrated book featuring over sixty letters - short and long - written by Irish emigrants to North America...

In the late nineteenth century, the great Tory leader Lord Salisbury and his closest collaborators were haunted by the looming threat of Home Rule in Ireland. Salisbury, an anxious man...

The story of Ireland through one hundred postage stamps issued since the creation of the Irish Free StateA stamp is about so much more than postage. It is a little...

Michael Collins remains the most compelling figure of the Irish Revolution and is widely regarded as one of the founders of the modern Irish state. Charismatic, visionary and possessed of...

The queen of Irish true crime explores the new order of gangland; borderless,ruled from afar and moulded by the ruthless frontiersmen who led a path to anew era of narco...

At 7.45pm on 1 January 1926, a crackling voice over the airwaves marked the beginning of public broadcasting in Ireland. From that first transmission by 2RN - the precursor to...

Know your tackies from your gallybanders and your pokes from your mickey dazzlers? Fear not! This handy guide will have you away for slates.A hilarious collection of local words and...

For 100 years, radio has been the voice of the nation, bringing us together and reflecting our changing society.From the first broadcast of Radio Eireann on 1 January 1926, Irish...